Posts by tepidpoultry

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Please tell me: what is a relationship with the "person" Jehovah like?

by Maryo in

does anyone out there know of any jws that have talked about what their personal relationship with jehovah was like?

for example, hearing his voice, a certain feeling?

an intellectual understanding?

Please tell me: what is a relationship with the "person" Jehovah like?

by Maryo in

does anyone out there know of any jws that have talked about what their personal relationship with jehovah was like?

for example, hearing his voice, a certain feeling?

an intellectual understanding?

tepidpoultry

Biblical JW Theism starts with the 4 Cardinal Qualities,

You might be more interested in Pantheism (Spinoza)

and an non Aristotelian god

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Please tell me: what is a relationship with the "person" Jehovah like?

by Maryo in

does anyone out there know of any jws that have talked about what their personal relationship with jehovah was like?

for example, hearing his voice, a certain feeling?

an intellectual understanding?

tepidpoultry

Some of us liken this relationship to a child who has an imaginary playmate

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so a week or so ago we received an invitation for a jw friend's wedding anniversary party in the mail.it was addressed to 'the andersen family' (and not just mrs. andersen & baby andersen) which was pleasant of course, but not a huge surprise given the type of person who said friend is.. however, i already prepared myself to be uninvited after all.

some time ago, there was a congregation farewell party/get-together.to my surprise, i was invited too!

an elder specifically came over to my house to tell me.then some weeks later, he visited again, being terribly sorry but the invitation was revoked as the congregation got concerned over my possible presence.. with that debacle in mind, i wasn't surprised to receive a message from my friend 'hey are you at home?

tepidpoultry

I like to know where I stand,

If I'm out fine,

Thank you for letting me know,

I will adjust my life accordingly,

:)

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Did you ever have a discussion with an apostate that helped your journey out.

by jwfacts in

there seems to be a number of different ways that apostates try to get jehovah's witnesses realise they do not have the truth, ranging from subtle comments to aggressive attacks.

do you have any that looking back helped you finally leave.

some of the methods include:.

tepidpoultry

I have to add Louise' (Katie Kitten's) "Stand Up For Jehovah" Youtube series for providing some much needed intelligent humor when it was most needed,

As was brought out, in contrast angry ranting just plays into the Watch Tower's characterizations,

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Did you ever have a discussion with an apostate that helped your journey out.

by jwfacts in

there seems to be a number of different ways that apostates try to get jehovah's witnesses realise they do not have the truth, ranging from subtle comments to aggressive attacks.

do you have any that looking back helped you finally leave.

some of the methods include:.

tepidpoultry

I went through 1975 and decided to listen to their "explanations" and continued to buy into God's Kingdom (meaning the Kingdom of JWs) as mankind's only hope,

Everyone was terribly sure the end was coming before all the old folks died,

To better answer your question: in 1977 I was reading about JWs in the Encyclopedia Brittanica about Russell and Pyramidology!

At this point I started to raise a family and didn't want to make my "doubts" known and maybe "stumble" them so,

I kept my thoughts to myself,

What floored me was the 1995 shelving of the generation end time (weasels!!)

What I also couldn't get was how everything went on business as usual,

I wanted out at this point but I couldn't figure out how,

Over time my circumstances changed,

I told my wife I did not believe this religion,

I stopped dead,

I spent many many hours reading, sneaking CofC at the library,

Many more hours daily at Starbucks,

Your site was most helpful Paul,

A lot of pieces fell into place once I allowed myself to read EVERYTHING,

There was no one to talk to I did this on my own,

Everthing is out there today but most won't look because they're scared,

They fear Armageddon loss of Everlasting LifeTM,

They, in most cases believe that they exclusively have the "truth"

These are not rational concepts which makes them so hard to break,

In any event, in some cases such as mine, they'll realize that they do have a mind that they can use, that they don't need the 'sons' of Pyramidologists telling them what to do! Lol

The Truth is out there!

Tepidpoultry

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"Privileges"

by minimus in

jw
friends

within the organization, jehovah's witnesses know that they must be dutiful and set an example for "worldly ones" as well as for their own brotherhood.

if a witness fails in setting the proper example, they may lose some 'privileges"..... what privileges did you look to have and what privileges did you lose?

?.

tepidpoultry

Brock's stories brought on a memory:

We rented a school auditorium for the Memorial,

I was assigned to the sound booth (which of course had no monitor)

The first song for decades was "The Lord's Evening Meal"

I put on the record,

Sounds a little odd out there,

And we're getting through the song way too fast,

THE SCHOOL'S TURNTABLE WAS SET ON 45 and I WAS PLAYING A 33 1/3 RECORD!!

This will play sound at higher pitch as well making it impossible to sing to,

It was all pretty weird but what were they going to do shoot me? Lol

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Jw church's use of titles, how many can you think of ?

by Chook in

gb member , branch overseers, do ( obsolete ) , co , elder , ms , publisher, unbaptised publisher , school overseers, coordinator of body ect ect ect .

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i think jws would win gold on clergy laity class distinctions..

tepidpoultry

I heard that a Cleric in The Department of Translation had tremendous power in policymaking but I might be confused,

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(Ref ARC 2015)

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What was the craziest sight you brothers seen running mikes ?

by Chook in

eg ,babies jump where they shouldn't, those hairy old sisters.....

tepidpoultry

As I was standing in the back with my mic there was this elder who would come over to me and get me to do his parts, sometimes up to 1\2 hr long! Stupid lies such as "I forgot my glasses" (if true there was enough time to go back for them!)

I didn' t think it was a good idea to argue with him so...

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"Privileges"

by minimus in

jw
friends

within the organization, jehovah's witnesses know that they must be dutiful and set an example for "worldly ones" as well as for their own brotherhood.

if a witness fails in setting the proper example, they may lose some 'privileges"..... what privileges did you look to have and what privileges did you lose?

?.

tepidpoultry

All masculine priveliges removed down to "buck sister" lol,

In addition, nothing from platform incl student talks and demos,

No reading of paragraphs at the Book Study,

My crime?

I had a beard,

Well, SOMETHING had to be done!

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PS Privelige system is a principal way they keep people in line and is also a form of Shaming,