Posts by tepidpoultry

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Maybe you can help with this?

by vienne in

as some of you know, i'm not a witness, but i am the co-author of a series of history book that discuss the watch tower's earliest years.

russell mentions a 'brother' van der ahe as an early days wt evangelist.

we can't identify him.

Want to read a surprising comment/complaint posted on my website about JW's encouraged not to have kids. Who would have thought!

by AndersonsInfo in

http://watchtowerdocuments.org/did-you-know-having-children/#comment-474.

here's the short article found in the "did you know?

" series found on watchtower documents, and, underneath it, is the unusual comment:.

tepidpoultry

In 1987 Canada I heard the speaker say that "to bear children now was

IRRESPONSIBLE"

As I looked down on the stadium rink floor simply filled with

baby carriages and strollers,

I wondered about the childless men who came up with this,

How dare they call these young parents, obediently gatherered there

"irresponsible"

Takes gaul

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Which Watchtower publications did you keep?

by Schnufti in

i'm currently cleaning up our bookcase and need to decide what goes into the trash.

i'll keep the watchtower books that are not available online anymore (e.g.

the brown "reasoning" book).

tepidpoultry

I figure they messed with my mind enough all my life

I'm still working on exorcising them

So no, none

:)

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Outraged After Watching The May 2017 Broadcast

by pale.emperor in

ok, so i've just put myself through another months broadcast so i can see what bull they're feeding my still in relatives.

all was going fine... well, i say fine, i mean the usual cheesy videos, rehearsed reactions from jeffrey jackson (you remember him, the one who told half truths and lies at the royal commission) and propaganda from jw land.. the last feature brings up 9/11 and the paris 2015 attack at the bataclan.

just as im thinking "how are they gonna spin this in their direction" i hear these words:.

tepidpoultry

The phrase "religious bigotry" comes to mind

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Met JWs today - they lied about who they were

by Xanthippe in

so a couple came into the library where i work today and the woman said she was from the british sign language association and asked if i would display a leaflet for her.

when she handed me the leaflet the jw website logo jumped out at me as did the words 'would you like to study the bible with jehovah's witnesses?

' there was a small picture that had someone conversing in sign language but the other pictures were typical jw leaflet pictures.

tepidpoultry

I have a number of memories concerning identification and suppression

over the years,

Nobody would EVER tell anybody in ministry who they were,

It would have to be "beaten" out of them,

One thing I really thought about was a letter from the Society stating

that we were not to identify ourselves as "from the Watchtower"

(Odd as this is what our publications said)

Was Headquarters ashamed of its little foot soldiers??

That's certainly the message I received,

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How did we get from singular ha-Elohim (God) to plural ha-Elohim (judges)?

by I_love_Jeff in

read exodus 22:6-8

jps tanakh : 6 when a man gives money or goods to another for safekeeping, and they are stolen from the man’s house if the thief is caught, he shall pay double; 7 if the thief is not caught, the owner of the house shall come near (נקרב) to god (האלהים) that he has not laid hands on the other’s property.

8 in all charges of misappropriation pertaining to an ox, an ***, a sheep, a garment, or any other loss, whereof one party alleges, “this is it” the case of both parties shall come before god (האלהים): he whom god (אלהים ) declares guilty (ַיְר ִשי ֻףן) shall pay double to the other.

tepidpoultry

His screen name is David_Jay

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How did we get from singular ha-Elohim (God) to plural ha-Elohim (judges)?

by I_love_Jeff in

read exodus 22:6-8

jps tanakh : 6 when a man gives money or goods to another for safekeeping, and they are stolen from the man’s house if the thief is caught, he shall pay double; 7 if the thief is not caught, the owner of the house shall come near (נקרב) to god (האלהים) that he has not laid hands on the other’s property.

8 in all charges of misappropriation pertaining to an ox, an ***, a sheep, a garment, or any other loss, whereof one party alleges, “this is it” the case of both parties shall come before god (האלהים): he whom god (אלהים ) declares guilty (ַיְר ִשי ֻףן) shall pay double to the other.

tepidpoultry

I apparently gave you the wrong name in my previous post,

Please disregard, I'll keep checking,

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How did we get from singular ha-Elohim (God) to plural ha-Elohim (judges)?

by I_love_Jeff in

read exodus 22:6-8

jps tanakh : 6 when a man gives money or goods to another for safekeeping, and they are stolen from the man’s house if the thief is caught, he shall pay double; 7 if the thief is not caught, the owner of the house shall come near (נקרב) to god (האלהים) that he has not laid hands on the other’s property.

8 in all charges of misappropriation pertaining to an ox, an ***, a sheep, a garment, or any other loss, whereof one party alleges, “this is it” the case of both parties shall come before god (האלהים): he whom god (אלהים ) declares guilty (ַיְר ִשי ֻףן) shall pay double to the other.

tepidpoultry

I recommend running this by Jay_David,

the man is brilliant,

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This is a txt message I just had with a JW

by joe134cd in

the following is a txt message i just had with a jw about why i decided not to attend meeting.

i fully realize that this will get me blocked.. jw : you dont want to answer me why you dont go to the meetings.. joe : ok.. (1) the 2 witness rule in the handling of a accusations of child sex abuse.. (2)the covering it up and out of court settlements that they are making to victims of sexual abuse.

unfortunatley the brothers and sisters are totally unaware of what is going on and the magnitude of it.. (3) the comments of geoffrey jackson when testifying before the australian royal commision on its handling of child sex abuse.

tepidpoultry

Elders have been alerted,

They will want to "talk" to you,

The purpose of this will be to determine if they will call a JC meeting

If they do, from what I've seen, this will be a formality,

The only way to avoid this is to "get out of Dodge"

PS they are not above BSing you,

I hope it turns out better for you but that's the way I see it,

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Anyone Heard Any Good DEMON Stories Lately?

by Cold Steel in

i saw this recent account on youtube recently and wondered if anyone had any good spook stories?

haunted books?

ouija boards?