Posts by conflicted89

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JW making music videos now?

by adjusted knowledge in

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i'm not sure if this is new since it is hard to keep up with the ever changing jw.

it is morphing so much.

i went to jw.org tv video for november and around 53 or 54 minutes into the broadcast the gb guy introduce a music video called "we won't forget you".

conflicted89

Found this on the JWtalk website, some witnesses tried to write out the lyrics. I haven't listened to it and don't intend to, so if my comments are misguided, please forgive.

We won't forget you!

When the wind blows

When the rain comes

When the ground beneath you starts to slip away

God is always near

And he cares for you

You're not alone

Your friends are here

We'll help you find your way

We won't forget you

We are your family

We won't ignore you

We will not fail to see

We'll take your hand,

We'll help you stand

We'll help you carry on

We won't forget you

We are your family

When the storm's gone

When the day breaks

With our thoughts around you like a warm embrace

Then you come to know

That it's really so

Love is a bond

A perfect bond that time will not erase

We won't forget you

We are your family

We won't ignore you

We will not fail to see

We'll take your hand

We'll help you stand

We'll help you carry on

We wont forget you

We are a worldwide family

We wont forget you

We are your family

Starts off like a nursery rhyme and then starts lying. "We won't ignore you." Yeah, right. DF policy anyone? "We won't forget you." Mhmm, more like "you will become invisible if you stop going to meetings."

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Happy bonfire night England

by jean-luc picard in

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i love fireworks even now, so imagine how i was when i was a little boy.. .

i celebrated bonfire night until i was 7. and then i didn't.. .

my parents had become jehovah's witnesses, and realized that bonfire night was wrong.. .

conflicted89

Going to my first bonfire night party tonight! We used to have fireworks at Christmas time and conventions were like Christmas with presents and all the family together.

Have a great night

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Help

by Horseygirl12 in

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im so frustrated i could kill myself right now!!

im 15 and a couple weeks ago i confessed to my parents that i didn't want to be a jehovahs witness anymore and also that i was bisexual.

i had just gotten back from an eating disorder clinic and my parents decided to put me back in school (i was homeschooling before).

conflicted89

I understand the difficulties you are facing. I am lesbian and also had a self-harm problem at 15 for a few years.

I don't know if you are from the UK, but if so please consider phoning or texting the samaritans with anything you are struggling with but especially if you are feeling suicidal or feeling the urge to cut. If you are outside the UK, RAINN have a website and online chat to "support workers". These people will listen and try to point in you the direction of real life people who can support you.

Since you were in a clinic I assume you have a doctor aware of your situation. Go to him/her and explain the troubles and ask for a counsellor or other support service. They can help you work through problems like self harm, family and religious differences. Where I live it was possible for me at 15 to keep my counselling sessions private from my parents, you might want to check it's possible for you to do that too so you can talk safely without fear your parents will find out.

The most important thing right now is to keep you safe and get you the support you need.

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Was It Designed? Rabies Purposeful Mode of Transmission.

by Island Man in

was it designed?.

rabies' purposeful mode of transmissionrabies is caused by a number of lyssaviruses that attack the cells of the nervous system disrupting their normal function.

symptoms include painful spasms in the muscles of the throat and larynx of patients, accompanied by a strong aversion to drinking liquids - hydrophobia.

conflicted89

How would a witness explain a lion's teeth? Considering biology teaches that pointy teeth are for meat and virtually useless on grass, if a lion was made to eat grass surely it would have flat teeth like a cow. So why now does it have pointy teeth for eating meat? How did it get them without evolving?

I used to ask these questions as a child but never got a reply

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NEWS : New developments in the London Bethel relocation story

by raymond frantz in

london bethel relocation the story so farthere are new developments in the relocation of the london bethel development .

a landowner has agreed unconditionally to sell her rundown car breakers yard to jehovahs witnesses for their new uk headquarters, it emerged this week.. the international bible students association (ibsa) paid a deposit, agreed a final price and swapped contracts with charmaine small this month for temple farm in ship road, west hanningfield.. ms small has promised the ibsa the charity used by the religious sect to distribute its literature that dozens of car dealers will vacate the 50-acre farm over the next few months.. speaking to the chronicle, stephen morris, of the ibsa branch relocation department, said...(read full article here ).

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conflicted89

all kinds of information on here

http://www.templefarmdevelopment.co.uk/home

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On the road again . . . and what do I see? A sign: KINGDOM HALL of JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES

by Terry in

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minutes ago .

i rode past them.

there they were all trussed up in jehovah's harness like sled dogs pulling their taskmaster behind them.. **.

conflicted89

Sounds great Terry! My partner and I are thinking of getting bicycles... to get in shape for our wedding next year.

By the way, are you a professional writer or blog writer? Your posts are always very poetic.

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Sub-thread of Yondaime - I'm going to read on Sunday :p

by LogCon in

not to take away from yondaime's thread but i just wanted to ask about personal experiences regarding the congregation meetings.. when i was young, [about 10] in the early sixties one brother in our hall used to read the watchtower about once every two months.

back then they were not too particular about who they got.

if he was baptized, he would read.. this brother was a terrible reader, he obviously would never prepare and when he came to a word he could not pronounce he simply said, ...' wheelbarrow'.. of course the kids in the hall looked eagerly for the time br.

conflicted89

I used to be in the sign language group which was rather small and limited for readers. we had one old guy who was terrible at reading and for one study which seemed to mention vigour a lot he read it as viagra.

There was also a visiting public speaker who spoke so quickly I could hardly understand what he was saying, nevermind translate. Yet, because no one else could even attempt to interpret him Ialways got stuck. 45mins of sign language for that guy was exhausting. He should have known better, he was an interpreter himself.

Then there are the interpreting cockups...

One sister should have signed that the teacher in the illustration "fired questions at the students", instead she signed that the teacher fired at the students. evidently with a machine gun.

The group study leader interpreting a prayer with the phrase "slap in the face to satan" hit his "satan hand" so hard the whole hall heard and burst into giggles.

Now you can understand why the meetings were so much more fun in sign language!

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Article: JW woman (19) - receives 29-month sentence for killing her newborn

by AndersonsInfo in

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morales receives 29-month sentence.

http://m.record-eagle.com/news/local_news/article_402b8194-2f32-53a5-af1e-fbe9ba9bd76b.html?mode=jqm.

by matt troutman [email protected] | posted7 days ago.

conflicted89

HOAB he was busy planning the new tv station and getting people inspired to carry out this wonderful work!

Or maybe the JWs god is as sexist as the JWs themselves.

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Article: JW woman (19) - receives 29-month sentence for killing her newborn

by AndersonsInfo in

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morales receives 29-month sentence.

http://m.record-eagle.com/news/local_news/article_402b8194-2f32-53a5-af1e-fbe9ba9bd76b.html?mode=jqm.

by matt troutman [email protected] | posted7 days ago.

conflicted89

I wonder how prevalent this sort of thing is.. Maybe not to the extreme of killing the child but maybe running away to hide or commit suicide.

I hope this lady gets help while shes away from meetings, she has a lot to deal with. WT claims 2 more victims.

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Spiritual Paradise?

by conflicted89 in

i have searched the j-worg website for this term but couldn't find anything about it.

am i wrong in thinking they used to say witnesses had spiritual paradise now?

can anyone point me to articles about it?.

conflicted89

How can they say that though... If there are so many "spiritual" dangers that they warn about. Even inside their congregations they warn there are bad influences. And witnesses being locked up etc. How are they so blind? How was I so blind...