mineralogist

Joined

• started 19 topics
• posted 374 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by mineralogist

• 
  15

  Theocratic Software

  by Larry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  .

  fyi - stumbled over this website.

  http://www.savardsoftware.com/servicerecord/theocratic ministry school softwarecongregation publisher filetheocratic ministry school schedulingtheocratic research utilitiespalm service recordcongregation desktop organizer .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  mineralogist

  blondie it is a long time practice to use PCs for congregational matters. As a CBS servant i got once a month a printed summary of the FS report of those attending and the terrietory cards were oversight with a program. They wouldn't need to write it in a km if nobody does it
• 
  9

  Hassan's "Releasing the Bonds"

  by TallTexan in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  for those of you who have not read this book, i encourage you to immediately obtain a copy, especially if you still don't believe that jw's are a cult.

  although inactive and filled with doubts about the organization for a number of years, i truly disregarded all thoughts of it as a 'cult'.

  i figured that it was simply misguided men who thought they were doing the right thing.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  mineralogist

  "Combatting Cult Mind Control". It's a real eye-opener! Even it is not available in german anymore, i got an antiquariat from my local book store.

  The "german branch" of exJW trys to get it republished.
• 
  7

  Jehovah blesses his faithful cult members

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  remember when something good would happen to you, and another jw would say, "well, jehovah has surely blessed you!

  " when i was on my way out, that really used to piss me off since i knew it was all crap.

  no, jehovah didn't bless me by letting me find five bucks on the ground.. my mother told me, long after i left that jehovah must still be blessing me.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  mineralogist

  I wanted to work part time and after 2 years i was able to have a 4 day week work. Surely it was the bleesing of Jehovah since i wanted to use the time for "his work" - FS or visiting elderly sisters.

  BUT it turned out it really was a blessing - because i took this time to study (on the internet) and this made me free.
• 
  18

  Watchtower Lies

  by Unclepenn1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a jw i have been debating with (who is df'd by the way) gave me the go ahead to send to him what i would consider times where the wt has lied or been totally dishonest with the membership, or just in general.

  does anyone have any clear cut quotes from the wt that are obviously deceptive?

  i already sent him a lot of info about 1874/1914, and also about some other stuff.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  mineralogist

  My favorite from newer times is this:

  *** w89 1/1 p. 12 "The Hand of Jehovah Was With Them" ***
  How thrilling that must have been for Paul and Barnabas-sailing to their first foreign assignment! The apostle Paul was spearheading the Christian missionary activity. He was also laying a foundation for a work that would be completed in our 20th century.
  (bound volume says: He was also laying a foundation for a work that would be completed in our day.)

  but you need to get a single magazine for the english version. In german (other languages?) it is even on the WT-CD!
• 
  19

  Beck's beer = best beer

  by doogie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the german purity law.

  no preservatives.

  which means no hangover.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  mineralogist

  Similar taste and from the same region (Friesland):
• 
  53

  What Country Are You?

  by closer2fine in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for fun: .

  http://bluepyramid.org/ia/cquiz.htm.

  closer

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  mineralogist

  
  You're Costa Rica!
  You're about as peaceful as anyone on the planet, a real dyed-in-the-wool pacifist. And why not? No one really poses much of a threat to you and everything seems to work out, no matter how much violence and insanity rages all around you. So you relax and appreciate nature and culture while the rest of the world carries on their petty disagreements. If only everyone could follow your example...
• 
  21

  Can I withdraw a Disassociation?

  by Woman know your place in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm new to the site, and wonder can anyone advise me..... two years ago i decided to leave the jws, and when i met with the elders to inform them, they told me they had grounds to disfellowship me (i told them i doidnt believe in god and had slept with my boyfriend.....for full story see my profile).

  at the time i thought that telling them would just mean that i could get on with my life and they would know that i was not a jw... i thought that you could only df a person who wilfully sinned against god.... well i didnt believe in god, so how could i wilfully sin against him?

  anyway, as i said, the elders wanted to df me, and, not wanting to be seen as a sinner, i wrote a letter of disassociation detailing my reasons for not believing ahead of the dfing.. so did the elders have grounds to df me?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  mineralogist

  The only way would be to get reinstated, which could last very long! I was told by an exJW it would take in that particular congregation for this person FIVE years!

  ... or maybe the JWs you want to meet don't care about your status
• 
  14

  Relaunch of "My Book of Bible Stories" in Germany

  by GermanXJW in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  from the german infolink-board: at this years dc in germany the wts announcend that they are going to publish a new version of "my book of bible stories".

  one of the reason is the recent change in german orthography that is going to be implemented.

  but there shall be also some changes in content.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  mineralogist

  One of the reason is the recent change in German orthography

  That is such a stupid reason! What about all the other books they published?
  What is true is that any new publication must meet this "new" (already some years) orthography.
• 
  44

  The New Brochure - What are they thinking?

  by czarofmischief in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  let me just start off by saying that my mother asked me to read the new brochure.

  she said, "i expect you will be critical of it.".

  i said, "mercilessly so.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  mineralogist

  hourglass with the sand almost run out

  You can turn it once in a while
• 
  14

  Come to think of it, I don't know why we were given the Family Book

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know it's a jw tradition at worldly weddings to give the stupid family happiness book.

  i really don't know why it was given to us, since i told my mother that i have all the publications on the wt cdrom.

  i could read it if i wanted to.. i'm guessing it's a way to enforce it, or possibly convert my fiance, which is very doubtful from everything i've told her, and especially after she saw the fifth estate special.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  mineralogist

  Having the book on CD is not the same - you miss all the pictures it comes with