Posts by toreador

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Where did Scholar go?

by Amazing1914 in

jw
friends

come on buddy, you have some serious explaining to do regarding "presence" v coming.

what happened to ya, huh?

toreador

Its good to see you have a sense of humor Scholar and are still around! Many of us are waiting for any enlightenment you may have.

Toreador

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Apostate bastards know more about bible/god history than others.

by gumby in

how many religious people have done a critical examination on the bible/god/religion......more than an ex-dub has?

the mormons possibly.. one only has to read some of the over 1 million posts on this board, to notice how much re-search various ones have done on these subjects after leaving the dubs.

why do you suppose that is?.

Well, all I can say is that I for one looked into the bible a lot more after I started to question the Org than I ever did as an active dub. As soon as I realized I didnt know as much as I thought about the bible I looked at it from a whole other perspective.

Tor

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M.S visit last night (a bit long)

by baysixforme in

jw
friends

i arrived home after work last night, my two daughters were away on a residential course, my son staying with a friend.

i was preparing a meal with my four year old when the phone rang.

the call was from a ministerial servant from my old congregation.

toreador

Every once in a while you run into a really caring dub who will do a little extra. Most of the time they are scared witless/shitless (take your pick) of talking with anyone who may make them feel uncomfortable in the least bit.

Tor

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I wasn't going to post this here but.....

by RevMalk in

jw
friends

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i couldn't control myself.

i'm going to be a father (again)!!.

toreador

CONGRATULATIONS!

I hope you can handle all the fun and joy and being up late at night and all those dirty diapers!

Its all worth it though.

Tor

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Court grants divorce to husband of JW in Korea, makes her pay !!

by Gopher in

it's about time.

he even got the boy!

good for him.. http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/engnews/20040414/300100000020040414102150e6.html.

toreador

Thats gotta be a milestone. I never heard of that happening before.

Tor

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IEmpty feeling

by Ray6 in

jw
friends

iam a jw right now, and iam on public reproof.

the problem is: even before i was reproved, i did not feel like i was apart of a loving family, i did not feel or see true love in the org., i felt empty after every meeting, as if i sat in a business recruitment course or weekly business seminar.

i feel a lot of the poeple there, especially the elders are backstabbers.

toreador

Welcome to the board! Stick around you may just learn a few things and like everyone says it will get better but does take time.

Tor

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A question for Christians, bible thumpers, and heathens.

by gumby in

are we punished for our parents' sins?

exodus 20:5 "for i the lord thy god am a jealous god, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

" (repeated in deuteronomy 5:9)

toreador

Damn good points Gumball! I agree with ya all the way.

Tor

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Astronomy: Three Dates: A Young Witness

by Duncan in

jw
friends

so, taking those title elements in reverse order: the young witness is me ?

this story goes back to the early sixties.

the three dates are: february 1986, august 11th 1999, and june 8th 2004. it's the fact that the last of those dates is , after all these years, finally nearly here that made me think of writing this post.