tim hooper, that is creepy! In my area in the 70s, it was not socially acceptable to call adults by first names (as you said), so we called them bro and sis. It was an opportunity to "be different from the world" while out in public, like wearing unfashionable fringe as the Israelites did.
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26Children calling jw adults uncle and auntie, when did that start?
by awakening ini cant figure out when the auntie and uncle thing started or why.
it sure is a peadophiles dream to have a kid they dont know call them uncle!
they are now in a special relationship.
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So the Orkin guy walks into my office...
by Dagney inlooks at me and says "you look familiar.
" he says, "dagney xxxx" .
turns out he was from my old hall, i remember when "he came into the truth.
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rebel8
Why tell him you don't go?
Call him and say you have an infestation and need his help. You can hear the creatures in the walls, skimpering across the floor and whispering in your ear. Bad things have started happening to people in your office. One woman was infected by them and they attacked her at home in her bed. You believe they got into the office when someone brought a Ouija board. When you try calling out to Jehovah, they stop.
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When did you start getting ANGRY?
by Separation of Powers inwhen i started the fade....i recognize that i was upset, mainly because of the desillusionment.
but, over the course of the past several months, i am noticing an increasing anger toward all thing org.
it can only be described as indignation, not simply upset.
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rebel8
I wrote about this. Anger is part of coping with grief and it can be useful. It motivates you to investigate and find the truth. It clarifies your personal rights that were violated and helps you learn how and when to stand up for yourself in the future. It drives you to stick up for others. It helps you see clearly what actual moral values are.
If you hold on it too long--let it fester--all that energy will begin to turn inward as destructiveness. You'll start to feel too much like a victim and not like a survivor. You may have malevolent thoughts of revenge. You may even desire that revenge so stronly that you become willing to invent crimes the borg did just to quench your thirst for character assassination--a weapon used by the powerless.
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This is Really Getting Scary!!! PLEASE LOOK!!
by NoMoreHustle instupid me does not know how to copy paste pics from instagram site.
nmh.
http://instagram.com/p/vbu5_xhiam/.
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rebel8
Noooooooo
ow. my eyes!
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Millerites, Jehovahs Witnesses and Purple Triangles
by Simon ini came across this after posting another iq video to a different topic.
interesting how much the jehovahs witnesses are featured ... but it is because they are a millenial cult with failed rapture prophecies:.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chug6f0tnfg.
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rebel8
1914 in Jerusalem where Russell and some of his special friends went to await the 'Rapture'.
Ok so this is confusing. I found that photo on quotes.watchtower.uk. It says CTR and The Judge went to Jerusalem with that group to be the 1st to experience the rapture.
So what did they do, teleport back to NY?
“Quite a few delegates stayed at Bethel, and, of course, members of the headquarters staff were present at the breakfast table on Friday morning, October 2. Everyone was seated when Brother Russell entered. As usual, he said cheerily, “Good morning, all.” But this particular morning was different. Instead of proceeding promptly to his seat, he clapped his hands and joyfully announced: “The Gentile times have ended; their kings have had their day.” “How we clapped our hands!” exclaims Cora Merrill. Brother Macmillan admitted: “We were highly excited and I would not have been surprised if at that moment we had just started up, that becoming the signal to begin ascending heavenward—but of course there was nothing like that, really.” Sister Merrill adds: “After a brief pause he [Russell] said: ‘Anyone disappointed? I’m not. Everything is moving right on schedule!’ Again we clapped our hands.”” Yearbook 1975 pp.72,73
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Help
by Horseygirl12 inim 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).
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rebel8
There are mental health hotlines you can call to talk to someone when you need to--many of them.
IMO your focus needs to be on how to survive the next ~2 years until you're old enough to escape. You can do this.
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I am JW.ORG
by LogCon infamous quote from wuthering heights revised.. '... i am jw.org!
it's always, always in my mind: not as a pleasure, any more than i am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being.
so don't talk of our separation again: it is impracticable...'.
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Life is short and I'm gonna love it thread!
by poopsiecakes inso what are you doing to enjoy yourself?
doesn't have to be for anyone around you, or have anything to do with jw world.
just something that you do for you and only you and that fills your soul (whatever that means).
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Working a lot. Overly excited about Halloween--I have 2 costumes so far this yr and if I had more time, there'd be a 3rd. I'm going to unabashedly wear one to work and love every minute of it. Basically geekifying my life--reading sciencey stuff, museums, stargazing and various Comicons. Planting some really cool stuff in my yard.
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Rutherford's last book "Children" 1941- Advice DONT HAVE KIDS...Where it all started!
by Witness 007 inwatchtower 1941 sept. 15 p.283, 288 "in front of the convention platform the children recieving there free gift (copy) not as a play thing but as the lords instrument for the work in the remaining months before armagedon..." so what lovely message did the kids get from judge rutherford?
children 1941page 281 "no children were taken onto noah's ark...it is proper to wait until after armagedon to have children...its only afew more years till armagedon..." the book concluded.
"(john and his girlfriend talk) ...armagedon is surely near our hope is within afew years our marriage will be consumated and we will have sweet children...we will defer marriage and pioneer ...we will not see each other for a time.." thats why i dont have kids it all started with this fools book!.
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Rutherfraud called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
"We wish you weren't born, and I'm going to put all parents in this convention hall on the spot for spawning you. Let everyone see who's spiritual and who's going to be burdened with you during the GT. If you were alive in Noah's day, jehoopla woulda let ya drown. Oh and btw, Armageddon is coming again, in just a few months years."
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Mental Disorders among JW's
by Blackfalcon98 inhi everyone, im begining to notice patterns of mental issues in the congregations and among the witnesses as a group.
do you think this is a trend in the entire world or is it exagerated in this organization?.
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rebel8
rebel8, I'd like to see a link to that report. We don't want to be like the WTS with vague references to support material.
blondie, you have criticized me for this in the past too, when someone posted a question and I gave them an idea on where to find the answer.
I find this reaction something like:
Q: "Hey, does anyone know if you can feed maple syrup to hummingbirds safely?"
A: "I remember reading an article about it, try searching Audobon Society's site." (No statement about what the alleged article says. I've made no assertion about maple syrup, so I have no assertion to support.)
Response: "You didn't post the article and a link to it--you're like the wts!"
This is somewhat offensive, to tell you the truth. If you want to do research for others, that's your choice, but everyone should not have to do that or be likened to an evil, lying cult.