Posts by cyberdyne systems 101

'Additionally, if following the Kingdom Ministry School the elders judicially reproved a brother for viewing forms of pornography that may not have merited judicial action, the decision should stand.'

Its all about protecting the image! Can't say a mistake was made can we, oh no!

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Embarassed about JW relatives?

by greendawn in

do you feel embarassed if people know that you have jw relatives given the many and well known strange ideas they embrace eg about blood transfusions and the belief that all non jws will be killed soon?

do you feel reluctant to admit that you have such relatives?

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I was at work the other day walking along with my boss and this really weird looking woman comes round the corner and as we were talking about relationships at the time I joked saying , wonder if she is available. She then informed me this person was a witless, as if to explain why she seemed weird. So I proceeded to tell her I had been one and the reasons I no longer believed and so on, I admited that I felt stupid looking back, but at the time it was my whole world from a child on.

Now before when I was a witless I would avoid telling anyone, so since leaving I have become more relaxed saying about it even though I now realise I took a leave of my senses during that period - but at least i'm now aware of that and its something to feel good about.

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No information for the great crowd in the bible......................

by vitty in

im not very articulate and find it hard to explain myself but here goes-------------------.

i always wondered (not too deeply).

everything was about the hope for a resurrection in heaven, nothing about an earthly paradise.

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You were not alone vitty, I used to think this is all written for annointed christians, there is no mention of a paradise earth etc. Its only after leaving the mental confines of the witlesses that I read the NT and realise to be a christian we would be annointed.

Its like there is a scripture about turning back to our former way of life and being worse than those in the world, well this was for those annointed with spirit, something we great crowders were not supposed to have had, so how can they df us for changing our mind when we recieved no special understanding or conversion in it? I also realised we would be free of law by being annointed - the spirit working within us, and yet again that would never happen to the GC so we were still under law (see Romans).

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Tips for electric oven/ceramic hobs?

by greendawn in

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friends

i am now about to buy a new electric oven and ceramic electric hobs so if anyone has advice and tips on these devices let us know.

the oven will be bosch or siemens with triple glass on the door and of course fun assisted, that way food cooks faster and better as a crust is created quickly on the surface of food and seals in the juices, eg meats come out very succulent and tender.

also there is no need to turn food round.

cyberdyne systems 101

I have to say my prefered choice is to go for a fan assisted oven, with a gas hob. I'm not familiar with all type's of electric hobs but the usual type are much harder to control than a gas one - which has instant heat and easy control. Maybe others know of better electric versions out there that compare well to a gas hob?

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Confession time...

by cyberdyne systems 101 in

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friends

thought it might be good to confess the things we did knowingly while in the borg.

i'll go first with a taster: i once used a contribution from the public that i got from 'placing' a magazine, and used it to fund buying another magazine (top shelf) .

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cyberdyne systems 101

Thought it might be good to confess the things we did knowingly while in the Borg. I'll go first with a taster: I once used a contribution from the public that I got from 'placing' a magazine, and used it to fund buying another magazine (top shelf)

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Is it a case of; the more you know, the more disillusioned you become?

by jambon1 in

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friends

i really feel that if you have had any kind of responsibility in the org then you are more likely to start becoming disillusioned.

having an appointment exposed me to all sorts of things that i simply would`nt have known about had i not been in that position.

anyone concur?

cyberdyne systems 101

As has been pointed out there are two things that happen - one you get deeper into it from an organisational point of view, or two you realise how unchristian it all is with endless man made rules.

I was fortunate enough to be so worn out by it all that I wasnt feeding myself all the propagander from their literature, only hearing some at the meetings. Even that was enough to draw me right in though. But I never got appointed because the closer I became and the older I got the more my eyes were opened to the politics of the congregation, something I didnt want to be a part of. I remember being one of a group of friends who were all servants except me, and they would talk about which job's they wanted and boast about it all to each other. It was like a popularity contest.

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Should I admit to JWs that I am disfellowshipped?

by jwfacts in

i know about 2000 jws in sydney, and have 50 that are tax clients, so barely a week goes by without bumping into someone i know.

it seems that few of them realise that i am disfellowshipped because they talk freely to me.

last week i accidently sat next to an elder on the train and we engaged in small talk for over 30 minutes.. should i admit to these people that i am not a jw?.

cyberdyne systems 101

I just had a situation where my soon to be brother in law came round to my dad's house to talk to him and I was there and answered the door to him. Although I myself feel a bit uncomfortable knowing what its like to be a witnoid facing a dfd person, I try to not play by their rules and converse normally with them. Its kinda funny to see them struggling to know what to do.

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Your weekend

by KW13 in

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friends

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what did you lot do this weekend?.

i had a friend i met on the web come down, been to the pub and had a laugh

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Took my daughters to the Biggin Hill Air show, they were bored to tears while I enjoyed it!

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Another Anti-climactic weekend....JWs you can breathe again

by LDH in

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friends

yep, so much anticipation and adrenaline used in preparation for the district convention.. well, we've just passed the first weekend of conventions and what do we see?

are there any earth-shattering revalations?

did anyone (ex-jw) who attended the conventions come back here and tell us they heard one scintilla of evidence that these people speak for god?.

cyberdyne systems 101

One of the best things about leaving is not having to tollerate these conventions ever again! As you say the same old drivel dished out year after year. So boring they were that I would take binoculars to look at the crowds and see if I could spot anybody I knew, that and watching the planes go by (this was at twickenham - near Heathrow Airport)

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