Posts by hotspur

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Re-instatement

by hotspur in

can anybody show me in any bible that, to be re-instated, i need to humiliate myself for at least 6 months?.

what's that all about?

in fact, that is high my list of 1001 reasons i'd never go back!.

hotspur

Can anybody show me in any Bible that, to be re-instated, I need to humiliate myself for at least 6 months?

What's that all about? In fact, that is high my list of 1001 reasons I'd never go back!

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Governing Body two-thirds majority

by wannabefree in

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i believe current count is 9 gb, so that makes 6 out of 9 for it to be so?.

how about two-thirds when all 10,800 or so are given a say?.

hotspur

So they are quite happy to accept that the Holy Spirit is by-passing 1/3 of the GB? They must have secret sins or summat!

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What charitable works does the WTBS do in the UK?

by highdose in

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in the uk they are registered as a charity.

its made clear from the platform that this is for tax reasons, they get a nice tax break from the goverment.

but what charitable works do they actualy do?.

hotspur

The purposes of this Society are . . . to authorize and appoint agents, servants, employees , teachers, instructors, evangelists, missionaries and ministers to go forth to all the world publicly and from house to house to preach and teach Bible truths to persons willing to listen by leaving with such persons saidliterature and by conducting Bible studies thereon; to improve men, women and children mentally and morally by Christian ministry work and by charitable and benevolent instruction of the people on the Bible and incidental subjects

That's interesting - I didn't think they had any 'employees' <scratches head>

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What Actually Helped You Leave The Organization?

by minimus in

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after seeing some threads about how some think that being direct (like danny hazzard) is the best way to get people out of "the truth" or being very subtle is most effective----i was wondering what exactly made you leave the organization??.

were you more impressed by websites that were informational?

what really got you thinking to leave the religion and its mindset?.

hotspur

Finding out our (then) 14yo daughter was not mine and that her mother held the secret and lived a secret life for all those years. That made me stand back and take a critical view of everything. That led to an 'epiphany' at a DA and I never looked back.

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At a 2 day assembly ...the point that the brother spoke about that drove me mad....."don't hug your husband, wife or child during prayer".

by crazy2try in

i attended one day of a two day assembly and did ok until the very last talk.

the brother was from bethal and well jw's pay closer attention to their talks, cause that is when some new info is given,,,right.

well anyways i lost focus and began to daydream, cause it became one of those talks that just talks about wasting time.

hotspur

What god has joined together let no man put apart!

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At a 2 day assembly ...the point that the brother spoke about that drove me mad....."don't hug your husband, wife or child during prayer".

by crazy2try in

i attended one day of a two day assembly and did ok until the very last talk.

the brother was from bethal and well jw's pay closer attention to their talks, cause that is when some new info is given,,,right.

well anyways i lost focus and began to daydream, cause it became one of those talks that just talks about wasting time.

hotspur

And how about stumbling visitors who see couples/family 'disengage' just prior to a prayer or such like?

Pretty rich coming from an Organization that prides itself over it's promotion of family unity and love. Sick!

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Watchtower CD library for Mac?

by jwfacts in

does anyone know if the watchtower cd library comes in a mac compatible version?

or has anyone been able to crack it so it works on a mac.. i know i can run emulation software, but don't feel like giving any more money to microsoft for a copy of their operating system.

i have just bought a couple of mac laptops and find it so much better than windows 7 in almost every regard that i cannot understand why people still buy pc's.