Posts by JimmyPage

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Oompa update

by Robert7 in

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i don't post much, so most of you don't know me.

i live in nc near oompa, and he has become a good friend with my wife and i over the last few years.. so as an update, my wife visited oompa today!

he's recovering, but has a long recovery to go.

Top 10 reasons why JWs don't have the truth - please contribute

by oldlightnewshite in

i thought it would be an interesting exercise to ask everybody on here what their 'top 10 reasons why jws don't have the truth' actually were.

maybe we can see some correlating views/patterns/ideas that may help us de-programme the newbies that come on this site.

if eventually most people have an outstanding gripe/concern it'll help everybody understand the ex-jw mindset a little better.

Lady Lee (Lee Marsh) could use help

by Dogpatch in

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she can't read this now because her computer has been broken for several days.

lee is not a complainer now would dare ask for help, but though she can even build computers, she has ancient equipment and if you know her, little funds.. bottom line: she needs a $500+ cpu box to get updated to the 21st century.

if you are interested in helping her (don't email her because she won't get it, and don't call her and embarrass her yet) but this girl needs a "working car" to get back on the road, if you know what i mean.. email me at [email protected].

JimmyPage

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"The FDS has lovingly given us time"

by Crisis of Conscience in

boy am i tired of hearing this one.

yes folks, i heard it at the meeting this week...again.

the sm included a local needs part and this was the subject - family worship night.. apparently, regarding fwn, that time was never, nor now is, ours.

JimmyPage

Really we are lucky just to breathe the same air as the FDS. And when they fart it smells like roses!

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If you felt/feel that you had/have good, close "friends" in the org, how did/does it feel to just give them up?

by Crisis of Conscience in

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this is my biggest dilema.

although mentally i really feel i could walk away from the org right now, i still have genuine love for the people i have come to know over the years.

i love people!.

JimmyPage

The White Stripes said it best:

In some respects
I suspect you've got a respectable side
When pushed and pulled and pressured
You seldom run and hide
But it's for someone elses benefit
Not for what you wanna do
Until I realize that you've realized
I'm gonna say these words to you

You don't know what love is
You do as you're told
Just as a child at ten might act
But you're far too old
You're not hopeless or helpless
And I hate to sound cold
But you don't know what love is...
You just do as you're told

I can see your man
Cant help but win
Any problems that may arise
But in his mind there can be no sin
If you never criticize
You just keep on repeating
All those empty "I love you's"
Until you say you deserve better
I'm gonna lay right into you

You don't know what love is
You just do as you're told
Just as a child of ten might act
But you're far too old
Your not hopeless or helpless
And I hate to sound cold
But you don't know what love is
No you don't know what love is
No you don't know what love is

You just do as you're told
You do as you're told
Yeah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xsF9fHdAfo

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Top 10 reasons why JWs don't have the truth - please contribute

by oldlightnewshite in

i thought it would be an interesting exercise to ask everybody on here what their 'top 10 reasons why jws don't have the truth' actually were.

maybe we can see some correlating views/patterns/ideas that may help us de-programme the newbies that come on this site.

if eventually most people have an outstanding gripe/concern it'll help everybody understand the ex-jw mindset a little better.

JimmyPage

Jesus has been ruling for 96 years now. What's he been doing all this time?

The entire book of Revelation is symbolic except for the number 144,000- which is literal. Seriously?

There is no Scripural precedent for recording and reporting time spent preaching.

Since I've been alive the "generation" of Matthew 24 went from being the generation of 1914 to the wicked. Then, no, it's not the wicked, it's the anointed. Then, the generation is not one, but two overlapping generations of the anointed. Give me a break.

The words "faithful and discreet slave" appear more in one paragraph of the WT than the entire Bible.

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...Weird Ass Lights in the Sky...

by OUTLAW in

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good evening jwn!!...

as most of you know i live in a forest,in the mountains..at night there is very little light pollution... so the sky is one big theatre screen... i see shooting stars,northern lights,satellites,planes on a destination..it`s all very beautiful... tonight was different... .

tonight there was something in the sky that defied anything i`ve ever seen... it had multiple aircraft lights but not like regular airplane lights..it wasn`t a helicopter... it could go straight up or down... move in one direction then head in another..it could do all kinds of weird stuff... sometimes it just hovered..then start doing all these weird maneuvers... regular aircraft is going somewhere,it`s headed in a direction..not this thing... i watched a regular airplane pass it... .

JimmyPage

Could you see Don Adams in the cockpit?

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Did You Aspire To Be An Elder Or Did You Want A Relative or Friend To Be One?

by minimus in

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if you were a male growing up in the congregation, it was expected that you would "reach out" for a position in the hall.

some of us did just that and others didn't want any "privileges"!.

i knew some people, especially "sisters", that really wanted their relative or good friend to be appointed so they might "change things".

JimmyPage

I aspired to be a MS. Achieved it. Thereafter, never aspired to be an elder.

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Tetragrammaton Tattoo

by cabasilas in

last week was finals week at the college.

as i was studying for one of my tests i noticed this one guy (early 20s, muscular, four day beard, average college student looking) getting on the elevator next to where i was sitting.

then i noticed he had a rather unusual tattoo.

JimmyPage

My elder dad once had the Tetragrammaton on the front bumper license plate of his car, I shit you not!

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"There's really no good reason why we should turn our time in late"

by Crisis of Conscience in

another wonderful part this week at the meeting.

and this is what the brother said.. he related examples, based on the om book, as to how jehovah kept records.

funny part is, they all applied to population, the amount of people.. is there any part of the bible that talks about how jehovah kept a log of hours on some occasion?

JimmyPage

My wife relayed that the brother doing the part said there are about 30 people in the cong that have to be called for their report every month LOL!

Yes, there is NO Biblical precedent for reporting time spent preaching. Very weak arguments from the Society indeed.

I'll bet there will be a drama at the assembly showing brothers reporting time in the first century, though!