Posts by Sour Grapes

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What Cong you from???

by fluke in

hey guys.... .

just wondering what kh you guys attended and or congregation you are from?.

me, i'm from hayes cong london and golden ash northants... spent time in others too but mostly those... oh, also a short spat in kempston cong bedford... all in england... :).

Sour Grapes

I am from the former congregation that I used to go to.

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A Rhyme to all the Great Posters on JWN

by cantleave in

jw
friends

poetry isn't really my thing but i hope you can all relate!.

oppressive, repressive, a burden, a guilt,.

a childhood of dreams a new world to be built,.

My Personal Experience

by God_Delusion in

hi guy's & gal's,.

as many of you now know, i have decided to create my own blog.

i have just finished the about me bit within the site.. it would be very much appreciated if you could read what i've written and let me know what you think.. here is the link to it;.

Sour Grapes

I enjoyed your blog. I have shared many of the same

mental abuses you did as a child. I am still "in" for the

sake of my family but as all of the "new truths" are

revealed in the Witchtower and the light keeps getting

brigher and brigher, they are beginning to smell a rat.

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More Misc Ramblings About Gilead

by AllTimeJeff in

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friends

honestly, i can't remember if i told some of this already, so if i repeat myself, please allow me this.

i am practicing for old age..... it is now 6 years since i got the "long form" application for gilead, with over 120 questions to answer.

5 years since i got my notice that we were selected to attend the 119th class of gilead from april-september 2005.. prior to this, i really wanted to be a co. i won't belabor the point about my ex jw wife wanting to go overseas, but suffice to say, her goal won out over my goal.

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Thanks for sharing Jeff. I am thankful that you are a

part of our community and I hope that any borderline,

sitting on the fence Witnesses, read your posts and

learn before it is to late. A life is a terrible thing to waste.

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The Watchtower Society: aka "The Dream Killers"

by JimmyPage in

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friends

do you have talent as a musician?

how much better would it be if you focused on pioneering!.

are you artistic?

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I was accepted to go to a medical school but then the elders

told me that I was waisting my time. Why would I want to

enter a profession that will not be needed in a few more years.

That was 45 years ago.

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"And Jehovah has blessed us with diesel fuel"

by Sour Grapes in

when i read these eye witness accounts from haiti.

like jehovah is blessing his people with diesel fuel.

and food my brain begins to bleed.

Sour Grapes

When I read these eye witness accounts from Haiti

like Jehovah is blessing His people with diesel fuel

and food my brain begins to bleed. The JW's make

it sound like God came down from heaven on his fiery

charriot with a 50 gallon drum of diesel sitting in the

back of the charriot. How about the hundreds of thousands

of other Haitians who have received fuel, food, and

medical attention from countries all over the world

and from the good efforts of so many churches. I guess

that is not from Jehovah, it is just a stroke of good luck.

I had a dear Witness friend who recently died. He was

having surgery and died on the table. He was an elder,

pioneer, family man, role model in the congregation.

I am sure that everyone was praying for a successful

surgery but he died. Maybe Jehovah did not hear their

prayers or maybe he just doesn't care.

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What Are Some Ridiculous Things JWs Have Said?

by minimus in

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friends

....either in publications, during talks or by individual witnesses?.

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That I would not finish high school or get old.

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How long will the WT Org. help the Haitians?

by moshe in

they have 16,000 jw's in haiti who are now mostly desititute and will be for a long time.

how long will the wt hand out free food, clothes, shoes and pay for their medical care?

or will they just tell them to go to caesar for medical care?

Sour Grapes

When they repaired homes after Katrina, they required that the

Witnesses forward the issurance claim and check to the WTBS

when it was paid.

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images & news frm Haiti & jw's

by carla in

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friends

this is probably not going to come out right but when jw's look at the news and images from haiti and i do believe their hearts are touched by it (for the most part) why don't they connect their 'unified' vision of the big a with this much smaller scale catastrophe?

shouldn't it be kind of like a preview for them of just what they are in fact looking forward to?.

my apologies if you find the question heartless but considering they believe 99% of the population will be destroyed and they will 'help' clean up after the big a it's a valid question in my opinion..

Sour Grapes

They are brain dead. The brother giving the talk Sunday said

how terrible and sad the situation is in Haiti with all of the

suffering and death. What does he think it is going to be

like when not 50,000 people die but 6,000,000,000 die?

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WT study article Jan 17 2010

by Mickey mouse in

"treasure your place in the congregation.".

dozy did this exercise previously but i thought paragraph 5 was worth looking at agan.. let's change the perspective to the first person:.

"the spirit that now operates in the sons of disobedience" is so widespread that it is like the air we breathe.

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The only people who say that they are not in a

cult are those who are in a cult.

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