Posts by goldensky

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Forget what they say, most JWs do not believe the end is near...

by drew sagan in

i was a baptized jw for 7 years.

during that time i repeatedly vocalized my belief that "the end is near.

" however, what did this cost me?

goldensky

I sometimes remember what an American elder (Peter Pugh, from the congregation of Hemet, California, in case someone here knows him) told my family a couple of years before 1975: "Do you know what the brothers are beginning to say in the U.S.A.? (Being in Spain, we always got the news a few months later than you). That maybe after all the end will not come in 1975, since everybody expects it to come in that year and then the verse "When nobody is expecting it, the end will come", would not be fulfilled. Therefore rumours are starting to spread that it will be coming in 1976 (!!!!)". And he smiled ever so proud of his deep discernment.

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OK lets just say for sake of arguement, armargedon comes, god wants to know why you left the JW's. What do you say to him?

by highdose in

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friends

sorry for the long title.. i don't belive this will happen for a second.

but its an interesting question.

there you are at armargeddon, and god asks you " why you left the jw's?

goldensky

"Jehovah. you well know I've loved you with my whole heart and mind for as long as I can remember till one year ago. I've loved more than I've loved any other human being including my two beloved children. I would have sacrificed them for you. Until gradually in the course of a few months I realized my common sense had been stifled from birth by indoctrination and was horrified at the kind of God the Bible depicts, at the intense feelings I had felt for you and at what I'd have been willing to do on your behalf. That's why I dropped everything I'd lived for and began a life based on honesty and real love, with the same intensity I had devoted to you before. But you know all that already, don't you?..."

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Growing Up With Violence

by compound complex in

it was not a light slam of flesh and bone against a slanting wall of the derelict cabin.. animal rage set its talons upon an unsuspecting, trusting child and sent her hurtling into the air and, upon impact with the splintery cedar paneling, edging downward, painfully downward by a stop-go motion that could hardly be described as sliding.

landed in a shocked but still breathing heap, she lay quiet until the beast left its lair.

once out the ill-hung door and into the labyrinthine wood that all but put the tiny speck of four rotting walls safely off the map, mommy went to work.

goldensky

Purplesofa, Palmtree67:

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Growing Up With Violence

by compound complex in

it was not a light slam of flesh and bone against a slanting wall of the derelict cabin.. animal rage set its talons upon an unsuspecting, trusting child and sent her hurtling into the air and, upon impact with the splintery cedar paneling, edging downward, painfully downward by a stop-go motion that could hardly be described as sliding.

landed in a shocked but still breathing heap, she lay quiet until the beast left its lair.

once out the ill-hung door and into the labyrinthine wood that all but put the tiny speck of four rotting walls safely off the map, mommy went to work.

goldensky

Snowbird, .

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Through a Darkened Pane

by compound complex in

my frequent walks these last few years about the neighborhood so familiar to me would ordinarily be construed a pleasant enough non-event.

a little mild exercise - taken in small doses to keep the joints operating properly - and a keen eye peeled for the ever-changing face of nature have rendered the daily promenade a suitable diversion.

until recently.

goldensky

Thank you, Snowbird!

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Growing Up With Violence

by compound complex in

it was not a light slam of flesh and bone against a slanting wall of the derelict cabin.. animal rage set its talons upon an unsuspecting, trusting child and sent her hurtling into the air and, upon impact with the splintery cedar paneling, edging downward, painfully downward by a stop-go motion that could hardly be described as sliding.

landed in a shocked but still breathing heap, she lay quiet until the beast left its lair.

once out the ill-hung door and into the labyrinthine wood that all but put the tiny speck of four rotting walls safely off the map, mommy went to work.

goldensky

All these weeks I kept seeing that thread Through a darkened pane popping up, but when I clicked on it, I didn't seem to understand what it was all about. Don't many other posters take part in it? I thought you were all making up a story as you went along and it seemed to be so much fun I was sorry not to be able to contribute to it, since I couldn't follow it properly. How should I set about reading it?

Snowbird, whatever happened to you in your childhood, you've come out of it as a wonderful conqueror and a very sweet person. I'm always pleased to greet you.

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Growing Up With Violence

by compound complex in

it was not a light slam of flesh and bone against a slanting wall of the derelict cabin.. animal rage set its talons upon an unsuspecting, trusting child and sent her hurtling into the air and, upon impact with the splintery cedar paneling, edging downward, painfully downward by a stop-go motion that could hardly be described as sliding.

landed in a shocked but still breathing heap, she lay quiet until the beast left its lair.

once out the ill-hung door and into the labyrinthine wood that all but put the tiny speck of four rotting walls safely off the map, mommy went to work.

goldensky

Dear CoCo, your story has knotted my stomach. You're dealing here with the most sensitive chord in my heart, one that, when struck, produces in my innermost parts overwhelming pain to the point of insanity over all those who have suffered at the hands of their own parents. I thought it was just a story until you added you've experienced it yourself, and that really makes my heart bleed. I wish you'd relate your whole experience in detail, although I doubt I'd be able to read it through.

You are such a gifted writer, CoCo! Your choice of words is so vast I had to keep using the Google translator.

I also wish you a great day..

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Was any of you leading a bible study when discovered the truth about the "truth"?

by Desilusionnee in

jw
friends

i ask because i'm confronted to that and i really don't know what to do.

i always pointed out that the bible and not the book we are studying together is god's word, but now i really don't know any farther.. the 2nd problem is that we don't only study the bible she is now a friend of mine, our children are of the same age?

were some of you in the same situation?

goldensky

I'm just bumping it, Desilusionnee, I'm sure quite a few here have been in your situation and can give you good advice.

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No typos or grammatical errors ever????

by StAnn in

seems to me that, despite the fact that the content of the wts literatrash is crap, i've never seen a typo or grammatical error in the lit.

anybody ever noticed this or ever found instances of errors?

and, if there are no errors, how do they manage that?

goldensky

My disfelloshipped pro-organization (¡¡¡) brother, who keeps up with all the literature, loves to write down every single typo he comes across, just for the anecdote. The other day he gave me a list with some of them, for example:

Apparently, they have skipped the word "not" on page 31 of the Awake of the 8th May 2004 of the English edition (I can't check that, since I only have the literature in Spanish right now).

He says a line has been repeated twice in The Watchtower, May 15 2007, page 23.

I'm checking, but all the others he points out are in the Spanish edition.

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How Often Do You Check To See If You've Got Mail Here?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i find that i check 2 or 3 times a week and generally have no jwn mail..

goldensky

Every time I log in, which is two or three times a day, usually. I'd hate for somebody to need some information and not be available. Or just wanting to say Hello and me not answering.

Zombie dub, it only takes about... 10 seconds to go through that seemingly complicated procedure!