Posts by Broken Promises

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The reason I just can't believe in god

by jambon1 in

jw
friends

for the first time in ages though, i actually re-evaluated my position on god/wt.. i had attended a few funerals in the spring and had also reignited some friendships with people from the hall.

but actually, i just keep going round in circles in my mind.

i cannot back an organisation with such a flawed past and one that endorses such policies as shunning & blood.

Broken Promises

Christians aren't the only ones "assured" of an afterlife/eternal life.

Typical arrogant Christian thinking.

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The reason I just can't believe in god

by jambon1 in

jw
friends

for the first time in ages though, i actually re-evaluated my position on god/wt.. i had attended a few funerals in the spring and had also reignited some friendships with people from the hall.

but actually, i just keep going round in circles in my mind.

i cannot back an organisation with such a flawed past and one that endorses such policies as shunning & blood.

Although I wouldn't call myself an atheist, I do wonder about the suffering millions of African people go through every day due to war and famine. The shooting story you described surely happens all the time during war.

It disturbs me that Christians turn a blind eye to such suffering and ignore any suggestion that God must be a cruel god to allow that to go on.

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Question to the wise ones

by lost1 in

just want to know what anyones thoughts/advice please.

am doing my best to put the "bf" out of my mind and move on (did a real number on me) but more things have come to light recently but if i was to "rat on him" who would i approach and how would i phrase it?

i doubt if going to go down that road but would be interested to know.

Broken Promises

Just what are you wanting to achieve by outing him?

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update on my boy

by Aussie Oz in

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friends

my son came to visit today, he and i are getting a lot closer since he left his jw home and thanks largely to his mother and step father alienating him big time.

he needs one of his parents to help him out at times and he can't turn to his mother.

thats sad but its her loss, and his i guess.. anyway, he recently got himself a girlfriend, a worldly girl at that.

Broken Promises

So the thing with the JW girl didn't work out?

He was talking about getting baptised before, did he go thru with that?

It's GREAT that he's finally decided to look into things.

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Any updates on the SPY network at the I.R.S., F.B.I., and other agencies for Watchtower Bible and Tract Society?

by Balaamsass in

curious, with almost 25,000 members here.

network of j.w.

does anyone have any up to date info on the status of the volunteer "spies"?.

Broken Promises

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Did you pick-up many people for the meetings??

by karter in

i was a regular taxi for alot of people.. we (wife & family) pick up one sister and her 2 children for many years ...he husband had walked out on her and we did'nt mind.. however when we were asked by the cobe wife to pick up and elderly and infermed bro a 3 day assembly (we had 3 young children) i said no.. we pased her and her daughter traviling alone to the assembly.. .

Broken Promises

Umm, how did the sister and her daughter come to be travelling "alone"? Did you stop picking her up, or she chose to get to the assembly by her own means? And did it have anything to do with being asked to take the elderly gent?

I've picked up various ppl over the years. Most of them didn't offer any money towards petrol, car costs etc, and some older ladies took the service for granted.

Woe betide me if I was sick or couldn't attend for some other reason, and they had to find someone else to take them (and they expected me to phone around on their behalf).

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For those of you who do not believe in corporal punishment...

by Chemical Emotions in

jw
friends

that is, for those of you who actually think that hitting children is wrong, what types of discipline do you find more effective?

i'm not a parent but when dealing with kids, i've seen that time-outs tend to make kids feel isolated and can really hurt them.

if they're near others and are checked up on frequently, it seems ok. but when they're completely ignored, that is just bad.

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Mrs Jones, you sound like a great mum. Will you adopt me???

*smiles sweetly and bats eyelashes*

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Is their a slackening off / lack of zeal in the witnessing work that I am observing or is it just the area I`m living in

by smiddy in

last saturday i was home with my wife,having a leisurely brekky pottering around in the kitchen ,then i noticed her standing still pondering ,what`s up i asked , wife :i thought i heard someone knocking ,i looked out the window to see two middle aged guys exciting my front drive.why didn`t you tell me they were their,i didn`t hear them.

i would have engaged them in conversation , but my wife doesn`t think i ought to,just let it go ,is her motto.. but my point is : i`m not deaf , and i didn`t hear them at the door , we were both in the front room ,my wife only thought she heard someone at the door only to be proved right observing them leaving i was in my pj`s and dressing gown so was not going to pursue them.

we have been living here nearly 5 years now and i can honestly say they have never been on our doorstep more than 4 times if that , i personally have only encountered them 3 times at the most.

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JW's were Bible students not WT students

Well said. It was a matter of honour to know your Bible. These days they just don't seem to care anymore.

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Positive energy needed

by JeffT in

jw
friends

about three years ago my wife went through a bout of problems with her eyes, double vision, trouble focusing and the like.

after weeks of going to specialists etc no one knew for sure what it was and after a few weeks it went away by itself.

a couple of weeks ago it came back along with some other symptoms, notably weakness and pain in her legs.

Broken Promises

Positive thoughts for your wife.

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Fiji Bethel Scandal

by Mattieu in

does anyone remember the scandal that rocked fiji in appx early 1992?

i have searched this site and found no reference to it.

so, hoping someone here might remember the finer details and whatever happened to the guilty culprits....... my best mate was in the australian bethel at the time, and on a trip back home to melbourne he caught up with me and told me most of the details.

Broken Promises

I suggest you do some research on the JWs, Kaiviti.

Look up "Crisis of Conscience" by Ray Franz. He was a GB member and his uncle, Fred Franz was the president of the WTS at one time. Ray Franz had some very unique insight into how the WTS operated.

I suggest you read it and then tell us if you still think it's "the truth" anymore.