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  Twickenham Assembly 1963 newsreel

  by dozy in

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  a bit before my time , but hopefully of interest to some.

  the food service brings back memories of the 70's & 80's before it was "simplified" by the wtbts.. it would seem that the 60's & early 70's were very much a golden era for the society , before the 1975 debacle.

  it is always amazing watching baptisms of adults - i honestly can't remember the last time a reasonably compus mentis adult was baptised at an asembly.. http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=chrp_&m=jz1jo9yc4yjrty&b=tdwz1ywjej1njt4nmqic2a.

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  man in black

  everyone in this video seems to have an aura of confidence on their faces.

  And now they just basically look pissed all weekend long.
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  Developing the New Personality! How difficult to do?

  by wannabe in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  of course these ones trying to disuade you with their disparaging infelicitous remarks, would know all about paul's words about putting on the new personality and would be quick to point out your lack of that new personality, as well your lack of the fruitage of the holy spirit which they would also know about.

  " {romans 7:25}.

  " the christ did that!

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  man in black

  The witnesses really developed and changed my personality when I was a teenager back in the 1970's.

  My so called witness friends ( half of who were kids of PO, elders, servants, etc) taught me the personality changing characteristics of drinking heavily,smoking cigarettes and pot, dating wordly girls.

  Yet keeping a very clean and shiny personality when we were at the hall and the people teaching it from the platform thought we were just the most encouraging - upright bunch of young men ever.

  We had a nickname in the circuit, the evil jw's

  Most of the teenagers thought we were sooo cool back then,, what a stinking bunch of hypocrites !

  I beieve your statement wholeheartedly : "He can cast out demons because he is empowered by the demons"

  Being a jw has taught me that there are other factors at work with the wtbts, and the local k halls, and they have nothing to do with the rightous being referred to as God,,, its more like Gog,, and this statement really makes that clear to me.

  Only after leaving the jw religion did I feel "right" regarding my relationship with God.

  I'm glad that your son has waken up
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  Ever feel guilty listening to the Rolling Stones as a dub?

  by undercover in

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  this is aimed more for people who grew up when the beatles and stones were first popular, i guess.

  now it's completely silly and ridiculous, but it's funny how hearing an old song on the radio can bring back certain memories.... back in the 60s, early 70s i was a big beatles fan but for the most part none of their music was ever labeled 'dangerous' or 'subversive', even as a youth growing up in the jw cult.

  even their more psyhcedelic stuff was tamer than other bands of the era.

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  I remember driving around with my witness friends back in the late 70's and Bob Segers song Night Moves came on.

  We thought it was terrible, and yet to prove how "wicked" we could be we kept it on.

  That was one of the first times I remember noticing how repressed the witness kids were, and when they had the chance they would

  push the envelope to see what they could do.

  By this era, the Rolling Stones seemed to be acceptable in my area.
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  Evidence that God hates cats

  by SweetBabyCheezits in

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  i, for one, sensed that cats were from the devil ever since that demon-cat, toonces, was shown driving an automobile on live tv.. (orange feline, 2/3 of the way down on the right side, getting his.).

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  man in black

  I guess that this cat didn't respond in a favorable way to the "kingdom message" when he /she had the chance.

  BTW looking at this picture for the first time in several years I can't believe that I would show this to my kids

  and talk about it when they were young

  Unbelivable how blind we were.
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  I have a really hard time understanding the minds of people who were true blue believers as adults in one religion who go on to become true blue believers in another...

  by gubberningbody in

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  i went to a parochial school for years.

  i was an altar boy (unmolested, thank me), and i did weddings, funerals and masses.

  i became an atheist, by the time i was in high school, got into shamanism and other occult stuff out of curiosity and then became a true blue jw.. i'm an agnostic now and i can't even begin to imagine how that could change.. i don't need to ask a crazy adult who molts the shell of the jw's like a hermit crab only to crawl into another shell whether that's catholicism or any other organized religion anything unless i'm just curious what the unwashed natives are up to.. i don't and can't "respect" that any more than i can "respect" anyone who abuses themselves in any manner.. now if the "convert" is a true believer, then they are lost, and i have some pity for them (and some minor envy), but if they're just a hypocrite and using the other organization to whatever end they're using it, then i can understand to a degree, but i still don't respect it, (but find the ability to deceive interesting).. if you're in it, you should be in it all the way, and you should know how to defend it, and if you're not, then i have no clue what sort of animal you might be, but that sort of behavior isn't what i call moral.. just my opinion, but i feel i could let a true blue jw in my house or a true blue catholic, but if you were never a true blue jw and you went along with it only to become a true blue catholic later, then step up and defend it or get out of my house.

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  Personally, I was raised as a RC for 15 years, (altar boy, lector,,,, the whole thing)

  Then the witnesses came along and convinced my parents that the RC church was EVIL.

  So because I feel that I was weak I went along and became an active jw for 30 years.

  Meanwhile the past decade my parents slowly faded away to a certain extent,but they still stayed a part of the religion (jw)

  mainly because of the "friends" that they made.

  Well, two years ago my Mom died suddenly and the total lack of concern/care/sympathy from the "loving christian congregation"

  totally turned me off from being a witness. I was quite active over the years but this was the last straw, and I wrote my da letter shortly after her death .

  For a long time afterwards I had very strong feelings of guilt for leaving, but yet I felt guilty for being so gullible all those years.

  Slowly I started to look at God in a totally different light, and I realized that my personal relationship with him was the strongest when I was a Catholic.

  I have started to go back to mass 1 -2 times a month, but my most encouraging thing is sitting alone in church every Saturday night around midnight when they have all night adoration.

  I feel that s-l-o-w-l-y I am chipping away all the bs behavior that built up in me all those years as a witness. And ( I believe) sitting there with just God, and me is very, very humbling, sometimes I find myself actually crying (as a guy, it is not very cool or easy admitting this).

  So while I understand your position, I get the impression that you might be supressing some pent up feelings about whatever is "divine" these days. I'm not ridiculing you at all, as I remember strongly feeling this very way right after I left the witnesses.

  I don't feel that I have molted from one religion to another either, to me it feels more along the line of the prodigal son story.

  And one other important thing.

  After my Mom died my entire human awareness / being seemed to change. I find it is more important now to believe in myself, no longer allowing a person or organization to direct every move in my life. There are more days behind me than in front,,,,, the time has come to look at God in my own way I need something spiritual to believe in and to help me in life. Creating and cherishing memories with my family,live and enjoy my life in an honest way.

  In other words finally starting to actually enjoy the journey.
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  MP3s !!! 2010-2011 DC TALKS

  by yknot in

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  2. bible

  commentary on mp3s: (in addition to circulate as you see fit!).

  in light of the wts's recent attempts to conceal it's talks from broader inspection and documentation, mp3s to the public are now mostly the works of the 'conscious class' and those exjws who force themselves to endure hours upon hours of control-laced presentations.

  kudos to all those who embody anonymous.

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  greatly appreciated
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  Would you study the Bible with these people??

  by kurtbethel in

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  it's free!.

  there is something disturbing about this.

  can not put my finger on it though.

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  That kid seems to have the right idea, he is hanging onto his Dad for dear life !

  (please please don't make me go in there)
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  This Prince fellow is getting more threads than the new "generation" teaching...

  by undercover in

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  just sayin, is all....

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  man in black

  According to the jw mentality Prince must mean something

  Remember KISS (knights in Satans service)

  RUSH (rulers under satans hand)

  PRINCE =
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  Inside Brother Prince's World

  by frozen one in

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  2. friends

  http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/07/05/prince-world-exclusive-interview-peter-willis-goes-inside-the-star-s-secret-world-115875-22382552/.

  here's his converted to jw girlfriend, bria valente:.

  i wonder if chaperones are required when they want to be together?.

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  man in black

  I predict that she will hang around for a while,,,,,, then dump him,, get DF'd,, get a nice healthy settlement and probably a normal guy.

  Basically she is in it for the money found at the end of the tunnel.

  Also is that a diamond encrusted cane he is carrying, or is he just happy to be with his lady ?
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  Atm machines next to contribution boxes at 2010 DC

  by foolsparadise in

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  2. friends

  two friends came over and told me at the long beach convention they had atm machines distributed around the main lobby of the arena so the brothers could pull out cash and donate more freely.

  anyone else hear of this at any other conventions of satan?.

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  I remeber eveything not associated with the wtbts would be covered, or taped over at DA's.

  Has this now changed ?