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  A totally new trip

  by zed is dead in

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  i am about to initiate the project that has been many years in the making.

  those close to me know what it is.

  i have a unique situation, and i am going to capitalize on it.. i hate to be this cryptic and shit, but i just wanted to let those who know in on that it is about to go down.. wish me luck!.

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  Oh come on Zeddy ...you know you want to tell us!

  Give a hint at least.
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  FORGIVENESS ... You owe it to your health

  by ABibleStudent in

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  i'm cleaning up my home of unnecessary magazines/newsletters that i have accumulated over the years.

  while i was working as an employee i did not feel like i had the time to read them.

  now that i'm not working as an employee but work as a volunteer to network and maintain workplace skills, i seem to have more time to read.. after reading many threads by former jws, i thought that the following article might help some to heal.

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  The oppressed will always believe the worst about themselves.”
  ― Frantz Fanon

  Jw members are so down trodden it doesn't even

  occur to them that they are being abused!

  clarity
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  Artificial Blood vs. Artificial Cigarettes (e-cigarettes)

  by RubaDub in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  disclaimer: this is a rub a dub serious comment (i can only do the serious stuff every so often when i haven't had enough fiber in my diet).. i was in a group with several brothers after the sunday meeting and brought up the new information about the artificial blood.

  only one had heard of it but most thought it was a good idea.. i then mentioned that i guess the new e-cigarettes are a good idea too.

  one mentioned that we don't smoke.

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  So I got called on today...

  by Thumblina in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  poor sod.

  i felt quite sorry for him in the end.. for context, i was brought up as a jw since i was very young.

  i left 6 years ago (faded) a little before turning 30. i was on here a lot around that time but under a different profile that's no longer active.. for the past 18 months, i'm back living in the territory of the congregation i grew up in.

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  Oh wow ... which will I choose... a cult.....or a cult!
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  Brooklyn Bethel in the 1940 census

  by dissonance_resolved in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  prompted by another post, i looked up 124 columbia heights in the 1940 census.

  a few interesting things: all occupants are listed as having the profession of "sell- religious books," except rutherford who is listed as an "editor.

  " odd that they aren't listed as ministers.. also, all the educational levels of the occupants were provided- many had not even graduated high school and some not even grammar school.

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  Neon .... he just s t r e c h e d the truth a bit!!!!!!!
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  Some JW on the street, my reaction...

  by sp74bb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today i had some of my worst experiences.

  i saw a jw group walking on preaching.

  one of them knows me well, we share a lot of week-end on rbc.. my first reaction was rage and nerves.

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  sp74bb ...congratulations on getting out, not

  everyone makes it! When you see the jws..just let

  your breath right out & the inhale slowly & deeply.

  This will relax your diaphram & make you laugh!

  Practice it .....it is good for you.

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  A few years from now you will be surprised that you

  even took notice of them. Don't waste any more time

  on this cult.

  All the best!

  clarity
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  JWS CELEBRATE 100 YEARS SINCE 1914: HAPPY BIRTHDAY 1914 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

  by steve2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the us edition of the june kingdom ministry urges the still-active witnesses to get out and preach in august saying that it is fitting because the anniversary of the start of the time of the end will be in that month.

  what arch hypocrites!.

  they won't allow children to have birthdays but they celebrate a date on a calendar that suits their doctrinal purpose...which is itself virtually the "birthday" of the start of the time of the end - according to their doctrine.. perhaps the "celebrations" will backfire when they try to load 100 candles on the celebratory cake and there will be a huge burnout of faith in this man-made date.. besides, the organization was incorporated in 1876 - decades before 1914.. there may well be moments of unease when the few witnesses with operating brain cells realize the organization has kept them in panic-mode to urgently preach about an end that never comes.

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  Oh cheese & crackers!!!!!! No wonder they are all nuts!

  No wonder the dubs pop pills, drink to oblivion & live double lives.

  No matter how fast they work & study....watchtower keeps them

  off balance at all times with their confusing, conflicting double-talk!
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  I went to one of my previous halls remodel today and they did not recognize me...

  by confusedandalone in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i definitely look like a worldly person by jw standards... however i went to my old hall because they are remodelling and they are in the final p[hase.

  it was not on purpose.

  i had bnusiness on the street and happened to drive past.

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  Confused.... you are quite the guy.....personality

  coming right out of your ears. Congratulations

  I think you made it!! Btw at 36, you still have a

  lifetime yet to live ....omg many of us would give

  almost anything to be 36 again ....

  don't waste another second!

  clarity
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  Is There Anything About The Witnesses That You Like?

  by minimus in

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  anything??

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  I'm with Sam ... they don't smoke!
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  Something to pay attention to, if you go to the Memorial...

  by undercover in

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  2. friends

  i'm cutting and pasting from one of my own posts from some timem ago.

  if you're having to go to this thing tonight, pay attention to how the speaker explains the timing of events at the passover meal, and then compare that to what the bible actually says.... an oldie, but one of my better goodies, i think.... .

  yes, it's time for that annual ritual...no, no...not the ritual of nibbling on crackers and sipping cheap wine, but the ritual of comparing wt teachings of how jesus instituted the memorial versus what the bible actually says.. current wt theology.... as cut and pasted from their own website:.

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  Undercover hi ....nice to see you tonight.

  I never really 'got' these three points before....

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  .."Gospels shows that the WT teaching of the Last Supper is twisted from scripture. And it has to be in order to make their Memorial as important as they claim it is. For only the remnant of Christ's brothers, the 144,000 are allowed to partake. If it was obvious that Judas partook, it robs some, if not all, the significance of the event and the importance of the vow of those who do partake. For if Jesus knew that Judas was his betrayer and still allowed him to stay during this event, then it's not a new institution being set in place for just those in the new covenant, it's just another parable and illustration used to try to teach his followers something. Rob the event of the importance of the occasion and it loses it's place today as a special and significant occasion that has to be observed, thus stripping the WT of some of its credibility as spokesmen for this special group of people."

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  Thanks for posting this, I don't put much stock in the bible now,

  but others & my family do, so I really appreciate your view!

  clarity