Posts by TimothyT

My brother and I told them to leave us alone and that we were going to uni. We did! Now he is the head of the computer department for a multimillion pound company in the UK. I am studying counselling and psychology and already have a degree in leadership and management.

I know some who are extremely bitter that they were not allowed better careers!

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Who is Koolaid-Man? What is his story?

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Oh dear. Lol...

I retract my questions!

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Who is Koolaid-Man? What is his story?

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Ok ok... so he is on our side? Looking through his website he appears to dislike the WT org. Ok... got it.

Hehe... most conroversial poster? I did notice those Mr Koolaid that some of your posts were a little sensationalised but i wanted to know who are you? Im gonna have a look at your site and see. How did you get to this point? What did the JW org do to you?

Hope to hear from you? :)

Timmy x

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Who is Koolaid-Man? What is his story?

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Question about the memorial :)

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i have no doubt that in a few weeks when the campaign to spread memorials invites is underway that my good friend, the jw, will give me an invitation.

she has already told me that she would support me when walking in, telling me that i could sit next to her and she wouldnt give a damn what others would think that she was encouraging a disfellowshipped person.

she is very sweet, and i appreciate her thoughts.. however, i would rather not go because i believe the whole thing is done wrong anyway.

TimothyT

Haha... thanks everyone.

To be honest... im not bothered one bit that i will miss it. I know im still on this board but I dont see anything the JWs say anymore as having authority. When i was mentally out of the borg this time last year, i began to appreciate that if they didnt agree with me, then i would research and reinvent what i knew to be Christianity. This involved lots of reading which was so fun and culminated in me having a much better and more biblicaly aligned belief in Jesus.

As Transhuman68 put it, the JW interpretation is nuts!!!

Timmy x

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Latest Watchtower page 30... They have some nerve to put this!

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one thing that i have always noticed even when i was a jw is that the jw org has lots and lots and lots of rules for allsorts of stupid petty rules which make no difference.

when you read the bible you see how they are clearly in the wrong here and are acting like the pharisees themselves, who imposed so much pressure on others to conform to the law.

am i missing something here!?!?

TimothyT

@djeggnog.

HAHA… I find reading your comments like listening to the elders in my congregation: Long winded, full of judgment, full of pride, full of the ‘holier than though’ attitude. I am in no position to judge you, nor do I want to. I have no doubt either than you have read your bible and know it quite well… better than me it seems. As for me, I will continue to study the scriptures and continue to gain insight into what they truly mean. I feel it is quite an assumption on your part that people like me and many others do not comprehend scriptures such as John 3:16. I have not explained how I feel about these yet you tell me that im out of my depth and clueless. It seems to me that you are mirroring the mentality of the JWs once again. JUDGING OTHERS JUDGING OTHER JUDGING OTHERS. Did you not realise that Jesus condemned this?

Regarding gay, I hear what you are saying. I had to deal with this for so long and in the end, I came to a decision to be true to who I am. I know what the scriptures (supposedly) say, but it’s incredibly demeaning to live a life where you are not being true to yourself. Romans 3:23 says that all have sinned and fall short of Gods Glory. You are in included in that eggnog. I wonder, even now maybe there is some kind of fleshly desire or such that you are pursuing, perhaps not entirely devoting your life to Jesus? This is the reason why we need grace and why God has given it to us surely. Because although we try (just as I am trying so hard for Jesus despite my imperfections) we all fail miserably. I do not feel that I am assured salvation; likewise I do not feel that any one of us should be. The choice rests with Jesus Christ. However I can do what I can to show him that I am honest and doing my best for him in my own personal circumstances.

Hehe… I TOTALLY AGREE! I KNOW im inadequate when it comes to discussing the bible. Im not a scholar or a historian. That is why I read the bible all the time and study it to try and gain a better knowledge of it so I can serve God as best I can. I can openly and honestly say that because I would like to believe im a genuine and sincere person who does not know everything.

I hope to see you in paradise brother eggnog! :)

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Mr. Unthank and Theocratic Warfare

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after reading the threads on this forum, the collapse of mr. unthank's crusade against the watchtower society seems to have some people riled up.

i haven't followed the outworking of events that led up to the case's dismissal by the public prosecutor.

i did notice that there was a formal motion to charge the "faithful and discreet slave" and prosecute this entity as "corporate accused.. .

TimothyT

From my own personal perspective, the idea that the 'faithful slave' exists and is a group of men known as Jehovahs Witnesses, and take their name from Matthew 24 is actually a load of rubbish! The scriptural basis for such a teaching is based purely on an illustration given by Jesus. The JW disdredit the idea of Hell as it is based on an illustration too. Why one rule for that and not the same for this?

In the end, the bible is quite clear anyway that it is through faith and belief in Jesus that we are saved. Organised religion should not come in to it. It should merely be used to help us in that goal.

Timmy x