Posts by jean-luc picard

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Holy Cow! A Mr. Falcon post! (persecution obsession)

by Mr. Falcon in

yup.

let's begin.. i went to the kingdom hall yesterday for the first time in awhile.

the public talk was something like "trust in jehovah" and the speaker (whom i know personally and is a tad "off") was rambling on about the persecution that we are going to face imminently.

jean-luc picard

Greetings Mr falcon.

Like you, as a young boy, I was scared of the day when we would be tortured horribly, and back then we were told

that it was surely coming. But now I'm grown up, I wonder " do they really believe they are that important?

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Our videos on WT 15.04.12 - page 12

by Motema Bolingo in

on our website "aggelia", see our new video.. versions available on 27th januari : french - english - dutch.

we hope to add german - italian - spanish.

http://www.aggelia.be/videos/tg0412_intro.html.

I have allegedly been charged with apostasy

by Igot2bme in

jw
friends

i recieved a letter today and it reads:.

sister jennifer b****,.

we request your presence for a judical hearing.

jean-luc picard

I was sad when I first got it then I was like WTF

Life DOES go on. This is just the next logical step in your evolution. Being true to yourself is the only way to live a fulfilling life.

Do you have family still in? If so, how are they likely to react?

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first of all , may i wish you all a happy new year.. in response to obaracs earlier thread, i think it would be amusing to list all the dc themes that we can remember.. it would be interesting to compile them in excel and amusing to see the irony in them over the decades.. so what themes do you recall, and from what year?.

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jean-luc picard

Sorry. Should have done some research first

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/176420/1/Convention-Themes

Thanks JWS.

Finally, you realize that its all a bit hollow! Why did we go?

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DC theme any year

by jean-luc picard in

jw
friends

first of all , may i wish you all a happy new year.. in response to obaracs earlier thread, i think it would be amusing to list all the dc themes that we can remember.. it would be interesting to compile them in excel and amusing to see the irony in them over the decades.. so what themes do you recall, and from what year?.

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jean-luc picard

First of all , may I wish you all a happy new year.

In response to obaracs earlier thread, I think it would be amusing to list all the DC themes that we can remember.

It would be interesting to compile them in Excel and amusing to see the irony in them over the decades.

So what themes do you recall, and from what year?

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"Freeing" those "trapped" in the Organization.

by curiouscynic in

i have family members who are still jws, many of you do as well.

assuming your folks are similar to mine, they are, for the most part, rational.

they are jws because they believe and they have a tremendous amount of scriptural knowledge, albeit of wts origins and with the expected bias.. if i chose to demonstrate, to my father particularly, the inconsistencies in wts ideology... he might just decide to leave.

jean-luc picard

CC, you say:

He said that this [JW life] is what he's done his entire life and he didn't know what sort of person he'd be without it.

My mother is the same, and I think I can understand it ( she is quite old): for many, its easier to stay in, rather than face the uncertainty of life ( with all of its rewards), starting out all over.Also to have to admit that they have wasted a large portion of their precious life. They are afraid. Period. They dont have the character to leave, so they dont want to hear anything that makes them uneasy. Typical ostrich stuff.

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Put up my first xmas tree this weekend

by TweetieBird in

jw
friends

i didn't think i would ever do xmas but i must say that i kinda got into it and it turned out really nice for a virgin..

jean-luc picard

Merry Christmas everybody.

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undeniable facts of history

by bobld in

in 1939 hilter(evil) invaded poland and killed approx.16.5% of the pop.. what about jehovah god.in his history book the bible.see deut.ch, 2&3.. he punished his nation israel for 40 yrs because they choose (free will) not to enter the promise land.. notice deut.2;34 what happened to the cities of king sihon of heshbon.we(jehovah) completely destroyed(extirpate,exterminated) the people in every city-the men.women.and children.we (jehovah) did not leave anyone alive.. later in deut.3;6- 60 cities in the area of argob(og's kingdom in bashan) we (jehovah)completely destroyed(raze) every city and all the people in them,even the women and the babies.

(really sick).. many will use the excuse,that god had to destroy them to prevent problems for his people such as idolatry,etc.yeah right kill babies,just like hilter killed the jews.. and they say read the bible and mediate on all the killings.no thank-you.

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jean-luc picard

His answer was that god ordered one and not the other. Chilling!

Just like many war criminals pleaded:

" I was only following orders".

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"The 'Borg'

by mauiboy in

i have read the phrase "the borg" over and over again....what is it's real meaning?

still a newbie here.

this is the 1st site i've joined since i left about 4 years ago, so i'm still picking up on the lingo.......

jean-luc picard

I believe the ex-mormons dote their ex organisation with the name the Morg.

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Is true faith possible?

by freshstart in

i still feel the need to worship and the desire for faith, but having been raised as a jw and not knowing anything else, i just feel confused and lost as far as faith goes.

sometimes i think that maybe their isn't a god, i just don't know......

jean-luc picard

One of our posters here is Lunatic Faith.

I quite like one of her citations:

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything." (Friedrich Nietzsche / 1844-1900)