Londo111

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  Did Ray Franz manage to live out a comfortable retirement from the proceeds of his books.

  by joe134cd in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i'm just curious if anybody knows.

  firstly i don't take issue with the man making money from his books and if he was able to live comfortably from it then i say power to him.

  but what i'm wanting to know was just how successful was it and did it allow him to live out the remainder of his years in comfort e.g buy a house, eat good food etc.

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  Londo111

  I hope so!
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  Hello from an exmormon

  by Cold-Dodger in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  someone named john free popped in on one of my posts at exmormon[dot]com and mentioned this website.

  i have a lot of questions.

  i never knew much about about the jw church.

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  Here is the Mormon version of Caleb and Sophia: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/287222/caleb-sofia-have-mormon-cousins
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  Hello from an exmormon

  by Cold-Dodger in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  someone named john free popped in on one of my posts at exmormon[dot]com and mentioned this website.

  i have a lot of questions.

  i never knew much about about the jw church.

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  Londo111

  JWs are ruled by a Governing Body. Mormons have the Quorum of Twelve.

  JWs have an annual meeting. So do Mormons.

  JWs have revised their Bible recently. The Mormons did the same.

  JWs have a slick website. So do the Mormons.

  JWs go door-to-door. Mormons practice the same.

  JWs now have Family Study Night. Mormons have the same.

  In many cases, Mormons beat JWs to the punch.

  BTW…Guy Pierce, the last GB member who has deceased, was raised a Mormon if I remember correctly.

  As a JW, I remember calling at a door and getting invited in. But the person who invited me in was actually the next door neighbor. The older gentleman who lived there was a Mormon. The next door neighbor was giddy at getting the two of us together. He clearly expected fireworks and a huge debate and wanted entertainment, but we’d a friendly conversation. The neighbor got bored and left disappointed…but not before telling us not to call next door.

  Welcome to the forum!
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  Pioneer Service School Videos

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  first, i'd like to give a big thank you to the anonymous person who provided me the files.

  second, if you have the rest of the english videos, or anything else you would like to leak, please pm me.. download links in the descriptions and here.

  english:.

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  Knorr looking in on a pioneer meeting: "This IS @#@$%!@ boring!"
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  Have you ever had your oven door explode?

  by Ucantnome in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the other day the glass in my oven door exploded and sent glass into the next room, fortunately i wasn't peering in at the time.

  about a year go the previous oven door shattered one morning.

  the oven was cold.

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  Londo111

  It's got to be demons! :)

  I'm glad you're ok!
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  Video: "Iron Sharpens Iron"

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joehewofiba.

  is this supposed to placate the ones who have been recently fired?

  is this a sign of the aging jw leadership?

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  What is the synposis? I don't have the stomach to watch.
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  The six newest Kingdom Songs are all about preaching

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  140. the life of a pioneer141.

  searching for friends of peace142.

  preaching to all sorts of people143.

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  Londo111

  If it is anything like the previous songs, I feel bad for those who have to hear them weekly and attempt to sing them.

  Of all things, the change of songbook gave me a nudge toward the door (though not the final push)...the new music was just terrible.
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  Who would you like to hear of leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses ?

  by wozza in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'll start off with this one:.

  some years ago when i was formulating my exit, i employed for some time an ms brother from another congregation.. i'd had a couple of young "worldly" lads work for me but they proved unreliable as they used drugs or alchohol and consequently would'nt arrive at work and such like.. so when i was was contacted by this brother and spoke to him and heard he'd worked at the australian bethel for some time on construction and wanted an opportunity to learn the trade of bricklaying ,i thought ,"great someone to finally trust and be reliable".

  he was in his 40's at the time and he worked like a trojan ,was honest ,really likeable and interesting ,could play the classical guitar beautifully ,had a beautiful family.

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  Londo111

  My best friend (or I guess former best friend). My parents.
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  Did an EX-JW wake you up to TTATT or did you put the effort to wake up yourself?

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  how many of us were woken up by some apostate yelling false prophets at a convention?.

  how many of us were woken up by someone holding a sign and yelling, what happened to 1975.

  how many of us were coerced to investigate the wt because some ex-jw pulled up a bunch of old watchtowers magazines and told us to read the false predictions?.

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  There were some ex-JW websites that I accidently stumbled upon that actually delayed me awakening. I hate to name names, but both Six Screens and Danny Hazzard’s site perpetuated the “apostate” stereotype that had been part and parcel of my lifelong indoctrination.
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  Did an EX-JW wake you up to TTATT or did you put the effort to wake up yourself?

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  how many of us were woken up by some apostate yelling false prophets at a convention?.

  how many of us were woken up by someone holding a sign and yelling, what happened to 1975.

  how many of us were coerced to investigate the wt because some ex-jw pulled up a bunch of old watchtowers magazines and told us to read the false predictions?.

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  I agree 100%. But it was an uphill battle just to start investigating. I remember the fear and the skepticism to information that was potentially critical to the org. Of course, once I saw the men behind the curtain, it was downhill from there.

  I have a vague memory of sign wielding "apostates" at a convention back in the 80's, but I was a child. The next time I encountered them was when I went to visit Bethel in 1990...I was absolutely frightened! The signs about Jesus was my mediator too did not sink in. There were also signs that basically said to "arrest Fred Franz"...that did not help in the least.

  I remember ten years later, a person dropping seeds of thought to me, like how the organization used to teach that Jehovah lived around a certain star. It sounded like nonsense, but then, I had no access to the information and I didn't seek it out. And then when I found he had looked at "apostate" information on my computer (along with gay porn), that really made my aposta-alarm go off.

  I guess the old saying is true that, "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear."