Posts by wallsofjericho

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Ever notice how JW's can attend a talk or Convention and remember nothing?

by Wasanelder Once in

how many times have you asked a jw who has attended a public talk how the talk was, only to be told it was so great!

yet they cannot remember the title nor any one single point except that the brother was "funny" or was good with illustratiions or some other vauge point?

and conventions weren't far off either.

wallsofjericho

I remember once telling a person what a great talk the CO gave. They asked me what it was about and I couldn't remember at all

not a single thought came to me

i was very embarassed

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Outrageous, but yet funny line by zone visit!

by Beth Sarim in

so, i watched this recorded broadcast by one of the bigs,i heard this rediculous but yet humourous statement.

something like ''spritually sluggish is the same as wickedness or evel.

lol, get a load of that lol.

wallsofjericho

many years ago I heard an illustration...

the Org is like a train moving ahead continuously, to keep up with Jeh's Org we need to run with it, if we stand still the train will keep going and eventually we are no where near Jeh's org.

this has always been the general consensus but recently there is a new twist to this which uses it as justification for shunning

I believe eventually inactivity for a year with a subsequent refusal to accept a study to "come back" will result in an announcement of "so-and-so is no longer one of JW's"

and we all know what that equates too....

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Reverse Disfellowshipping

by ctrwtf in

i'm into the 7th year of a successful fade.

when i'm at the market i still see some of my former "friends" trying to avoid eye contact.

although i'm not df'd i may as well be in their eyes.

wallsofjericho

It would take half a day after we left for my wife and I to talk what felt like toxins out of our system.

wow, what a great analogy. I can totally imagine that scenario and can see myself feeling exactly the same

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Bill Cosby - too much smoke for no fire?

by Simon in

it seems like the list of people who are accusing him of rape and sexual assault is growing every day.

i'm skeptical of single accusations but the number of people and the similar stories seem overwhelming now.. it's not a conviction but to the court of public opinion ... guilty?.

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Feeling sad over a wasted life in watchtower

by wannaexit in

jw
friends

it's been 12 years since i first read ray franz's books and the scales came off my eyes.

by that time i was in my forties.. since 2002 i went back to school and have worked with 3 very professional organizations.

but my biological clock is ticking away and while my peers are looking forward to retirement, i am only beginning.

wallsofjericho

((((((WANNAEXIT)))))))

I can certainly empathize with you and you have every right to feel that way. 20 years is a long time.

One thing that helps me is to contemplate the lives of others, not JW's, but others around me. The perspective we have on life is unlike so many around us. It came at a great cost as it did for you, but many struggle their entire life without getting anywhere near our perspective.

this comes only from a tragic event, for many exJW's that event isn't a car accident or beating cancer, but losing our identity and starting our lives over.

You could have done all of those things your cousins did and be miserable, these feelings you have are not entirely unique to former JW's, people of all religions (or not) of all walks of life look back with regret about life decisions and lost time.

Does everything happen for a reason? your life as a JW doesn't have to be all negative, you were still you, you were growing into the person you are today.

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Revelation, its Grand Climax.... remember when?

by wallsofjericho in

i remember being at the assembly in 1988?

when this was released.

everyone was so excited that we finally had a simple explanation of revelation with pictures.

wallsofjericho

i thougth 1988 originally but then seemed to think I was younger than that when it came out.

LOL at theredeemer

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Scientists Should Not Dismiss Genesis So Quickly

by Chris Tann in

nasa discovery proves the bible scientifically accurate.

the debate.

for decades there has been a long standing debate between science and religion as to the validity of the biblical genesis account of creation.

wallsofjericho

kind of reminds me of this...

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Revelation, its Grand Climax.... remember when?

by wallsofjericho in

i remember being at the assembly in 1988?

when this was released.

everyone was so excited that we finally had a simple explanation of revelation with pictures.

wallsofjericho

I remember being at the assembly in 1982? when this was released. Everyone was so excited that we finally had a SIMPLE explanation of Revelation with PICTURES. Not like that awful Babylon book

Looking back now, i remember studying this at the book study so many times, but the final time I was mentally out of the BOrg and I couln't believe how assinine this book was!
the 24 elders are actually the 144k, so the 24 elders in 1914 are pictured standing in front of the 144k (themselves) in the future when their number is sealed, but they are together now because the 144k is SO SURE TO TAKE PLACE its as though its ALREADY OCCURED and they are singing a song to themselves even though some of the 144k aren't even born yet (remember its 1914 when they're singing)... get it??

INCREDULOUS!

I notice the R&F never talk about that book much anymore, as if they know what a crock of shit it was. When the next Revelation book comes out one day people will be so excited to finally have a book that explains the true TRUTH about Revelation and they will be SO HAPPY

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Why do "Apostates/exjws" always go into "Watchtower-bashing" when you show them inconsistencies in the Bible?

by booker-t in

i have noticed with "apostates/exjws" they always resort to "watchtower-bashing" whenever you show them inconsistencies of the bible.

we could be talking about contradictions, such as where did cain get his wife if adam,eve, abel, and cain were the only ones on earth?

the usual answer when they cannot answer will be "well the wt gave false prophecies in 1975".

wallsofjericho

As was pointed out to me recently,

this is an exjw forum, hence conversation is JW/WT centric

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Changed: Head coverings for sisters, w15 2/15 QFR

by wifibandit in

does a female kingdom publisher need to wear a head covering if she conducts a bible study in the presence of a male publisher?.

in a questions from readers item published in the watchtower of july 15, 2002, it was stated that a sister should cover her head if she conducts a bible study in the presence of a male publisher, whether he is baptized or not.

further consideration of the matter suggests that a modification to this direction is appropriate.. if the male publisher who accompanies the sister while she conducts an established bible study is baptized, the sister would certainly want to wear a head covering.

wallsofjericho

when I was 14 I attended a FS group of probably 40 people and I was the ONLY baptized male there. An uber-dub pioneer in her 60's took the group wearing a head covering then asked me to give the prayer

was so weird, and terrifying for me at such a young age