Topics Started by cobaltcupcake

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What do you have to do to qualify for reinstatement? Just curious.
by cobaltcupcake in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i da'd so i doubt i could ever qualify for reinstatement, even if i wanted to.

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i'm curious what criteria you have to meet for a jc to reinstate you..
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Urban legend? Or did this really happen when they renovated The Towers?
by cobaltcupcake in
1. jw
2. friends
my ex-husband was in bethel when the society bought and started renovating the towers hotel in brooklyn.

my family stayed there when the society was renting a few floors - the place was beyond flea-bag - and people actually lived there.

once the society took possession of the building they started renovating, and of course the residents had to be evicted.
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Has the GB ever explained how they receive "new light" from Jehovah?
by cobaltcupcake in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i remember a long time ago the explanation was that various anointed ones would write to the gb with the same new understanding of a teaching, the gb would investigate it, and if it was acceptable, they'd pass it on to the r&f.

of course, now we have the new light that new light occurs only to the gb, not the anointed at large.

so, if any anointed ones get new ideas, they're just apostates, right?.
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ME!
by cobaltcupcake in
1. jw
2. friends
in 1972 when my father dragged my family into the jws he pretty much cut off our extended family.

i haven't seen most of them for 30 or 40 years.

recently, thanks to facebook, i've found my family, and this year i'm traveling to maine for my first family thanksgiving in 40 years!.
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The Demons (Cue Scary Music)
by cobaltcupcake in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my take on the jw superstitions about the demons.. .

the odd life of jehovah's witnesses - the demons.
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Standard of Living in the New System
by cobaltcupcake in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i used to wonder about this when i was still a dub: since they believe the industrialized world is going to be destroyed and the entire earth will be one big garden, exactly what kind of standard of living do they think they will have?

while they might be able to scavenge, say, a microwave oven or washing machine; and they might be able to figure out how to generate electricity, eventually all of these things will wear out and they'll be back in an early 18th century type of life.

people of that time and earlier who enjoyed a high standard of living employed armies of servants to do the dirty work, but since equality will reign in the ns, everyone will have to toil like a slave just to maintain the basics.. or do they think that big j will magically power their washing machines and water pumps and all the stuff that makes modern living so comfortable?.
Persecution Complex
by cobaltcupcake in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
for any who follow my blog, there's a new post today entitled "persecution complex.".

http://scottleblog.wordpress.com.

the odd life of jehovah's witnesses.
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Organizational Chart of Jehovah's Witnesses
by cobaltcupcake in
1. jw
2. friends
a friend of mine posted this on facebook.

it made me spit diet pepsi all over my screen!.

http://i.imgur.com/zrdgx.jpg.