Brilliant Terry! Well done!
LL
i always sit in the same spot, just outside starbucks in a vestibule area with a table in the air-conditioned space.
i say "always," but not today.. somebody with two laptops and a table filled with business ledgers was in "my" favorite spot!.
so, i took a tiny wooden table inside the coffee shop on a long padded bench next to 3 other identical tables.. as the clickbait banner ads like to say: "and what happened next was simply unbelievable!".
Brilliant Terry! Well done!
LL
let's pretend jackson actually takes the stand to be potentially interrogated all week.
when would be the soonest we could see this?.
i'm hoping with all my might that he does and ttatt goes global....
So that means, here on the American West Coast, we tune in at 6PM Thursday, to watch the Australian Royal Commission on their Friday, grill Jackson at 11AM. (17 hours apart).
Ohhhh. What fun!
Will you guys in the UK be up or in snore land? lol
I can hardly wait!
LL
i was raised a witness, baptized at 16, vacation pioneered, got married, etc.
i was very much your typical witness and believed it was the truth until last summer.
a very close relative of mine left the witnesses.
Hello atacrossroads and welcome to you.
We had a star member, jgnat, who had been on for 13 years, with almost 25,000 posts. She was very level headed, kind, thoughtful, loving and had a brilliant mind. I am sure she would have posted something positive and up building for you.
i think you are a very brave and honest individual and I am sorry that your awakening to WT lies, has caused sorrow to you and your husband. Just know that you are not alone and keep posting for there are people here who have been in your shoes. It is summer time, so some might be on vacation. There is a search engine in the upper right hand corner. Maybe do some searching for past threads and comments that pertain to your situation.
Kind regards to you.
LL
pixel and wifibandit present, in its original form, gmb_e.mp4 "you became so beloved to us".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odfdkl8lwpk.
I am a happy person. Can I get happier? Yes! lol
This video is supposed to be released Sept 2015. lol
What is today's date? August 7, 2015! LOL
I love the fact that it can be viewed, right now, in August on YouTube.
The contents? Garbage for innocent, gullible people, unfortunately.
LL
today i feel deep sad memories in my brain.. visiting bookstudy with my parents, doing my best giving answers at 7 years old.. doing fieldservice every weekend and on an evening.. i could write so much story's about it.. we believed from our hart and listened to what the organisation told us.. it makes me sad, what a scam it became.. today i can't stand it.. i can cry about it.
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gorby.
Gorby, (Hugs) to you dear friend.
My vote is to cry and recognize what you have been through.
It is hard to look back. There were some good times. There were bad times. For me, it helped posting here. For 2 years I ranted and (yes) cussed and vomited out all sorts of situations I was privy to. I am a nice person that wants happiness and kind hearted people in my life. I am an adult. I am in charge now. Not WT. Not 7 uneducated men pulling ideas out of who knows where. I grieved loss of life time friends, until I realized they were JW drones, and I do not choose to associate with any drones.
Yes, I hear you Gorby. Are you missing your parents or missing the sweet little boy you used to be that was lied to, big time?
It hurts to be swindled and WT did swindle all of us.
Recently, I have been thinking of how very happy I am and how pleasant life out of WT is. And then I had a new thought. My life now, is how normal people live their life. Pleasantly. Doing what they want to do.
Gorby, I hope you can make time to post more and let us know how your life was. We are here to support you.
All the very best to you Gorby and your family!
LL
a few years ago, prior to researching the field of "bloodless medicine", i was under the mistaken impression that bloodless surgery was a field of medicine that sat "outside" of the watchtower influence and operated as a part of mainstream medicine.
since that time, i have discovered that "bloodless medicine" has been founded and maintained by the watchtower society itself.
bloodless medicine is the watchtower society - it has been organized by people who have been trained by the wts and therefore, the bloodless industry is controlled by the wts.
@OrphanCrow and rebel8:
What you write is so important.
What you both have gone through is horrible.
Thank you both for staying on this Forum and helping us wade through the paper work, behind the scenes.
All the best to you both!
LL
the guy don't realize when he attack john mccain he alienated every men .
and women who served in the military.
and this is coming from a guy that.
@johnamos and your 10 minute tape:
Yesterday, after watching that tape, I was astonished. Could my American government be lying to us? I googled and spent some time reading and listening to interviews that suggest John McCain lies like a psychopath, to cover up his dirty deeds.
I believed when the US government said that there were no more POW/MIA military personnel left in Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia, but it was a lie. He left those Americans to die. It is so shameful, it is hard to think about.
LL
when i left witness land in the early 90's, i remember hearing that out of 144,000 anointed members that there were only 8 to 9 thousand left and then the end will come.. i'm suddenly curious.
the jw organization is one that puts emphasis on tracking, i.e., regular meeting attendance, current standing, field service hours, territory tracking, return visits, etc.
therefore, did the society ever try to track each and every member of the 144,000?
---> Paul Grundy's record card.
Back in the 1950's, 1960's, 1970's and further back, (but I never personally saw any older than that), on your Publisher Record Card, beside asking you if you were 'A' anointed or 'OT' other sheep, they asked if you owned a car.
@OP... Of course 'The Society' knew exactly how many professed to be 'Anointed Kings with Christ', all of them hoping to go straight off of a launching pad to their preferred place for 'special people' when they died.
WT is all a man made up business corporation, masquerading as a charity to shovel in the money for them and their financial advisor's, lawyers and other bottom feeders.
LL
i was just wondering if any of those jw's who got their story told or featured as "a fine example" in the publications, if they ever left the org later?
i mean i know regular jw's would probably never hear about it but i thought maybe you guys might?
@Marvin ---> The 14 year old son of Rami Oved, Elon, who's body was eventually found, was on a camping trip with JW's and these JW's withheld vital information to the NZ Police??? Do you know if these JW jerks got DF'd and jail time? Did anyone pay for the crime of this young man's death?
---> Does anyone know how Rami Oved and family are doing now?
LL
so a friend in a nearby hall told me their co came through, and in a hellish week of long meetings and inquisition overhauled the boe.
only one remains as elder, three were re-appointed as ms, and one, the cobe was deleted entirely.. two new elders were brought in as new secretary and cobe / watchtower conductor, respectively, and introduced to the congregation from the platform on sunday immediately following his second talk.
he reminded everybody of the authority he has and then named the new appointees.
My 2 cents: An Elder needs to have all the latest doctrinal changes in his head. He is the local go to guy that is supposed to have all the Bible (WT) answers. MS, can slip by a bit with this.
Maybe this CO has no sense of humor and at the Elder's meeting, started picking on brothers to answer his WT questions, and you better have the latest flip flop answer. I know I couldn't do it. Maybe some of the Elder's answered with last month's latest doctrinal beliefs. Not this month's. (Last month little kids could keep their ice cream money, this month they have to give it to the GB). lol
Oh what happy freedom to think one's own happy thoughts, than to be in Watchtard Land. lol
LL