it's finally finished!
it's a fictional story about an old jw.
it is very long, about 7000 words.. the opal ring.
Does anyone know how Julia Orwell is doing?
Someone mentioned a week or so ago about some GB member's wife wearing a lot of jewelry.
It reminded me of Julia's story of the opal.
I enjoyed reading it and for any new ones, I hope you will enjoy Julia's writing also.
LoisLane
that’s my first post here.
i came to this forum site in hope to find an archive of the watchtower magazine including all the african editions.
i’m currently a student in history and religious studies at the university of fribourg, switzerland.
Hello UniversityStudent and welcome.
I wish you much success finding the magazines. it would be interesting to note, through the decades, which African country or tribal group received more attention as cover models including inside photos.
LoisLane
bye... bye.... no more new printing presses for jw.org... the growth is so tremendous (irony...).. all printing work in europe will be arrange in the next month only in selters (germany), but no renovation or upgrading in printing presses is expected... it will be a full outsourcing :).
a worldly company axel s******* will be used.
this company is known to be printing bild newspaper... the interesting part of it is the logistics will be as well outsourced.
Who says it is a 100% 'worldly' owned company?
I don't know 'big' business, but WT never gives away or pays for something without a hugh benefit for themselves.
WatchTower JW..org is it's own type of religious mafia. It is possible they own this company in a round about way. Or, have stock or a stake in it some where.
has anyone else felt like they should believe something after leaving wt?
i am an agnostic atheist and its so so hard for me to believe in a god or higher power.
it just doesn't make sense.
You are an A@@hole.
Me offended? Oh please. I would have to care about you. You are dust upon a rock in a dry desert in no man's land. You are nothing to me.
You counsel me??? What a laugh!
What is your degree in? BS I think. Which prominent University did you graduate from? Are you a lawyer, doctor, engineer? Are you even a high school grad? What is your speciality? Bothering people? You must have made a 'wonderful' Jdub.
I am curious how long you stay before you leave and take your soap box with you. You seem to have a 'one note' song. Don't you have anything else to offer but your preaching ways?
has anyone else felt like they should believe something after leaving wt?
i am an agnostic atheist and its so so hard for me to believe in a god or higher power.
it just doesn't make sense.
Believer ^^^. You are an a@@hole. Spelled, A-@-@-H-O-L-E. If you want to say that is your name, go ahead. I was not calling you an A-@-@-H-O-L-E. I am saying that is what you are.
You are also a bully. Did you make it to be a Jdub Elder? Or even MS? Did you ever care about people, or is all about position to you? Now here you are on JWD. Are we supposed to be grateful for your presence? I don't think so. You are evil in my book. Trying to get people who are hurting to think like you. Putting emotional doubt into suffering people's minds.
Do you try to have power over people because you have nothing else to offer? Do you talk big because you know you are a fraud? Where is this god of yours? Out in the privy?
Get away from me. You stink!
has anyone else felt like they should believe something after leaving wt?
i am an agnostic atheist and its so so hard for me to believe in a god or higher power.
it just doesn't make sense.
First, don't believe anything the poster "Believer" ^^^ writes. He is an a@@hole. He comes in with an attitude, worship god, or you are beneath me. (Middle finger salute to him). The old poster LARS was so much more original and fun.
Secondly, knowing what country you live in, usually indicates which god(s) you were raised to believe in. You were raised in the man made up Jdub religion so you were taught to worship the Israelite god of war, Jehovah. Now that religion is worshipping the GB. They are like the Catholics with their Pope.
ALL religions and gods are made up by people to intentionally have power, mixed with mysticism over an other. Is that what you want?
Do you have someone right now in your life that you love, over the moon and back and would do anything for them and they you? If you do, you have something solid, not imaginary.
Gods, are imaginary.
Belief in something... out there.. is fantasy thinking. Maybe you have too much time on your hands?
LoisLane
well, thats it folks.. my identity on here has been rumbled and reported to the elders.
someone, somehow, has figured out that im a member of this site and - rather than speak to me - has promptly reported me to the elders.
i just feel sad for my daughter.
I am so so sorry Pale Emperor. (Your name I thought more along the lines of it being the name of an artisan brew beer).
Tit for tat. The person who intentionally got you into hot water, I hope they receive the same.
LoisLane
message from designer stubble to the former jwr members.
first of all i am glad to see that many of you have found your way to this great forum, facilitated by simon.
i am sure that after the dust of the jwr shutdown has settled, you will find this to be a good new home.. i would like to apologize for the sudden closure of jwr.
Designer Stubble, I do not know you. I have never been on or read anything from your former site, however that being the case, I can only relate to what you have done, which in my eyes, you have greatly disrespected a group of people that did not deserve to be treated that way. No excuse to be unkind. You do not treat human beings like yesterday's trash. Friendships made on sites like this, can be the difference between feeling one has friends, to feeling like one is truly alone in this world. WT wants us to feel alone. Why did anyone enter your domain in the first place? Would they not have been looking for help, encouragement, camaraderie? Your site to them, was a haven on a dark and cold and windy night. Then, without warning, you decide to chuck everyone out. I do not like what you have done.
LoisLane
PS For all the new ones coming over from DS's closed site, I am very happy to meet all of you.
jesus was a perfect sinless human (they say) who came to die for mankind.
he gave up his perfect life for all.
selfless?
Let's see. Jesus was tortured on his stake for how many hours before he died?
This courageous mother of 12 children was in child birth torture... for a total of how many hours when it was delivery time??? Don't tell me giving birth to an 7 to 8 pound baby 12 times, is not excruitating painful. Then to protect her gay son, she dies.
I think Brenda Lee wins.
LoisLane
PS I always thought when I/we became 'perfect' we wouldn't feel pain anymore (the former things have passed away). Jesus Christ was supposed to be perfect, so rightly, he shouldn't have felt any pain. Plus he wasn't fighting any cancer either. Yup. Brenda Lee wins.
great news!.
we are free!.
as of the 9th of june, me and my dear wife mrs. eden handed over our letters of disassociation at bethel in portugal, thus making official our departure from the jehovah's witnesses.
EdenOne aka EdenWon! Yay for you! Such happy news it brings tears to my eyes. So thrilled for you all!
LoisLane
