20yearfader
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An old Watchtower offshot in Africa
by Londo111 inhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/religion_in_the_democratic_republic_of_the_congo#kitawala.
a much more radical product of the synthesis of african and christian elements is the kitawala movement or so-called "watchtower movement", which appeared in katanga province during the 1920s.
influenced by the black american missionary activity in south africa of the watch tower bible and tract society (jehovah's witnesses), the movement converted miners who then spread elements of the movement northward from their south african base into the katangan copper belt.. the british "reverend" james booth and his african associate elliott kamwana, both black, used watch tower publications but did not limit their preaching to the bible students message of charles taze russell (it does not seem that russell understood this at the time).
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Disfunctional families of JW's
by JakeM2012 inthis past summer has been rewarding and distressful, as some would say, it has been bitter sweet.
my wife finished her degree and is now working at a hospital, (as a janitor cleaning windows), lol.
oh, we also live in a van down by the river!.
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If the society started posting dfs and dAs on it's website
by 20yearfader ini remember as a kid always hearing my mother saying "i wish the society would announce dfs and das to all the congs in the circuit" if the wt would ever do this like post all the dfs and das and inactive witnesses on there website how would this effect you?would it open them up to some sort of legal action?.
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just heard that it is possible to make a gun using a 3d printer is this star trek or what?
by 20yearfader inon the radio today i heard that it is possible to make toys and guns using a 3d printer.is everything in star trek becoming reality?give some examples of things that we use today that were thought up on the star trek series..
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old JW friends
by d ini see some old jw's i grew up with and feel bad for them.
the reason is because they seem so lost and misguided.
do you ever feel the same way?.
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They really look after their older ones
by 20yearfader inmy aunt was a very attractive woman and it's hard sitting back and watching time rob her of her beauty and memories,but time has nothing on her so called christian brothers and sisters.her husband died about 10 years ago and she started dating an elder that claimed he always loved her since they were kids in the organization.he looks like that thing that was running around in the lord of the rings but what can you do?the courtship lasted 8 years, a couple of times i would stop by to see her and he would be over there in the late evenings with all lights in the house off,which i thought was odd but these people are in their early 60s and i haven't been to a hall in years so it was none of my concern.even if i was still in i wouldn't have said anything anyway.. growing up my aunt was always known in the family as being the air head.so it didn't surprise me when i learned that a couple of years ago the brother married another woman that was 10 years his junior,because you see even if you look like gollum in the hall brothers still have their pick of the litter so to speak.i think that whatever was holding her together snapped at this point,she started wandering around the neighborhood at night showing up at meetings with her make-up all over her face and her clothes backwards or inside out,then she started forgetting things and babbling about things that made no sense,a couple of times i found her wandering and i would pick her up and get her something to eat cause she would forget to eat a lot of times.. around this time pictures starting getting around the congregations with her looking a mess in her clothes and make-up.one of my other aunts stumbled upon the photos and she was one of the ones that alerted the rest of the family about her condition along with me (my word carries very little weight since i don't attend the hall) anyway we got her to a doctor and it was found that she has alzheimer's and it was time to settle her affairs as such.
last week as i was moving out her furniture and other items since her house is going to be sold my cousin tells me that the bank employees that my aunt used knew her elder friend very well and that her always came with her to the bank to withdrawl money.they wouldn't tell her how much was withdrawn but they nodded their heads when she said was it thousands of dollars?.
hearing this i get pissed to the highest level of pisstivity if there is such a thing.i tell my mom since she is so buddy buddy with the guy and she goes ballistic he is a servant of jehovah how dare you,there isn't any proof and innocent until proven guilty it was only until i told her that she better pray that i remain calm and not give into the anger that i feel and take a little trip to her congregation and pull him from the stage and beat the shit out of him that got her to shut up.only in a cult like this can you defend and she blamed her sister for the whole incident,my aunt was child like when he was making those trips with her to the bank cause at this point she doesn't even know who she is so he had to have seen the evidence of her condition long before we did.. i really hate this religion i've been gone for over 25 years and it still has a way of getting at you thanks for letting me vent.
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Leaving the JW's
by mzmmom innobody should feel obligated to explain themselves to the elders, or anyone else for that matter.
just quietly leave and never go back if an opportunity presents itself..
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Anyone enjoy playing World of Warcraft (WoW) ?
by darthfader inmy son got me hooked into playing.
i play about 2~4 hours a week (instead of watching tv - nothing good on anyway).
my son bails me out occasionally its nice having a personal cheat code.
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The heartless Witness and his treatment of his two brothers at their aunt's wake!
by RULES & REGULATIONS inmy cousin by marriage had a wake for his mom last night.
he's a jehovah's witness and so are his cousins ( 3 brothers ) .
two of the brothers are disfellowshipped and the oldest brother serves as a ministerial servant.. i walk in the funeral home and see one of the disfellowshipped brothers sitting in the last row of seats.
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I joined this website four years ago...
by Joliette infeels like just yesterday that i decided to stop going to the kingdom hall.
after i got done reading crisis of conscience, i never felt the same about this religion ever again.
i've been on an emotional rollercoaster for the past four years.