Posts by setfreefinally

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Elders want letter from my daughter!

by reubenfine in

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background: my unbaptized daughter married an unbaptized young man when they were both 18 years old.

it didn't work out and 2 years later they divorced.. now it's 6 years later, (after the divorce), and my daughter never got baptized.

her ex-husband did and is engaged to another dub.

setfreefinally

A similar situation happened to someone I know. the elders wanted a former jw to say that her exhusband was free to remarry. She refused for some time. The elders forbade the exhusband jw to date a jw sister till he was free to remarry. This went on for a couple of years before the elders gave the go ahead for them to remarry. It was so funny though because the jw sister who wanted to marry the exhusband jw said "Isnt it wonderful how Jehovah teaches us patience and to wait on him".

Give me a break!

I was told the elders even staked out the exjw womans house and had seen a man coming out the house in the morning. Apparently this wasn't good enough though because the woman had her kids in the house too and so there was a shaperone of sorts and they didn't know for positive there was anything going on. The exjw woman stuck to her guns and wouldnt say he was free. I dont know why in the end they were given the green light to marry but it took like 2 to 3 years.

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Is This Old News?

by Alexis_Hart in

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i don't know if someone has already posted on this at a previous time and i just didn't see it then, but i saw something for the first time on tv today that totally blew me away.. it happened while i was watching a local television channel's normal afternoon of syndicated shows, during the commercial break.

i'm sure a lot of you have seen the commercials from the mormons and the church of jesus christ of latter day saints.

they're always promoting family and love and togetherness.

setfreefinally

I am from ND and I havent seen one of those commercials yet either.

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Has Anybody Here Been Yet?

by Alexis_Hart in

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has anybody here been to this summer's district convention yet?

i was wondering if someone could give me a brief synopsis of what the drama was about, as well as any "new releases" that came out.

i'm asking because i'm sure my mother will be calling soon with her yearly "how did you enjoy the convention, dear" conversation, and since i have no intention of going to the convention (or any meetings for that matter) but i'm not quite ready to tell her that yet, i'd like to be able to at least give her something to create the illusion i was there.

setfreefinally

Hello Alexis,

I am from ND also. I am keeping a low profile though also. Are you near Fargo or Grand Forks?

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Most ridiculous statements from the JW stage?

by Smiles in

we have all sat at jw meetings and heard some ridiculous statements that were either shocking or just plain old bunk.

usually it is the same jw individuals that make those statements time and time again.

you know the type..... you can almost expect such comments from them.. jws place great importance on what statements or persons are 'stage worthy'.

setfreefinally

I had a CO tell me " If you didn't read it in a WTS publication you can't believe it" . This was in reference to a question I asked about the blood issue.

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This is my story

by Dolphin57 in

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someone every special to me referred me to this site.

i dont really know where to start so i will just go for it.

my name is laura and i am 20. i am married with no children (yet) i want to share my story.

setfreefinally

Welcome to the board!

Edited by - setfreefinally on 8 January 2003 21:51:1

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Witnesses Just Tried to Have Me Arrested!!!!

by Reborn2002 in

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well, i just got home and im piping madd.. im laughing about it as well though because i outsmarted them at their own game and got a rant off my chest.. heres what happened.

an acquaintance i used to go to the hall with.. who is also 3 years younger than me asked me for money about 6 months ago.. at the time, i loaned him $50 to get the tires on his car fixed.

in that time period, not only did he move out of his parents house to an undisclosed location because he decided to stop going to the kh.. but i also da myself in that time frame.. due to the fact he moved out, i havent been able to reach him.. i tried calling his parents home to discover his current location or at least to tell them if he contacts them, to be sure to have him reach me because he owes me money.. no response.

setfreefinally

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Apostate free thinkers= Satanist??

by nakedmvistar in

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i found this article on a satanist website.

this is luciferianism 101.. .

free thought.

setfreefinally

Are u a Satanist?

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So, where DID the 1914 timeline go awry?

by Xander in

okay, i know that historical evidence is that jerusalem fell in 586/7 instead of 607 - as the wtbts would have.

however, that is not compelling enough to show a hypothetical jw.

they (generally) must not only be show that the opposition is correct, but that the wtbts is wrong.

setfreefinally

No Apologies wrote

Have you read the appendix to the Kingdom book? You know, where they admit that all the secular evidence points to 586/7?

What is the full name of the book you are referring to? I didnt know that the wts had admitted secular evidence pointed to 586/7. Or if anyone else knows let me know.

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