Posts by truthseeker

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Recently appointed Elder and his Regular pioneer wife wake up in 10 minutes and walk away.
by pistolpete in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i been seeing several experiences by jws who are waking up very quickly.

not years, not months, not even days-----but minutes.

it seems that all the hypocrisy of the watchtower is becoming more obvious to the members.
truthseeker

It's great that witnesses are waking up.
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I'm launching a new website
by JeffT in
1. jw
2. friends
i just launched a new website to talk about my books.

the website has links to all three books in the alternate history trilogy i published over the last year.

of more interest to this group there is a description of the suspense/thriller i plan to release this summer.
truthseeker

Good job JeffT!
I'm also using lockdown to write a novel.
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Expensive literature cart operation at Newark airport
by truthseeker in
1. jw
2. friends
couldn't help but take a picture...thinking $2,000 for this outfit?.

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truthseeker

Couldn't help but take a picture...thinking $2,000 for this outfit?
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Expensive literature cart operation at Newark airport
by truthseeker in
1. jw
2. friends
how much do you think it cost to set this up?.

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truthseeker

redvip, it's Terminal B - in the baggage area
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Expensive literature cart operation at Newark airport
by truthseeker in
1. jw
2. friends
how much do you think it cost to set this up?.

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truthseeker

How much do you think it cost to set this up?
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Do You Ever Have Dreams You’re Still a JW?
by jp1692 in
1. jw
2. experiences
last night i dreamt i was at a circuit assembly; i even had a walk-on speaking part early in the morning program.

i spent the rest of the day “working” the event in a security detail.

the dream lasted until the entire day’s program was over.
truthseeker

Yes I do. What's interesting is that the JWs are shunning me when I dream I'm going to the Kingdom Hall.
Some dreams are so real.
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Who was a member here back in the late 1990s?
by MebyonKernow in
1. jw
2. friends
i often wondered over the years what happened to a lot of the old posters from this group.

going back to the late 1990s a few of the names i recall...blacksheep, gypsywildcactus (i know she's ok as we're friends on facebook still), onacruise, minimus, veniceit, flower, prisca, bendrr, refinersfire, kent, englishman, shit...dare i say it evilforce lol, snittlesnacks (what a twat), scully, mouthy, talesin from nova scotia, xenawarrior.

littletom (from glasgow in scotland), outlaw, goaty, bisous, uncle brucey (australian character who loved his wildkife photography) - struggling now to remember more names.i know there are many more.
truthseeker

I've been reading this forum since 2000 and plucked up the courage to join in 2003.
Used to be a member of Witnesses.net and Hour Glass 2 outpost.
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When you missed several consecutive meetings or took a vacation did you feel "weird" when you returned?
by Tenacious in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
every now and again i would miss meetings due to health, surgeries, work etc.. when i would miss a meeting here and there i didn't particularly feel this "weirdness.".

it wasn't until i would miss 3 or more consecutive meetings that i felt this weirdness upon entering the kh.. i can't really explain it but it feels like i was entering the kh for the first time.

it's not like when you take a 2 week vacation and come back to work.
truthseeker

Yes. I was inactive for three months. And when I went back to the Sunday meeting an elder said to me "we've missed you" which was cobblers because he never even reached out to me to find out why I wasn't there.
Truthseeker
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Finding lost relatives or ancestry interest after leaving??
by Bad_Wolf in
1. jw
2. experiences
while i was in the borg, the only relatives i knew and we mainly kept in contact with were jw's.

on one side of my family, back to my grandparents, they cut ties with all the non jw family when they converted.

i've found some through facebook, but only those i knew about.
truthseeker

I started in 2006 to find out what happened to my grandfather and then I ended up doing my tree on both sides of the family.
I met a couple of cousins online which led up to meeting them in person.
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Help: project to gather statistics on JW congregation finances.
by Anders Andersen in
1. jw
2. friends
many countries demand that charities publish a yearly summary of their finances.. where i live (netherlands), charities must publish these statements themselves, and jw do this at jw-anbi.nl.

(i'm quite certain almost no jw knows about that site btw.).

anyway i've been working on automatically harvesting data from all the congregation finance statements to gain more insight in how the borg is doing over time.. now it occured to me that i could do this analysis for more countries and get an even bigger picture.
truthseeker

Anders check your pm