Posts by talesin

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Condescending theist tries to comfort fellow exjw's by telling them life isn't worth living without Sky Daddy

by cappytan in

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this guy took over the exjw meetup.com group i follow and just sent out this email to all of us.to all members : i stepped in as an organizer to save the group in the hopes of connecting with other believers.

it appears that after leaving jehovahs witnesses you all have given up your promise to spend the rest of your lives serving god.

that now your free to just do whatever you want!

talesin

There's some religious guy who started a bunch of exJW groups a few years back on facebook. Examples: Ex-JW's From Maine, Ex-JW's from Atlantic Canada, ad nauseum. Turns out he was recruiting for his church (imo). I don't belong to any groups about JWS , but I do look in on some of the open ones if something in a friend's feed catches my eye. He is still VERY active in the exJW community ........ and I'm not sure he's even an exJW himself.

Wow, some of my disappeared - so, moral of the story is, beware of poseurs who are just trolling for 'lost sheep'.

xx

tal

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J.W. Women Should Stop Wearing Mascara!

by The Searcher in

the wtbts/ org dictates to its subservient followers what constitutes a bible truth/principle and what does not.

example: it-1 p. 319 birthday - ".....there is no indication in the scriptures that faithful worshipers of jehovah ever indulged in the pagan practice of annually celebrating birthdays.

the bible makes direct reference to only two birthday celebrations, those of pharaoh of egypt and herod antipas.

talesin

All women should stop wearing mascara. It's not healthy to wear gluey substances so close to your eyes - think about it. "But it's been tested on animals, it's safe!" Yet another reason to boycott it - and by the way, you actually trust cosmetics companies? BA HAHAHAHA! Okay, then, but back to my script. That's only common sense. to refrain from putting chemicals so close to one's EYES. Doesn't mean people will *do* it.

But what you are talking about was most likely kohl, which does not cause physical harm to one's eyes when it is used to darken the surrounding skin.

:P

( Searcher, just injecting a bit of off-the-wall levity, no insult intended! : D )

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Privacy

by Esmeralda001 in

i need some advice guys.

how do you get people to mind their own buiseness without coming off as rude?.

i was invited to a jw gathering last night.

talesin

I answer inappropriate questions with my own "Are you a cop, or writing a book?" mwah haha!

tal

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Samuel Herd: a woman saying "if she were a man....." is borderline being a homosexual

by Khaleesi in

not sure if this was posted before... but apparently for the wt a woman's smaller cranium than a man's shows she was designed to be in submission to the man!!

unbelievable he dared to say such things!.

https://youtu.be/wqzc2m8_mba.

talesin

steve2

This vid is Part 2. On the youtube channel (My Plastic Microphone), the description under Part 1, is this.

Published on Aug 2, 2014
Governing Body member Sam Herd gives a talk titled "The Theocratic Value of our sisters" and fun for all is to be had!

I hope this is helpful.

tal

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Reveal News: How Jehovah’s Witness leaders are responding to child abuse scrutiny by Trey Bundy

by AndersonsInfo in

https://www.revealnews.org/blog/how-jehovahs-witness-leaders-are-responding-to-child-abuse-scrutiny/.

by trey bundy .

december 14, 2015 .

talesin

I've been listening to some of Reveal's reports since your last thread, BA. This is an investigative journalism centre with a long history and many awards. Let's hope their focus on the JWS leads to some recognition that will put one of these reports in the public eye - if one of these wins an award, millions may hear it~!

Thanks for all your great work.

xx

tal

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Need to know when the next apostate bashing article comes out

by outsmartthesystem in

so.....the court has updated binding recommendations to include the following:.

"each parent shall ensure that no other person or entity disparages, criticizes, or condemns the other parent in the children's presence, whether it is directly, indirectly, specifically or broadly stated, or articulated in any form - action, illustration or words.

each parent has an affirmative responsibility to shield the children from this sort of behavior.".

talesin

"Anoints Oub's head with oil"

(sorry. no foot washing) :P

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Bethel should be considered bad

by dbq407 in

from what i was told, we don't celebrate birthdays because the only two times it is mentioned in the bible, bad things happened.

so if the wt wants to set standards by the "two bad things" rule, then why do they use the name bethel?

i've read two instances in the bible where bad things happened there.

talesin

I know 2 bad things happened in FS. One sister got attacked and hospitalized by a Newfoundland dog (now if that's not Satan ... ) and another got threatened with a shotgun (and this is Canada, peeps!).

PROOF that Satan is behind the door-to-door ministry!

t

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If you like dark humour, with an atheist twist, this will make you bust a gut. The Book of Job, by DarkMatter2525

by talesin in

my room mate just introduced me to the darkmatter2525 channel on youtube.

hilarity ensued.

enjoy .

talesin

True! 2+2=5

MY friend was saying "You should watch the Samson vid." haha, I guess it's a good one, too. "The Bible stories retold."

hahahaha!

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My daughter surprised me last night.

by Driving Force in

i started my fade a the beginning of 2015, took counseling form a psychiatrist, and worked hard to get my family away from the cult.

my marriage split and i now live alone with my 15 year old daughter.. she came to me last night and we started talking about jws.

she told me that the subject they are discussing at the moment in philosophy is "cults".

talesin

So happy for you. Isn't it great they realised while they are young and can take advantage of all of the opportunities ahead of them, free of cult mind control.

And just a reminder for the parents. It's great that they have supportive parents that are proud of them, and will help them explore these opportunities, guilt free.

I celebrate all you parents! Keep up the good work.

xx

tal

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New Watchtower Propaganda and hate speech destroying families (Feb 2016 WT)

by Daniel1555 in

the following is a paragraph from the new february study watchtower article "learn from jehovah's loyal servants.".

7 a conflict of loyalties may arise when a close relative is disfellowshipped.

for example, a sister named anne [1] received a telephone call from her disfellowshipped mother.

talesin

Right now I still have room to navigate. I can ignore the DF rules with impunity and I can manipulate JCs I serve on to be sure people are not disfellowshipped. If the organization truly clamps down as I anticipate, then I'll have no choice but to step out.

Committee Chairman - I figured that was your reason for staying in, as well as loss of family, and glad you posted this. I had intended to post a similar comment suggesting this was your motivation. You are not alone in your thinking. I've lost everything myself, and when that day comes for you -- preserve your health, because you will need it. Maybe you should leave now, while you still can take care of yourself, and not too old.