Amazing how much the dubs still control your life, years after (fate)

by needproof 13 Replies latest jw friends

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  needproof

  Just recently, I've been getting this feeling that I just can't escape the Witnesses. I still live in the same area as I did when I was a dub, so I always see the old faces on 'theocratic' mornings.

  One such old face reared his ugly head today. I was a friend of him and his family for many years until I left, and then there was a big falling out because I chose to start questioning things which I shouldn't. I

  Today, I walked my dog, and was going to go straight up the hill instead on right. I hardly ever go right. Today, I did, just so that I could avoid the witnesses who were at the top of the hill. And because I chose to go right, or rather, fate pushed me right, I had to witness a cat being knocked down by a car - the poor thing - obviously in a state of shock. So I approached the scene and luckily it's owner was out with one of those portable cat home things to take it to the vets. I think it's going to live, but I just hate seeing animal suffering.

  If those dumb witnesses were not at the top of the hill, I wouldn't have seen anything, and I could live in ignorance. And then I thought to myself 'why purposely go out of the way for these idiots?'

  Do the witnesses still plague your life?
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  fifi40

  Needproof..................I cant belive you have not taught your dog to 'go and pee up a witnesses leg' by now................you need to give him some lessons........................start by standing near his fave peeing place holding a copy of the Watchtower or Awake in a suit (or skirt for that matter) and encourage him to pee on the mags (make sure you reward him big time for this act)..............wont be long before you can happily let him off the lead when you spot the Saturday morning crowd and watch in delight as he takes himself off to urinate all over them............thus avoiding any sad cat stories.............
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  needproof

  Now thats a good idea - I know the perfect 'brother' - Brother Mawby was so tall he could have been a lampost but he was too dim.
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  fifi40

  Mawby.............rings bells....................was his christian name Stephen............did he have reddish hair...........and his mum got d/fed
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  needproof

  Erm... try David? Although he may have brothers... but reddish hair yes, pre-Wigstonite.
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  fifi40

  David.................thats the one...............yep I know who you mean..............I was struggling on the first name..........its a long time ago but I think he was an only child
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  timmycat

  Needproof..................I cant belive you have not taught your dog to 'go and pee up a witnesses leg' by now................you need to give him some lessons........................start by standing near his fave peeing place holding a copy of the Watchtower or Awake in a suit (or skirt for that matter) and encourage him to pee on the mags (make sure you reward him big time for this act)..............wont be long before you can happily let him off the lead when you spot the Saturday morning crowd and watch in delight as he takes himself off to urinate all over them............thus avoiding any sad cat stories

  You know not all witnesses are bad, and you saying pee on a witness leg...ho ho ho and ha ha ha, but really childish. If you were on a train and left you're wallet behind who would you rather find it? a witness that would more likely hand it in or some other denomination, maybe someone else might, but for my taking I would say a witness. Youre hostility to certain ones that may have hurt you is justified but to all of them you are just being as unloving as you profess some of them to be.
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  needproof

  Timmy, I don't think Fifi was being serious. I have always said I would employ a witness above any other.
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  WTWizard

  I seem to keep running into them at stores when shopping or working. Yesterday, I had one try to hound me to go to the Kingdumb Hell. I knew that the store was going to close in 3 minutes, so I stalled and it worked. The security came up and said that the store was closing and the registers would shut down in 3 minutes. This witless asked "Does that mean I get the stuff free?" The answer was "No, you won't be able to get anything". I got out of getting hounded to sign my life away that time.

  Then while on my way home, another Witless was washing his car, and saw me. I made sure not to hang around that spot long enough to get hounded into going to the meeting. I bet he was going out in service all day this morning--hopefully he will run into nothing but apostates at every door.

  I wonder when they are going to all start coming in when the store opens and hound me into going out in service or to a meeting. I know that it is harder to escape this when the store is opening than when it is closing. Maybe when they see the Christmas tree go up this fall, they will change their tune.
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  Tyrone van leyen

  You know what need proof. We were both born into that bullshit. I couldn't give a flat fuck about any witness that wants to get in my face. I can be nice or nasty depending on who I am dealing with. Lets face it bud. All the people we grew up with, screwed us. That is a massive betrayal of trust and they do not deserve the time of day. Our problem is that our social construct was destroyed and family helped them do it. Where does that leave us?What does matter, is my whole friggin family with the exception of me in which my identity was formed are still steadfastly devoted and completely brainwashed.

  I suspect the reason you name yourself need proof is because you have had to consistantly defend yourself against these morons. Well guess what, I refuse to fill my head with counter arguments which I could very well do to defend my position in life. All they want to do is bait you into a bible study. We both know it's a crock of shit and that's all we need to know. I have spent half my life dealing with this crap. I don't think most people that didn't have their whole lives tied up in this since birth could care less what the witnesses say think or do.

  My oldest brother who is even talking of Bethel and my father included, are so deluded, they are 100% confident in challenging anyone on this board to a debate on any subject any time. This is the kind of heavy weights and crippling people I must contend with. I tried so hard for many years to escape by just disappearing off the scene but somehow they always got me back into there sphere of influence. My attitude is who gives a shit what you know so long as you try to be a good person. I don't beleive anyone has all the answers and I must finally leave this stifling shit in the past with or without them somehow. They have not a clue how there veiws from the watchtower and lack of support have crippled me.

  Man, I would just love to see my folks debate Narkissos, Gary Bus, Alan F, Leolaia. and Terry to name a few. I truly beleive they would shit themselves. I even hope it happens one day just to knock there egos down about ten pegs.