My last conversation with a JW

by LoveUniHateExams 7 Replies latest jw friends

  • LoveUniHateExams
    LoveUniHateExams

    So, I got to thinking about the last time I spoke to a JW.

    I was still living down south, June or July 2012.

    And I saw this brother in my local high street. He was a few years younger than me - in his late teens and my early twenties we used to go out to pubs and get smashed. Now this guy starts acting super spiritual - he sees me and after exchanging pleasantries he starts going on about Armageddon and how the end is so close. In 2012. I said that I was starting uni in September and would be moving up to Bolton.

    Then he said have I thought about cancelling it because the end could come before I even graduate.

    I was already lurking here on this site but I thought I'd play him at his own game. I said that maybe the end will come after I graduate, maybe the end won't even come in my lifetime. Nobody knows the exact date, right?

    I made the point that if nobody knows the time, then how come you're saying it's sooo close?

    We kinda went round in circles after that and the conversation ended, and we said goodbye. And that was that.

    I'm so glad I didn't listen to his crap. I got my degree.

    Do you remember the last conversation you had with a JW?

    Was it as retarded as mine or was it a bit more intelligent? lol

  • DesirousOfChange
    DesirousOfChange

    Just bumped into a JW acquaintance (just cannot refer to them as "friend") in a local retailer. We played the good JW role since we're fading and even that is not so public (esp with Zoom) that they may not be aware of it. All we heard is that we are living in a "historic" time. Things have never been so bad. This cannot go on much longer. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That they have it sooo bad. A bit overweight, out shopping for frivolous things (this was not the grocery store), dressed nice casual with hair all perfect (not gray) and arrived in their nice SUV (despite the Slo-Joe gas prices).

    Come by and we'll have a glass of Kool-Aid.

  • Bangalore
    Bangalore

    It is essentially impossible to reason with them.

  • DesirousOfChange
    DesirousOfChange

    It is essentially impossible to reason with them.

  • S0ShowdidIgethere
    S0ShowdidIgethere

    I wouldn't call this a conversation...

    More like relentless harassment from my soon to be ex-husband...

    Yesterday he texted me to say:

    "Simply pretending Jehovah doesn't exist or that he allows/ approves you to fulfill your selfish desires will bring a curse (Deut. 28, Ps. 53) - only he can stop it."

  • redvip2000
    redvip2000
    "Simply pretending Jehovah doesn't exist or that he allows/ approves you to fulfill your selfish desires will bring a curse (Deut. 28, Ps. 53) - only he can stop it."

    Well it seems the answer is provided. "only he can stop it", which is to say you can't. Therefore why worry about it? You can just reply and say that in this case, you'll wait for Jellohoba to do something about it.

  • DesirousOfChange
    DesirousOfChange

    "only he can stop it", which is to say you can't.

    Laughing My Ass Off (@funnylmao0) | Twitter

    This seems kinda like the GB waiting for Joe Hoover to stop the lawyers from "stealing" all of their money!

  • S0ShowdidIgethere
    S0ShowdidIgethere

    yeah...but at this point I'm fine with him going on and on like that. He's be texting my family saying "May Jehovah rebuke you" and telling me that I'm going to be cursed. Don't think it's going to look very good in family court...

    But, whatever...

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