Posts by sparrowdown

I think you will notice that faders, drifters, weak ones and materialistic ones are still pieces of shit and to be avoided. DFed are still dead to them and apostates are still lying mentally diseased shit stirrers who they have a right to hate. Oh, and gay people are disgusting!

3

The 4 Horsemen - Cartooned Watchtower White-Wash

by steve2 in

the watchtower (no.3 2017) bangs an old, very tired drum in its efforts to stir up interest in the "meaning" of the 4 horseman of the apocalypse.

it joins a cluttered stage of drummers - present and past - who claim to have the final and true word about this psychotic vision of 2 thousand years ago.. if you can get passed a casual, eye-rolling read, you'll note some changes in this latest regurgitation - with some astonishing changes given what is left out.. here's what i spotted:.

soothing words about claimed cataclysmic events (e.g., "[the vision] is not designed to scare you.

sparrowdown

Interesting list of exclusions, especially the one about it being a hallucintion experienced by the Apostatle John that can be explained in one word - shrooms.

The artcle should also come with a "your brain on drugs" warning.

49

JW Wife not listening

by rathernotsay in

jw
friends

hey guys, looking for some advice with what to do with my jw wife that is simply ignoring my wishes/demands.

first a little back story, we have been married for 6 years and have 3 children together.

she is a jw, and i am not (nor do i have any religious beliefs).

sparrowdown

Yes, she is brainwashing the kids because she is brainwashed!

See my previous post.

49

JW Wife not listening

by rathernotsay in

jw
friends

hey guys, looking for some advice with what to do with my jw wife that is simply ignoring my wishes/demands.

first a little back story, we have been married for 6 years and have 3 children together.

she is a jw, and i am not (nor do i have any religious beliefs).

sparrowdown

JWs do not listen this makes it very hard to reason with them. Their religious devotion is a like form of narcissim and they are trained to choose their religion over everything else. The indoctrination they receive each and every week leaves them unbalanced in their decision making and words like rational and logical are simply not part of their vocabulary. Nor is consideration for anyone else's personal wishes or respect for decisions not consistent with their JW worldview and mindset. All this, in their mind, is perfectly justified and if you bring it to their attention you are the demanding one.

Sucks I know but there you have it.

I agree with Steve you're being too nice. Continue to state what your wishes are clearly and consistently and maybe it's time to tell her you have respected her religion and her beliefs but now it's time for that arrangement to be reciprocal and she needs to respect your wishes and your beliefs also.

Good luck.

71

Breaking News, London: Van Ploughs into Pedestrians

by Simon in

3 male passengers then get out and start stabbing / shooting people according to early reports.. but it could have been anyone for any reason, who knows, possibly jehovahs witnesses or amish.. maybe we'll never know the reason but i'm sure there will be people praying for those involved and hashtags.. thus solving the problem once and for all.. just "life in a big city" according to the muslim mayor of london, sadiq khan..

sparrowdown

The peace signs and hashtags solution aka the pussyfication of a nation to accept terror as normal.

5

No great increase because of shunning people made in God's image.

by poopie in

jw
friends

2samuel 21:1.

sparrowdown

Thanks for that fascinating update. You know it wouldn't kill you to put more information into your cryptic posts - just sayin.

27

Day 1: The Night of Anger, Tears, and Pain

by Saethydd in

my freedom came with a heavy cost.

i couldn't stand the dishonesty so when my sister went out of town on a trip i told my parents that i no longer wanted to be a jw.

when my sister got back and i told her she was so angry, said she really wanted to slap me, then she ran off sobbing, a few minutes later she deposited every gift i ever gave her in front of my door.. my entire family has turned against me.

sparrowdown

This is all par for the course when coming out to a JW that you no longer believe.

She is upset not dying she will survive.

You are not a wicked person just thinking for yourself and last time I checked that isn't a crime worthy of that type of hysterics.

Stay strong keep it in perspective because lord knows nobody else will.

20

This Weekend's Watchtower Study "What You Vow, Pay" from April issue

by BluesBrother in

just some random thoughts here... theme scripture is matt.5: 33 .

we already had a thread explaining that jesus added a "but" after those words.

however, few would argue against the principle of keeping one's word.

sparrowdown

"Worldwide Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah" Well isn't that "special" lol.

Shouldn't that say the New World Order of Special Full-time Servants or would that be too obvious lol again.