Posts by sparrowdown

I think you overestimate what being annointed is. It's just another level to attain, a gate to go through for the purpose of keeping out the rif raf but at the end of the day means nothing it's an honorary club. If they had their eye on someone and needed them to be "annointed" for the purpose of promotion they'd just give them the "come in here dear boy have a cigar you're gonna go far" speech followed by "btw maybe you should consider "partaking" come memorial time old chap 😉😉"

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Blood Card Issue

by pometerre21 in

i posted this on r/exjw, but i thought i might post it here as well.

so the elders in our kh are moving to get us to sign new simplified blood cards and keep them on file.

i really need to not rock the boat in my current pimo status because of circumstances.. my cousin knows i have doubts about the blood thing, but i can’t show her that my doubts are getting to me.

sparrowdown

Are you crazy? Of course they have no powers over you legal or otherwise it's your life!

Just don't do it and don't tell if they scare you so much, it's nobody else's damn business.

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What does shunning acomplish?

by poopie in

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well in order to shun someone you must dehumanize them much like what occurred in slavery.

dehumanizing someone now allows you treat them worst then an animal.

and now you can justify ignoring them there not human anymore.

sparrowdown

Group shunning is very destructive psychologically as we are all hardwired to belong to our "tribe" for the sake of survival. Shunning and ostracism in some communities even today can mean death for the one being chased off. That's why the threat of shunning is a very powerful psychological weapon that works very effectively. Science knows it. WT knows it. We know it.

So what it has accomplished is keep people in fear and in the compound.

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Can anyone name a single incident when bethel has fed the poor ever ?

by Chook in

charity is lacking from the house of god.

i remember reading once about some young pioneer sisters who needed emergency accommodation and where turn away from brooklyn because they weren’t special pioneers.

charity begins at home..

sparrowdown

According to their vow of poverty they sign bethelites are the poor and they feed themselves very well, starting from the top I'd say by the size of some of the GB members.

It's called trickle down food distribution.

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Is he interested?

by Sunnybear in

i met a wonderful man on match.com several months ago.

on our first date, there was amazing chemistry and we ended up having sex.

it was not planned, it just happened.

sparrowdown

I don't know what kind of JW family this is but Jehovah's witnesses are not allowed to have sex outside of marriage even with themselves - it's a serious sin for them.

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Republicans Are Not Welcome!

by minimus in

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the owner of the used apple store in derry new hampshire has put on his facebook that republicans are evil and they are not welcome in his store.

he has done tv interviews now saying that republicans simply should not try to come in and he can generally tell if someone is a republican.

it is interesting that a business owner can bar someone because of their political opinions but if a business owner conscientiously couldn’t make a cake for a gay couple,they are in legal jeopardy..

sparrowdown

What about purples?

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Younger Witnesses less fanatical or fundamental

by optimisticskeptic in

i am a born in jw for over 30 years now and have been in various positions in the organization.

now i'm guessing most of us recognize that older generations tend to be more fundamental and less reasonable when it comes to their outlook and beliefs.

i find this to mirror the differences you see outside of the organization as well (older people less tolerant of other religions, newer technology, lgbt, etc.).

sparrowdown

If by "less fanatical" you mean less factual and not giving a f*** then, yes, I agree, they are. I doubt they could debate that water is wet, because they would be too afraid of getting wet to do so.

But, to be fair the "less fanatical" 😉 thing isn't confined to JW young people it's everywhere. There seems to be an epidemic of mentally lazy and super-sensitive these days. Not a good combination I might add.

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Republicans Are Not Welcome!

by minimus in

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friends

the owner of the used apple store in derry new hampshire has put on his facebook that republicans are evil and they are not welcome in his store.

he has done tv interviews now saying that republicans simply should not try to come in and he can generally tell if someone is a republican.

it is interesting that a business owner can bar someone because of their political opinions but if a business owner conscientiously couldn’t make a cake for a gay couple,they are in legal jeopardy..

sparrowdown

"...a psychic gateway to technology." ?

Taking the mick-mick surely?