Posts by sparrowdown

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Elder Telephoned

by The Searcher in

got a call from an elder in my previous congregation.. as tonight is meeting night, he enquired, "do you have anything on tonight"?.

i was sorely tempted to reply, "yes, a leotard made of spanx"!!!.

he would not have taken it well, so i just said 'no'!.

sparrowdown

"Oozing tiredness and apathy..."

Now that's what I like to hear.

I have found if you remain pleasant and appear disappointed that you can't see them, they quickly lose interest.

Good luck withnthe fade.

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Deadly Devotion

by William Penwell in

i am not sure if this has being discussed.

i just watch "deadly devotion" on id channel.

the episode was entitled, witness to murder.

I remember reading a book a few years ago about a JW guy who had his own cleaning business, employed all brothers, him and his wife were the toast of the cong for a while there. Then things all started going horribly wrong, the guy cracked and killed his wife and three kids. It was a shocking story, written by a NYT journalist. I wasn't "awake" when I read it, but now I can't remember what it was called.

I suspect there could be many more of these types of cases than we think. Seems that being a JW does not guarantee immunity to all that worldly dysfunction and misery after all.

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1 Timothy 5:8 - Providing for one's household....materially or spiritually?

by cappytan in

the searcher brought this scripture up on another thread:.

(1 timothy 5:8) "certainly if anyone does not provide for those who are his own, and especially for those who are members of his household, he has disowned the faith and is worse than a person without faith.

" [disowned jehovah].

sparrowdown

They have a license to "spiritualize" any scripture to suit themselves. They also wantonly take scriptures that are obviously spiritual or illustrative and deem them to be literal.

It's good to be a cult leader.

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Just ask simple questions and make street witnesses move along

by OnTheWayOut in

you don't have to know much to talk to jw's and show them they don't want to really discuss the matters.they consider a discussion on the matter they are pushing to be "confrontational.".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfw_txpmsj8.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lqtadagucq.

sparrowdown

"The bastards asked me a question" 😄

Classic!

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Special Report: Joel goes undercover at a KH

by RayPublisher in

for those of you that are into activism you may enjoy this special report video.

here's the description from the jwstruggle youtube channel:.

my buddy joel the unwitness recently went undercover at a kingdom hall, armed with a notebook, regular clothes, and an american standard bible.

sparrowdown

Kinda like an apostate version of Drunk Hishtory.

Seriously though, no surprises there as to the responses he got from drones at the hall, pretty typical, "deny, deny, deny" response from the elder re shunning.

He could of said it quicker, but otherwise interesting.

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WT's subtle attack on Wikipedia!

by Wonderment in

did anyone notice this wt's subtle attack on wikipedia?

they wrote (from the 2011 yearbook of jehovah's witnesses, pp.

9-10. source: 'tracing all things with accuracy'):.

sparrowdown

We can likely expect a lot more sites to be dissed by the WT as unreliable in the future.

Most witlesses I know, won't be able to help themselves exploring the information highway now the org is onli

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Just ask simple questions and make street witnesses move along

by OnTheWayOut in

you don't have to know much to talk to jw's and show them they don't want to really discuss the matters.they consider a discussion on the matter they are pushing to be "confrontational.".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfw_txpmsj8.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lqtadagucq.

sparrowdown

@stuck - "that's a bit harsh.....I liked the purple scarfe the main guy was wearing..."

Yeah, I spose you're right, metaphorical "roadkill" or not, it seems a shame to waste a cute scarfe.

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Just ask simple questions and make street witnesses move along

by OnTheWayOut in

you don't have to know much to talk to jw's and show them they don't want to really discuss the matters.they consider a discussion on the matter they are pushing to be "confrontational.".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfw_txpmsj8.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lqtadagucq.

sparrowdown

There is nothing "poor" about them. They choose to set themselves up the side walk, pretending to have all the answers. Poor public, more to the point.

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Just ask simple questions and make street witnesses move along

by OnTheWayOut in

you don't have to know much to talk to jw's and show them they don't want to really discuss the matters.they consider a discussion on the matter they are pushing to be "confrontational.".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfw_txpmsj8.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lqtadagucq.

sparrowdown

Trolley witnessing?

Try trolley roadkill!

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Just ask simple questions and make street witnesses move along

by OnTheWayOut in

you don't have to know much to talk to jw's and show them they don't want to really discuss the matters.they consider a discussion on the matter they are pushing to be "confrontational.".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfw_txpmsj8.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lqtadagucq.

sparrowdown

I agree, they need to be challenged!