Posts by sparrowdown

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What backlash could you expect by telling everyone you 'hate the Caleb cartoons'?

by Esse quam videri in

what kind of response could you expect if you let everyone in your congregation know that.

"... i hate those stupid caleb cartoons.

i hate his crazy mother.

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Caleb's mother is like the scary mom from Coraline with the creepy button eyes. Shudder😲😲

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jwtalk...wow. just...wow.

by HeyThere in

so i was lurking on jwtalk after trying to read the thread on there about the broadcast about the conti case...and holy moly there are some bat ish crazy talk on that site!

they also blocked the thread about the broadcast, lol!

they are scuuuuured (scared).

ABCNews Nightline: Segment on JW absuse cases here......

by WingCommander in

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here is the segment on the conti abuse case in california and jehovah's witness's response as reported on by the abcnews nightline broadcast which was shown early this morning.

it really displays some absolutely shocking behavior from not only her abuser and his (supportive) wife, but also the jw attorneys and elders via video.

i am just blown away by the audacity displayed by these monsters.. we can now understand why governing body member stephen lett slipped in his comments a couple of weeks ago about "untrue reports of child abuse" in one of his talks which can viewed on the cult's website.

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Wishful thinking I know but, boy, it would be nice to think that one day the WT's house of cards will come tumbling down.

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To all anointed wannabe losers, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT, OR ELSE!!!!!

by DATA-DOG in

once again the beloved and loving governing body are demonstrating their utmost disdain for the rank and file members of the jehovah church.

let us review this interesting trend, starting with some facts!

yay, facts!!!

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As far as I know the only criteria for being annointed (apart from being baptized) is:

You just know you are. Now with criteria like that, the question shouldn't be why is there confusion, but why wouldn't there be! The arrogance and ridiculousness of the GB and their damn rules about who is good enough and who isn't is beyond belief.

If numbers of partakers continue to rise they will have some serious questions to answer, so maybe in future you will have to "qualify" to be annointed.

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Will this Memorial be our last?

by pixel in

they just put up the march km 2014 on the private website.

most of it is same-old-same-old, with info here and there about the memorial.. somebody here might post the march km for all to see, i wont.. i just wanted to share the paragraph from page 2 q&a anticle: will you seize the opportunity?

upcoming memorial enables us to show gratitude .

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Whenever anyone tried that old "this could be the last...." with me I would look them straight in the eye and say very dryly "no, it won't," the look on their face would be priceless.

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Anyone else feeling de-sheeped?

by Slave4_38y in

i've never felt sheepish but the more i learn ttatt, i've been mentally de-sheeped.. .

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Most people equate sheep with mind less behavior - especially blindly following along with the crowd.

Only a cult could turn that into a positive.

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a situation I know of and the mind set of the elders.

by joe134cd in

ok here's the situation i know of.. a women was in a situation where she was forced to reveal a hidden sin and was given a private reproof for it.

before this she had an other wise clean slate.

btw the reproof was for an unrelated matter and had nothing to do with apostasy.

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What happened to the good old days when publishers were mercilessly hunted down and given an offer they couldn't refuse ie: We can do zis zee hard vay or zee easy vay, so, come back now or ve vill find something to disfellowship you for.

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...Barf Bag Blogging from Bolivia/Tales From a WBT$ JW Assembly...

by OUTLAW in

.............................get out your barf bags... ....................jw`s are blogging from bolivia!...

....................... the zone overseer was a branch committee member from the australia branch.

his name was winston payne.

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What a shame a big bag of cash didn't fall off the back of a truck in front of them. They could have purchased a loaf of bread and donated the rest the WT.

Oh, and another thing OUTLAW Winston's nickname was "instant pain" lol.

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Injected Buddhist teachings into Watchtower Study today

by cappytan in

on the paragraph about meditation in today's study, i gave a comment about "meditating with a view towards mindfulness and awareness of the positive things in our lives.".

afterwards, about 8 people that i rarely talk to in the congregation came up and expressed how much they appreciated that point.. wanted to say, "thank the buddha.

" but didn't have the guts.

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I used to incorporate concepts lifted from the pages of psychology books into my answers, and would get the same reaction, people that had never given me the time of day before would tell me how much they appreciated my comments.

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...Barf Bag Blogging from Bolivia/Tales From a WBT$ JW Assembly...

by OUTLAW in

.............................get out your barf bags... ....................jw`s are blogging from bolivia!...

....................... the zone overseer was a branch committee member from the australia branch.

his name was winston payne.

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Sidebar recollection of Uncle Winnie (hope you don't mind 😇). Winston Payne is one of the elder assholes that went through the questions for baptism with me. Scared the shit out of me because I had to meet with him in the back room of the hall on a Saturday afternoon when the hall was empty. I walked in the room he was sitting there waiting, and he invited me to sit in a chair that had been placed in the middle of the room. I expected that we would go over the questions from the Organized book in the same way the other elders did.

When I sat down he held up the Organized book he had had sitting on his lap and said "We don't need this, do we"

(rhetorical) he then reached over and placed the book on a table, then turned back to me and said "let's just chat."

I was so freaked out by this departure from procedure I barely remember what we chatted about, but I was approved for baptism, so whatever, it must have pleased "my lord." This guy was on a serious power trip and he enjoyed me squirming in my seat with nervousness. I have never forgotten it or The Great Winston Payne.

The experiences mentioned above I have heard before - total bs in my opinion.