Posts by sparrowdown

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Help needed: transgender people and other unclear topics

by TeaBiscuit in

first of all, i am not quite sure whether this is the right place to ask my questions.

if this is not really appropriate, please tell me in advance, but i really did not know who to turn to, so i thought why not ask the internet... now, i know many of you are apostates and i'm not really looking for "leave it all behind you" answers, but really for experiences, thoughts and ideas... as well as maybe some verses if you can think of any.. anyway, first things first.

since this is very anonymous and i'd like to keep it that way, i will not give you my name, but still, i think some background info might be helpful.

sparrowdown

Yes, if you decide to be baptised what you think about what the scripture means doesn't count, so get used to that feeling.

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Help needed: transgender people and other unclear topics

by TeaBiscuit in

first of all, i am not quite sure whether this is the right place to ask my questions.

if this is not really appropriate, please tell me in advance, but i really did not know who to turn to, so i thought why not ask the internet... now, i know many of you are apostates and i'm not really looking for "leave it all behind you" answers, but really for experiences, thoughts and ideas... as well as maybe some verses if you can think of any.. anyway, first things first.

since this is very anonymous and i'd like to keep it that way, i will not give you my name, but still, i think some background info might be helpful.

sparrowdown

You have a right to check, check and double-check everything you have been told. Most of it though is hidden in plain sight in the books you studied, either stated outright or implied. You would have have come across the scripture in the book of Deut 22:5 talking about men not dressing as women. You would have come across the scripture in Romans 9 that talks about fornicators and homosexuals not inheritng the kingdom.

You have probably been so seduced by the love-bombing that you didn't notice their obsession with the old testament rules and regulations. But, obsessed they are, and these people mean business. If, you decide to go against any of their rules once baptised you will be dealt with strongly - which usually means a withdrawal of all that lovely christian love - so no more love for you!

So you're absolutely right the time to question is now. And by god question everything especially the things that do not sit well with your conscience. Do not ignore your conscience it is trying to tell you something.

BTW, you do NOT need a large mega-rich organisation to believe in god or Jesus if you feel that is what you want.

In fact you do not need an organisation to do that at all, regardless of JWs insisting that you do.

Jesus supposedly came to sever the slavery to the harsh controlling religious leaders of the day and make faith a personal matter then why are JWs constantly harking back to old testament rules?

Just another thing to ask yourself and think about.

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You wear tight pants and you will be in trouble

by wannaexit in

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friends

i was reading in another forum, that a letter to the elders instructed them to speak to anybody who persists in wearing tight pants.

if changes don't happen then the instructions are to disqualify him from being a publisher but it won't be announced to the congregation.

i am am curious to see if this letter will surface.

sparrowdown

Yeah, I know it's a stick but, Boozerford looks like he's carrying a gun in that photo.

His motto was "Speak LOUDLY, spit alot, and carry a BIG-ASS STICK!"

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Jw want desperately to be shunned according to G no 4 pg 9

by poopie in

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jw strive to follow golden rule by treating others the way themselves would like to be treated so they want to be shunned because they shunn others.

sparrowdown

There were no conditions placed on the prodigal's son returning as per the bible story.

If it were WT he would have had to live as a homeless person on the edge of the property for a few months.

Then, he could live in the barn and have bread and water for a few months.

Then, he could have a meal with the fam once a month for a few more months.

Then after a year or two it would be "my son, my son has returned. Kill the fatted calf we are part-ay-ing tonight!"

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Why do witnesses feel the need to put JW ORG on all their social media sites?

by stuckinarut2 in

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have you all noticed the obsession witnesses have of putting jw.org on all their social media sites like facebook, twitter, instagram etc?.

so many put it in their bio section...like some sort of loud proclamation to other witnesses that they are righteous and spreading the message.. it's also very lazy.

now with no personal effort at all, they can just say jw.org and be "witnessing".

sparrowdown

The Blue (depressing) Borg (collective)

You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

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You wear tight pants and you will be in trouble

by wannaexit in

jw
friends

i was reading in another forum, that a letter to the elders instructed them to speak to anybody who persists in wearing tight pants.

if changes don't happen then the instructions are to disqualify him from being a publisher but it won't be announced to the congregation.

i am am curious to see if this letter will surface.

sparrowdown

Everybody's talkin bout my tight pants...my tight pants...got my tightpants....

Hmmm, maybe the tight-panted hottie brothers were getting hit-on out in FS, and some were accepting the offers.

Everybody's talkin bout my tightpants....

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Why do witnesses feel the need to put JW ORG on all their social media sites?

by stuckinarut2 in

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friends

have you all noticed the obsession witnesses have of putting jw.org on all their social media sites like facebook, twitter, instagram etc?.

so many put it in their bio section...like some sort of loud proclamation to other witnesses that they are righteous and spreading the message.. it's also very lazy.

now with no personal effort at all, they can just say jw.org and be "witnessing".

sparrowdown

Well we just advertised for them in several comments in this post alone - pretty clever marketing huh.

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"The Bunker" WT Conventions 2016 (Gag Me)

by Poztate in

in the very near future the gang will be down in a bunker,cellar awaiting the police,military to break in and take them away to camps or executions .

(paranoid much) this is the foretold "prophecy" of the governments turning on religion and saving them for last.since the couple portrayed as simplifying their life by getting rid of a lot of material things is shown to be (about) the same age in the bunker we know it must be any minute now that it will happen.

i have been out for over 35 years and things seem to be getting more bizarre each year.. when did this doctrine really become main stream?

sparrowdown

What the abuse cases in the public eye, the Bethel lay-offs, stipends being withdrawn, HQs getting sold off and the GB moving to their own bunker I'd say most have already been primed for "persecution" and the GT.

JWs will swallow whatever happens as persecution rather than simply cause and effect.

WT reaping what it itself has sown.

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