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  Hugh Hefner died a few weeks back but no post on it. Interesting.

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  i bring this up because like me i sure many of the men who was kids in the wt cult got their first taste of what a nude women looked like.

  it was the adolescent male sex education for most of us.

  one friend i had who's dad was a elder told me they always had playboys in his house because his dad subscribed to them.

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  I think what I am looking for is how did the cult effect you men who grew up in it. Did it hurt you as a man? Did it make you think more about sex than is normal or did make you feel guilty? I know other religions have messed up people sexually but to me and I may be wrong this cult seems to hurt people more in these matters. Your opinions please. Still Totally ADD
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  Hugh Hefner died a few weeks back but no post on it. Interesting.

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  i bring this up because like me i sure many of the men who was kids in the wt cult got their first taste of what a nude women looked like.

  it was the adolescent male sex education for most of us.

  one friend i had who's dad was a elder told me they always had playboys in his house because his dad subscribed to them.

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  I bring this up because like me I sure many of the men who was kids in the WT cult got their first taste of what a nude women looked like. It was the adolescent male sex education for most of us. One friend I had who's dad was a elder told me they always had playboys in his house because his dad subscribed to them. For me I thought that was great because It had easy access.

  Of course there was a lot of guilt on my behalf enjoying these maz. It wasn't for the article's it was for the pictures. That was about all the sex education I got. Except for all the service meetings condemning adultery, fornications, oral sex and let's not forget fantasizing sexual things. With that I was totally condemned. I was going to die at Armageddon no matter how good I was. Yes the WT cult is highly skilled in using guilt especially sexual guilt.

  With all this said i feel the emasculating of male's who were raised in this cult have suffered sexual repression. I cannot tell you how many adult men I gave counsel to as an elder on sexual matters. I remember one poor guy who was married for just a year was so guilt-ridden he found it very hard to have sex with his wife. Very sad. I guess the thought I am trying to bring out is am I correct on this assumption or am I blowing smoke? The cult is very unhealthy in so many ways why would it not be in this case? This is my observation what are yours. Still Totally ADD
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  A Little Direction Please

  by Brian J in

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  i'm an active elder, cobe, just got home from the meeting where i handled the treasures part and concluded by announcing a friend of mine has been d/f,.....blah blah blah...and over the last year have woken up.

  i simply cannot spill my guts to my wife and children as it would be family suicide.

  i have zero desire to bash, spread my feelings, or become an "apostate".

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  Welcome Brain J. It was 2009 my father had just died. My mother was suffering with dementia and becoming very hard to handle. Feb. of that year I went to KM school at Patterson for PO,s. With all this going on I was waking up about what I was seeing. So here I was a born-in, almost 25 years as a elder and PO for 3 years. I was a nervous wreck not knowing what to do. What help me the most was coming to this site and reading what others did to fade and help their mates to fade with them.

  I can't add to the advice everyone here gave you. It is all sound advice. Just take it slow. The idea given to you to study with your family by putting in thinking critical thinking will help you. But very little pieces at a time. Also in a very methodical way work at stepping down from being the COBE then let some time go by then step down as a elder. For me it took 2 years to do this. By gong slowly this will take a lot of the focus off of you.

  Everyone experience is different but similar. Use what will work for you and your family. Get plenty of rest, eat healthy and take care of your mental and emotional health. Always try to have a positive attitude on what you are doing. I won't lie to you, it is hard but will worth it. Take care and best wishes for you and your family. Still Totally ADD
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  Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Jehovah's Witnesses sell The Towers, a storied Brooklyn Heights hotel

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2017/11/1/jehovahs-witnesses-sell-towers-storied-brooklyn-heights-hotel.

  jehovah's witnesses sell the towers, a storied brooklyn heights hotel.

  the jehovah's witnesses have sold the towers, a storied brooklyn heights hotel.

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  The you for the report my dear Anderson's. This was all done on the backs of free labor. Yes I know they got room and board. The Chinese, India, and Japan at one time in the past consider labor had no value. Only the higher ups became prosperous. I believe this might be the WT thinking. As soon as those countries turned things around and started to pay for labor a large part of the countries began to prosper. The WT is still behind times thinking labor is not worth anything. So they will always prosper materially. Still Totally ADD
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  Facing My Mortality And Becoming A Donor

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this thread is quite morbid so i apologize in advance.. a few days ago i was having a conversation with my girlfriend in which she mentioned in passing that she's signed up to donate her organs after her death.

  i was quite surprised because she mentioned it like it was no big deal.

  i asked her which organs.

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  Good for you P.E. I did the same thing when I left the Borg almost 7 years ago. I also watch a program on donating your whole body. It can be used for medical student's or they can use it to study dead bodies as they rot during a crime scene.

  Only problem I can see in all this I plan to live to be 100. LOL. I guess they could use me to rot after a made up crime. Take care and live a long life. Still Totally ADD
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  heart attack 2nd anniversary.

  by zeb in

  1. jw
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  hi lovely folk,.

  two years ago today i had a ha.. i have just re-read the kind words of support from you folks wherever on earth you be and they are still warming to me.. i have had a bypass op done re-hab and learned to live again.. i am on permanent meds and do lots of walking.

  since the op i have walked 545 kilometres and worn out a pr of boots.. i walk with walking poles and they mean you take in 25% more o2 than without.

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  Zeb glad you are doing well. Life changing events can help us work harder on taking care of our health. I know. Take care and have a great day. Still Totally ADD
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  Some more background information on Geoffrey Jackson

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  born in 1955 jacko was baptized at 13 years of age in 1968.his life story, printed in the august 2015 watchtower doesn't state the year in which he married, it's fairly general when talking about it.

  hmmm, i wonder why?i've come across a recording of an interview with jacko at a hall dedication in another part of the us in 2009 which provides some further information.he married his first wife, jenny, in 1974 at the grand old age of 19. no wonder they didn't want to print it in the watchtower.unfortunately his first wife, jenny, was diagnosed with cancer in 1999.in 2003 jacko was sent a letter from the gb stating he was being transferred to hq and his wife would be given appropriate work.

  he initially didn't know why they were being called to hq as he felt they were being very productive in their fijian paradise, he states that they brought 75 people into the truth.

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  Only thing I can think of is he is 1 year younger than I am. I say that because when I was a kid many of the older ones in the KH would tell me I should not even be there. Young people were not welcome. Also lead to believe anyone in my age group could never be part of the anointed. Remember all the way up to 2009 WT taught the number for the anointed was sealed back in 1935. With that said the only good thing I see is he did was take care of his wife when she was dying.

  Since I don't think anyone of the GB are anything special. Why not marry someone younger? They are both consenting adults. It just shows he is just a human and nothing more. Still Totally ADD
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  can you still record the talks at assemblies?

  by greenhornet in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  years ago my parents would record these talks and play them back all the time.

  when they both died, we cleaned out the house and found 50 plus cassette tapes of recorded talks and they were labeled the year and the speaker at the time.

  that was in the year 2000. we just gave them to there jw friends because i did not want to keep them for recording of music.

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  I remember back in the 1970's to I think 1990 you would see a table setup for the friends to record the programs. The table would be in front of a speaker and out of the way so there was no blocking the view of the friends. Then in the mid 1990's video cameras started poping up. None of it was very good quality. Still Totally ADD
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  Born Again church and healing Peter's feet

  by punkofnice in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i left the jobos i went to different churches, depending on where i lived at the time.

  i still believed in god and jesus at the time.. i was beginning to feel that there was actually no god but continued with the delusion as it comforted me.. the church i went to had some that claimed they could speak in tongues.

  i suspected this was just an attention seeking device and that they were just spouting gibberish to appear special.. i went to a church morning breakfast.

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  Punkofnice you sound like my wife. She has always said the credit should go to those who spent so many years in education to learn their skill. Not God. I remember those in the cult saying they will wait for the new system to fix whatever health problem they have instead of going to the doctor. Of course here in the U.S. going to the doctor may cause you to lose your house. Maybe we do need to look into faith healng here in the U.S.? LOL.

  Is it me or did you get a new avatar? I like it. Great experience you had. It is amazing how people still hold on to some of these beliefs these days. In the immortal words of Forrest Bump " Stupid is stupid does" or something like that. As you look forward to lunch I will be doing the same thing for breakfast. Take care. Still Totally ADD
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  Uber Cart Witnessing at the State Fair

  by truth_b_known in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  last thursday i bunch of us working decided we were going to head down to the state fair and badge our way in to get a fletcher's corny dog for lunch.

  we had to go to a specific gate to park and show our credentials to get in.

  this meant driving halfway around the perimeter of the entire fairgrounds.

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  Amazing. I know in this neck of the woods SW NY and NW PA I have seen Uber Carts at the county fairs. One of them kind of made me laugh because they put them in one of the display barns for business. Placed them in the very back corner where no one could see them. They was next to the anti-abortion table. One table showing the horrors of abortion the other showing a DVD JW cartoon.

  Most of the people just walk by not even looking at it. The 2 women sitting behind the CART were the only ones all dressed up. They really looked out of place. Good find Truth. Still Totally ADD