Posts by Onager

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Hi, all...I'm a faithful JW who is sick of lies about us

by James Donalds in

i was baptized 30 years ago and have been in the faith for over 35 years.. our organization isn't perfect.

but i'm sick to death of seeing stereotypes about us.

we are not mindless automatons.

Onager

Wow, 7 pages of interesting and entertaining comments from one bullshit post!

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And finally I'm out

by Skepsis in

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hi all.. it's being a while that i don't share in the forum.

after moving to another country and finding a job, i asked my congregation in my country to send my publishing card here.

once i did it, i stopped attending meetings.

Dinosaurs in Paradise

by The Real Edward Gentry in

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i'm so thankful for sites such as this.

i realise it's our imperfection but god's organization is not always open to 'outside the box' thinkers such as ourselves.

i've been researching dinosaurs and god's reason for not preserving these beasts beyond the flood of noah's day.

Onager

If the OP was true then current humans would have weaponised Blue Whales and would already be prepared to counter any piddly little dino threat.

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So my PIMO Younger Brother Tried To Kill Himself Today

by pale.emperor in

we all know that this cult will drive those trying to leave to desperate measures, and today by brother was very nearly one of those statistics.

he slashed his thigh with a kitchen knife and was bleeding out until he called the police.. i got a call on my way home from work from a police officer, coincidentally it was one of my old friends from school who's now a cop.

he told me my brother is in hospital after an attempted suicide and has lost some blood but will be ok. but i should get to the hospital as he's asking for me.

Onager

Hi PE, I've just read this thread and like others on here I was consumed with a violent rage. Your course is much better though. Keep doing what your doing in the sure knowledge that you're right and good.

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A very interesting conversation with my father today.

by joe134cd in

this is how the conversation went.

decide for your selves.. dad : joe if ever i need an operation i've told them i don't want blood.

not a drop.. joe : well what about blood fractions.

Onager

Those Golden Age quotes are horrific! All post 1919 as well, so "Chosen by God"(tm).

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Movie Titles that Describe Watchtower

by Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho in

i'll go first.... .

Onager

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Pull the Plug Already...

by megaboy in

after reading and seeing so many detailings of the dealings with people in this religion, i have to wonder how to get people who are just extremely asleep.

reasoning doesn't seem like it works, there needs to be some kind of plug pull event, like the leaders doing something so uterly stupid that it causes the immediate downfall of the entire religion.

but because i am naturally curious i want to know from people who have more experience with jw structure why they seem to have a resistance to an event like this?

Onager

Hi Steve2, can you suggest a proportionate scenario then?

Remember we're not discussing the likelihood of this happening, it's a hypothetical scenario for waking up all JW's to the fact that the organisation is wrong.

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Pull the Plug Already...

by megaboy in

after reading and seeing so many detailings of the dealings with people in this religion, i have to wonder how to get people who are just extremely asleep.

reasoning doesn't seem like it works, there needs to be some kind of plug pull event, like the leaders doing something so uterly stupid that it causes the immediate downfall of the entire religion.

but because i am naturally curious i want to know from people who have more experience with jw structure why they seem to have a resistance to an event like this?

Onager

The organisation could die... if the money ran out. Then the people would splinter into a million JW type sub groups, most of which would die out, but some could thrive and even grow larger than the original.

As I said in another thread, the only pull-the-plug scenario that I can envisage to wake up all the people in the organisation in its current form is a direct, divine, planet wide revelation. God actually appearing in the sky to everyone on the planet and saying that the JW's are wrong.

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Present day tree.

by pleaseresearch in

since leaving and fading.

i don't celebrate christmas but in its place which is sad i know.

we have present day.

Onager

There are many aspects of Christmas that I don't like, the commercialisation, the lying to children about an invisible person who brings them presents, the over indulgence and so on. On top of that I don't have any cultural background of Christmas traditions, so the tree and the turkey and crackers and tinsel have no resonance for me.

BUT! The glow of the lights in a dark time of the year, the spending time with my (non JW) relatives and seeing their joy at giving our child gifts... is magical. who in their right mind wouldn't want that in their lives??

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Secret sex in the Org

by pomo6780 in

2 pioneers of the opposite sex.

the brother is in his mid-20s, sister is in her late 20s.

both are alone in car as the only 2 out in field service.

Onager

Man's best friend has sex with his wife. Husband is furious and berates his wife for the loss of his best friend. Portsmouth South congregation.

You know a man's best friend is his dog right??