Posts by Onager

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Two JW`s called at my door today

by smiddy3 in

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the wife and i were expecting a health worker to call at our door 10:30 this morning and about 10;35 two women appeared at our door so i opened up thinking they were who i expected ,so i was take back a bit being caught off guard when they identified themselves as doing a bible work.. this is just the gist of what took place & not a word for word conversation.. a woman about in her fifties her companion about her twenties.the older woman did most of the talking as she read to me the scripture from her phone " in the last days critical times hard to deal with...etc.etc.and she went back and emphasised that we were living in the last days because of what that scripture said.. i made the comment that the scripture just about sums up human history in any given time.then i went on to say that this day and age is the best time in human history overall given the advances in technology ,medical procedures ,the overall standard of living being higher and so on .but they insisted on we were living in the last days.then i said different religions have been claiming that for the past couple hundred years.. then to throw them a curve ball i asked if they were mormons ?

oh no we are jehovah`s witnesses.had i been prepared for them and not caught out unawares i would have taken a different tact.i then asked the older woman how long she has been a witness and she said 36 years so i then said to her you must have seen a lot of changes in your religion during that time which she agreed with.

( the light gets brighter).

Onager

Not boring, thanks for sharing! Interesting that they both thought Rutherford started the religion. It was all about CT Russell when I was a JW. Are they phasing him out?

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Beards

by HiddenPimo in

so i started growing a beard 2 weeks ago and i am making some nice progress.

it has been noticed by many in my workplace and they give me great compliments.

my skin would get all bumpy from the constant shaving and i am so glad to be done with that form of cult control.. last year (i was pimo then) i worked in the video department at the regional convention.

Onager

Hi again The Son,

I'm not stalking you across this forum, honest, you've just commented in two threads I've looked in and said something I feel needs to be addressed in both.

Have you done any research on high control religions and undue influence? You may think that a beard is a minor matter, laughably unimportant even. The path to undue influence of an individual is not just made by one thing though, it's many minor attacks on an individual's autonomy that build up until the result is social control.

The society controls a person's appearance, their musical taste, their TV watching habits, what they do with their free time, who they are friends with... the list goes on. None of it a major issue, but taken together, it's a great evil.

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Christian Longo on death row – is he up for a new trial?

by Bonnie_Clyde in

for those who don’t remember, longo was a life-long witness (even a one-time ministerial servant) who strangled and/or drowned his wife, mary jane, and their three children, zachery, sadie and madison.

longo has been on death row in marion county, oregon, since 2003.. http://www.biography.com/people/christian-longo.

well, yesterday i talked to a woman who works with one of mary jane’s sisters who told me that longo was coming up for a new trial.

Onager

Hi The Son,

I haven't done any research, I try and avoid such real life horror stories, but if you post links to your evidence that he wasn't a real JW, I'll check them out.

Until then, you're just making unsubstantiated claims.

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What music are you enjoying today?

by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

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1.just been listening to this lady's innovtive tool as music instrument.

incredible story too.. https://youtu.be/_nlmm9kcbks.

2.listening to this gives me so much peace and relaxes me .

Onager

I like "When will I have a Banana again" By Harry Roy & orchestra. I think that's what it's called.

Today I am listening to "There Will Be No Armageddon" by UnionJack:

https://youtu.be/6Fm2e8acocw

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Happy Fathers Day

by Still Totally ADD in

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it felt so good to read a card from my youngest son today.

it was a funny card about duct tape and cussing.

it was a day of joy for me being it was my first fathers day card from my son since he and his family left the cult.

Onager

I received TWO father's day cards from my only child. One was from his nursery and one was in my mother-in-law's hand. Grateful for both but looking forward to the time when he can write his own!

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I'd like to find a single female bible lover to read the Bible with me.

by littleyohane in

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friends

but i believe in jehovah god, and i read the bible every day.. i believe the bible is god's word.

and i pray to god every day.. it's somewhat off topic.

but i'd like to find a friend who loves the bible and want to read and find the truth of the bible together with me.. i live in japan and i am a japanese.

Onager

I'd say good luck in your quest, but I fear it's to make money rather than friends.

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Counter Witness Video

by Vanderhoven7 in

someone posted a counter mormon video on another thread and suggested we have one available to show after witnessses show us a wt video at the door.. sounds like a great exchange witness approach.

all we need is a good short video that could either bless witnesses with the gospel or plant seeds of doubt in wts authority.

know of any video that might fit the bill?

Onager

Show them a Pingu video on youtube.

Act as if it's a factual documentary about a penguin that lives in a house and uses a toilet (or whatever).

When they point out that Pingu is not real say:

"And your guy is?"

Pause until they start to respond and then shout "MWAH MWAAAH!" and close the door.

I guaranTEE they will remember that encounter forever.

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Window Washers

by Nikki collins in

i know @hiddenpimo is going to laugh at me for this because we had several in our old congregation, but what is with all the window washing businesses owned/managed by jws???

they are everywhere!

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Onager

I called it the Velvet Trap when I was a window cleaner. Yes, there is nothing wrong with earning a living by manual labour and having a trade skill is as valuable to society, or more valuable, than most white collar careers,

BUT.

There is no skill progression and no career progression in window cleaning. The only advancement you can make is to take on more work.

Compare that to something like carpentry. Your skills and abilities increase over years until you can call yourself a master craftsman. You can go from doing utilitarian work to practically artistry.

The reason that window cleaning is a trap is that to earn a decent wage takes all your time and energy. How can you take an evening course to learn a different skill when you come home physically exhausted every evening? The Velvet part of the trap is that you can earn enough money to earn a decent wage, so you would lose money if you stopped window cleaning and started in a new trade.

The only reason that I escaped is because I fell off my ladder while window cleaning and the government paid for me to retrain as I could no longer do my job. I thank Dog every day for that slippy bit of patio!

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