Posts by neat blue dog

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Things I Cant Stand Since Leaving Watchtower

by pale.emperor in

what a breath a fresh air to be free of watchtower.

now i can finally rant about the things i put up with that i'd never put up with now.. in no particular order:.

little kids in suits.

Those are my sentiments exactly. Such a relief, especially to be able to put anything on your report form as it doesn't mean anything at the end of the day!

Yes, I just started falsifying my monthly report several months ago! Even after I was mentally out, I still continued to be fairly honest on my report out of not thinking about it, or maybe a little guilt. But now I always put average but decent figures, always above what ministerial servants are required to have. If they're gonna judge me, it's not gonna be based on that paper!

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Remember the First "Young People Ask..." VHS?

by Cimarrona in

do y'all remember the young people ask tape that came out in the late 90s about "bad association"?

i was a fairly small child with teenage siblings and watched it often (with family and alone cause i thought it was the inside scoop on older kids).

that was back when worldly was still very much so a part of dubspeak (i think they started encouraging people to stop saying it in the mid to late 2000s).

Yes I do. I also heard the JW urban legend that the main actor and actress were never alone in the car, but we're looking at a sheet with holes cut out for the eyes. Stupid, I know. But JWs have a tendency to believe, repeat and propagate stupid things.

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Things I Cant Stand Since Leaving Watchtower

by pale.emperor in

what a breath a fresh air to be free of watchtower.

now i can finally rant about the things i put up with that i'd never put up with now.. in no particular order:.

little kids in suits.

neat blue dog

I'm still physically in, but one thing I don't miss from being mentally in is the guilt and never feeling good enough or that you've tried hard enough.

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Help please

by Akid48 in

one of my posts keep re posting when i haven't tryed to post it again.. like a week ago i tried to post i was suck in a loop i tryed three times and it has posted 5 times..

neat blue dog

Recently when that happened to me again, it was on the last check box in the uploading process but it was just stuck on uploading. To be safe, I selected and copied my post to my clipboard for backup, then exited the page, despite the pop up warning that data from that page would be lost. After the post never ended up appearing, I just pasted it again and the post worked.

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Is there anything organizational a JW can be negative about?

by Gorbatchov in

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about what organizational aspect are witnesses negative?.

(i can’t find anything).. always positive = irrational = indoctrination.

g..

neat blue dog

The only things they can kind of be negative about are things they're given permission to be negative about. For instance: At the annual meeting Tony Morris said something about us having too many magazines to read. Then he said, 'Thats okay, you're not being disloyal'. Sure enough, after the meeting I heard a couple people saying 'You know, I always thought that!' (They actually say this about pretty much any new light, in an effort to convince themselves it's 'always been that way'.)

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Help please

by Akid48 in

one of my posts keep re posting when i haven't tryed to post it again.. like a week ago i tried to post i was suck in a loop i tryed three times and it has posted 5 times..

neat blue dog

Well if it does no worries, most of us will know you aren't spamming. Simon says he intends to modernize the site at some point in the future which will probably indirectly fix these and other glitches.

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Help please

by Akid48 in

one of my posts keep re posting when i haven't tryed to post it again.. like a week ago i tried to post i was suck in a loop i tryed three times and it has posted 5 times..

neat blue dog

I believe that happened to me once. I seen it numerous times, even to the best of us like WifiBandit. Just one of those anomolays I suppose.

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January 2018 Study Watchtower - if only J.W.'s knew the truth!

by The Fall Guy in

page 19, paragraph 12: "with prayerful consideration, the governing body strives to be faithful and discreet with regard to how the organization’s funds are used.".

yeah, i "prayed" too - that more and more j.w.

's would discover that millions of dollars of their hard-earned cash were being misused to shut the mouths of j.w.

neat blue dog

Oh I know it all is ultimately from the same place, I just thought it would be a good opportunity to let those in the hall know where their money is going. So if anybody's planning an exit and has nothing to lose, why not wait til the next resolution time and then raise your hand 😜

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Jehovah's Witnesses and The Empire (Star Wars)

by neat blue dog in

i've been reading some of the latest star wars novels that take place around the movies and i can't help but be struck with how the empire reminds me of jws.

(i know it's typical of many high control groups, etc.

but it's close to home.

neat blue dog

Yeah, if you've ever seen the season 5 finale arc of The Clone Wars, Anakin's Padawan, Ashoka, basically gets disfellowshipped by a Jedi judicial committee. When they later admit they were wrong, she says 'never again' and walks away for good. From that point on she's spiritual but not religious. Here lightsabers are white instead of colored.

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January 2018 Study Watchtower - if only J.W.'s knew the truth!

by The Fall Guy in

page 19, paragraph 12: "with prayerful consideration, the governing body strives to be faithful and discreet with regard to how the organization’s funds are used.".

yeah, i "prayed" too - that more and more j.w.

's would discover that millions of dollars of their hard-earned cash were being misused to shut the mouths of j.w.

neat blue dog

Yes I was tempted but it isn't an option at this time. When it comes to leaving JWs you only have one shot. After that information control kicks in.