Well, yes...as long as you don't get caught by the BOE. :> Or a snitch.
someDUDEinAsmallCubicalSomewhereOverTheRAINBOX
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Were Conventions, Asemblies and the Memorials boring to you?
by HereIgo inconventions always just seemed like more of a vacation to me than anything else, especially if you had to travel out of town for it, but definitely were exhausting especially toward the end of each day.
for some reason i didn't mind the special and circuit assemblies too much, probably because they seemed like more of a social event than anything else and only 1-2 days.
the memorial always was kind of boring to me.
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someDUDEinAsmallCubicalSomewhereOverTheRAINBOX
Talks and parts - Yes.
Scantily cladded hot young girls - No (When I was the appropriate age)
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Does anyone else squirm uncomfortably in disbelief?
by stuckinarut2 inas we know, every month on the "official broadcasting" presentation, a new "music video" is presented.. can these possibly be any more cringe-worthy??.
the words, music, singing are so, so bad....i mean, so bad!.
surely witnesses are not so stupid that they don't harbor secret feelings of awkwardness when they see these?.
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someDUDEinAsmallCubicalSomewhereOverTheRAINBOX
Iown Mylife - I remember that atrocity. Actually, one of a stout elder's wife, M.G., loudly lambasted them as horrible and toneless. It was quite a scandal coming from her, as their family is very respected in the area.
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The book of Jeremiah
by truthwillsetyoufree init occurred to me the other day that i don't actually know all that much about the bible.
dont get me wrong, i was a very dedicated and studious jehovah's witness and i studied the bible every day - or so i thought.
i have now realised that during the time i spent in that religion i didn't study the bible - i studied jehovah's witness theology.
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someDUDEinAsmallCubicalSomewhereOverTheRAINBOX
It was funny for me really, because I had always thought JW's were scholars when I was "in" LOLFLSOWLSSFLS
Then I woke up and learned the TTATT. After that, i noticed that except for the weekly bible reading and highlights, JWs never actually "studied" the Bible during meetings. It was more about how to witness and JW rules and regulations. That's when I knew for sure the whole thing was a scam and a cult.
I mean, even a "Bible study" isn't actually a study of the bible, just a study of JW beliefs. WTF GD SOB!!!!!!!!!
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Anyone else feel guilty about bringing others into the "truth", once you have learned TTATT ?
by Dunedain ini guess this is not so much about guilt, per se, but more so if you feel an obligation to reveal what you now know about ttatt, to those who you have studied with, taught the "truth" to, and are still in the borg ?.
i am sure most of us, after learning about the evils, and lies perpetrated by this organization, must feel some sort of guilt for being the catalyst in "exposing" others to the cult.
honestly, i feel none of us should actually, feel guilty though.
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someDUDEinAsmallCubicalSomewhereOverTheRAINBOX
It wasn't too difficult. When I first started to fade (before I just started lying blatantly about my time), I would just "lose" any potential RV info. As in throw it in the trash. So take good notes in front of my partner, then toss it at the house. Pretty easy. Of course, once I just started faking time and going to my "worldly" gf's house to play video games every Sat morning, the whole gig became even easier.
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Tips on how to raise money
by Holden Caufield ini need some ideas to raise money for my study research trip for west africa in cape coast ghana..
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someDUDEinAsmallCubicalSomewhereOverTheRAINBOX
spank bank every other day...
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convention rooming dept
by Darryl inso this past weekend i took my girlfriend and my boys on a little weekend getaway.
we stayed in a hotel and early sunday morning i went out for some starbucks.
when i returned and called the elevator it arrived, the doors opened and inside waiting to come out was a nice lady with that all too familiar badge on her lapel.
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someDUDEinAsmallCubicalSomewhereOverTheRAINBOX
Phhhttffffff, I never cared about that list. I'd wait until the hotel closest to the convention had a deal, and booked it. I didn't feel like driving from further out just to atone the GB direction. F them.
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Reinstated and then fade
by Zeds Dead ini'm a man - d'fd for 2.5 years now and divorced.
find it hard to date girls out here only due to always having this secret i carry with me that i was once a jw and the thought of telling a girl one day why my family don't acknowledge me as even alive.. recently been thinking of trying to get reinstated and then do a quick fade as i cant go back to the whole jw stuff.. easier said than done and was turned down twice by elders after an immediate attempt 2 years ago.. my motivation for trying would be 1.
) to see if family make contact and 2) play the last hand in their game and give the middle finger.. interested in viewpoints?.
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someDUDEinAsmallCubicalSomewhereOverTheRAINBOX
Honestly, the only reason I would seriously think of going back would be if I found a girl irresistible and I had to have her. Even then it would be to coerce her into marriage, wait a couple of years (or months), teach her about TTATT, then fade with her again into the sunset.
Of course, the odds of this are slim to nil. but that would be the only reason I would enter a KH after a successful fade. Otherwise it would be nothing but torture. also you run the risk of the girl being a stout jw and non-changeable...hence my plan would be crap and a waste of 3 years.
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Recent mistakes of the Governing Body contributing to the decline of JWs
by slimboyfat inthey have made so many strategical mistakes it's hard to keep track.
some changes within the last decade or so that are contributing to declining numbers of jws:.
1. elimination of book study groups, the most informal, enjoyable and sociable of the jw meetings, contributed to loss of sense of community among jws.. 2. policy of consolidating kingdom halls.
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someDUDEinAsmallCubicalSomewhereOverTheRAINBOX
If I'm a "Worldly person", and a JW comes to the door, first thing I do after reluctantly taking their mags is type into google "Jehovah's Witnesses". And I see this. Yah for Simon and his great website!!! It's top 5 for all those truth seekers now :> After a couple of clicks, most "householders" can quickly learn about the TTATT and tell the JW's next time to take a hike.
Same goes for normal JW's as well. Even ones just looking for jw.org are going to be lazy and type in Jehovah's Witnesses at some point......and the rabbit hole begins :>
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Just a little anecdote illustrating how out of touch the typical JW is
by sir82 inthis weeks book study lesson was on martha, the sister of lazarus.
the chapter in the "imitate their faith" book praised her for being "industrious".. the conductor at our congregation meeting was just positively gushing about how "industrious" modern-day jw women are.. he was so exciting, he could barely get the words out.
following is not an exact quote, but conveys the gist:.
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someDUDEinAsmallCubicalSomewhereOverTheRAINBOX
Sir82 - I remember at the meetings elders would ALWAYS make snide little sexists comments.....and everyone would LAUGH and LAUGH and LAUGH...
Even when I was a teenager, I never laughed. Just sat there seriously like someone had died. Such losers. Don't know how you could stand there through the whole story w/o punching him.