Posts by sowhatnow

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Are you "trained" to be loyal?

by DATA-DOG in

i went for the kh today for personal reasons.

it was pretty dumb, but not horrible.

anyway the speaker used a terrible, but accurate illustration in his gb approved outline.

sowhatnow

Apparently I cant be trained...

As for the horse story.. I know someone with a horse, and I bet if she hear that she would be so annoyed.

once an elder stood up on the platform and said 'missing a meeting is a sin'

I thought , gee where is that in the bible.

not to mention the whole, 'be at the meetings in case Armageddon 'comes' [ never mind that a 'place' cannot 'go' anywhere lol] so you can be protected.

in the mean time ,Im a kid thinking, wait a minuet,

all meetings are held at different times all over the world, and half the world is a sleep when others are at the khall hows that work?

island man, I know that feeling of wanting to scream at everyone.. Im sure most of us do, lol

12

Your Baptism Pics

by kairos in

jw
friends

from the most important day of your life.... .

sowhatnow

gee, mine were awful, lol id not show them if someone paid me.

I did not save any because when i decided to leave the wt teachings for good i tossed those and many other assembly photos away. the only ones i did keep were when i was very young back in the 60's and 70's.and only because half my mothers side of the family are jw's and they were in those ones.

10

How many teens stay because they have their eye on someone they hope to marry?

by purrpurr in

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friends

i was just watching a documentary film about the amish.

this one girl who left said she didn't leave until her early twenties because as a teen until then she had her eye on one of the boys in the church.

she had a crush on him and hoped to marry him.

sowhatnow

where i had come from the case was how many different khalls can one be privileged to visit as to even find someone to like let alone marry.

since usually in rural congs there are few if any suitable mates to begin with. they settle.

try being a divorced woman, and find a mate, forget it, you'd have to go outside the org.

I suppose now its how many wont get baptized [or get df] so they can find a mate anywhere then 'get back in'

later if they want.

42

1975 all over again!!!

by John Aquila in

wt study edition jan. 2015.

here is the bait:.

as the number of kingdom proclaimers increases and as we near the end of this system of things, there is an urgent need for more facilities.

sowhatnow

ok so the end is nigh,

so,

they take more money, and make no sacrifice for the people?

how about close down all the buildings and pay off all the kingdom halls lessening the need for donations for anything other than what is needed to have electric and water at a k hall? why spend all the donations maintaining grounds of a huge estate when any printing needs can be outsourced to another company???

and all these years without media attention, NOW so close to the End, they need to be in the spotlight?

stop keeping track of peoples service and save paper. stop printing literature and use a bible.

why build when its going to be 'destroyed' ?

why is it ok for individuals to give up their homes and employment ?

thereby making themselves unavailable for the congregations who are obviously lacking in elders ministerial servants and pioneers?

so dumb.

21

Silly Bible things you notice when your awake.

by Crazyguy in

i sure you guys can list others but here is a thought about the exodus story.

in chapter 1 the pharoah is concerned that the israelites are becoming to numerous.

and just as a side point we can assume pharaohs were not to dumb and even if they were the smart people of egypt studied in the temple 40 years and they studied all things not just religion.

sowhatnow

to me,

Job was describing a fire breathing dragon in job 41.

and to this day, my mom [or anyone] has never attempted to explain to me where in the bible

where the idea women were of the 144,000, is found and supported.

or why in the middle of a

single scripture passage it goes from literal to symbolic...

unanswered questions, that got me on my way out.

9

Special talk yesterday?

by TweetieBird in

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friends

i got a call from my mother-in-law the other day begging me to go to the hall this past sunday for a special talk.

i didn't go but was wondering what the deal is?

details please..

sowhatnow

ask her whats so special about it...

oh that word, 'special' everybody's so special...

is the speaker 'special'? lol

say it over an over again,, sounds so dumb now ,lol ...

19

Did anyone see Jackson state "celebrating Christmas not a df'ing offence"?

by Crazyguy in

i have seen posts on several you tube sites stating that jackson said during his rc testimony that jw's don't shun, celebrating christmas is not a disfellowshipping offence, birthdays are ok and ones doesn't have to agree with jw doctrine.

i have read most of the posts on other threads while and after his testimony but never read any of this?

did he really say these things or is someone on the net just stirring up some bs?.

sowhatnow

hmm, why he say,

'that is not my understanding',

and no one reply, 'well then sir, what IS? your how old? you have how many years experience to make religious rules ? stop avoiding the question! '

think about that statement... that is not my understanding... ,makes no sense to me.

sounds so immature and petty, and so obviously

evasive...

ok so now, if questioned, or accused, everyone should take a lesson , lol

'now [sister / brother ] you do realize your actions have led you to be in a position to be disfellowshipped...

lets just say ' that is not my understanding...'

8

can I have my p.m.s deleted?

by sowhatnow in

i would greatly appreciate it , please please, to have all my private messages deleted.

and ill thank you much!.

[there is also one post id like to have removed if possible,.

sowhatnow

I would greatly appreciate it , please please, to have all my private messages deleted.

and Ill thank you much!

[there is also one post Id like to have removed if possible,

and is there also a way to get my photos on all my old posts, replaced with a random avatar?]

38

Samuel Herd 3 min video - the most misogynistic words I ever heard from a "godly man"

by paradisebeauty in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=72&v=9vvqxf9uwu0.

sowhatnow

lol, id have loved to be a fly on the wall to see the looks on the faces of the audience!

what happened to stay single and preach mentality?

6

Witchtower buying up more property

by greenhornet in

is this new?.

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/southern-dutchess/2015/08/03/jehovahs-witnesses-contract-buy-3rd-fishkill-property/31069035/.

sowhatnow

wait, what do they need that building for when the magazines are so small, and overseers and others are being dismissed? to house what people?

who pray tell, is going to be in all these buildings and what is going on in them ? call me clueless if you want, lol

but seriously, Im lost