Posts by snugglebunny

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Why are JWs so sensitive to criticism?

by Half banana in

i remember a roman catholic priest acknowledging on the bbc that the outrageously anti-clerical tv comedy father ted was a humorous mocking of his church but an acceptable thing.. try mocking the jw religion to a believer and the result is so very different.. just why is it that jehovah's witnesses can never take even the faintest hint of criticism of their religion?.

snugglebunny

It's OK to laugh at the Bible but not at the org.

Remember Sisera who was killed by Jael, who hammered a tent peg into his head? Dubbies always laughed at the story of "Jael with the nail".

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Mocked for Being a Hoary Head

by snugglebunny in

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friends

i tend to be quite open about my experiences within the dub religion.

i've been out for a long, long time.

i'm now in my eighth decade.

snugglebunny

I tend to be quite open about my experiences within the dub religion. I've been out for a long, long time. I'm now in my eighth decade. Sometimes, if I get into it on-line with a still-in witness, I get mocked for still having plenty to say about being brought up as witness because it was so long ago. Apparently, for some, there's a time limit on the validity of my experiences. I really should have moved on!

As for the hoary head, well Proverbs 16. 31 says: "The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness"

Well, I'm no saint. And I do drink too much. But I'm not a bad father or grandfather. And my missus thinks I'm OK. So I'll settle for that.

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Kendall Kingdom Hall UK

by darkspilver in

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all this talk of kingdom halls.... remember what used to happen?.

gilthwaiterigg lane kendal la9 6nt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y11f_plajek.

snugglebunny

LOL. I lived at Arnside, close by.

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Kendall Kingdom Hall UK

by darkspilver in

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friends

all this talk of kingdom halls.... remember what used to happen?.

gilthwaiterigg lane kendal la9 6nt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y11f_plajek.

snugglebunny

I used to attend Carnforth KH many years ago.

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REAL Community service now allowed?

by ab.ortega in

at watchtowers website there is an undated article under "helping the community" relating how in 2015, jw's from russia participated in the 'springtime beautification of the city'.

it is not stated but more than likely this had to do with preparations for some assembly or something.

a group of witness going out to clean the community just for goodwill - i don't see it happening.

snugglebunny

Nice avatar. Powder blue tang I do believe.

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Sychelles Island crash proved you can't land a plane on water!

by Witness 007 in

i was an advocate of the idea that a sea landing is beyond impossible for any pilot.

some years ago terrorists hijack a plane in africa and demand to be flown to australia.

the pilot runs out of fuel at the sychelles islands and ditches in the sea with most passengers dead or drowned.

snugglebunny

UK doesn't feature this until November:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tbkbx4Hz8Q

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It was never, ever, a warning work, was it?

by jambon1 in

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most witnesses i knew were exteeemly reluctant to go out in the ministry.

but when they did, they were simply scraping by, eager to avoid conflict and just do their hour or so speaking to lonely old ladies or widowed old men.

placing magazines in a car group, doing route calls, plodding along in the utter boredom of their responsibility to get some time on a report by the last day of the month.. this was never a warning work.

snugglebunny

It was certainly a warning work in the build up to 1975. The old adage re the burning house was used over and over when people objected to the frequency of witnesses calls.

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Were Conventions, Asemblies and the Memorials boring to you?

by HereIgo in

conventions 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.

snugglebunny

Back in the day, conventions were just grope fests behind the cafeteria tent for us young bloods.

That was in the day when we all understood that you could only get disfellowshipped for full-blown sex. Anything else was naughty but OK.

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Do JW's ever really grow up ?

by Phizzy in

i ask the above because of my personal experience.

as a born-in i was naive, socially inept and had never really thought deeply about anything.. i was also unable to accept arguments based upon reason and facts.. just like a child.. it was only after freeing myself from the mind-control of the jw cult that i educated myself and matured as a person to being (almost) an adult.. jw's attitudes and their inability to debate in any meaningful way, (they could start by actually listening),means they have not grown up..

snugglebunny

Cults impede maturation.

Drugs impede maturation.

There must be a connection..

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Beards - September 2016 Watchtower

by Listener in

the issue of whether beards are acceptable or not is addressed in the september 2016 watchtower - well sort of.

it is as clear as mud as to whether they are allowed in places like australia, usa and britain.. 17. what are some factors that may affect whether a brother wears a beard?17 what about the propriety of brothers wearing a beard?

the mosaic law required men to wear a beard.

snugglebunny

Beards are horrible anyway. They're concealing.