Posts by ToesUp

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Every Know Anyone Too "Weak" To Wake Up?

by freemindfade in

a jw that is probably irregular, they don't really attend meetings, they are not up on anything going on, they may even seem like they are faded but they are not, they are just slackers.

a jw that is impervious to the f.o.g.

(ok maybe it bums them, but they are too lazy and self serving to do otherwise).

ADVANCED WARNING - April 18th to 24th WT Study

by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

february 2016 study watchtower"prove yourself loyal to jehovah" - week of april 18th to 24th"15. if a brother treats us unfairly, how should we react?

15 in congregations of jehovah’s people today, it is very unlikely that we would be treated unjustly.

however, those taking the lead among us are imperfect men and could misinterpret our actions.

ToesUp

So the rank and file are just supposed to roll over and think..."well the Elders are just imperfect men."

BUT (A BIG BUT) when we make a mistake (remember, we are imperfect too), we are tarred and feathered. Total BS!

This cult is despicable!

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2016 2-29-BOE-Skills Questionnaire!

by Atlantis in

2016 skills questionnaire boe, instructions, and form combined in this pdf... http://we.tl/tffkalsixb.

.. .. atlantis!.

ToesUp

Only exemplary to apply! Guess that excludes all of us. lol

What a joke!

We'll chastise all of your training but we sure could use your skills. Key word here is...USE.

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THE SHADOW OF 75 still hangs over us all . . .

by Terry in

few of your are old enough to have been there, i suspect.

i had been in prison two years as a jw conscientious objector when the exciting news about 1975 spread like wildfire.. .

i was paroled from prison in 1969 and immediately began pioneering.

ToesUp

Wow Terry, that is a very powerful post. I was little when 75 happened so I don't remember much. It's interesting to hear it from someone who was there.

What an impact all of that must have had on your life. I am so sorry to hear about your wife, that is tragic. Also, you having to go to prison. Wow. I am truly sad and sorry you have been through all of this. You must be a very strong man. I admire your strength.

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Do the GB want the JW religion to fail?

by Grey Goose in

basically what the thread title says.. do you guys think the gb want the jw religion to fail?

of course failing in the ultimate sense is just not going to happen.

no matter how bankrupt they went, there is always going to be a percentage that holds on.. but downsizing the membership?

ToesUp

We think they want a smaller/loyal group of people. We believe they want all the "fence sitters" gone. We were fence sitters and we are long gone. They want the most loyal of subjects. No troublemakers allowed!

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Memorial campaign with videos??

by BeautifulMind in

jw
friends

good morning from the east coast.

i have a question.

a friend of mine texted me and one of the things she said was that they were getting a lot of great responses with the campaign because they are showing the video.

ToesUp

So many new and exciting things going on now! Oh wow, I think I'll go back! NOT!

Legends in their own minds.

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Left Bethel to get married and have children, found the TTATT instead

by jehobi in

long story, short story.

grew up on a farm, went to bethel, married a sister and left bethel.

found ttatt after my cousin died refusing a blood transfusion.

ToesUp

Welcome jehobi!

Thank you for sharing. You will find most on here are caring and want to help. We have all been there and experienced what you are going through.

It's sad that a family can cut you off once you leave. I can't imagine EVER cutting my family off for not believing the same way I/we do. This is how they are conditioned. I think you have to be a certain kind of person to remain in this cult.

Glad to hear you are moving on with your life. Tell us more about yourself.

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Ten years out.....

by snare&racket in

jw
friends

i'm not sure how useful this post will be, but i feel compelled to write it.

with many of my older posts, i wrote them with a younger jw version of me in mind.

with this i write it with a younger newly ex jw in mind.. ten years ago i went to my presiding overseer and told him my concerns about wt owning 'rand cam' military stocks, about unfulfilled prophecy and human error in the governing body and the theocratic consequences of such.

ToesUp

Great post. Glad all is going well with you. Yes...life is short and fragile.

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Disfellowshipping

by Sabin in

i used to think (having been d myself, when younger) that it was a loving arrangement set up by a loving god to keep the congregation clean, & to give the unrepentant wrong doer time out to think about what they had done.

when ready they could come back, apologize & all is forgiven.

what a first class clown i was.

ToesUp

What a loving bunch! I can't even describe what would come out of my mouth if someone left my kids alone. What a bunch of bitches!

You're right, df'ing gives JW's the excuse to do what they do best...hate.

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My meeting yesterday

by stephanie61092 in

so i just wanted to jot down some thoughts and feelings about my meeting yesterday.... first, the wt, paragraph 16. i couldn't help but laugh to myself at the blatant hypocrisy.

god’s word admonishes us “to live with soundness of mind ... amid this present system of things.” (titus 2:12) having “soundness of mind,” or being sober-minded, should certainly come into play when the explanation of a diagnostic method or therapy seems strange or mysterious.

can the practitioner or the one promoting it explain satisfactorily how it works?

ToesUp

I would make it a habit at every meeting you attend, to chomp tic tacs and cough. Do it louder and louder at each meeting. Make sure you sit behind the little ass$@&: that said that to you. I love to rock the boat a little...it's fun!