_Morpheus

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  Elders, oh my God what a bunch of losers!

  by Crazyguy in

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  ok i don't mean to put all of them into just one box so to speak, their are some that are smart successful etc.

  but my god most of them are just wasted space, ignorant, no drive, horrible jobs, make nothing for income and the only thing in life they have going for them is this title.

  no wonder so many will not wake up and hold on to this stupid cult, it's all they have.

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  Former elder here, have to disagree with the premise of the OP. Its easy to take shots at the supposed authority figures of the cult but in the end they are just guys. Some are jerks some are good guys, they are just people. I was never a loser or in any what you described. I made 6 figures this year, have always been a driven and dedicated guy, fairly intelligent (certainly not a dummy) and at the very least my kids and dog would disagree that i was ever a waste of space. On a good day a few others may stick up for me as well...

  My only point being, painting all of any one group with a broad brush is a bad idea, be it all of a race, all of a gender or even all of a religion.
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  New Years Resolutions

  by cognac in

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  mine are:.

  1. move.

  2. lose a little weight .

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  i resolve to cut the drama from my life :)
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  Freedom in admitting the truth...

  by _Morpheus in

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  for those that lurk or havnt decided to post yet.... living a lie is difficult.

  nobody would likely disagree with that... many of us lived or are living the wt lie for the sake of friends or family.

  it can eat at us and put us in situations where we frame half truths, try to find tactful way to avoid telling people what we really think.. there is great freedom in being able to admit truths.

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  Bump, because my beloved needs to see this :)
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  Watchtower 1974 says FAT Brothers will be disfellowshiped and not enter Paradise!!!

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. scandals

  someone at bethel dinning room was hogging all the bread rolls!!!

  would a brother on the writting dep.

  dare vent his frustration thru the spiritual food our watchtower???

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  Two things:

  1) the article didnt say "fat" people but rather gluttons. It was highlighting the attitude not the the weight or relative body mass.

  2) you dont have to go back to 1974. The current elders book says the exact same thing. Its still, in 2015, a df'ing offense.
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  230 Rulses for JW's.

  by Ben131895 in

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  see www.avoidjw.org/2015/12/jehovahs-witnesses-rules explaining that jw's have to apply to 230 rules.

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  Thats incorrect. Paul, stealing from greek mythology, said the disobdient angles were thrown into tartarus, or imprisioned.

  Any google referances to "larger skulls" (as in nephelium) are clearly hoaxes. Its ok, former brother. Its a long march to truth :)
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  Does this make you feel good? Coz it makes me feel bad.....

  by ScottyRex in

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  i just watched this clip on youtube....i can't begin to say how it made me feel.

  , i'm not sure who i am more annoyed about.

  the bloke doing the commentry, the punk shouting at a serious and should be respectful religious event, or some of the youtube comments that follow.. and i find this so disrespectful.

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  Ok mommy? 😂😂😂 so you admit your being childish and need someone to repremand you. Telling someone to go to their hole because they dont agree with you is by definition childish. Lets have a rational discussion on issues.
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  Does this make you feel good? Coz it makes me feel bad.....

  by ScottyRex in

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  2. friends

  i just watched this clip on youtube....i can't begin to say how it made me feel.

  , i'm not sure who i am more annoyed about.

  the bloke doing the commentry, the punk shouting at a serious and should be respectful religious event, or some of the youtube comments that follow.. and i find this so disrespectful.

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  Heres my remarks from 8 months ago on this video:

  As usual when these childish antics are demonstrated its the witnesses who end up looking rational. The 'brother' takes the wine glass and passes it to the next person as the clown rants irrationally about things 90% of the audience has no context for....

  Thank you for setting back the cause of reasoning with my family and friends 10 years, but hey it made you feel good to stand up in front of them and spout out for 20 seconds while your equally childish friends snickered and recorded.

  What real bravery did that take...? Anyone whos ever been a witness or grew up a witness or even just studied for a while knows they are nonviolent as individuals and certainly at meeting there was no danger whatsoever. It was frankly an act of bullying.

  i stand by those remarks today
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  People keep sending me messages saying "what happened?"

  by slimboyfat in

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  i am sorry i haven't replied and if it seems rude.

  but people keep asking me what happened and i am not sure what to say.

  thanks for writing anyway.

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  Which was my position as well ob.
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  People keep sending me messages saying "what happened?"

  by slimboyfat in

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  i am sorry i haven't replied and if it seems rude.

  but people keep asking me what happened and i am not sure what to say.

  thanks for writing anyway.

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  Slim, im already on record saying i dont care why you came back and that its your prerogative... However my dear cognac has explained to me why she feels as she does and i can understand her point.

  You were here for a long time and all of a sudden proclaimed that you were going back to the org and that you once again accepted jw's as having the truth, that you were going to ask the desert god for forgivnees etc etc.... Thats a pretty profound thing to say. It took some people for a loop, as it were, and took a little something from them personally. Thats not your fault in and of itself, but it was the very public way you did it and the very personal proclamation of rediscovery regarding the religious virtues of the witness that seems to have some wondering so much how you went from witness to nonbeliever to witness back to here again and did so in a very public way.

  im not pushing you to make a statment nor do i believe personally you owe me or anyone else an explanation but having talked to cognac and hearing her view on it i just wanted to share how she and others may be feeling about this from an impartial non emotionally involved persons view, maybe explain it in a way that they are not because it hit them so close to home.

  whatever you choose slim I wish you all the best and happines :)
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  Going to see Star Wars:The Force Awakens - What are you seeing?

  by fulltimestudent in

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  this is not an attempt to 'straightjacket' anyone into a fixed interpretative perspective.

  so set your mind free and see satan and his demons if you reallynwant to adopt a possible jw perspective.

  or, just sit back and watch the show and the trick affects if you want.. or like the uk guardian you could see the movie in terms of dysfunction (personal and family).. quote: the original movies were always based on the most extraordinary nexus of personal and family dysfunction: a motor of guilt, shame and conflict.

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  Im headed to see it this evening.... Looking forward to it :)