Posts by Coop Man

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Anyone from Cincinnati?

by Coop Man in

hello to all, just trying to find a few old friends of mine from the cincinnati ohio area.

i haven't been around for a while, as my job took me to colorado for a while, but now i'm back and trying to catch up with a few pals.

i am not currently disfellowshipped, though i am inactive.

Coop Man

I never thought he was gay, just not very nice to you, I always thought you deserved better than that. Glad to hear you got it now!

Good to hear Chris is still doing o.k., and yes, I always felt him and your mother were kinda "weird together", but I always did like your Mothers big heartedness.

I'm glad to hear Matt is happy again, he's a really nice boy. Monty was always my favorite to pal around with, he had a wild streak just like I did.

I had no idea so many had left the "Great Crowd", anything in particular make you quit? My breaking point was when I was D.F'd for kissing a married lady ( here in Cincy ), but my younger brother in Colorado had an affair with a married pioneer sister on, of all nights, after the memorial. Both were drunk, one thing led to another and before ya know it the deed was done. A lot of people knew about it, because it was on a camping trip immediately after the Memorial. There were about 6 or 7 couples there, but of course the double standards kicked end and nothing happened to either of them. Her husband left the truth, and 3 of the 6 or 7 couples are now no longer going. My younger brother has not been going for a while now, he has too big of a career in Country Music to think of going back to the hall.

Where in Ohio are you located? I'm in the Tri-County area, Forest Park to be precise.

Great keeping in touch with someone familiar!

D.C.

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Anyone from Cincinnati?

by Coop Man in

hello to all, just trying to find a few old friends of mine from the cincinnati ohio area.

i haven't been around for a while, as my job took me to colorado for a while, but now i'm back and trying to catch up with a few pals.

i am not currently disfellowshipped, though i am inactive.

Coop Man

OMG! I believe your x-husbands name was Eric? Blonde fellow, short, thin build? I believe you lived in Lexington at the time...until I know for sure this is your x or not I will leave all opinons to myself : )

Ya know, time has a way of changing everything ( not to get all philisophical ). When I was younger, all I cared about was my image among my peers in the hall, the "badder" I was the better, so I threw parties at my place, ( I was kicked outta my home at the age of 17 by my father for dating a Mexican Sister, a big no-no!!! ) told lies to make me look "cooler", skipped all around the country and basically made a big mess of my life there for a while. Now that I'm older, wiser, I fully realize how stupid I was. If I could only get back 1 tenth of the time and money spent on foolishness....

The point is, I do know you, your entire family, Diana ( how is she by the way? ). I don't know you very well, I only met you 2 or 3 times. But you were way too cool, and I was way too stupid. I made up some story of you and I one night in Colorado when my Chris Hagen and myself had more than enough Jack Daniels. I was and still am very sorry for all the B.S. I caused. Maturity for me didn't set in until around 24 or 25, if only I had it when I was 17 or so.....

There is no good excuse for what I done, just trying to make myself look cooler than I was, so I showed Chris a picture of you and made up some story of how you massaged my back one night with some lotion or some B.S. like that, trying to be some type of playa ( at the time being a playa was cool, I on the other hand was wayyyy from cool ).

Dale Cooper is the name, been a while since I have seen or heard from any of my old friends. My life is totally different than before...Been married once, divorced. Remarried, have 3 children which make me unbelievably happy, but a wife that doesn't. Too much arguing and fighting. For the past 2 years she has had clinical depression. She is supposed to take Zoloft, but refuses to, so I have to live with these unbelievable mood swings, It's either "Hey, how was work today?" or "Where the FU*# have you been?!!". Story of my life in a nutshell...always wanted to get married, now that I am, I wanna be single! Ha Ha, funny how that works! Gotta do what I gotta do, as long as my children are happy and food is on the table, I can put up with all the bad times the wife and I have. As they say, when it's bad, it's really bad, but when it's good, it's really good!! How true that is!

If you never wanna reply I would understand, seeing how I was such a prick when I was younger. But it has been really nice talking to a familiar person!

Hope to hear back!

Dale

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Add a Caption

by IronGland in

Coop Man

What?! 120 years?! ( First Photo )

Yep, He's still my little Boy ( Second Photo )

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will bethel disfellowship married elders who commit adultry or hide them?

by topanga in

some are high ranking and their adultry is widely known.

the thing about bethel is everyone lies says they don't remember etc.... these elders have no integrity and they don't care about the well being, goals and reputation of their organization.. they want to have their fun and risk everything and everyones future while hiding out at wt.

even their wives know and keep quiet.

Coop Man

I personally know of an Elder who made passes at a married woman (who was not a Witness), even going so far as to grope her, in public, in front of a Ministerial Servant. He was privately reproved, still retained his Elder status in the Congretation. How am I so sure this is what happened? Because, bad boy that I was, I was sleeping with the married woman at the time ( I was disfellowshipped at the time ) and she was not only in total shock that he had the testicle fortitude to do this in public, but also that nothing at all happened to him within the organization!

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Anyone from Cincinnati?

by Coop Man in

hello to all, just trying to find a few old friends of mine from the cincinnati ohio area.

i haven't been around for a while, as my job took me to colorado for a while, but now i'm back and trying to catch up with a few pals.

i am not currently disfellowshipped, though i am inactive.

Coop Man

Does it EVER! I had the best years of my life as a Dubya with the Goets boys....Matt, Marty, Monty....

I'll never forget the time we went pumpkin smashing ( I was reproved ), sneaking up on cars in the firehouse parking field and wiped stuff on the door handles ( the elders found out about this as well, reproved again ). Bill G. HATED me, but I couldn't blame him, I was worthless and shifty and he could read right thru me, all in all he was one helluva guy. Maria was absolutely beautiful, and probably still is. As for me, NO-ONE in the world recognize me now, shaved head ( from what I understand this is now considered worldly ), goatee, tattoos, karaoke-singing at the bars ( Big NO-NO ), still visiting my old stomping ground out at Lebo's and Bobby Mackies.....

Been married and divorced since then, married a stripper I met at a club, caught her in the act and walked out, never went back. Life is good.

You wouldn't happen to know how the Goetz's are doing would you? Or how about Shannon Dixon, Maria Jones, Troy somebody, can't remember his last name, had a sister who was dissed, had a book study at his parents house. Do you know any of the Tabith Mirick or Rob Vaugn?

Great to hear from ya.

Coop

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Getting drunk a sin?

by Coop Man in

i have a pretty interesting perspective on this.....especially since i once had all of my privledges removed because i had admitted to an elder that i was hungover..... the scriptures state that drunkards will not inherit gods' kingdom, nor will gluttons.... gluttony is the practice of over-eating, much the same is being a drunkard is one who is continuously drunk.

so, in my feeble mind, getting drunk "once-in-a-while" is not a sin, just the same as overeating at mcdonalds or at grandma's house is not a sin.. am i incorrect in my reasoning?.

thanks to all participants.

Coop Man

I have a pretty interesting perspective on this.....especially since I once had all of my privledges removed because I had admitted to an Elder that I was hungover....

The scriptures state that drunkards will not inherit Gods' kingdom, nor will gluttons...

Gluttony is the PRACTICE of over-eating, much the same is being a drunkard is one who is CONTINUOUSLY drunk. So, in my feeble mind, getting drunk "once-in-a-while" is not a sin, just the same as overeating at McDonalds or at Grandma's house is not a sin.

Am I incorrect in my reasoning?

Thanks to all participants

Coop

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Facial Hair and J.W.'s

by Coop Man in

i have always wondered why witnesses are not "allowed" to have facial hair.

when i asked a local elder just a few weeks ago (he had no idea i was inactive, just happened to bump into him while my parents were visiting from out of town), his explanation was that "in some countries, it is totally acceptable to have beards, goatees etc...., but in the u.s. of a., facial hair is a sign of rebellion.

so, the local or territorial opinions on beards is what drives the local congregations policies.

Coop Man

With regards to wearing what is seen in the Watchtower and Awake....

Sure, I don't see any Brothers wearing beards, but I do see Brothers wearing the typical "Bahama Look", (flowered shorts), Sisters with large flowered "Turbans", typical of Tropical areas of the world. So if Witnesses are to follow what is seen in the publications, what do you the Elders would do if Brother Ministerial Servant were to show up for a Sunday meeting in flowered shorts and sandals?

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Have you commited the unforgivable sin?

by petespal2002 in

the ultimate taboo of being a jw is the unforgivable sin, a direct action of going against the leadings of the holy spirit.

did this used to bother you, and do you think you are seen by jw's as having committed it?

for instance, is apostasy the only occurance of it, or in you opinion would it include adultery etc.

Coop Man

Interesting question, and one that used to, and still does scare the hell outta me. When I was younger and actively involved in the religion, I used to pray and pray for Gods' holy spirit to help me not masturbate (embarrasing, I know). Yet I would give in to temptation and do it again and again. So was I sinning against the holy spirit by this simple act?

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Facial Hair and J.W.'s

by Coop Man in

i have always wondered why witnesses are not "allowed" to have facial hair.

when i asked a local elder just a few weeks ago (he had no idea i was inactive, just happened to bump into him while my parents were visiting from out of town), his explanation was that "in some countries, it is totally acceptable to have beards, goatees etc...., but in the u.s. of a., facial hair is a sign of rebellion.

so, the local or territorial opinions on beards is what drives the local congregations policies.

Coop Man

I have always wondered why Witnesses are not "allowed" to have facial hair. When I asked a local elder just a few weeks ago (he had no idea I was inactive, just happened to bump into him while my parents were visiting from out of town), his explanation was that "In some countries, it is totally acceptable to have beards, goatees etc...., but in the U.S. of A., facial hair is a sign of rebellion. So, the local or territorial opinions on beards is what drives the local congregations policies." Interesting, I was always taught that Witnesses were to be separate from the world, would this not also mean that the IDEAS AND OPINIONS of the world should not sway the religions teachings one way or the other?

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Anyone from Cincinnati?

by Coop Man in

hello to all, just trying to find a few old friends of mine from the cincinnati ohio area.

i haven't been around for a while, as my job took me to colorado for a while, but now i'm back and trying to catch up with a few pals.

i am not currently disfellowshipped, though i am inactive.

Coop Man

Sure! I have a lot of old friends in N.Ky, used to run around quite a bit in bluegrass country. Where abouts is your old Kingdom Hall, what age are you? Maybe we have a few familiar friends.