Posts by cypher50

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Telling someone you've known a long time that you were a JW

by comment in

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tonight i was out having dinner with a friend/colleague i've known for five or six years.

the conversation turned to religion: first religion in politics, then his general distaste for religion, and then his lack of a religious upbringing.

there was a lull for a moment, and then i said "it was pretty much the reverse situation in my household.

cypher50

I felt the weirdness as a JW. I never admitted it to anyone else. Especially after getting beaten up in Gr. 1, from then on I was psychologically ashamed of being a JW (which was exacerbated by the fact I couldn't defend myself without displeasing Jehovah).

I felt the same way and it was magnified when I was a teen because I was so different (couldn't do sports, dances, parties). I was never beat up but I just hated feeling so left out both at school and in our congregation since we were "spiritual orphans" (my dad wasn't a witness)...

I still bring up that I was a JW if it is appropriate to the conversation though because it explains a lot about my feelings on politics & religion. And the longer I am away from it the less I am embarrassed about it...in fact, seems like something out of a sitcom now.

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JWD/ Apostate Bumper Stickers.

by RichieRich in

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this idea came to while i was in the chat... i got a couple... you guys chip in with whatever ya got.. "i'd rather be posting on jwd" and.

"my other car is an office chair".

i know those are weak- but somebody's got some good ones...

cypher50

Michael Jackson is a Jehovah's Witness...'nuff said

Have an aversion to science? The Watchtower Bible & Tract Soceity wants you!

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The RCC is out-pacing the JWs in the USA

by Amazing1914 in

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ranked #1: roman catholic church - 66,407,105. .

see: http://www.ncccusa.org/news/04yearbook.html.

ranked #1: roman catholic church: 62,391,484. .

cypher50

I think part of the reason for the growth of the RCC community in the USA is because of the influx of Hispanic immigrants into the country in the last decade. Either way, I like these numbers for the irony since the WTS for years has convinced JWs that they are growing much faster then any other religion but I'm no more happy for the RCC gaining followers then if they became JWs...meh to all of it.

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JW Quiz got Farked, viewed over 20,000 times! Huge # of comments!

by AlmostAtheist in

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hey gang, .

i submitted my jw-quiz (http://thebentinel.com/jw-quiz.php) to fark.com earlier this evening and it got picked up!

it's been clicked over 20,000 times, and there are hundreds of comments.

cypher50

I always wondered what people who were my age and into the same stuff (geeks in other words) thought about JWs and that whole thread of comments is an awesome synopsis I what I always thought. I will continue to read the whole thing because I find that the less serious I take my past JW life means the easier I find dealing with my immediate JW family now.

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JW is caught swearing on PEOPLE'S COURT

by carefully faded in

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i'm watching people's court right now while i'm surfing the net.

and perked up when i heard the words "kingdom hall".

turns out the plaintiff, an elderly woman, is a jw and mentioned during her testimony that she was on the way to kingdom hall when her car started knocking and making noises.

cypher50

Even if I was a JW I wouldn't think this would be a big deal...I mean, it is human nature to be pissed if something on your car is ****ing up . Then again, from what I read here, not every JW would think the same way I do...

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You know you're from New Jersey when..........

by Soledad in

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you've been seriously injured at action park.

you know that the only people who call it "joisey" are from new york (usually the bronx) or texas.

you don't think of citrus when people mention "the oranges.

cypher50

I grew up in the NY/PA/NJ Tri-State area (Orange County) and picked up on most of those. The Action Park one is especially poignant since I had a couple of friends who got severe "road rash" from going down the Alpine Slide without a shirt...

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who remembers their first day at school

by tijkmo in

i remember mine...it was in the days when all pupils gathered daily for a service to start the day even though it was not a religious school...anyway my sister had started the same school the previous year and my parents had informed the school that she would not be attending the daily service..not a problem..except for some reason they assumed that because i was the same surname the school would make the connection that i wasnt to go into service...but they didnt and so i found myself right at the front of the hall on my first day not even 5 years old in my new blazer and short trousers with all the other pupils behind me knowing i shouldnt be there..so i started crying..and first my teacher came to see what was wrong but quickly got frustrated because i couldnt explain myself..so she smacked me for crying and kept smacking me to get me to stop crying and then got the headmistress to smack me to get me to stop crying until eventually time was up and they had to cancel the service.....result...still loved school though...tijkmo

cypher50

Actually, I grew up in a very understanding school system (partly because their were so many JWs in Orange County, NY...wonder why...LOL) so my first day was good. I only had to deal with the flag issue but that was no big deal...I do remember saying "I HAVE TO GO AGAIN?!" when my mom told me that it wasn't just a one day thing.

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JW's are not Christians

by Witch Hunter in

i've noticed on this forum that a fair few ex-jw's still refer to the members of the non-christain cult known as the jehovah's witneses as christians.

im aware that current members may wrongly believe they are in fact christians because the organisation leads them to believe they are serving god.

but for ex-members who are awake to the false teachings of this non-christain organisation, i thought they may be more prudent in their choice of words, and not refer to them as christians.

cypher50

I think you are missing the difference between using the term "Christian" and someone's beliefs. By dictionary definition, a Christian is just someone who professes a belief in Jesus Christ being the Son of God...whether you believe in the Trinity or the JW version, if you still believe that Jesus is the Son Of God then you are a Christian. That is why there are so many different teachings & sects of Christianity and yet they are all still called "Christians"...

BTW, the Trinity isn't an "essential" teaching of Christianity but rather an essential teaching of certain sects (like Catholicism)...there are certain Protestant sects who do not teach the Trinity.

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Believe in 607 BCE or you are not one of Jehovah's Witnesses

by VM44 in

if a jw states that 607 bce is incorrect, how long will it take before the elders announce from the platform to the congregation that the person is "no longer one of jehovah's witnesses"?

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cypher50

What if you were kicked out for not accepting a teaching that they later admitted was wrong. Do you get to come back?

Only if you show that you are repentant about not accepting the false teachings that were accepted at the time...you see, it doesn't matter that your perspective was right because you dared to go against the organization itself.

...

This s**t would be funny if it wasn't true.

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A comment I heard tonight

by Generic Man in

tonight i heard one of the most cruel and twisted comments i've ever heard at the platform.

the topic was the apocalypse and whether or not children will be slaughtered.

through one side of his mouth, the po stated that the bible is not clear on the matter, while out the other side he pointed to all those old testament accounts where children were killed.

cypher50

Schizm, weren't you just chastising Pwned for being immature? Nice comeback though, I see you like to deal with a situation in a firm but subtle manner.