Posts by Hunyadi

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Do you really LIKE yourself?

by Tatiana in

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as it's a new year, and most of us made resolutions, i'd like to know what about yourself you would truly change if you could?

if you had one wish and it meant you could magically alter something of yourself, what would it be?.

what quality about yourself do you wish would go away?

I have been through major bouts of guilt, depression, doubt and fear caused by a lifetime of shite dumped on me by hyppocritical and fanatical JW friends and family, and I have never had more love and respect, or lovable friends than since I left the org. Wow! What a difference a good spiritual enema makes!

One day, when i was a teen, while succumbing to an emotional melt-down over the crap heeped on me by a lune JW family member, I said to an elder with clentched teeth and tear dimned eyes, just hoping for some kind of encouragement or support, " I am so tired of feeling guilty . . . "

He replied, " Well, stop doing things to feel guilty for . . . "

Well, no matter what I am going through, no matter how I might want to feel, no matter what anyone ever did or said to me, that is the past, and I refuse to let anyone make me feel bad or not like myself, simply because of their f'd up judgements or preferences.

Gone Shopping,

H

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The Biggest Scandal In Your Congregation

by Hunyadi in

i attended a notorious congregation as a child, the infamous winter gardens congregation!

my cousin and his best friend, both named joe, were elders, my cousin was the po and the other joe was a total loser suck up who wanted to be just like my cousin, joe.

what was even funnier, as i get off point a bit, is that "suck up" joe's wife, cathy, did everything she could do to get her pudgy lil self to dress, look, walk, and talk like my cousin joe's wife, clementine.

Hunyadi

I just has an after thought . . . and it hurts the first time.

H

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The Biggest Scandal In Your Congregation

by Hunyadi in

i attended a notorious congregation as a child, the infamous winter gardens congregation!

my cousin and his best friend, both named joe, were elders, my cousin was the po and the other joe was a total loser suck up who wanted to be just like my cousin, joe.

what was even funnier, as i get off point a bit, is that "suck up" joe's wife, cathy, did everything she could do to get her pudgy lil self to dress, look, walk, and talk like my cousin joe's wife, clementine.

Hunyadi

It may be funny because your out and stuff .. but have you spared a thought to how using the word gay in that context makes young gay ppl feel when they are growing up and haven't yet come out ? Hearing all the teens saying "OMG that drink is sooooo GAY, it tastes like shit" blah blah growing up gay you feel worthless enough without everyone comparing shit stuff to the word gay .. it isnt exactly the direction we wanna head in .. not to mention the fact that people like myself and like how many generation gays before us have fought for the level of acceptance we have today. Lets not take it for granted or even take it a few steps bak.

I understand your point monk, however, have you heard the new generation of gays talk? Everything is "biotch" this, or "fag" that. They do sound something like blacks who call eachother "niggah" but take exception to a white boy using the term in any shape form or fashion. And the recent generations preceding them have not done much for the image of gays, what, with the Pride parades featuring drag queens and ripped muscly waxed and bronzed dudes in leather thongs and go-go boots. Jeez, I mean really!

I just wanna make it clear that some things we let ourselves say can and do make an impact on people around us .. somtimes without us even knowing it .. wouldnt it be better to make a positve impact instead of a negative one ?

Pa-leeez, girl! I am not responsible for what other people do, think or feel, which is merely one reason I left the borg. The way has been paved for this generation and the next to be whatever they want to be FREELY, and the fact that gay men meet regular on Blacks Beach to play flippy-flop out on the open public shore proves it. While gays, along with other socalled minorities have gained their liberation, some of them, especially the younger generation, don't know what the hell to do with it. They forget that they still need to be a human being while wearing their mom's fishnets.

I am gay, and I find alot of humor and irony in that, which allows me to love and tolorate all sorts of gay peeps.

Monk, you are a good and sensative and caring man, and I appreciate your point.

I think the biggest scandle that happened in our hall was to do with my family .. I don't want to talk about it .. I have issues *giggles*

Where you fooling around with an elder's son when you were a kid? Or were you the elder's son? Best Regards, Hunyadi

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DEREK BAREFOOT

by Hunyadi in

derek,.

we knew eachother many years ago, and i would like to hear from you, please.. pm me or contact me at: [email protected].

does anyone know how i can reach derek?.

Hunyadi

Derek,

we knew eachother many years ago, and I would like to hear from you, please.

PM me or contact me at: [email protected]

Does anyone know how I can reach Derek?

Thanks,

Hunyadi

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What's your favorite JW word or phrase?

by Sara Annie in

in a minimus moment, i find myself interested in knowing which buzz-words and phrases in jw publications stand out the most to you?

when i read wt literature, i constantly find myself astounded by how transparently cultish the language is.

in an earlier, unrelated thread, i said the following: .

Hunyadi

"Put it in Jehovah's hands"

"Exemplary"

"Footstep Followers"

"Materialistic"

"New Order"

"Placing Magazines"

"Street Work" (OMG I was a male prostitute?)

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How do some of these rumours start?

by joenobody in

blondie's comments in the thread about jim penton's upcoming book got me thinking.

she was talking about the jw rumour mill.

i've been out (dfed) since 1995 and have only set foot in a kh for my brother's wedding.

Hunyadi

Yes, most of the Witnesses I knew and still know, can't seem to heed the organization's admonition about gossipping. I got ill when my x- wife would sit at the dining room table with other miserable sisters drinking coffee and eating fatening treats while sharing everyone's business. Sometimes I also got sucked into the conversations because there isn't anything more intriguing, in "The Truth", than learning how Brother Elder was found out about his smoking and extra-marital affair for a number of years while serving the congregation in "good standing". (Hey! That brother was one of the elders on the committittie that DF'd me for smoking!)

I still know alot of Witnesses because while I have been DFd for a number of years, my old friends' kids are friends with my kids.

I have a brother who was once a pioneer and MS, but one day just dropped out and came out of the closet. Later he just seemed to drop off the face of the earth and nobody, not even family had heard from him in almost 10 years. One of my kids' friends told my kid recently to tell me that my brother was currently living 45 minutes up north serving as a MS in a local congregation. That kid's dad was good friends with my bro for many years so I viewed the information as reliable.

I spent alot of time calling all the KH's in that area looking for my bro and nobody had heard of him. Hmm . . .

Well, I received a call just two days ago, all out of the blue, from none other than that long lost brother who laughed when I told him the rumor I had heard, saying, "shit, serving as a MS anywhere is the last place you would have found me. I've been living in Colorado for the last 9 years".

My x-wife spread the rumor in her congregation that I was dying from . . . well it doesn't matter, but when I heard about it I laughed and chalked it up to "wishfull thinking" on her part.

Ciao,

H

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Publications Printing Over The Years

by Hunyadi in

i was hoping someone in the know, perhaps dave, gamaliel or another former or present insider could help me with the following.. what were the different types of printing presses or methods used by the wtbts over the years, and in what years did they officially change over from one to the other?

some kind of a chronology from the 50's to present day would be appreciated.

feel free to email me or pm me if you prefer.. kind regards,.

Hunyadi

I was hoping someone in the know, perhaps Dave, Gamaliel or another former or present insider could help me with the following.

What were the different types of printing presses or methods used by the WTBTS over the years, and in what years did they officially change over from one to the other? Some kind of a chronology from the 50's to present day would be appreciated. Feel free to email me or pm me if you prefer.

Kind Regards,

Hunyadi

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Divine Plan of the Ages - Sundisk? - CT Russell Roessel???

by Celtic in

i'm reading presently charles taze russell's the divine plan of the ages 1889 edition.. a question.

today, would ct russell be allowed to be an acceptable member of the organisation he started?.

what was ct russell's background before he started the watchtower society?

Hunyadi

Above, I have posted an excerpt from Russell's sermon where he talked about being a Free Mason.

Yes it is true that Russell, in that particular sermon, was using the common ground thing to convey his message, however, while RR seems to have gone around the bend on this thing, THE CROSS AND CROWN, THE PYRAMID AND OTHER SUCH EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLOGY used by Russell is a clear indicator that he was highly interested if not involved with Masonry. (I will only wear fishnets if I want to be associated as a cross dresser). He did have something going with the masons cause he admits to associating with them, and most likely sucking up to them since they bought alot of his books on the Pyramid topic, so yea, RR, Russell can be associated with the Masons, the Masons and Russell can be associated to pyramidology, but not linked to its origins of the great pyramid, duh, which nobody was saying in the first place, RR.

Hunyadi

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The Biggest Scandal In Your Congregation

by Hunyadi in

i attended a notorious congregation as a child, the infamous winter gardens congregation!

my cousin and his best friend, both named joe, were elders, my cousin was the po and the other joe was a total loser suck up who wanted to be just like my cousin, joe.

what was even funnier, as i get off point a bit, is that "suck up" joe's wife, cathy, did everything she could do to get her pudgy lil self to dress, look, walk, and talk like my cousin joe's wife, clementine.

Hunyadi

*coughs* OK well I don't get why you would describe somthing as gay and mean it to be a bad thing ... hmmm do we have some issues ?

I have many issues, but not one of them is about being gay. There are for example, a lot of "stupid" people in this world. I would like to think I am not one of them. I really hate, however, when people use the word "stupid" too loosely. I am the father of five, three of which are still at home with me and calling anyone stupid in this house is not an option. We all love using the term "gay" because although I might be, and everyone in my life knows I am, including my kids, it just sounds soooooo f-ing funny when you use it to describe something absurd or "stupid".

So, sorry if I offended you.

I don't mean to hi-jack your topic and I'm not trying to pick a fight ... but I mean think about what your saying .. ugh ... it's so hetro-sexual MTV boi trash.

He he, I have blocked the MTV station on all the televisions in this house. Haven't watched it since I was a teen.

Best Regards,

Hunyadi

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Repost: My Two Week Consulting Trip to Bethel

by Hunyadi in

since half of them ended up at my house on friday and saturday nights i was given a very shining report card.

he then told me that he would knock on my door bright and early in the morning to take me to breakfast with him and his wife.

a couple of them told they enjoy the articles i write in the art magazines and they were really happy to meet me.

Hunyadi

Damn, sounds like fun, I think I'll do it.

Yayyyyyy! I can't wait to read it.

H