Posts by itsallgoodnow

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Jws act like they don't remember their past teachings

by Blindbutnowisee in

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two jws came knocking to my door.

instead of ingnoring the knock, i decided to answer.

with fixed smiles on their faces, one of the ladys offer me a flyer concerning the district convention.

itsallgoodnow

Not all JWs explain away things in that way. Some argue that anything that gets disproven or any major change was not from the "good guys" but from apostates within the upper ranks who were trying to undermine Jehovah's teachings and lead people astray. After all, it was prophesied they would be serving along with Jehovah's people, somewhere in the Bible, I can't remember. Some vague reference to some situation with the early Christians, and how the greater fulfillment of that scripture is going on in our day. They think there is no way to argue around that one.

I have tried. I have asked, "how are we supposed to know which articles are written by the bad ones and which are from Jehovah?", which of course didn't go over very well.

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Outa here

by snarf in

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it seems you have to be of the "popular crowd" on this forum to express feelings and views.

as i am not of this crowd, i have recently recieved alot of not so friendly comments and p.m.s from people who seem to think they need to put me in my place.

it is funny how some people can express their views and opinions and everyone still loves them.

itsallgoodnow

Hey snarf, I don't know what happened but I've been around here long enough to know there's probably a lot that goes on that I don't want to know about or have anything to do with. I've seen trolls come and go, I've been mean to them, and to other people that probably didn't deserve it. I've had people be mean to me who were/are "popular" but I really don't care anymore. There are "popular" people who are not about to let anyone into their little cliques, and it's obvious they just like getting attention and worship. And there are popular, or maybe just very busy, posters who do care about people and are not involved in any of that stuff. If you stick around long enough, you get to know who you deal with and who you don't deal with. Overall, JWD has helped me a lot, and hopefully someday I can feel like I have put back in what I got out of it, without getting involved in any more drama.

Good luck to you!

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England goes SMOKE FREE tomorrow!

by nicolaou in

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yes!!

about bloody time.. .

itsallgoodnow

I admit I'm trying to quit and it's stupid and a waste of money. But, I can't go to a bar and NOT smoke. Just can't. So I'm staying out of bars and pubs, as much as possible. They're shutting it down in my area in September. I'm gonna try again to quit anyway, so maybe it won't make a difference.

I agree about the comments about the arrogance of non-smokers. And I see the other side, too. I wouldn't want to work in one of those pubs or bars where there's smoking and inadequate ventilation. Just walk out of one of those places in an hour and you are permeated with the smell of stale cigarette and cigar smoke. It's really disgusting, and I can understand that it's not good for anyone's health. Business may slow down at first and then rebound with people who couldn't tolerate the smoke and would go without it.

I generally smoke outside or in the car, which is not great either. I don't know what it is about bars, though. I can't drink alcohol without a cigarette. It's not possible. Thankfully, I'm not addicted to alcohol.

I don't care one way or the other about this law. If people are fed up by smokers in pubs and don't want to be around it or, even worse, work around it, that's fine. Let them drink smoke free. It's healthier for the public.

My only problem with all of this is... the same people who are so concerned about public health are also the people who drive home drunk.

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JW Fired for Refusing to Sing Happy Birthday

by Kenneson in

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in mesquite, texas, sabrina ballantine says she was fired from razzoo's for refusing to sing happy birthday.

she is a jw, who does not believe in celebrating birthdays and singing this song.. "razzoo's settles lawsuit over religious firing.".

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/dn-localbriefs_20bus.art.state.edition1.376bc98.html.

itsallgoodnow

yes. you are probably right, Mary. I don't come here so often anymore, not because of anyone on this forum, just because I don't really need it so often anymore and being on here all the time isn't really good for me. so I can say I don't know them, don't recognize their names, or anything.

as for skally, he/she/whatever seems to feel that anyone who hasn't "come out" and gotten themselves disfellowshipped on purpose isn't worthy of being on this forum. I think that's crap.

The attitudes these two have says to me that the JWs won both the battle and the war in their lives. That's too bad. I don't want to end up like that.

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"Settlements" : Silentlambs Video on Channel 4 News

by AlphaOmega in

http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/index.php/sexual-child-abuse/watchtower-society-settles-sexual-abuse-cases-to-prevent-victims-from-speaking-out/#more-346.

sorry if this has already been posted.. .

itsallgoodnow

Just the fact there were settlements made and probably many more to come, and it's in the news, and it's confirmed by a Watchtower lawyer.... so they can get up on the stage at the district convention and actually say "we are so much better, we don't have the sort of problems they have in other religions". I took that to mean they don't have pedophiles and lawsuits. I'm sure most everyone else did too. Lying liars.

Why don't they just come clean and say... "this has happened, that has happened. we are sorry for the pain and damage this has caused for people. we have changed our policies because we don't want this to happen again". Why are they so scared of that? They say they are not infallible, but they don't believe it and they don't want anyone else to think it, either.

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Bad memory

by Mrs Smith in

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when i was in my teen years i spoke to an ms and his wife about the physical abuse i had to endure from my father.

while they acted very concerned nothing was done about it.

no one ever spoke to me about it again and my father was never spoken to either.

itsallgoodnow

they are so defensive. you've got to wonder if each and every one of them knows on some level there's something wrong with their belief system. either that, or they hold their beliefs higher than they do people and their problems, such as abuse.

all I know is, if I find out about any type of abuse, a call to the children's protective service or the police is going to be made.

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JW Fired for Refusing to Sing Happy Birthday

by Kenneson in

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in mesquite, texas, sabrina ballantine says she was fired from razzoo's for refusing to sing happy birthday.

she is a jw, who does not believe in celebrating birthdays and singing this song.. "razzoo's settles lawsuit over religious firing.".

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/dn-localbriefs_20bus.art.state.edition1.376bc98.html.

itsallgoodnow

I concur FULLY with EVERYTHING johnny has stated in this thread.
What part of "we are NO PART of this wicked system of things" does this $$$$jw$$$$ not comprehend? For that matter, every other jw in this "wicked sysyem"?
Boo effin hoo already. Geezzzzzzzzzz
When are the jws who still post here going to stand up and tell their fellow members all the lies that they keep learning from all us apostates??
And you sit here and care about a crybaby jw who sues a worldly restaurant, as jw children are at risk...right now! LOL!!!!
sKally

so, now you are turning your rage on jws who post here?

so because I haven't told my family I don't believe, I am responsible for the children who are at risk... right now?

let me tell you how I see it. People JOIN this religion. JOIN JOIN JOIN JOIN

I can't prevent people from doing that. The government doesn't have the resources to keep people from JOINING stupid religions that are harmful to themselves and their families. If the government is unable or unwilling to do that, how exactly am I supposed to do it?

HUH?

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JW Fired for Refusing to Sing Happy Birthday

by Kenneson in

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in mesquite, texas, sabrina ballantine says she was fired from razzoo's for refusing to sing happy birthday.

she is a jw, who does not believe in celebrating birthdays and singing this song.. "razzoo's settles lawsuit over religious firing.".

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/dn-localbriefs_20bus.art.state.edition1.376bc98.html.

itsallgoodnow

I think it was wrong to fire her for that. Any restaurant I've ever been to where the waitstaff sings happy birthday doesn't involve every waiter in the house. She could have excused herself from it and went about doing the rest of her job. This girl who wouldn't sing, if she had any respect for the people she worked with, should have informed management before taking the job. If she didn't inform them of it, and then refused to do it, that's an indication of a disrespectful attitude toward her coworkers and manager.

That being said, I think most firings are due to "bad apples" being called out by co-workers. She probably had other behavior problems or just rubbed other waiters the wrong way, and they jumped on this one thing, being too eager to let her go. Which was really stupid on the part of the manager, and he probably lost his job, too. He should have known better. Build up a file, report her for being late, or other problems with coworkers. Give her warnings and then let her go if she doesn't turn it around.

I know an elder who got fired and claimed it was for being a witness. I didn't believe him for a second. I know this guy well enough to know he got fired for running his boring mouth all day and being lazy.

We all want to be protected from being fired over our religion or lack-of-religion, so this JW should be protected too.

As for the person who said Hitler went too soft on JWs and we should send them all to Korea? This person is in some real pain and needs to get some help. I feel really bad for anyone hurting this much. I'm sorry you are in so much pain. I know you don't mean that, or when you look at it in a few years from now, I hope you won't still be in that place.

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Why do people always blame others ?

by JH in

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my mom moved to a brand new building and i wanted to make doubles of her keys of her apartment, so i cross the street where they do that, and brought them 2 different keys to make doubles.

the first key went fine and could open that door, but the other key didn't open the door, so i went back and they tried again, so i went to moms apartment and it still didnt work, so i went back and they made an other one, and i went back to moms apartment and it still didnt work.....in all they tried 4 times and they weren't able, so i went to the cash to get my money back for the key that they werent able to make a double of....so the girl at the cash said, maybe you should get a new door lock, so i told her that it was a brand new building and a brand new door knob, so it was their fault not ours.

all that time i had a smile on my face when i want back and back and back, but when the girl at the cash said that i should try changing my door knob, then i realized how people just can't admit that they weren't able to do the job properly or they didn,t have the right key to start with to make a double.

itsallgoodnow

the customer is always wrong.

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Most X-JW's turn to paganism

by White Dove in

that's what a witch at a pagan shop told me.

itsallgoodnow

huh. that's funny. I don't think it's necessarily true. some might want that, though. Hey, if it makes sense to them and makes them happy, then it's fine with me.

The tedious rituals, though. If I had gone that route, I could see myself being such a lapsed pagan. I would be like, "oh, it's the full moon ritual tonight, I guess I need the red candle this time. Ah forget it. I don't have time to stop for a red candle."