I think they use that pen light from Men in Black.
Just gather 'round and look at the light, that's right, brothers and sisters, look at the light: the NEW LIGHT.
Posts by zack
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28Jws act like they don't remember their past teachings
by Blindbutnowisee intwo 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.
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Just got back from the Public Talk/WT study......very disappointed
by R.F. inso i finally went back to the sunday meeting after missing it for over a month.
i've been to the tms/service meeting a couple of weeks ago by the way, but i've consistently missed the one for sunday.. i dreaded going, but i think i will go to the sunday meetings every couple of weeks for a while.
between my dad and another factor, i think it will be best to go that route for a while.
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zack
I feel for you. I decided 4 months ago I wasn't going to another meeting or feild service or assemblies or any other JW related/sponsored thing. I don't even want to go to a barbecue, a picnic, or dinner if more than my close friends are going to be there. I have developed a phobia against bullshit, and since it is found in profuse quanitities around JW's, I just can't stand to be around them.
It is GOOD TO BE FREE!
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"But what do i tell the friends?"
by zack inso three weeks ago my wife and i had an emotional discussion wherein i finally told her that this religion was not the truth.
there was much emotion, a chill has ensued in our relationship.
(i haven't been to a meeting in 4 months now, and have not reported time in two months) i am sure many of you know the drill.. towards the end of our conversation, she asks: but what do i tell the friends when they ask about you?.
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zack
So three weeks ago my wife and I had an emotional discussion wherein I finally told her that this religion was not the truth. There was much emotion, a chill has ensued in our relationship.(I haven't been to a meeting in 4 months now, and have not reported time in two months) I am sure many of you know the drill.
Towards the end of our conversation, she asks: But what do i tell the friends when they ask about you?
My reply: Just tell them I'm happier than ever.
My situation with my wife aside (she liked that I was an elder, etc...), don't JW's just want the world to fall down on your head to prove them right?
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Were Wrong Motives Ever Imputed to You?
by flipper inhello all, mr. flipper again.
when i was a witness, a lot of times i saw situations come up where someone was trying to be helpful to someone in need either spiritually, financially, emotionally or otherwise, and people would try to find fault with the good individual for helping someone.
what causes people to do that to others, jealousy of their goodness or what?
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zack
This sounds less like imputing wrong motives (God, that is such Witness-speak!) amd more like venal jealously and slander.
Actually, I think people like that should have their tongues cut out. All under a doctor's care, of course.
In answer to your question, YES. I was a Witness, after all.
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The End of Faith- How Sam Harris defined it.
by nvrgnbk inclearly, it must be possible to bring reason, spirituality, and ethics together in our thinking about the world.
this would be the beginning of a rational approach to our deepest personal concerns.
it would also be the end of faith.-.
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zack
Isn't faith based on reason? If it isn't, then it's zealotry, fanaticism. And how can you have spirituality without the Greatest of all spirits?
Just asking.
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Religion Makes Good Men Evil?
by zack ini watched chris hitchens last night on a show with tim russert.
while i disagree strongly with most of what hitchens says, he did say.
one thing that struck me as profound.
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zack
I watched Chris Hitchens last night on a show with Tim Russert. While I disagree strongly with most of what Hitchens says, he did say
one thing that struck me as profound. I'll paraphrase: Most people will do the right thing if left to their own devices, because most people are good people with decent morals. Sociopaths
will always delight in inflciting cruelty, because they are evil. Religion, however, can get good men to do evil things, and still consider themselves as people of good morals because they
support their deity. This is why religion is inherently evil and why it should be eliminated.
I know there was a thread on Hitchens' book. SO sorry if this like a repeat. It just struck me because dubs are mostly decent people who will do cruel things to others because their
religion demands it.
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Why the excuse, "we are theocratic"?
by edmond dantes inthe wts claim to be theocratic when really they are a dictatorship .when ever did they consult the rank and file and why do so many followers accept blindly their pronouncements.maybe it's because of fear or perhaps just plain ignorance.why can't the g.body write to every jw and ask their opinions about forth coming changes to the washtower editions.they could ask individual members by means of a questionaire ; things like, how satisfied are you with the society?
tick one box ",very satisfied", "not very satisfied"," who gives a monkeys".
"always" or "almost always" or " are you peeing down my back or is it raining".another question; the statement millions now living will never die , only tick one box remember , "was true at the time", or" was never true" or "still true today" or " i believe whatever , do i look bothered".. last question ; because we are tax exempt and a charity case what is the the most humanitarian act do you think we have carried out?
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zack
Not to be argumentative, but basically "Theocracy" is "rule by god" , "government by a deity." In JW land, they claim to be part of the "Theocracy", rule by Jehovah, and are thus theocratic. Since no man sees God, and since they claim that Jesus himself returned "invisibly", Jesus then appoints them to rule "visibly" in his place. Theocracy is from the top down. Theocracy is a dictatorship, just not one of a secular individual(s), but by individual(s) who claim to be the exclusive representatives of the "theos"-- God. They equate any questioning, any dissidence, any disastisfaction with them(the reps. of the theos) as rebellion against God. It's a pretty good racket.
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Quit looking at my butt!!!!!!
by candidlynuts inya know those days when you know you should have stayed in bed?.
i had to go to the grocery store, as i was walking in i noticed a man and a woman behind me and both were looking at my butt.. it's a nice butt but usually doesnt get much attention.
i resisted the urge to brush the back of my pants off till they were inside and out of sight... i did and didnt feel anything... later on in the store i got that " feeling" that somene was behind me.. turned around and a woman was looking at my butt.
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zack
I guess they don't JUST melt in your mouth, huh?
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 7-1-07 WT Study (SUFFERING END SOON)
by blondie incomments you will not hear at the 7-1-07 wt study (may 15, 2007, pages 21-25)(suffering soon to end).
where is the love?.
17) "god is love.
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zack
My suffering ended when I decided to quit meetings!
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Jws act like they don't remember their past teachings
by Blindbutnowisee intwo 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.
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zack
They'll probably recount the experience at your door at a Circuit Assembly. Perhaps the angels directed them to not come back to your door. The door NEXT to your's, that's where they'll have found a "deserving one." All well rehearsed, of course.