Posts by ohiocowboy

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Hello Jehovah's Witnesses. I was in class 119 of Gilead in 2005

by AllTimeJeff in

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my picture is in the january 1, 2006 watchtower.. why am i telling you this?

consider this my small weekend contribution to the cause of real truth.

any jw who has been one for a while, or a born in, knows the regard that pioneers, elders, bethelites and missionaries have.

ohiocowboy

by and far most JW's are sincere. They are taught and conditioned to do what they do. I dont' give them a free pass, but they don't make up this stuff, they just accept it way too easily and believe it.

I totally agree with you! My main beef is with the Org. itself, and not the JW's. I just consider them misguided as I once was. The only time I would hold it against JW's personally is if they intentionally hurt another, are Child abusers, or if they condone, hide, or fail to mention it to the authorities.

While it sucks that they shun us, I try to realize that they are doing what they think they are supposed to, and I can't throw stones because I used to shun people too while I was in. It's unfortunate, but it is what it is until the time comes that they hopefully decide to open their eyes and see the truth for what it really is.

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Are black people more emotional than white people

by barry in

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i see in churches in the states standing up in church dancing, clapping their hands and being quite emotional even in a church.

things which that wouldnt be acceptable in australia.. the link below also shows black sda ministers dressed in clergy style dress which is quite unusual for ministers here in australia.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yynbdm0unsw&feature=g-all&context=g2e791f1faaaaaaaamaas .

could any of my american friends inform me i showed it to my father who is a lay preacher and he was mistified as to what tradition this dress comes from but seems to be concentrated to th eblack community also?.

ohiocowboy

I am sure that they were giving you a compliment! Adding a little "Country" to an already beautiful Australian accent, would, I bet, be one of the most incredible accents in the world! I could listen to an Australian accent for hours on end. A close second on my list would be a North Georgia/North Carolina accent. I have no idea what my accent sounds like, as I have lived in so many places, but I know that it would never compare to yours!!!

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Are black people more emotional than white people

by barry in

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i see in churches in the states standing up in church dancing, clapping their hands and being quite emotional even in a church.

things which that wouldnt be acceptable in australia.. the link below also shows black sda ministers dressed in clergy style dress which is quite unusual for ministers here in australia.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yynbdm0unsw&feature=g-all&context=g2e791f1faaaaaaaamaas .

could any of my american friends inform me i showed it to my father who is a lay preacher and he was mistified as to what tradition this dress comes from but seems to be concentrated to th eblack community also?.

ohiocowboy

I would like to bring up another point. Snowbird (Sylvia) has also brought up the exact same thing that I did about more Black people not shunning their families than Whites do. She said:

I confess that when I first started reading at this site - 8 years ago - I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I knew that DF'd persons were to be excluded from any spiritual interaction, but I'd never personally witnessed the extreme shunning that the Society encourages.

I've often mentioned that this seldom happens in Black families. Of course, I have no statistical evidence to back this up, but I have yet to see a family in my area practice this kind of shunning. If someone else has, please speak up. As to why many Black families refuse to shun their loved ones, I don't have a hard answer, but I can make a conjecture.

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OMG! Another Black person said basically the same thing that I did. Her and I have even discussed this exact same thing at length on the telephone! She admits that Black people are more different and family oriented than many Whites, especially when it comes to shunning! Is Sylvia wrong and a racist too? Or is it only a problem when I (or another White person) says it?

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Are black people more emotional than white people

by barry in

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friends

i see in churches in the states standing up in church dancing, clapping their hands and being quite emotional even in a church.

things which that wouldnt be acceptable in australia.. the link below also shows black sda ministers dressed in clergy style dress which is quite unusual for ministers here in australia.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yynbdm0unsw&feature=g-all&context=g2e791f1faaaaaaaamaas .

could any of my american friends inform me i showed it to my father who is a lay preacher and he was mistified as to what tradition this dress comes from but seems to be concentrated to th eblack community also?.

ohiocowboy

Hi Barry. Hillbillies are just another nickname for some people who live in Rural and often times mountainous areas, particularly East of the Mississippi river. There is a show in the USA right now called Hillbilly Handfishing. A Hick is another name given sometimes to rural people here, although in some circles it can be taken as being derogatory. I am from Florida, and being White I have been called a Cracker. They are just names, I haver been called all three and as long as someone isn't trying to be facetious when using the term, I have taken no offense. I guess it just depends on the person.

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Are black people more emotional than white people

by barry in

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friends

i see in churches in the states standing up in church dancing, clapping their hands and being quite emotional even in a church.

things which that wouldnt be acceptable in australia.. the link below also shows black sda ministers dressed in clergy style dress which is quite unusual for ministers here in australia.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yynbdm0unsw&feature=g-all&context=g2e791f1faaaaaaaamaas .

could any of my american friends inform me i showed it to my father who is a lay preacher and he was mistified as to what tradition this dress comes from but seems to be concentrated to th eblack community also?.

ohiocowboy

Using another thread instead of this one to Twist comments and make everything about you again? Really??? Instead of answering a question posed to you on this thread, you use someone elses thread instead to make even more accusations? I asked some very valid questions. You made accusations, and I asked for an (honest) answer, yet you make it out like poor l'il old Mrs. J is being persecuted again by an evil racist White man once again because she is Black. The race card won't last forever, and eventually you will have to stand on your own two feet without using that card as a crutch. If you don't like someone questioning your accusations, then simply stop accusing. It is actually very simple.

Since you have not dropped it, and are continuing to defame accuse, even on someone else's thread that has nothing whatsoever to do with this one, I ask you again. In specific, which of those lovely well thought out posts that you made were discounted because you are Black? What was said to YOU directly that made you say that your posts were being discounted because you are Black? Please do not answer as you did in the other thread that it is all because you are Black. That is not an answer. Look back at your posts, then look back at your accusations, and answer honestly. I, and everyone else on this board has a right to question you because you made accusations. Questioning someone's character is very serious, and demands some serious answers. You yourself would demand the same! If your accusations are true, it will be very easy for you to cite sources. I do understand that it may take a while to search my posts to find that tiny "Needle in the haystack" somewhere that you can twist to try to use against me to try to make me out the bad guy as you have always done to me, so I will try to wait a bit.

Why is it that I can make a post that is 99.9 percent about Love, harmony, rainbows and unicorns, yet you focus on finding the one little thing that can be twisted to fit your motives to try to make me look bad? Why is that?

Look in the mirror, search your soul and ask yourself, Who is really the one with an axe to grind? After all, you did make that accusation about the "Some" on the other thread.

Thanks!

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Many Car marques are astrological/pagan/sex connection therefore JW must abandon them or walk

by mP in

heres something i love to tell jw which nearly always stuns them.. nobody would buy a car called the satan, or if its logo was phallic, or was named after baal, but the facts are nearly all three of these are present in a vast majority of todays cars.

as one can examine there are a lot of things present that a good xians should avoid.

in many cases there are puns on names, but still.. toyota.

ohiocowboy

MP, Back in the day, JW's would have been all for buying a Subaru. Up until the 50's or so, they used to believe that Jehovah himself resided in the Pleiades, and that his throne was on Alcyone, also located in the Pleiades.

I bet that CT Russell would have built a special Pyramid shaped garage to house his Subaru!!!

Thank you very much for the list, it is very informative and fun to read!

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My Son's Wisdom

by TOTH in

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my youngest son is now in college and while he has always had an extraordinary ability to call it like it is, he is now even more likely to mouth off.

he is honing his deductive reasoning and objective thinking skills very nicely and with his "don't give a shit attitude" when it comes to pointing out hypocrisy, well he is just a walking bs caller...especially around the jw's.. so we were talking this evening about some stuff that used to be taught in the hall back when i was a kid.

no college because young people would never grow old in this system.

ohiocowboy

Good job on raising your Son to be a no-nonsense guy! Between saying what he feels, mixed with compassion for others will prove to be a great gift, and he will "Have the world by the balls" as my G-Father would say. I am glad that he was able to readily realize that the WTBTS is a fraud. Between his brain and your guidance, it sounds like he is his own man, and you don't have to worry about him being misled. I am sure that he also appreciates the fact that he can come to you at any time if he has any questions. What a nice Parental-Son relationship!

Kudos to you and your son!

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Are black people more emotional than white people

by barry in

jw
friends

i see in churches in the states standing up in church dancing, clapping their hands and being quite emotional even in a church.

things which that wouldnt be acceptable in australia.. the link below also shows black sda ministers dressed in clergy style dress which is quite unusual for ministers here in australia.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yynbdm0unsw&feature=g-all&context=g2e791f1faaaaaaaamaas .

could any of my american friends inform me i showed it to my father who is a lay preacher and he was mistified as to what tradition this dress comes from but seems to be concentrated to th eblack community also?.

ohiocowboy

The silence, you have a PM-(or two)

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Are black people more emotional than white people

by barry in

jw
friends

i see in churches in the states standing up in church dancing, clapping their hands and being quite emotional even in a church.

things which that wouldnt be acceptable in australia.. the link below also shows black sda ministers dressed in clergy style dress which is quite unusual for ministers here in australia.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yynbdm0unsw&feature=g-all&context=g2e791f1faaaaaaaamaas .

could any of my american friends inform me i showed it to my father who is a lay preacher and he was mistified as to what tradition this dress comes from but seems to be concentrated to th eblack community also?.

ohiocowboy

The Silence, Hello! Hope you are doing well!

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Are black people more emotional than white people

by barry in

jw
friends

i see in churches in the states standing up in church dancing, clapping their hands and being quite emotional even in a church.

things which that wouldnt be acceptable in australia.. the link below also shows black sda ministers dressed in clergy style dress which is quite unusual for ministers here in australia.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yynbdm0unsw&feature=g-all&context=g2e791f1faaaaaaaamaas .

could any of my american friends inform me i showed it to my father who is a lay preacher and he was mistified as to what tradition this dress comes from but seems to be concentrated to th eblack community also?.

ohiocowboy

Boy, You just love to twist things around to make everything about you and say that "they" discounted your answer because you are black. Because you are Black? This again, Really? That race care is so incredibly thin and thread bare that I am suprised that it still has any pizazz left. Persecution complex much??? But, since you brought it up,

Funny that some try to discount my answer because I'm black and imply that I'm being too sensitive and go further to imply that I somehow missed the point.

Which "answer" that you posted was discounted because of your skin tone? One of these?

Oh, you've seen movies about black folks. Ok Yeah Sister Act is a good one. Black lounge singer has to dress up as a nun to avoid getting killed by the mob with a few song and dance numbers in the mix. Yeah, it's a good descripture of black life, I break out in song and dance everyday. It embarrasses the hell out of my children especially when I do it in the grocery store.

I guess someone has nothing better to talk about.

Or this one?

Really? Is this a real topic?

Or maybe perhaps this one?

I guess someone has nothing better to talk about.

How about one of these?

Hey, I can vouch for that. My brother is a terrible dancer. I think it's because he wasn't raised in the hood.

Yes, humans are an emotional bunch.

Yeah and their penises are way bigger...yeah uh they are.

When I was 21 I had a boss (a white lady) who thought all black folks could sing like Whitney Houston. She volunteered me for a company talent show. Regrettably I had to burst that bubble.

I'm not surprised by what you just shared. *She says dryly*

Or the classic

I dont know but I'm about to breakout in blackface. I just gotta find my tap shoes.

If I am not mistaken, these are all of the posts that you made on this thread, with the exception of a wordless post sending a flower and smiley to BP.

So again, which of the above "unemotional" answers are you speaking of when you said "Some" tried to discount your answer because you are black? Which one of those answers that you gave were discounted by the "Some"? How, pray tell, were they discounted? I can see A few jaws hitting the floor maybe, but discounted, and to top it off, because you are Black! Who is the "Some" by the way? You made some big claims and accusations, and I am asking you to truthfully answer. After all, you did say that the "Some" did it because you were black. Please prove your accusations.

Again, If you are going to accuse, you need to back up your statements, lest it be considered defamation of character.

Nope, your not sensitive at all.