Posts by HappyDad

I was going through some posts from my ex JW friends on Facebook and lo and behold, Randy Watters is posting. I was beyond happy to know that he is alive and well.

If you are interested, his Facebook page is Randall Watters.

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The length of a public talk

by Farmer Jim1 in

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does anyone ever wonder the good they could have done instead of giving a public talk for 45 or 30 minutes?

i remember giving my first public talk aged 18 and even then i was thinking ' this is just me making up half truths trying to blind people with jw propaganda'.

fast forward 15 years to when i gave my final public talk and i was so close to seeding the 30 minutes with ideas that could possibly wake people up but i never had the guts.. in that 30 minutes i could have done so much real good for a person instead of spreading this awful religions dogma.

HappyDad

Little Toe was great! I hope he is doing well in his homeland. If I remember correctly, one of the female posters on here married him. She might have been from Texas and met him on this forum. That was about 2004 or 2005.

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Hobbies

by peacefulpete in

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i think it's been a while since this was asked.

tell us your hobbies, interests, pastimes, whatever you find enjoyable as a diversion from work and school.

i am lucky enough to live in a small cabin on a lake, i enjoy rowing my old boat and fishing, i play with car projects, and we travel as much as we can.

HappyDad

I use to be very active in "Ham" Radio, but now that I live in a townhouse, antennas are not allowed by the HOA.

So two years ago I took up painting. I always wanted to try it and so I did.

Here are a few of the paintings I did in acrylic.

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Who is GOD Favouring in this Time of the End ?

by smiddy3 in

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jehovah`s witnesses , seventh day adventists , church of jesus christ of the latter day saints.. these 3 are probably the more influenthal in the last 200 or so years ago.. if membership is a sign of god`s blessing on who he favours then @ the year 2021.. jehovah`s witnesses membership 8.5 million.

church of jesus christ of latter day saint`s membership.16.8 million.

seventh day adventist`s membership.21 million.

HappyDad

For over three decades of my involvement in the JW religion, I believed that it was the "truth", and that we were the only ones to be saved.

Today, I still believe in God. Being somewhat housebound, I still worship the best I can, and regularly pray and read the Bible.

I feel that nowwhat? posted, is what I believe. That God is looking for those that worship him in spirit and Truth. I truly believe that salvation will be on an individual basis. Not what religion/business corporation we belong to.

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Which of you readers are being shunned by their relatives / friends ?

by stan livedeath in

a simple " me" if you dont want to say more--or a short explanation about who is shunning you and how long has this been going on.. i'll set the ball rolling: my daughter--her husband and children; my younger son --no contact from them for 40 years...because i left their religion.. (edit--i just noticed the typo in the header--if should be of ).

HappyDad

Me and my daughter are shunned by my late wife's brothers and their families. It's been going on about 10 years or so even though my daughter and I left over 20 years ago. It seems that the 'family' got pangs of conscience for associating with us. Everything was well and good when the males of the family were working for the company that I and my daughter's ex started. They loved the money and association when their wallets were full. As a family, we all were very close for almost 50 years. Once the business went under and the money stopped coming in, they associated for a few years but then went bye-bye.

My daughter and I aren't even notified about deaths in the family. We hear from other sources.

Oh....the loving organization that destroys families.

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C of E Abuse Report. Contrast with JW org !

by Phizzy in

note this report covers cases going back to 1949, they uncovered 400. if j.w's in the u.k did a similar, thorough trawl of all congregation records going back that far, let's pretend they haven't destroyed most of them, we know they have, but just pretend they are all available, how many cases of abuse would they uncover ?

in a much smaller org ?.

maybe the file destruction that has gone on was to protect the org.

HappyDad

Why should any of us have to do a web search to find out just what the hell C of E means? Don't you know how to spell whole words? I don't think I'm the only one who gets pissed off at letter abbreviations. If you are going to make a post, then be concise about what the gist is.

Rant over.

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Stupid WT Q's : Is It Wise or Safe to Keep a Dog? Demons—How Can We Resist Them?

by Sea Breeze in

yes, that is an actual question in the awake magazine.

jw kids lives are already miserable enough trying to obey all the ignorant rules of the wt.. no sports, no school dance, no holidays.... just field service.

as if that isn't enough.... let's take away their puppy dogs too!.

HappyDad

In the KH I attended, there was a whacko "brother" who said that all dogs are demonized.

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Did becoming a JW influence you to give up something you enjoyed ?

by smiddy3 in

when i was a teenager a younger fellow workmate was involved in the sport of judo.i got interested and went along to a number of sessions and took to it like a sponge to water ,and as a sport i was happy participating in.. not that much longer another workmate was getting re-activated in the religion of jw`s.

which i had never heard o before and then got interested in that .. conflict : was judo a sport that was compatible with j.w beliefs?

sadly i decided it was not and stopped any further involvement.. to this day i resent that decision i made back then .and i`m 82 years old now.. it was a sport i was comfortable doing and i enjoyed it.and i gave it up because of the religion .who knows what i may have achieved had i continued with it.

HappyDad

I was an avid hunter and fisherman and loved the outdoors. Then I was brainwashed that hunting was bad and gave it up. Fishing was ok as long as you didn't waste the fish you caught.

I also limited my relationship with my own father who I hunted with because he was opposed to da truf. At least I rekindled that when he got older no matter what the JW idiots said.

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10 years on and I’m still indoctrinated

by joe134cd in

this experience highlights the level of my indoctrination, after 10 years of been a pomo.

a few months back my gf was hinting to me about what we could do for my birthday.

to be honest i just had no idea, that i even had a birthday.

HappyDad

Same here Joe134cd,

Birthdays and other Holidays can come and go. They still don't mean much to me, but I abide by my daughter's wishes and buy presents and decorate with her.

I've been out 20 years and still find myself with some deep rooted, JW thinking that determines how I view situations or people. Will it ever be gone? Who knows? At least now, I'm able to recognize when this is happening, and I have to think hard before I open my mouth.