Posts by TallTexan

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Did Anyone Try to Warn You About the WTS?

by tmo1965 in

did anyone try to warn you about the wts before you saw the light?

how did you react to the info?

did you resent the person / people who told you?

TallTexan

I really never had anyone work on me until about 1995 (I think), when my boss at that time started going on and on about how we were a cult and all it was about was money. I was dumb so I said "well, our contributions are voluntary". About that time a WT came out and the cover was something like "Are JW's a cult?". Thinking "Oh what timely information" I gave him a copy. He took it and dropped it right into the trash. He tried to get me to read CoC and I told him "No way!"

He then had the hospital's chaplain, who is a really nice guy, go to work on me. I blew him off too. I went up to him a few months ago and said "Hey Don, guess what! I was in a cult." He laughed and said "Gee, don't you wish someone had tried to tell you that?"

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FREEDOMLOVER: update with my dad

by freedomlover in

hope you are all well.. if you have been following the soap-opera of my life and the letter i wrote my dad then you may be interested in the latest.. my dad has been here visiting and we had a good long talk yesterday about my letter and what has brought me to the decision to leave the org.

he listened to everything i had to say and agreed with everything i had to say.

his own doubts arose when he became an elder and got a clearer picture of the abusive tactics that are used on the sheep.

TallTexan

~~The apostates come marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah~~

One at a time, one at a time....

This is truly great news for you. I've been following your stories as well and am really happy for you. Just goes to show to all of us that there is hope for ANYONE in our lives who is still trapped. Time, effort, and reasoning can go a long way.

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SURPRISE! ALITO SPLITS WITH CONSERVATIVES ON FIRST DAY

by Elsewhere in

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i'm glad it looks like the supreme court will remain moderate in nature.. http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/02/02/d8fgt2bg0.html.

alito sides with mo.

inmate on death-row.

TallTexan

If only that little girl had had a defense team to keep her from the cruel unusual death sentence she received from him,

Right on.....but I'm sure he's innocent. Then again, I'm from the execution capital of the U.S. and proud of it!

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Why I'll never see 'Brokeback Mountain'

by yaddayadda in

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yep, i'm 'homophobic' and damn proud of it!

http://www.rense.com/general69/prop.htm

TallTexan

But, I gotta say...most X Witnesses are usually pretty good about "living and let live.' Most of us (after a while) have begun to understand the the extreme danger of forcing our morals on others.

True. However, if someone says, as yaddayadda said when he started the thread, that they didn't care for it's subject matter, THAT person is not allowed to 'live and let live'. He's suddenly 'secretly gay', a bigot, etc because he doesn't care for homosexuality. Is that not forcing someone else to conform to your beliefs? Why should he be subject to ridicule simply because of his views, whereas the people supporting the film view one as 'narrow-minded' or a closet homosexual if that person doesn't agree with them.

Most X-JW's should also understand the inherent wrong with establishing a double standard.

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2006 Predictions for the WTS

by Nosferatu in

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not sure if this has been done yet, and i know i'm a little late with it, but with the big news, the potential for new light coming soon, and the dropping increase in worldwide jw membership, what do you think is going to happen this year with the wts?

TallTexan

I predict a memorial and 3 conventions with the release of yet another publication.

I almost blew soda out my nose...for some reason this just struck me as particularly funny...and true....

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I can't believe I told somebody

by Nellie in

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i had a chat with an old jw friend ... although i always knew that she was cool.

anyway, i told her to check out this site and i told her about franz' book and now she's checking us out.

welcome her friends ... she's "mydiscount"

TallTexan

Welcome, welcome, welcome.

Oh, and this is not the "JW welcome" - where we welcome you until we realize that you believe differently and then we shun you...or until you don't accept our beliefs after a certain period of time and then we shun you....lol.

Please take some time to check out some of the old posts, especially under The Best Of category.

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Why I'll never see 'Brokeback Mountain'

by yaddayadda in

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friends

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yep, i'm 'homophobic' and damn proud of it!

http://www.rense.com/general69/prop.htm

TallTexan

I think the actual movie itself sucked

Yeah, that's what I've heard. That's why all the academy nominations, etc are obvious propaganda from a Hollywood that pushes it's liberal agendas via 'entertainment'. I've heard from people who did go see it that if it were a hetero love story, it would be a bomb because it was so boring. The ONLY reason it has received any accolades is because of the subject matter - not any inherent quality of the film.

That's the problem I have with the film. Not necessarily the subject matter, but the fact that it is being so avidly pushed by those with an agenda when it is a marginal quality film. I'm not a homophobe, I just don't like the tactics Hollywood uses to spout its views.

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Watchtower petitions Google for censorship

by Fatfreek in

jwd news, feb 01, 2006 .

in a move not surprising to ex members of the pervasive sect known as jehovahs witnesses, the watchtower bible and tract society issued a censorship request to google -- the worlds largest internet search software company.

although it was a privately issued request, jwd news has obtained a copy of the formal request issued monday from one of watchtowers dissident factory workers.

TallTexan

Better yet, the Wt will release some CD that when played on the JW's computer will install a spyware program that will rat out the JW home if they visit non-approved apostate websites- WOW, won't that be fun for the elders!

I could definitely see this happening...or putting a program to block out these sites. That's very close to the realm of possibility and feasibility. Oooops. We gave the Society's 'spies' on this site an idea.....

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Watchtower petitions Google for censorship

by Fatfreek in

jwd news, feb 01, 2006 .

in a move not surprising to ex members of the pervasive sect known as jehovahs witnesses, the watchtower bible and tract society issued a censorship request to google -- the worlds largest internet search software company.

although it was a privately issued request, jwd news has obtained a copy of the formal request issued monday from one of watchtowers dissident factory workers.

TallTexan

No thanks for wasting my time.
Next time put "spoof" at the top

Dude....relax.....

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THE HLC: DID THESE GUYS GO TO COLLEGE FOR THIS STUFF?

by stillAwitness in

a 5 page letter was read last night from the gb in reference to the hospital liaison committe.

i never knew those guys had so much power!

i tried best i could to write down all the important points word for word as they were said: (apparently the letter will not be posted on the board but anyone is free to speak to an elder with any questions concerning the letter:

TallTexan

They have to be breaking some kind of law here. Kind of like if someone was to act as an attorney for someone and they really aren't one? Same thing right?

No, because they don't claim to be M.D.'s. Unfortunately, they are not breaking the law.

So how are they able to go to these medical conferences and all?

Anyone w/ the $$ can attend a medical conference.

It is comical how the Society portrays the HLC as competent to recommend treatment plans to practicing surgeons. I guess they have to portray that image or brother R&F may think twice about entrusting his life to the HLC....