The awe of living in a controlled society run by divinely guided overlords gives way to
a self-administered head smack - "What was I thinking?"
Turns out - I wasn't able to think.
JW's are strapped in highchairs like mewling infants with a spoon shoved in and utter pablum to be swallowed.
Our ministry? Emptying our diapers on the front porch of neighbors.
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by Terry ini like to ride my bicycle to starbucks.
when weather permits i sit on the patio and write in the sunshine.a pesky crow i call edgar usually arrives to beg (or steal).that's all you need to know before we begin._____________________.
location exterior : the patio of starbuckstime: 11 amcast:lou : media / news analyst, religious fundamentalistterry: crow magnet and know-it-alledgar: spawn of satan________________.
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That's all there ever was to being a Jehovah's Witness
by Terry injehovah's witnesses weren't jehovah's witnesses until 1931.until that year the people who had been hard-headed followers of end times false prophecies by william miller and seventh day adventists, more or less settled into following charisma-ballyhoo preaching by folks like "pastor" c.t.
russell.what was it that attracts these people?
it is a thin veneer of pious bible interpretation as a means of prepping for the end of the world.yep.
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I can still remember all too easily how fantastic it felt to be enthralled of
ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY. I knew what the entire universe meant and where it was headed.
What a heady exhilaration!
Ah, but - turns out I was just a plaything - a puppet with the cold hand of a Govern Body up my bum.
My life wasn't MY life - it was the wiggly fingers of those proctological dumbasses.
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JW's had a reason for wanting to be banned in Russia?
by Terry ininteresting video.
i'd like everybody's thoughts on this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrlfvxinte8&fbclid=iwar2omsj1dkm7rzxcyjblkd9aqnnp5xmijrxoc-rfaoh7ucfgvwlpkiynofs.
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Mystery. Suspense. Shadowy behind-the-scenes figures - for decades, the GB
were the Great and Powerful OZ.
Suddenly - a puff of Mephistopheles smoke!
A clown car arrives and bumbling dolts appear in a fake TV studio acting like
dull, unburnished accountants rushed in to emcee jobs beyond their talent or
expertise.
These Governing Boobies feel like bored insurance salesmen on cable, selling term insurance pre-disaster.
I just wonder how 3rd and 4th generation JW's handle this sudden reveal of
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Why did you have so many jobs???
by Terry inwhy did i have so many jobs?.
i became a velcro salesman, but i couldn't stick with it.and besides - it was a ripoff.. i tried my hand at a career in tennis, but it wasn't my racket and i was too high strung.. i was a masseur for a while, but i seemed to rub people the wrong way.next i got a job at a pool company, but the work was too draining.then?i was a historian, but i couldn't see a future in it.i took a job as an elevator operator—the job had its ups and downs, and i got the shaft.. i became a banker, but i had an affair with boss's wife because she promised to hold my interest right up to the moment of withdrawal.. i just lost my job as a psychic.
i did not see that coming.if a job’s worth doing, it’s too hard.. i quit my job working for nike.
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Why did you have so many jobs???
by Terry inwhy did i have so many jobs?.
i became a velcro salesman, but i couldn't stick with it.and besides - it was a ripoff.. i tried my hand at a career in tennis, but it wasn't my racket and i was too high strung.. i was a masseur for a while, but i seemed to rub people the wrong way.next i got a job at a pool company, but the work was too draining.then?i was a historian, but i couldn't see a future in it.i took a job as an elevator operator—the job had its ups and downs, and i got the shaft.. i became a banker, but i had an affair with boss's wife because she promised to hold my interest right up to the moment of withdrawal.. i just lost my job as a psychic.
i did not see that coming.if a job’s worth doing, it’s too hard.. i quit my job working for nike.
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WHY DID I HAVE SO MANY JOBS?
I became a Velcro salesman, but I couldn't stick with it.
And besides - it was a ripoff.I tried my hand at a career in tennis, but it wasn't my racket and I was too high strung.
I was a masseur for a while, but I seemed to rub people the wrong way.
Next I got a job at a pool company, but the work was too draining.
Then?
I was a historian, but I couldn't see a future in it.
I took a job as an elevator operator—the job had its ups and downs, and I got the shaft.I became a banker, but I had an affair with boss's wife because she promised to hold my interest right up to the moment of withdrawal.
I just lost my job as a psychic. I did not see that coming.
If a job’s worth doing, it’s too hard.I quit my job working for Nike. Just couldn’t do it anymore.
I love being a maze designer. I get completely lost in my work.Inspecting mirrors is a job I could really see myself doing.
I think my job interview to be a bug sorter went well. I boxed all the right ticks.
Then I worked in the woods as a lumberjack, but I just couldn’t hack it, so they gave me the ax.
After that, I tried to be a tailor, but I just wasn’t suited for it.
Frankly, the job was just sew-sew.Next, I tried working in a muffler factory but that was exhausting.
I wanted to be a barber, but I just couldn’t cut it.I had a job at Minute Maid orange juice. I got fired because I couldn’t concentrate.
I became a professional fisherman but discovered that I couldn’t live on my net income.And finally - I just didn't have the patience to be a Doctor.
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I met an Exorcist
by Terry ini like to ride my bicycle to starbucks.
when weather permits i sit on the patio and write in the sunshine.a pesky crow i call edgar usually arrives to beg (or steal).that's all you need to know before we begin._____________________.
location exterior : the patio of starbuckstime: 11 amcast:lou : media / news analyst, religious fundamentalistterry: crow magnet and know-it-alledgar: spawn of satan________________.
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Confession from me: I get nervous speaking to any JW.
I grow self-conscious. It's like standing before a parent who disapproves.
I HATE THAT FEELING.
But I've learned to turn that emotion into another emotion: anger.
"How dare this person make ME feel inferior!"
This, in turn, fuels my manic sense of dialogue like a prosecutor in court compelling evidence used to debunk lies.
It's not a healthy way to go about it.
It's simply the only way I've been able to avoid my first impulse - which is to
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JW's had a reason for wanting to be banned in Russia?
by Terry ininteresting video.
i'd like everybody's thoughts on this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrlfvxinte8&fbclid=iwar2omsj1dkm7rzxcyjblkd9aqnnp5xmijrxoc-rfaoh7ucfgvwlpkiynofs.
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The onslaught of millions of letters clogging the Russian official's mail system
was sabotage deliberately goading - poking the "bear" to react negatively and
make a MARTYR by banning them (for cause).
The story changed making Watchtower the victim of Russian oppression.
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That's all there ever was to being a Jehovah's Witness
by Terry injehovah's witnesses weren't jehovah's witnesses until 1931.until that year the people who had been hard-headed followers of end times false prophecies by william miller and seventh day adventists, more or less settled into following charisma-ballyhoo preaching by folks like "pastor" c.t.
russell.what was it that attracts these people?
it is a thin veneer of pious bible interpretation as a means of prepping for the end of the world.yep.
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The first time I went to Las Vegas and played the stupid slot machines I had fun.
Every time a slot pays off - there is a ding ding ding ding dinging bell and the sound of coins clattering down the long chute. Exhilarating!
So many machines - the sound of the PAYOFF here and there and - everywhere!!
This makes winning feel and sound INEVITABLE!
It isn't.
But the sound of the payoff is ever-present in an echo-chamber of reinforcement.
In this Watchtower religion - your only world is that Casino with everybody echoing the payoff promises. It's all you hear - that and the fear of losing (Armageddon) unless you keep playing.
When I ran out of coins I stopped.
"I won't play anymore."
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Right.
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JW's had a reason for wanting to be banned in Russia?
by Terry ininteresting video.
i'd like everybody's thoughts on this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrlfvxinte8&fbclid=iwar2omsj1dkm7rzxcyjblkd9aqnnp5xmijrxoc-rfaoh7ucfgvwlpkiynofs.
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cofty2 hours ago
Hi Terry. O will try to get time to watch it later but it's a long video.
Can you share what the reason is in a nutshell?
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Jason Zelda I had never heard of before. Seems to be a garden-variety Christian who believes the Bible is the inerrant Word of deity.
So - I wouldn't have wasted my time - EXCEPT - I always give people at least three minutes to capture my interest.
JZ's manner of gravity or gravitas struck me as utterly sincere.
Then, he began pulling threads together (familiar to all Ex-JW's) in a way that became spellbinding.
So - I stuck around.
I put wireless earbuds in my earholes and began playing video Chess online while listening.
As a communicator - he pretty much held my attention and taught me something about rapport and evidence presentation.
His Theses is quite bold and not outside the realm of believably.
He explains why JW's are not what they appear on the surface; illustrating how they are a cult; how they demand utter obedience; how they withhold communication from the outside world from members, and - ultimately
create a safe haven for criminals and pathological miscreants such as child molesters.
Next, he shows the proof in layers of evidence, how disingenuous the leaders of the WT are in testifying before courts and feeding their slanted side of things to an all-too-willing Press.
Finally, his RUSSIA theses main argument becomes evident.
Because the WT has used letter-writing campaigns to overload the system of their targets (religious enemies) by ordering such a deluge of letters (while under investigation for hiding pedophiles) the breakdown due to deliberate overload would CHANGE THE NARRATIVE worldwide from the victimizer religion (protecting pedophiles) to a martyred and oppressed innocent religion
under onslaught for those awful Rooskies who tamper with elections.
(His tying in the willingness of the Press to accept this is brilliant.
It's a WAG THE DOG scenario.
I recommend the video for his PEFORMANCE and DELIVERY which I must say is quite spectacular.
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That's all there ever was to being a Jehovah's Witness
by Terry injehovah's witnesses weren't jehovah's witnesses until 1931.until that year the people who had been hard-headed followers of end times false prophecies by william miller and seventh day adventists, more or less settled into following charisma-ballyhoo preaching by folks like "pastor" c.t.
russell.what was it that attracts these people?
it is a thin veneer of pious bible interpretation as a means of prepping for the end of the world.yep.
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Jehovah's Witnesses weren't JEHOVAH's WITNESSES until 1931.
Until that year the people who had been hard-headed followers of End Times false prophecies by William Miller and Seventh Day Adventists, more or less settled into following charisma-ballyhoo preaching by folks like "Pastor" C.T. Russell.
What was it that attracts these people?
It is a thin veneer of pious Bible interpretation as a means of prepping for the END of the WORLD.
Yep. Early versions of doomsday prep.
If it sounded complicated, clever, and (above all) imminent - preppers were stuck like glue.
It is addictive for some folks. Let's face it.
BESIDES - it has elements of love of God and worship and Jesus and Bible and - and ...
GAMBLING!
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But it isn't an intellectual sport supported by Science. (Being a JW)
Nope - it is fed by bullshit.
Bullshit that sounds smart is addictive.
(If you don't believe it - think about Politics today.)
Unsophisticated / under-educated people want to feel smart; feel superior. Knowing God's Plan is a trump card in that desire.
The people who stick with Watchtower's constantly changing doctrine are not THINKING PEOPLE.
They are GAMBLERS.
They think they are thinkers. The think they are the wisest.
But?
They are team members in a kind of pyramid scheme.
(Literally, in the case of Russell).
How so?New recruits go out and sell others on joining the club of Doomsday watchers hunkering down for Armageddon.
Those newly acquired newbies, in turn, go out and do the same.THAT IS ALL THERE EVER WAS to being a Jehovah's Witness.
Moreover - that's all there ever will be to this religion.
What keeps this bullshit interesting?
Counter-intuitively it is the CHANGES to the doctrine!
It is edge of your seat drama!
Anything can happen at any moment!
"Here is the LATEST update on TRUTH about Armageddon!"
(Previous reports (Old Light) were incomplete from the field).
News bulletins and New Light are the same thing emotionally...
Excitement, Drama, uncertainty ...survival!
So, actually "thinking" about what they are believing just gets a JW nowhere but in trouble with the Organization.
Doing exactly as you are told is what keeps your motor running.
Like Las Vegas, if you aren't a gambler - you've got no business hanging around the casino.
Isn't that what a Kingdom Hall really is - a casino?
You gamble everything you have in order to Win.
The excitement of maybe losing everything for the chance to Win is oh so addictive and exciting and ----empty.
When I think of my life and how I risked it going to prison - I see a young man who was a real gambler. A LOSER.
The only way not to lose? DON'T PLAY their game. Don't gamble your life away.
Because - That's all there was to being a Jehovah's Witness.
All those ARMAGEDDON dates were BETS on Jehovah's Roulette Wheel.
Just numbers. Bad bets.
