Posts by Hecklerboy

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Martial Arts - what is the present stance of the WTS

by insearchoftruth in

i have read before that the wts is against the martial arts....i do not have a wts cd, so was wondering if there is any wts literature to support this?.

Hecklerboy

I was never allowed to take karate growing up but now that I'm an adult and out, I"ve been training for over 4 years. I received my Black Belt last year and now I teach a class in my area.

Learning a martial art is one of the best things that has ever happened to me. I've learned allot about myself and made friends with a wonderful group of people that love me for who I am and not what I believe. Karate was there for me when going through my divorce. The dojo is where I find peace and I can recharge myself after a long day.

The martial arts teach discipline and respect. Something most people have forgotten nowadays. Knowing that I'm making an impression on the future generation of this country makes me proud to teach. I always tell my students to study hard in school and make good grades. The parents tell me that they pay attention to that and try harder in school because I tell them that. You couldn't ask for anything better.

I highly recommend taking some form of martial art, be it karate, ju-jitsu, or tia chi. Any of them will make your life better.

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Jehovah's Witnesses have a close call

by Kenneson in

"explosion rocks southern wv town".

http://www.whsv.com/home/headlines/42326442.html.

Hecklerboy

I grew up and live in WV.

I can easily see this happening in Southen, WV. Mingo Co. can be a scary place.

My money says it was a meth lab.

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"Genesis" spankings

by donny in

jw
friends

i recently met a woman here at work (a contractor) and discovered she is an ex-jw.

eventually we got around to telling why each of us left the religion.

she said the main reason for her was not doctrines, but because she was tired of the physical and emotional abuse she received.

Hecklerboy

Whoa!!! Those are some messed up parents.

I don't have a problem with spanking as long as it's done with love and not out of anger.

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Growing up a dub - favourite day of the week?

by Mickey mouse in

jw
friends

mine was monday.

the weekend with it's endless ministry and drawn out meeting was over.

monday was the day i got to be a normal kid; school, homework and collapse in front of the tv.

Hecklerboy

Hmmm, maybe that's why I loved school so much.

And, yes I got in trouble too leading a double life at school by no less than my sister.

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So let me get this straight

by TheICE in

jw
friends

a web site called jehovah-witness.net where x-jw's and jw's who pretend to be jw's come to chat about how bad jehovah witnesses are and how they brain washed them etc, would it not be more productive to move on and forget than to let something most of you obviously hate take so much of your time and effort.. for some being a jw is about not being part of the world, what other religion is there that is as moral as a jw.

i am d'fed but i belive that jw's are the true religion.

sure some of them can be self righteous pricks but there imperfect just like anyone else,we all need to focus on us and not worry about what there doing because we can't change them.. .

Hecklerboy

TheIce wrote: "i have recieved a bs degree"

You do realize that if you would have still be an active JW that you would not have been able to achieve this degree. JW demonize college and preach against it.

And what do you say to the 80 year old witness that has been taught that their generation would never die. Now they are on death doorstep. It's all just one big lie.

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So let me get this straight

by TheICE in

jw
friends

a web site called jehovah-witness.net where x-jw's and jw's who pretend to be jw's come to chat about how bad jehovah witnesses are and how they brain washed them etc, would it not be more productive to move on and forget than to let something most of you obviously hate take so much of your time and effort.. for some being a jw is about not being part of the world, what other religion is there that is as moral as a jw.

i am d'fed but i belive that jw's are the true religion.

sure some of them can be self righteous pricks but there imperfect just like anyone else,we all need to focus on us and not worry about what there doing because we can't change them.. .

Hecklerboy

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WHAT STRANGE THINGS WERE YOU TOLD WHILE IN JWS?

by badboy in

jw
friends

any takers?.

Hecklerboy

I remember my best friends dad stating in the middle of the Witchtower study that he expected never to grow old. You could really tell he was fully convinced that he would never grow old. Everyone applauded.

That was twenty some years ago. I saw him last week.

Guess what - He's old.

Sometimes I would love to remind him of his statement but I'll just let him be happy in his ignorance.

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JW self-defense...WT says we are too slow to use a gun!!!.......

by oompa in

you gotta read this to beleive it!.....lately my mind is teaching s we had that "went beyond what is written" and this subject on self defence has cracked me up!!

!.....you if gotta see this to believe it!....not just guns....but almost everthing is bashed...they did leave out the option of us carrying a sword o.j.

style....or a spear.....this will make my list....(and you can have no privileges if you carry a gun at work...cop or security guard).......... *** g91 7/8 p. 12 self-defensehow far can a christian go?

Hecklerboy

*** g91 7/8 p. 13 Self-Defense—How Far Can a Christian Go? ***‘That is all well and good for owning firearms,’ someone may say. ‘But what about learning the martial arts for self-defense, such as judo, karate, and kendo?’ Ask yourself, is not the object of this instruction to fight or hurt others? And is not such training really equivalent to arming oneself lethally?

LMAO - This reasoning is so messed up. I teach karate and the first thing we tell everyone including the adults is that karate is for self-defense only. Never start a fight and walk away if possible.

These guys are stuck in their ivory tower and know nothing of real life. They just research life and try to tell everyone how to live it.

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YOGA - is it "bad" or what?

by still_in74 in

help me out.

i recall in the past that the reigns on yoga were eased off a bit but it seems now that the wts has declared it full-fledged demonism.. does anyone have any previous articles that connected the exercise/stretching aspect of yoga as something "acceptable" or a conscious decision?.

Hecklerboy

Man they are realy stretching it on this one. They had to go to two guys under the guidance of a guru to find a bad example. I've done Yoga. It's just a bunch of stretching and breathing excesises. No spiritual crap involved at all. The WTBS tries to find the bad in everything. Next they will say it's wrong to each chocolate because it releases the same chemicals in the brain as does sex. And we all know sex is bad.

Of course they probably wouldn't think much of me teaching karate now would they.

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What Got YOU Out Of The Organization?

by minimus in

jw
friends

how did you come to the final decision to get out of her (the organization, "mother")?

?.

Hecklerboy

Just up a walked out one day. Decided it wasn't for me.

I guess the biggest thing was the lack of love I felt when I move to a new congr.

But the major thing that got me thinking was when I was at a wedding and the elder doing the service said that the wedding bans were pagan symbols but they didn't recognize them a pagan anymore. I thought "How can they do that and still call Christmas and birthdays pagan?". It was the beginning of the end for me.