Posts by under74

while the above skepticism and sarcasm might be a normal response and even warranted in the beginning, i will state that larry is a good guy, big heart, lot's of knowledge and understanding, articulate and disarming.

can't dance worth shit tho, jk.

under74

Well..I would but I'm too far north of you :)

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WHY DOES THE WTBS HOARD CASH

by Happy Guy :) in

they must have billions...annual revenue alone was almost a billion last year.

they must have close to 10 billion in assets and a large chunk of that is cash.

if the world is going to end any day that cash is useless.

under74

Good point 13g-however when the org. preaches that members shouldn't worry about their financial futures e.g. don't go to college, don't worry about retirements etc., it's just plain hypocritical.

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Minister pleads guilty in abuse case

by Xandria in

minister pleads guilty in abuse case .

details of case revealed on 'oprah'

julie bird and karen cimino

under74

Thanks for adding the article and picture Xandria.

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Saying "hi" leads to love and leaving your wife...

by kitties_and_horses_oh_my! in

jw
friends

i've been struggling so much with some old programming that i truly feel is from the witnesses, and my father in particular.

he always told me men and women couldn't be friends -- unless they were married or related -- because they'd fall in love with each other and leave their mates.

that's why you could only be friends with your own gender and were never allowed to be alone with someone of the opposite sex, even in a car.

under74

Naw, you gotta right to be petty sometimes. It's better to just let it out, rather than have it fester. Anyway, I know all about 3am rants...trust me :)

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Saying "hi" leads to love and leaving your wife...

by kitties_and_horses_oh_my! in

jw
friends

i've been struggling so much with some old programming that i truly feel is from the witnesses, and my father in particular.

he always told me men and women couldn't be friends -- unless they were married or related -- because they'd fall in love with each other and leave their mates.

that's why you could only be friends with your own gender and were never allowed to be alone with someone of the opposite sex, even in a car.

under74

I know. I was raised with the same crap. Most of my friends are male and I can't see not talking to them because a boyfriend was jealous. Your husband's telling you this stuff right? That he talked to so and so and she said this and that? So long as he's honest with you, you got nothing to worry about. jealousy is natural, you should have a little bit but as hard as it is you gotta suck it up. Keep a stiff upper lip, even if it's hard.

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Minister pleads guilty in abuse case

by Xandria in

minister pleads guilty in abuse case .

details of case revealed on 'oprah'

julie bird and karen cimino

under74

GDT- I am being truthful-I've never met an elder including my own grandfather that would last a minute in prison. The typical elder for me is a man who's never had any kind of power in the real world and gets almost a sadistic kick out of the power he can have in the KH as well as with his family. Now, now--I'm sure there are some nice ones out there but I've never met any. And even if they're "nice" they're still going along with WT policy e.g. helping to cover up child abuse and anything else the WT thinks should be handled without the government authorities and so that makes even the "nice" ones guilty. Let's get back to physical attributes--for the most part over the age of 50, either scrawny or overweight, polyster pants, they grease their hair back with a part at the side....Now this you could call "a horrible sweep" but it's all true of the elders I've known and if I throw the rest in with a generalization about their physical attributes--what the hell do you care? I really don't think that anything I said in my last post was indecent, this one on the other hand might be-but you asked for it. In response to your comment "You must have hatred in your heart to be so awful about 'typical jw elders"...I do GDT, I really do. I'm able to suffocate it most days but when I got some apologist calling me out over some minor comment it all comes gushing out. By the way, if you want a list of elders that fit the description here I'll PM one to you. You also asked me for my name, although you don't use your own--what the hell would you use it for? I don't think you're in authority here to call people out and ask for their names everytime you read someone stating something you don't agree with. You need to learn when to pick fights.

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