Posts by snakeizz

every week these guys come to my door, hand me a couple loaves of homemade looking bread and a bag of beef jerky, then they invite me to a church service held in a community center with the promise of pizza and coffee.

i know that many churches do outreach work, but this goes above and beyond anything i've ever heard of before; especially since these guys look like they could use the food a lot more than i can.

natrually i'm intriged.

snakeizz

sounds like a cult...trying to trick you in with food!

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Do you think of yourself as an apostate

by barbar in

many of the people on this site say that they are apostates.

but that is not the way i feel about myself.. i am not angry with the "witnesses" or the organisation, i don't feel that i wasted my life.

i just think that i was stupid to believe it for 30 years (well sort of believe it, i did have severe doubts on and off).

snakeizz

HELL NO!!!! I think of myself as a very smart person who has found God and the truth! That label does not apply to people who have good sense!

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What Did You Typically Donate To The Hall & Society?

by minimus in

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i'm wondering if our departure has cost the society and local congregations money.

snakeizz

all in all about $15 of my own money...and whenever i got a donation from field serice....(about $3).....my parents did all the donating....

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Were You Really That Much Harmed Because You Were A Witness?

by minimus in

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looking back, did your being a jw hurt you all that much???

?

snakeizz

1,000 x's YES!!!!!!

but there was a lesson to learn for all of it....I am who I am now because of the experience...and I know who God is now.......

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MOTOVATION FOR BEING A JW ???????

by vitty in

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what was your motivation for being a witness?.

1) love for god?.

2)appreciation for jesus ransom sacrifice?.

snakeizz

Love for God

Fear of armaggedon

Living forever in the new system

Pressure to stay in from family or friends

Appreciation for Jesus ransom sacrifice

In this order.....at that time anyway....I really didn't understand the importance of what Christ did for us back then...now it's right up there with #1....it's funny how I didn't have a real appreciation for Jesus or develop a personal relationship with God until AFTER I left...so much for their version of the "truth"

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Were there interesting moments in your KH?

by badboy in

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snakeizz

YES!!!!

I remember that there was this one sister...(who will remain nameless) who was being treated for anti depression which turned out to be a severe case of schizophrenia....she finally flew over the cuckoo's nest and came to the hall on Sunday and let certain people have it in the middle of a public discourse!!!! She told all of those who she were on her hit list that she will see them at Armageddon! She said some choice words and "comments" before being escorted out of the hall. They had to call her ex husband for assistance in getting her off the premises!!!....It was the wildest thing I have ever experienced at the meetings EVER!!!! Then there was this one time at the book study meeting where this one sister (who will also remain nameless) had hoardes of roaches crawling out her purse and tried to stop them from coming out!!! She looked at us in horror...we looked at her in horror....she eventually excused herself but we were petrified from that "fear factor" moment....those were the days!!!!!

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But some are nice - come on admit it.

by eyeslice in

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but you have to admit that some are nice caring people.

my wife missed the meeting to night due to flu and a sister who has far more health problems than us phoned to ask after her.

she even asked after me, brother 'long time no see'!

snakeizz

this is true....but they are not the issue......

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Sydnicated Programming; Who Knew These Shows Were So Hott?

by prophecor in

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i've been a fan of seinfeld for a few years now, problem is when the show was in its hey day, i never watched it.

not until it's release on syndnicated channels did i become a watcher of it, and only after that did i realize just how great that show was.. watching the show becker with ted danson appears to been a hott show as well, at least in it's begining stages.

much like anything else in life, many good projects have a great start, time however, begins to take it's toll and things just aren't as much fun anymore.. what are some of your favorite syndnicated programs rehashed, sitcoms and otherwise?.

snakeizz

I really like "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "The King of Queens"