Posts by Dustin

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Wow ! it's been two years today.

by kls in

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i have been apart of the place two years and it has been the best thing that has happened to me .

i have met ( not personally ) but in cyberspace some of the greatest people i could ever imagine to meet.

you help each other and genuinely care for each other and are always there when someone is in need .

Dustin

Congragulations!! It'll be two years for me in August. Doesn't it feel awesome to be free? Just make sure that you never go back.

Dustin

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Napoleon Dynamite :)

by Incense_and_Peppermints in

...he's out to prove he's got nothing to prove.

great film!

"i like your puffed sleeves".

I used to dance kind of like that at the witness dance parties. Most of the chicks didn't find me very cool though. Go figure. My favorite part was near the begining when he was talking to Kip on the phone about his chapstick. It was awesome when he goes "but my lips hurt really bad". I thought the movie was so good I'm buying it tommorow when I get paid.

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What is your personal "Top Story" of 2004

by confusedjw in

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mine is the red sox winning the world series.

Dustin

Making the finals in a big kareoke contest. And being the only one with balls big enough to sing Metallica in it. Everyone else did country.

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Have you recieved any "gifts"?

by upside/down in

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i have read from day one how dubs aren't restricted by worldly holidays (specifically c'mas and b'days) as they can give gifts any day of the year.. i married into a huge dub clan.

to this day (20years and counting) i have never recieved a gift from anyone.

my cheap ass dub bosses never even gave an end of the year bonus (totoally tax deductible).

Dustin

Besides my parents, I never got anything from any of them. All the J-dubs in my area were to poor from "pioneering", or just too rich to care about you. Not much for middle ground.

Dustin

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Obesity vs. Smoking - which is worse?

by Why Georgia in

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when i was going to the kingdumb hall people were being actively disfellowshipped for smoking because it was bad for you and an insult to jehovah.. how come nobody disfellowshipped the 400 pound sister who brought her own chair or stood in the back because she couldn't fit in her chair?.

why didn't anyone disfellowship the bookstudy leader for looking pregnant when he obviously wasn't.. why is cigarette addiction bad but not food addiction.. just wondering?

Dustin

Hell, it's no comparison. Obesity is way worse. Talk about defiling the temple that is your body. My dad used to pick this lady up for the meeting every time. 350 pounds, stinky, and obnoxious. I can understand if it's a medical condition. That is simply unavoidable sometimes. But when they get out of control and don't try and help themselves I find that worse. It's sad. Neither is great. But I know alot of good looking, in shape people who smoke. Ironicaly the chick who my dad gave a ride to the meeting decided to try and clean up and slipped in the shower and broke her neck. Talk about bad karma.

Dustin

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Feeling Vindictive & Like Causing Trouble

by Why Georgia in

my husband is a slowly and quietly fading away jehovahs witness.

i am not nor will i ever be a jw.

his mother is an absolute witch and i want to out her to her congregation.

Dustin

Isn't it amazing how sometimes the ones revered as the best people in the congregation can sometimes be the most evil? I'm sorry to hear about your situation, hang in there. As I slowly faded away my parents blamed my wife who wasn't always a JW, and gladly quit as I did. I hope things eventually get better. I'm sure they will. The JW religion is evil. Things willget better the farther he removes himself. Hopefully the stick falls out of her ass eventually.

Dustin

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Have you ever been marked?

by Dustin in

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when i first met my wife, she was not a jw.

i was baptized at the age of 12. to make a long story short, some of the other youths in the congregation followed my lead and took non jw boyfriends and girlfriends.

well the brothers decided to point me out specifically as i was the only one who cared.

Dustin

When I first met my wife, she was not a JW. I was baptized at the age of 12. To make a long story short, some of the other youths in the congregation followed my lead and took non JW boyfriends and girlfriends. Well the brothers decided to point me out specifically as I was the only one who cared. They gave a talk where they likened me to a rotten tree that should be burned in the fire. As the whole congregation stared at me and my now wife. They told me we had to top seeing one another and repent. Like any normal human I refused, as we were already 2 years into our relationship. My dad who was an elder at the time was removed because he refused to kick me out of the house. They told him he was harboring a sinner. The whole congregation treated me like I was DF'd. I wasn't allowed to be seen or heard from at any social function. The scripture in 1 Cor. about "marry only in the lord" became their motto. I felt like I was doing something wrong because for once a girl was showing interest in me. Is love to much to ask for? As hard as I've tried to forget, it still haunts me. Was I that evil? Am I a bad person? I was never treated fairly after that, even though I kept trying. It's funny, because I was never very poular amongst anyone my age in the entire circut. I went from being the goody-goody elders kid, to being Satan's right hand man. Absolutely crazy.

Dustin

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when did you stop believing?

by cherryblossomgirl in

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the light faded for me when i was twelve.

i asked my uncle what happened to all the people who couldn't be reached by the "truth" in far off lands, or little kids whose parents didn't believe...ect... "would they still die in armagedon?

" he answered yes, and from there on, whether it was bs or not, i couldn't believe.

Dustin

In one meeting I went from being the next ministerial servant to being reproved. It was simply because I had a litle too much to drink at my bachelor party a year prior. Some jealous little prick who wasn't even there for long told on me. I still kept trying, but it just killed all I had left. I had been through marking about a year prior(but that's another story). I finally started to go to meetings halfway regular again, when the final straw happened. A week before our District Cinvention an elderly sister bitched me out for parking crooked at the book study. The thing was the book study was being held at my brothers house. My wife and I went to the Didstrict Convention, skipped two days, felt stupid the other as I didn't talk to anyone. I then went to one other meeting where I decided once and for all I was done forever. I walked out at the end without saying a word to anyone and quit.

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