Posts by Dustin

Brooke F...ING Rules!!!!!!! Yay Brooke!!! Rah.. Rah.. RahChug..Chug..Chug...Chug.....................................................Then you start all over again. It's Brooke's New Cheer

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Getting out...terminating Bible study

by PClark in

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i have been visited by a local jw woman weekly for almost 4 years and started weekly study about 1 year ago.

friday things took a more serious turn and i am very uncomfortable.. i need advise on how to stop the meetings (without being offensive) and still get away from this madness before it gets out of control.

Dustin

Tell them you are demon possesed, and you see Smurfs running around your house all day. Or tell them you need a blood transfusion. Sure ways to get them to leave.

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Has being a JW...

by the_classicist in

... ruined certain words for you?

words like "the truth," "watch tower," "jehovah.

" each time i hear words like these get a strange mental reaction.

Dustin

Good call Brooke about the comedians. The very name Jehovah makes me have all kinds of mixed feelings. Usually hatred wins out. Anyways, whenever I hear the old Hendrix tune All Along The Watchtower, the JW's are the first thing to come to mind.

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Shunned by the WalMart people greeter!

by heart2heart in

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Dustin

What a dumbass. I hope he gets fired for being that stupid. It just shows how that religion turns people into complete jerks.

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861,000 Left WT since 2000

by Bluegrass Tom in

the following is a summary of peak publishers vs. amount of people baptized since the 6 million mark was hit.. peak publishers.

here is what the average publisher numbers look like.. average publishers.

something happened to 526,989 avg.

Dustin

Crazy!!! I'm just proud to be a part of the number.

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Why the WTS hates the Internet

by doinmypart in

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friends

the wts & its various corporations are a behemoth, rudderless ship with no one at the helm; only concerned with self-preservation.

the result is an inflexible organization slow to make change and not interested in the welfare & rights of individual members.. the internet and boards such as this allow for excellent communication and freedom of information.. because the internet is free and provides relative anonymity it has proven to be one of the greatest threats to the wts.. the wts leaders could be proactive and act in an ethical way, but they'd rather react when a perceived "threat" arises -- telling members to avoid the internet, shun family members, do more/stay busy, and so on.. as jt used to say, "i love this 'net thang".

dmp

Dustin

I always hated those talks about how the internet was "The Devil" and stuff. They're all such a bunch of control freaks. It makes me want to vomit when I think about it.

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Was I a coward?

by DanTheMan in

jw
friends

right before i disassociated myself last march, i sent an email to quite a number of jw's that contained only a link to an "apostate" website that had been instrumental in my seeing the the truth about the wt.. well, nobody responded to it except for one person, a guy who i hadn't had any contact with my last year in.

he started out with "yikes, do you know i'm disfellowshipped?

" he then went on for several paragraphs defending the org, how loving the brothers were when they disfellowshipped him .

Dustin

Dude, I know a guy like the one you described. Even though he's df'd, he still believes it's the "truth" no matter how obvious it is that it's not. He got mad at me for even insinuating that it's all a crock of shit and lies. Funny the guy still believes even though he's still banging an elder's ex-wife. If it's the "truth" shouldn't he stop sinning? You definitely aren't a coward. You're simply smart. Pick and choose your battles my friend. Waging war on those who are stubborn like that is only frustrating. Even a perfect argument wouldn't sway them. Peace out.

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