Posts by R6Laser

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Boing Boing: Awesomely weird Jehovah's Witness art

by DannyHaszard in

new high ranking on web index well done page goodie graphics and cute commentary,they did quotes lawsuit 2 weeks ago.

click the link in link sub page when you get in.

boing boing: awesomely weird jehovah's witness art

R6Laser

Look at the bottom right hand of the picture. What is Will Smith doing in this one?

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Boing Boing: Awesomely weird Jehovah's Witness art

by DannyHaszard in

new high ranking on web index well done page goodie graphics and cute commentary,they did quotes lawsuit 2 weeks ago.

click the link in link sub page when you get in.

boing boing: awesomely weird jehovah's witness art

R6Laser

HA HA HA HA! LMFAO!!
there's even a cat in this one! bad kitty who doesn't want to "change"!
TS

OMG! I literally busted out laughing when I read this. Thanks for making my day.

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although i am pleased when i hear about children of dubs who are pursuing sports at the high school, college and professionally level, it also disturbs me that so many of us in the past lost out on these opportunities because of the rigid views of the dubdum.. a friend of mine that is still active says that many of these changes or new light occurrs because thinking dubs stand up to the elders and make these personal decisions for their family without the advice of elders.. do you ever feel that you should/could stand up for your beliefs even when they are against the advice of elders, eventually you could inspire change within the religion?.

i ask because through out history change has ocurred because of standing up to those in authority.. examples, gandi, martin luther king, susan b. anthony to name just a few.. what are your thoughts?.

R6Laser

The question should be why wouldn't you stand up for yourself? Its great that more are doing this and standing up to opressive rules created by men. I've come to known different types of witnesses, there are those who are real strict and let the elders dictate everything they do. There's also those that don't let the elders dictate what they should do with their own free time.

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typically ridiculous.

by RichieRich in

jw
friends

last saturday, me and a friend from the hall decided to go to nc state fair together.

i have been told that the state fair is not a big deal in other areas of the country, but here in these parts, it means alot to us, expecially since we live in/near the capital city.

about the friend: he's a year younger than me, and we go to the same school.

R6Laser

This is the way all elders should be responded to if they continue with their power trip. Who are they to tell you who you choose as friends? Good Job.

I especially hated elders who tought their children were above everyone else and associating with them was a privilege. When in most cases it wasn't the case. I would've loved to see that elders expression when you told him that!

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CHEATING ON FIELD SERVICE

by chuckyy in

towards the end of my time as a jw, i must confess to cheating whilst out on field service.. 1. i would turn up at the field service arrangement with my wife, and we would say that we were working together that day to do return visits.

as everyone went out, we would simply get into our car and drive home.

(hypocritical i know).

R6Laser

No It doesnt make Jehovah sad. He knows the heart and intentions. He sees what the heart is. We as witness need to be more about the SPIRIT of the Law not just the LETTER of it. That was the problem of many in the days of jesus and the problem has not gone away.

Obviously you don't follow the WT order of not going to apostate websites. Therefore you make Jehovah sad according to the WT. If you think otherwise than you are not following directions like a good dub should.

As far as padding or lying for the monthly time report, everyone I knew did it. I remember pioneers waking up at 5 am and working on the street corners. They would do that for about 45 minutes then go to a coffee shop and wait until the time for the service meeting in the morning, which would be around 9 am. at the end of the day they would put down on their time sheets that they went in service for 4 hours when in reality it should've been 45 minutes. The rest of the time was spent drinking coffee and eating donuts while talking to each other. Doesn't anybody else see the whole preaching in the corners at 5 am dumb? I mean there's nobody around at that time in the corners and all you had to do was just stand in one corner while holding the magazine so that people see them. But like defd my intentions were also good.

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CHEATING ON FIELD SERVICE

by chuckyy in

towards the end of my time as a jw, i must confess to cheating whilst out on field service.. 1. i would turn up at the field service arrangement with my wife, and we would say that we were working together that day to do return visits.

as everyone went out, we would simply get into our car and drive home.

(hypocritical i know).

R6Laser

I would NEVER put my self through that. If I didnt believe id be done with it, not live a double life. That makes Jehovah sad.

But you are already living a double life. You post here regularly against the WT wishes. Doesn't that make Jehovah sad?

As far as the topic goes, I would cheat all the time. I would always add 3 to 4 hours when turning in my time. I had to keep the 10 hour minimum if I wanted to stay being a MS. Looking back I'm pretty sure almost everyone lied about their time.

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To JW's elder's wives. Did your elder husband ever have an affair with JW?

by booker-t in

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friends

i was very naive as a jw child and young adult growing up.

i thought jw were perfect especially jw elders.

i did whatever they said because i thought they were appointed by jehovah and jesus.

R6Laser

It must've been quite a shock seeing an elder do that at that young of an age! I knew of elders that had affairs and actually ran off with their mistress. They were later dF'ed. You're mistake was thinking they were perfect, nobody is perfect and unless I was tought differently when I was younger nobody told me elders were perfect human beings.

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Keep Your Eye Simple - Special Assembly Day

by truthseeker in

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friends

apparently, many of the dubs can't keep their eye simple, so they need an assembly to tell them how to do it.. youths, are you pursuing spiritual goals?

is one talk for the afternoon.

(education, careers).

R6Laser

i'm so glad i'm out.

Glad I'm also out. I remember a special day assembly I went and they had a visiting speaker from Bethel years ago. He basically gave a talk about how young people in the congregation should consider getting into Bethel and serve Jehova better. At the end he invited those who were interested to a meeting on how we could sign up for service in Bethel. Back then I was still unsure so I went into the room were the meeting was held.

There was the speaker and a bunch of young pioneers trying to get into Bethel. The visiting bethelite was asking everyone in the table how long they've been pioneering. As they went down the table everyone had at least pioneered for at least 3 or more years. When he came down to me I told him I wasn't a pioneer. He looked at me and said, "Well, do you think you could start pioneering in the next couple of months?". I looked at him straight in his face and I said no, I had a busy schedule with school and a part time job. He then told me that to go to Bethel I would have to at least pioneer for a whole year. That was it for me, I never liked going door to door and was not going to start now. Needless to say I left the meeting thinking to myself, "I'm glad I didn't stay longer." Shortly after I was on my way out the organization.

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How many mistresses can a JW elder have?

by Gill in

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friends

since finding out more about the wtbts over the last year, it has come as no surprise to me anymore that the deceptive actions of the mother (wtbts) are seen in some of her children.

the need for double thinking, self deluding beliefs and sneaky, twisted belief and thought patterns that i have noticed over the years in so many jws suddenly makes sense and is no longer scandalising or suprising.. so when i was told of the behaviour of a 'fine, upstanding, pillar of the community, brother' i simply shrugged.

however, the results of his behaviour are not something to simply shrug your shoulders over.. it turned out for the last thirty years of his being married he has conducted affairs with another two 'sisters' in the congregation.

R6Laser

When you stick everyone else in your box and then chide them for not being you, you come off as fairly short on intelligence and completely devoid of empathy. I hope you will learn to accept the actual pain that this Organization has caused others so that you will eventually stop feeling the need to drive stakes through my heart.

I already mentioned that I know the emotional distress this Organization may cause. I'm not sticking anybody in my box, you're the one making that assumption. I've stated the point I was trying to get through many times in this thread but it seems nobody agrees with me and that's fine. I'm not going to resort to cheap shots to get my point accross.

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How many mistresses can a JW elder have?

by Gill in

jw
friends

since finding out more about the wtbts over the last year, it has come as no surprise to me anymore that the deceptive actions of the mother (wtbts) are seen in some of her children.

the need for double thinking, self deluding beliefs and sneaky, twisted belief and thought patterns that i have noticed over the years in so many jws suddenly makes sense and is no longer scandalising or suprising.. so when i was told of the behaviour of a 'fine, upstanding, pillar of the community, brother' i simply shrugged.

however, the results of his behaviour are not something to simply shrug your shoulders over.. it turned out for the last thirty years of his being married he has conducted affairs with another two 'sisters' in the congregation.

R6Laser

The point is that we didn't see it for a long time. Why call those of us who believed 'those with weak minds'? Yours is the 'strong mind' then that saw thru the subtefuge while a teenager? I doubt it. You just left like most rebellious teens do - now you have a superior mind? Give me a break kid. Jeff

I never said I had a superior mind. For your information while I was a teenager I was still in as a MS. So it had nothing to do with me being rebelious. I just decided like all of you did at one time or another that if I kept giving the local elders the power to run my life I would've not gone anywhere in life. So I just left, literally walked away. My point was that while I agree the emotional pain it puts on us, its just a matter of saying I'm not going to do this anymore.

Now kids are a different thing altogether, they are usually the ones that suffer more, they are stuck inside because of the parent who still believes in all the WT lies. So in that aspect I'm sorry about what your going thru with your kids candidlynuts.