Check out that other thread I linked to. It gives many interesting quotes. wts was completely wackadoodle back then. Sure, they don't believe that stuff now, but they claim they have always been jehoho's super special people. If that's true, why did they believe that nonsense? Was jehoho smoking crack back then or something?
Posts by rebel8
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34Fade Fail: Not as Easy as I'd Like
by Hadriel inthis has been tough.
very tough actually.
because i'm so integrated into things including certain tasks which i can't say as it would be a dead giveaway i find myself constantly bombarded by things.. i'm literally a lying every day.
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Funny things to not do at the Memorial
by rebel8 inpull out a can of cheese whiz, top the bread with it, and take a nibble.. .
say really loud...."oh, wow!
jesus' body is really tasty this year!".
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rebel8
Brothers, show your respect by wearing a proper suit and tie--and not any of those forbidden skinny pants, either.
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Fade Fail: Not as Easy as I'd Like
by Hadriel inthis has been tough.
very tough actually.
because i'm so integrated into things including certain tasks which i can't say as it would be a dead giveaway i find myself constantly bombarded by things.. i'm literally a lying every day.
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rebel8
Well there is a 10-step book actually, but no truthful book says there's something simple or painless.
You could get jumped out of the gang, slowly fade out of their view and still take some lashes, or flee and cut off contact so they can't punish you to your face.
I wonder if there are some retorts you could memorize for the moments when they spit back the twisted old claptrap. Something that sounds like old school loyalty but takes it one step too far--for example--like how jehulahoop's organization has always had Thee Truth, even when the Golden Age wrote that germs didn't exist and the cure for the common cold was to jump up and down naked.
For your enjoyment: Golden Age Goodies
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what buzz word from the jw's do you hate & why?
by Sabin inso my hubby has been on a bit of a roll about the jdubs, we were talking a lot about them & he said the buzz word he hate's the most is "worldly" why?
because he say's "with that one word they have condemned (according to their believes) a person as being worthy of nothing but death.
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rebel8
One of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Cultspeak. Gross. Makes me want to hurl.
No normal person speaks that way. For example: "I'm one of Catholics," "I'm one of Jews."
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The argument over wood petrification and the pertification of animal dung?
by Crazyguy inthere's two sides to the explanation of petrified wood not sure yet about what creationists say about petrified dung.
on one side evelutionists say it's a long process the creationists say it happen rapidly caused by noah's flood and after.
has anyone really looked into this argument to see if there a decisive way to show the bible believers wrong.
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rebel8
Rapid petrification does seem possible with hot mineral water.
Why not do an experiment in your own home to confirm?
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The Way JW Females Act
by LaurenM inthe more i interact with non-jw men and women the more i notice that i still behave like a jw woman.
when i interact with people (men especially) i find myself being super submissive and docile.
acting like i don't have a brain and can't make decisions on my own.
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rebel8
Very interesting!
Unfortunately, I can't help you. I am naturally a non-submissive person. I don't even know how to reverse engineer it. Hopefully others can give you good advice here.
Or maybe this is simpler than that--maybe you just do the same techniques you do with all the other brainwashing issues?
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What's the point?
by punkofnice ini mean, i don't want to be miserable or anything, but what's the bloody point of it all?.
since i left the watchtower cult, i have come to realise that god cannot possibly exist...and if a god exists...god is indifferent to humankind as the least.. in 100 years time i'll be gone.
kaput.
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rebel8
Ok so I thought of an illustration(TM).
Once I was on a cruise. It was a very nice boat but the trip did not turn out at all like I had planned. My single friend brought her mama with us (without telling me she was doing this) and mama got constant doting. So I was alone all the time.
The ship was really nice but I was hoping for a more hoppin' singles experience--I went to the "club" and was the only one there. When we did the muster drill, they asked singles to raise their hands and less than 10 people total raised their hands--I kid you not. I tried to talk to the single gentlemen but they responded like I was an infidel tart and would not talk back. It was more of a "rich senior citizen" type of experience.
So I pouted for a while. I had spent my $ and limited vacation time on this. I was mad at my friend. I wanted to get off the ship and fly home.
Then I decided, what the hell, I'm just going to make the best of it. I've already spent the $ and there's nothing I can do to change that.
Relaxation was widely available, so I soaked myself in the various hot tubs until I was a raisin. I went to all the events on the schedule. I learned how to fold napkins into shapes. I learned to dance the Hustle with an overly tanned wrinkly dude in a Speedo and thick gold chains buried in lots of chest hair. I ate some extremely good food. I struck up conversations with the staff. I looked at the stars. I felt the breeze. I read lots of books.
So life is not what we would like it to be, but it's all there is. You can make the best of it or not, but the outcome's the same.
The moral of the story is you need to take a Hustle lesson.
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What's the point?
by punkofnice ini mean, i don't want to be miserable or anything, but what's the bloody point of it all?.
since i left the watchtower cult, i have come to realise that god cannot possibly exist...and if a god exists...god is indifferent to humankind as the least.. in 100 years time i'll be gone.
kaput.
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rebel8
Dahlink. I have the solution.
Build a life worth living. That's it. There is nothing more to it.
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Proof of false prophecies...in pictures
by rebel8 inpost photographic evidence of dubs' false prophecies.
i'll start:.
the preaching work will conclude in the 20th century.
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rebel8
Awake! 1969 May 22 p.15
"If you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things. Why not? Because all the evidence in fulfillment of Bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years. Of the generation that observed the beginning of the "last days" in 1914, Jesus foretold: "This generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur."-Matt. 24:34. Therefore, as a young person, you will never fulfill any career that this system offers. If you are in high school and thinking about a college education, it means at least four, perhaps even six or eight more years to graduate into a specialized career. But where will this system of things be by that time? It will be well on the way toward its finish, if not actually gone! Bill Clinton (J.D. from Yale, 1973)
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Proof of false prophecies...in pictures
by rebel8 inpost photographic evidence of dubs' false prophecies.
i'll start:.
the preaching work will conclude in the 20th century.
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rebel8
Rebel8, not to be hyper-critical (although I am the self-appointed ASSHOLE on this board - no one else, JUST ME) but your quoted "prophecy" seems to be a compression of at least two statements.Do you prefer the dunking pool or the tanning booth turned up to eleven?
Yes it is, because the first establishes the time frame, which is required to show it's a false prophecy. Otherwise it would just be some ol' stupid claim that hasn't come true yet.
And that is exactly how it was told. In the late 1990s this was to occur.
I prefer the dunking pool because I know witches such as myself will survive that. :D I am so pale I get blisters just from walking by a tanning bed.
