Posts by rebel8

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Using the term "Watchtower" when talking to a JW

by Sanchy in

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has anyone else noticed how alarm bells go off inside a jw mind as soon as they hear someone that "is out" refer to the leaders of this org as "watchtower"?

i've chatted with a few friends now about my doubts and each and every time i've started using phrases such as "watchtower said this" or "watchtower did that", i can almost see their heads about to explode in anger, as if they've just realized they are talking to the lucifer himself.

some have even interrupted and corrected me by reminding me that it's not "watchtower", it's "god's organization".

rebel8

I always thought this was because the postates were the ones who started criticizing "The Watchtower" during The Great Apostasy in the 1980s.

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I feel slightly demonized after watching this

by rebel8 in

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https://www.facebook.com/officialanttix/videos/1344960652199711/.

“the essence, the soul, of disco was shown to be free,“liberated” sexual expression….satan is manipulating this world for his own purposes, shouldn’t we expect that he would also use the world’s entertainment in his efforts to turn people from true worship?” awake 1979 dec 22 p.20.

to cure me of the demons i just caught, maybe i should say 5 hail marys look at jw dot org 3x and put a napkin on my head the next 5 times my husband is in the room.

rebel8

AWAKE! - MARCH 22, 1979
Disco - Is it for you?

OMG I totally remember that article--it changed my life. I was 11.

All of a sudden, I could not hang around the kids in the neighborhood because they were engaging in homosexual African fertility dances.. (Don't ask me how it could be both homosexual and a fertility dance. The two would seem to contradict each other due to biology.)

I remember being told to refuse to listen to disco, watch TV and movies with my little friends because they were Satanic, fertility rituals, and gay. I am telling you, only abused 11-year olds talk like this. It is just so abnormal.

I lost a good friend over this specific magazine. To this day, she remembers this, as do I.

And all we were doing is dancing around in her basement, getting good, healthy exercise, and watching a movie here and there.

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I feel slightly demonized after watching this

by rebel8 in

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https://www.facebook.com/officialanttix/videos/1344960652199711/.

“the essence, the soul, of disco was shown to be free,“liberated” sexual expression….satan is manipulating this world for his own purposes, shouldn’t we expect that he would also use the world’s entertainment in his efforts to turn people from true worship?” awake 1979 dec 22 p.20.

to cure me of the demons i just caught, maybe i should say 5 hail marys look at jw dot org 3x and put a napkin on my head the next 5 times my husband is in the room.

rebel8

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAnttix/videos/1344960652199711/

“The essence, the soul, of disco was shown to be free,“liberated” sexual expression….Satan is manipulating this world for his own purposes, shouldn’t we expect that he would also use the world’s entertainment in his efforts to turn people from true worship?” Awake 1979 Dec 22 p.20

To cure me of the demons I just caught, maybe I should ~~say 5 Hail Marys~~ look at jw dot org 3x and put a napkin on my head the next 5 times my husband is in the room. Would that do it?

Looks like completely wholesome fun to me, and good exercise. (Does anyone have the rest of the quote above? I remember talk of disco being a voodoo fertility ritual or something like that.)

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Ex-Jehovah's Witness Deborah Frances-White on door knocking with Michael Jackson and ditching the 'cult'

by jwleaks in

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deborah frances-white.

always a laugh and a blast from my past life on the gold coast.. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/ex-jehovahs-witness-deborah-frances-white-on-door-knocking-with/.

deborah frances-white is a comedian and writer.

rebel8

She says MJ went door knocking in a limo. That is so odd...the rumor in the US is he went in disguise. A limo would draw attention.

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Greetings

by jeanniebeanzz in

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it's been some time.

wondering if anyone remembers me from the 'old days'.

:).

rebel8

I remember you.

I'm hanging around here only for the free beer.

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Were YOU forced into a loveless marriage?

by Nathan Natas in

many young jw women are "married off" to virtual strangers, often older men, soon after they are of legal age.. did this happen to you?.

did it happen to a close friend or sibling?.

tell us about it.. from universal life ministries on facebook:.

rebel8

It does happen among JWs. They just cloak it thickly and pretend it isn't really arranged marriage.

I think I had a thread about it years ago, where people told their stories.

I was heavily pressured to marry a bro older than me after meeting him 1 day (as far as I recall, it was so long ago). I think we went in FS one day or maybe twice. I enjoyed talking with him but had no romantic interest in him. He suddenly wrote me a letter stating he had prayed to jehoover to find him a bride with my specific physical attributes, so he knows our relationship was meant to be.

Everyone was really pressuring me to marry him right after that. He lived in a foreign country. I just...what the...I told them all they are wackos. (This honesty about them being wrong might have something to do with my lack of popularity.)

The "arranged" part was that he was sent in FS with me as a hook up. He was single and at the KH one Sunday, and the group decision was I would be matched up with him.

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I need to know more on why its a problem for me dating a JW girl.

by seekinghelpp in

ok not to throw no shade or no disrespect to the jw religion.

which i truly do respect because my girlfriend is part of but i just don't understand, i have researched so much about it.

so much about how its discouraged for her to be with me just cause of different religion.

rebel8

The safety of herself, you (if you're unconscious and she is legally allowed to make medical decisions for you), and your children...enough said.

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Canadian Appeal Court decision made the news: Judges can overturn unfair church edicts

by AndersonsInfo in

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http://news.nationalpost.com/news/religion/alberta-appeal-court-rules-judges-can-overturn-unfair-church-edicts.

the other day, this court decision was posted on jwn along with a link to the court document, but few expected the media to pick up the story.

so to all involved, i understand it was a surprise to see the story in print.

rebel8

A part of me wants them to stay as crazy as possible, as a repellent.

The more mainstream they become, the more people will join.

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Dating

by Holden Caufield in

who else as a result of being a jw has been cynical of relationships..

rebel8

LOL steve2!!!!

OP, heck yes, I am cynical about all homo sapiens. How I am married, I will never know.

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The Real Reason why the WT predicted Armageddon in 1975

by OrphanCrow in

i am of the opinion that the wt doctrine is influenced more by external factors that it is by internal ones.

one of the doctrines that has puzzled me for some time is the armageddon prediction of 1975. why would the wts make this prediction?

what was their real purpose?.

rebel8

Is it right, that the tax involved was property tax in the state of New York?

Actually, I believe it was the City of NY that was attempting to revoke the exemption.

If they paid the tax from 1971 to 1974 is there public record?

But the city lost the case, so I don't think they would have had to pay?

I looked up 25 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, BBL 3-00204-0001/0, and came up with no payment history.

97 and 107 Columbia Heights are registered to WTS as a multi-unit dwelling and pay a $13 fee per year for each.

http://nycserv.nyc.gov/NYCServWeb/NYCSERVMain

None of the property I checked had records on this website dating back to the 1970s though. Just a random bit of info.