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  Is life any better now?

  by onacruse in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  recent conversations and threads prompt me to ask these questions:.

  have humans evolved/developed/learned beyond what we were several thousand years ago?.

  do you think life, in general, is better now?.

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  mtbatoon

  Different times different problems. Blown up by a terrorist bomb or skewered on a mammoth tusk. Take your pick.
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  just introducing myself

  by adri2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i never did become a jw but i did associate with them for a few years by attending meetings, going house to house, and all that fun stuff.

  anyway, i have so much in my mind that i cannot possibly say in one post.

  basically i saw/heard many things during my association with jw that i just didn't agree with or just made me wonder if they were truly teaching the "truth", which i have recently come to the conclusion that there is no truth.

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  mtbatoon

  Hi Adri2. Always nice to get an alternative view on things. Look forward to reading you soon.
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  Two types of elder?????

  by chuckyy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  its my experience after actually being an elder for a number of years that there are in fact...two types of elder.. type 1....genuine, actually cares about the people in the congregation and wasn't actually bothered too much if he became an elder or not.. type 2....very legalistic, cares more about organizational laws rather than people and lacks compassion and empathy.

  this type is more of a spiritual policeman.

  he wanted desperately to be an elder and now that he is, he loves the sense of power and prestige.. this has been my experience and if there are more type 2 elders on a body, the results can be disastrous.. what has been your experience???

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  mtbatoon

  Wow. I was thinking about the exact same thing last night and the answers here today. Must be some sort of divine spirit at work guiding me to the answers I seek. On the other hand it might just be one of them bloody coincidences.

  What worried me is there where a few that it retrospect aren?t as thick as they?re stupid looking. The ones with the slightly better job (usually some sort of salesman), better car, better house. I?m now wondering if there might be a few funny handshakes going on at the back of the hall?
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  Chauvanism or Chivalry?

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  over the years i have become less of male chauvanist pig and much more chivalrous - my wife says she as a woman likes men to be men and hold doors open for her and stand up on an airport shuttle bus etc .

  if there are no seats left.

  to me the wtbts is very chauvanistic and not very chivalrous.

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  mtbatoon

  stillajwexelder : what do you ladies like

  the best answer to that I've had from the Mrs is "not needing to be asked". As I like a lady thats a challenge thats fine by me.
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  Cathedrals

  by Peppermint in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since leaving the jw?s i have developed a real appreciation of old cathedrals.

  these places are beautiful and really took some building.

  how boring and lifeless kingdom halls are in comparison.

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  mtbatoon

  They are works of art. I lived in Canterbury for a time and loved looking round the one there. If you?re of a mind, to get into their construction to appreciate what a feat it was to build them. Also bear in mind that at the time they where built most people live in small wood built houses and the cathedrals where the skyscrapers of the day.
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  Bloody Mary...

  by Englishman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i always have mine with worcester sauce.. oddly, i have heard that some people prefer it without.

  how wierd is that?.

  englishman.

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  mtbatoon

  I?ve tried both, the Tabasco I?ve always thought of as the original but for preference I?ll take the Worcester Sauce, it?s the anchovies don?t?ch know.
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  Favourite Horror/Comedy

  by the_classicist in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  mine is "shaun of the dead.

  " such a funny movie ("its on random!").

  besides being funny it also has genuine horror elements that you wouldn't expect plus an evisceration.

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  mtbatoon

  Life of Brian
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  Forbidden Pleasures

  by mtbatoon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

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  after leaving, what (excluding the obvious bit of slap and tickle) is your favourite forbidden pleasure.

  for me black pudding, full of bloody goodness

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  mtbatoon

  Dirty Jokes and a good f?ing swear.
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  What upset you about your past in the org?

  by Nicolas in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  personnally, what upset me the most is all the wasted time.

  i'm now 21 years old, you'll say that i'm still young but i know someone you were at the same elementary school than me and she's now in university.

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  mtbatoon

  Being a small child lying in bed at night scared s$%tless that the worlds about to end.
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  Tell Me----Why Do Those Critical Of This Site, Post Here???

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  any ideas?

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  mtbatoon

  Maybe she sorry any critical poster thinks that by tying us up with her roundabout answers she they are keeping us from going out and tempting good JW?s with our wicked worldly ways, music, drinking, sex, drugs, black pudding, taking on different forms.