So if my calculations are correct SnuggleBunny you left about three years before the world was supposed to end. Forty plus years after that fiasco this guy is still there hanging around the Kingdom Hall sucking up the latest lies. You're still here enjoying your soup. Still no sign of Jehovah's magic kingdom. I wonder if it ever crosses his mind how he has wasted his life chasing a ridiculous fantasy.
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Just Got Dubbed..
by snugglebunny inso there i was earlier today, enjoying a spot of lunch in a pleasant little cafe whilst out shopping, when up came a fella i vaguely recognised from the dim and distant past just as i was tucking into my highland soup with bread roll and butter..
"i would never ignore you you know".. "eh?
what" i ventured wondering wtf is this all about.
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Special event this weekend
by TweetieBird inwas talking with a family member today and they said that there is something special going on at the kh this weekend.
any idea what it is?
they said that some kind of broadcast from bethel for everyone..
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I was wondering what the meeting was about myself. I thought they might be announcing a new line of snack foods to be sold from their witnessing carts. They might as well do something useful while they're out there was wasting their day counting time.
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I'll pray for you
by I quit! inone thing over the years social media has made me painfully aware of is how many times i see someone use the phrase "i'll pray for you" and the outcome is bad.
recently a friend of mine who at one time was my manager where i worked got cancer.
a lot of people were praying for him.
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steve2 you're too logical. I'll pray for you!
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I'll pray for you
by I quit! inone thing over the years social media has made me painfully aware of is how many times i see someone use the phrase "i'll pray for you" and the outcome is bad.
recently a friend of mine who at one time was my manager where i worked got cancer.
a lot of people were praying for him.
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"Is prayer more powerful the more people who pray for you - kind of like a popularity contest? "Sorry, God will not answer your prayer because you only got 50 people to pray whilst your neighbor will be helped because she got 500".
Kind of reminds me of Facebook. Does God work on "likes" system. "If I can get 5000 likes I'll help this person"
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JW Cultish Thoughts about RIP!
by Iamallcool inones who are lovers of jehovah .
dont say rip .
rip is also pagan in origin.
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How about a JW version? NMDD (no more door to door)
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I'll pray for you
by I quit! inone thing over the years social media has made me painfully aware of is how many times i see someone use the phrase "i'll pray for you" and the outcome is bad.
recently a friend of mine who at one time was my manager where i worked got cancer.
a lot of people were praying for him.
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One thing over the years social media has made me painfully aware of is how many times I see someone use the phrase "I'll pray for you" and the outcome is bad. Recently a friend of mine who at one time was my manager where I worked got cancer. A lot of people were praying for him. He had one chemo treatment and he was gone.
A while back I had to go to the hospital for some test. No big deal I'm fine but at the time my sister who goes to church regularly said she was praying for me. A very cynical though came into my head. " It was please don't. The last few people you prayed for are now dead". I didn't say it because I new it would be wrong to do so. She doesn't have the same sarcastic sense of humor I have.
It's not that in the past I haven't felt praying for people doesn't make any difference one way or the other. I'm pretty sure that's how I felt even back in my JW days though that was a long time ago and it is hard to remember exactly what I thought back then. The thing is now in the age of social media I see the "praying for you" or I'll pray for you" comments so often that when there is a bad outcome to the situation its more in my face than it was before.
Just wondering what others think on this subject.
I'm praying that Outlaw will see this and have a comment :)
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US news article about low JW education causing problems in life - interesting
by Gorbatchov ingood article, a must read, from my perception.. i did a bachelor and master since 2001, having the same opinion, for a better present and future and for my and family sake: being an educated person, gaining respect and being proud of what i could realize in life.
a win - win situation.. http://www.npr.org/tags/510831679/jehovahs-witnesses.
for present jw and non present jw's, take your change and take the path to higher education.. g.. g..
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Great article. The problems I saw with the members of my family that were JWs were similar to what Amber mentioned. The parents weren't qualified to teach. They had no formal learning themselves no real interest in seeing that their children got an education. Also there was a lack of discipline. The children did whatever they felt like doing all day. They had no preparation for the real world and it is hurting them now. Not much chance of any child raised that way ever going to college.
Then you have the ones that loved school and wanted to learn and get a better education but were denied by their parents. I know a lot of those also.
I remember the late Bill Cetnar saying he told Knorr that he would like to go to school and become an attorney. Knorr told him there wasn't enough time left. That must have been in the 1940s so about 70 plus years ago. Or maybe it was the fifties. Anyway a long time ago.
Its really sad how they ruins kids dreams and replace them with peddling magazines for their fantasy kingdom.
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The movie moment that woke me up.
by NikL ini can still remember the day.
sitting in a theater watching the new star trek flick.. they were searching for god and found him...or did they?.
when this part played before my eyes i literally felt my heart fall.. still powerful after all these years.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnxvkjav5ik.
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Thanks for the reply. I'm always interested in what wakes people up. From what I've seen it can be just about anything. With me the meeting went first. I was still a JW in parts of my mind but couldn't stand going to the meeting. I would do anything to avoid going to them.
My wife is also still a JW so I can understand the frustrations associated with that.
If I were you I'd smoke a little of you wife's pot be for going to the meetings to make them a little more tolerable.
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The movie moment that woke me up.
by NikL ini can still remember the day.
sitting in a theater watching the new star trek flick.. they were searching for god and found him...or did they?.
when this part played before my eyes i literally felt my heart fall.. still powerful after all these years.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnxvkjav5ik.
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So what happened after that NikL? Did you start seeing all the flaws in what you were taught? Did you continue going to meetings?
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Did you ever experience true kindness in the Org?
by HereIgo ini remember when i was about 17, i started shunning an older brother because he was disfellowshipped.
when i graduated high school, he pulled me aside and said " i know you are not supposed to talk to me, but i want you to have this" it was a gift that he had custom made for me.
i was so blown away, we never even had a real conversation before.
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Yes, there were lots of witnesses in the area where I lived that were good people. When I was young and had no money I had a JW loan me one of his cars for about a month when mine wasn't working so I could get to work. I always had lots of help whenever I moved or needed help with something. I always had friends to do things with. Go to the beach. Ski trips to Mammoth etc.
My problem was never with the people (well most of them) I just didn't believe it was the truth anymore and didn't want to be a Jdub anymore. The hardest thing for me was knowing that most if not all of the witness I knew would have nothing to do with me once I left but it had to be done. I'm sure I would have left a lot sooner if I had the some of the experience I see people post here with elders and witnesses at the halls they attended.