Posts by MidwichCuckoo

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Today's WT Study Stupidity About Df'ing

by metatron in

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friends

in today's watchtower study, towards the end, you had one of those typical comments by a former df'ed witness expressing appreciation for being shunned.

these comments always remind me of a stalinist show trial in which the accused enthusiastically accepts being executed for the greater good (probably to save his family).. after this kind of nonsense is expressed, you will get a flurry of self righteous comments emphasizing how important it is to shun your disfellowshipped relatives, so that they can come back in the "truth".. oh, really?

do any of these people raising their hand realize that, if the "success" of disfellowshipping depends on your shunning, then the "repentant" person is "coming back in the truth" for the sake of their relatives -and not because of fearing jehovah !!!???.

MidwichCuckoo

sizemik - We soon broke off the conversation as I realised it was more detrimental for him than for me.

I've experienced the same thing. After one Memorial I attended (some 8 years ago-ish), I recognised someone I knew to be disfellowshipped sitting behind the back row. She was clearly trying to leave quickly after the meeting had finished, but as I sat near the back I approached her just to say 'hello' etc. She looked at floor and said, 'please go away, you'll get me in trouble'. (two elders were watching us)

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wt 7/1/11: Darwin a racist

by ParadiseCircus in

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MidwichCuckoo

By the way, who is that handsome lad in your avatar?

I'd love to be able to say my lad - but that would be a fib, lol. He's ''David'' from the Midwich Cuckoos (actor Thomas Dekker)

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wt 7/1/11: Darwin a racist

by ParadiseCircus in

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MidwichCuckoo

The WBT$ used to Teach..

Black Folks would turn White in the New System..

I recall (as a child) being told that in the New System we'd have the choice of being black or white - I think some peeps just got carried away with fantastic notions. Anyone else heard this..?

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how would you interpret this wt cover?

by therevealer in

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MidwichCuckoo

Now... is this a real WT cover or a parody?

IF it is a real cover - Then the WT using evolution imagery (which most people would recognise) I'd thought would only be in a poor light - so I'd guess at these people are 'Worldly' and showing they are accomplishing nothing between cradle to grave. Thus the subliminal (by their standards) message of false beliefs=meaningless life.

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how would you interpret this wt cover?

by therevealer in

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MidwichCuckoo

Is that a real WT cover...? As all I could see is this...

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Pimped by Grandma

by snowbird in

in 1958, when i was age 4, our mother was hospitalized in selma, alabama, 40 miles away from the backwoods of wilcox county.. our maternal grandmother took me and two of my sisters to live with her during mother's hospitalization.. the older girls were in school, so i had the long, lonely days to myself - no tv, no radio, no telephone, and worst of all, no books!.

my father taught me how to read at age 2, so i had to content myself with reading from the old newspapers and magazines with which g'ma plastered her walls.

since wallpaper was unaffordable, that was the way it was done in those days.

MidwichCuckoo

She said, "You are to answer 'Yes, sir' or 'No, sir' to him. That's a WHITE man!"

Your Grandmother was brought up (same as my grandparents) at a time when they were taught to address their 'superiors' (don't read anything untoward in that) in a certain manner. My grandfather would always address anyone in a superior position as 'sir' and tip his hat.

On a positive note, think about how much joy you gave to this (probably lonely) man.

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Pimped by Grandma

by snowbird in

in 1958, when i was age 4, our mother was hospitalized in selma, alabama, 40 miles away from the backwoods of wilcox county.. our maternal grandmother took me and two of my sisters to live with her during mother's hospitalization.. the older girls were in school, so i had the long, lonely days to myself - no tv, no radio, no telephone, and worst of all, no books!.

my father taught me how to read at age 2, so i had to content myself with reading from the old newspapers and magazines with which g'ma plastered her walls.

since wallpaper was unaffordable, that was the way it was done in those days.

MidwichCuckoo

Don't be too hard on your Grandmother Snowbird. As you said, you learned to read at a VERY young age. Your grandmother was probably very proud of you (nope, I'm not condoning her 'using' you to obtain money for her son if that's what she did - or indeed using this man's generiosity) - a pretty, well turned out grandchild with skilful reading skills would probably have been someone she'd want to 'show off'?

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That Middle Finger

by prophecor in

thru out history, has there ever been a time when throwing up that middle finger ever meant anything positive?

me thinks its been universally a bad sign from day one.

have you ever wondered?.

MidwichCuckoo

Actually, I always believed we (English) stick both fingers up (much more classy, don't you think? lol) at the French to show we can still use a longbow.

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Debate This

by Farkel in

i wrote this in december last year.

i won't be writing much more, but i do think this topic needs some debate.. it never received any when posted.

where are the watchtower or other apologists who can argue this?

I guess she don't like the cornbread, either.