Posts by Fatfreek

31

Dallas Apostafest. Official Friday Night Invite

by Sparkplug in

jw
friends

ok you all, i have worked myself and my kids to the bone so that you may have a good time in an ok place this coming friday the 28th.

starting at 8pm and ending (at least the dj) about 11:30...we can still hang as late as wanted....you are invited to join me and some of the finest and strangest mixed group i know in celebrating life and a journey well traveled.

this is my graduation party and yes children are invited!!.

Fatfreek

I will PM you for directions and a contact phone number. We should be somewhere in Dallas by midafternoon. We'll phone by Thurs nite for instructions from you: 1. Should we bring cash to reimburse or 2. should we bring anything else that hasn't been comitted? Fats

27

What if we wrote letters to the Society.....

by Lady Liberty in

goodmorning all and "happy saturday"!!.

i recently had a very upsetting conversation regarding my stand with my active aunt.

for 4 hours i tried to reason with her on many issues.

Fatfreek

This may be relevant to your question. I am now looking at a copy of a letter I composed shortly after I DA'd myself. This letter I, in turn, convinced one of my neighbors to send to the society. The date was 12/10/1978. I'll transcribe a bit of it here.
Remember, this was pre-internet days.
"Gentlemen:

I've read some publications recently which quote from, and even present to the reader in photostat form, "pages" of some of your older literature. I find this literature is not available at my local library for reference.

I would like to have verified the authenticity of some of the quotations before attempting to draw any conclusions. Therefore, I believe the only fair way to do it is to ask the publisher who is "supposed" to be the originator. Your reply on this will be sincerely appreciated. The quotations are as follows:

(snip, snip .. quotations ranged from Faithful and Discreet Slave teaching flip flops to Millions booklet prediction of 1925, etc, snip, snip)

My questions are:
1. Are the above statements accurately quoted?

2. If not, exactly where do they deviate from being accurate?

Yours truly,

RB"

My point to all this is this -- neighbor RB never received a response from Brooklyn. She did, however, receive a visit from two older fellows in suits and ties, who quickly determined she was not interested in studying with them in the conventional way, that she just a trouble-maker.

Fats

19

Another Bold Faced Lying Watchtower (Aug. 1, 06)

by metatron in

"dignity for all - soon!

" , proclaims the 8/1/'06 watchtower cover!.

do jehovah's witnesses really believe that dignity for all is soon?

Fatfreek

Where's Bill Clinton when you need him?
It all depends on what you mean by the word dignity.

(er -- certainly not what Webster means)

Fats

48

Are you happier out of the org?

by dobbie in

hi everyone i was just wondering if those of you that have left the org for whatever reason, have found your'e much happier than when you were in it?probably a daft question but i tried to talk to a friend about how i was feeling about a few things and why i don't go to meetings and she said would i really be any happier out than in?it just got me thinking about why i joined in the first place, because i was lonely and down, although i still am several years later it seems!have you found life better on the outside?did you feel a sense of freedom or was it really hard to adjust?when i try to explain what i find hard in the religion they can always say something back that then makes me think i was wrong in the first place and it is the truth after all - aagh!

Fatfreek

Anyone who left were forbidden to speak to those still inside the tent. There they sat, beet-red, telling each other that at least they were happier in the tent.

Thanks for sharing that one, Jgnat. For a never-dub and simply married to one, you have extreme insight.

Fats

6

JW sexual assault in Denver

by purplesofa in

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_4067129.

article launched: 07/19/2006 01:00:00 am mdt.

denver & the west.

Fatfreek

Has anyone seen this article?

Not until you posted it. Thanks for sharing.

BTW, I like your new avatar.
Fats

7

Great Answer to Witnesses

by SixofNine in

jw
friends

...when they ask what you offer to replace their faith, or they imply that theirs is the only hope for the massive problems in the world and ask "where (else) are we to go?"..

"[t]hat i have no remedy for all the sorrows of the world is no reason for my accepting yours.

it simply supports the strong probability that yours is a fake.".

Fatfreek

I like it!

Fats

Weather radar maps online

by Fatfreek in

jw
friends

yes, they're available from several web sites.

i have my favorite.

what i'm looking for, however, is a place that archives them.

Fatfreek

Yes, they're available from several web sites. I have my favorite. Most of us use them.
What I'm looking for, however, is a place that archives them. Is there such a place? I mean, what did the weather radar look like three days ago between 3 and 4 pm?
Fats

6

I just wrote to an elder

by Fatfreek in

i just wrote to a former friend and current elder.

i'd like him to check out one of my jwd postings.

i suspect, since we haven't seen each other in some 35 years, he'll do it out of curiosity.

Fatfreek

Why, if used appropriately, this could constitute "theocratic warfare!"

That wouldn't hardly be fair at all. No, wait -- I think someone said, "All is fair in love and theocratic war".

Fats

58

What's the BIGGEST LIE you ever heard?

by nicolaou in

.

someone i knew stood up at the convention to answer her two baptism questions both with a "yes".

she was having an affair with a married brother at the time.. but i'd top my 'biggest lie' list with four small words; "in the beginning, god"

Fatfreek

I can just hear the apologists in the background, "Oh, yes, we make mistakes. We're not perfect".

Let me remind you what my mama told me about lying.

There's no such thing as an honest lie!

Fats

6

I just wrote to an elder

by Fatfreek in

i just wrote to a former friend and current elder.

i'd like him to check out one of my jwd postings.

i suspect, since we haven't seen each other in some 35 years, he'll do it out of curiosity.

Fatfreek

Thanks for the encouragement, Drew.
I had two reasons to start this thread. One of them, of course, is the letter is sent to Allen.
The other, and one that I don't want to get lost is TinyUrl.com, a free service that takes an internet address, an URL, and shortens it -- but more important, in some cases, disguises it. Try it once and you'll probably like it:
http://tinyurl.com

For example, http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/116798/reply.ashx turns into:http://tinyurl.com/huo7b

Fats