Posts by donny

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No one who leaves "the truth" is ever happy?

by El_Guapo in

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for years, i was told this..... " anyone who leaves the org is bitter, sad, and worse off, why do you think they come back???

guess what guys i am the opposite, now i quit cold-turkey (looking back, i should have faded correctly) i am planning on going to the memorial this month just to hear all "the friends" tell me how much they missed me.

since i have left the meetings, (jan. was my last meeting, i think).

donny

I remember the year I began attending meetings (1982), they released a brochure called "Enjoy Life on Earth Forever." I remember reading its contents and looking at the pictures and thinking "wow, this is pretty cool."

Years later as I was waking up to reality, I was going through the brochure again and noticed how much BS was in its pages. The pictures depicting a meeting in progress show everyone with this gleeful smile on their faces. Another picture is of a young man witnessing to friends who are eagerly hanging on to every word he says.

I sat back and wondered "Why have I not ever seen these kinds of smiles in my congregation?"

I soon realized it was because it was all propoganda. It was all crap to keep one in the fold.

I definitley felt happier upon leaving the Society and I have never regretted it.

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JW bumper stickers

by innerpeace in

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so my husband (who was never a jw) saw a christian bumper sticker today and asked me if the witnesses have any.

i said no (not that i know of anyway) so here are a few he came up with.. 'honk if you're a zombie'.

'my other car is noah's ark'.

donny

We're the Thinkingest folks around

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POLL: How long did you remain a JW from point of baptism to leaving the KH

by Terry in

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i was baptised --1963. left in 1978. fifteen years.

pre-baptism, another 5 years.

donny

Started attending meetings in Jan 1982.

Baptized in June 1983

Disassociated on Sept 30, 1992.

So I was a member for just over 9 years.

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From laundry mat to laundry mat

by donny in

about three years ago, i was walking past a local laundry mat and i noticed some of the society s publications laying on the chairs by the window.

so i walked inside and found an awake from 1995 and a watchtower from 1989. the latter one was funny to me because i was still in the organization when it was released.

i couldnt help but be shocked at how old these magazines were.

donny

About three years ago, I was walking past a local laundry mat and I noticed some of the Society’ s publications laying on the chairs by the window. So I walked inside and found an Awake from 1995 and a Watchtower from 1989. The latter one was funny to me because I was still in the organization when it was released.

I couldn’t help but be shocked at how old these magazines were. Back in my day, the magazines I left behind were rarely over a year old, let alone 20. I have since noticed this is not an isolated incident.

I was in a laundry mat a few months ago and I heard a man say "Why are you looking forward to 1975? How's that looking forward?"

I realized that he was looking a magazine from the late 1960's! Obviously some Witness thought he was doing a good thing by sharing these pamphlets of truth.

Or was it a devious act? Did some former JW decide to clean their home of this unwanted clutter and left it there to sow mass confusion. Muwahaha!

In my JW time I had about 20 magazines per issue allotted for my field service activities. Of course I rarely placed that much and hardly ever recouped my 25 cent per mag investment. As a result the stockpile of magazines would grow as I placed them in a container in the garage.

Then every few months me and one or two other publishers in similar circumstanses would gather them up and spend several hours on a Saturday going from laundry mat to laundry mat offloading the stockpile in hopes that someone might see the light or at least use them for kindling.

How many years of magazines did/do you have piled up in the garage or closet and what eventually became of them?

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How to Pick Your Religion

by Gojira_101 in

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https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1441&bih=654&q=how+to+pick+your+religion+chart&oq=how+to+pick+your+religion+chart&gs_l=img.3..0i24.3120.8903.0.9221.31.16.0.15.15.1.205.2058.5j10j1.16.0...0.0...1ac.1.4.img.syy2hmj5xae#imgrc=vvicewc0cwngfm%3a%3bdabhdbtixg5fam%3bhttp%253a%252f%252fcontemplatingtruth.files.wordpress.com%252f2011%252f05%252fchoosing-your-religion-flowchart.jpg%3bhttp%253a%252f%252fcontemplatingtruth.wordpress.com%252fbreaktime%252freligions%252f%3b2112%3b1248.

bare with me as i figure out how to post pictures.. i thought this chart was hilarious on how to pick your religion..

donny

That about says it the way it is.

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To Mrsjones5, Freudianslip, snowbird and other folks of color

by donny in

based on the material below from the faithful and discreet slave, i was wondering if any of you experienced any of this "enlightment" during your jw sojurn.

based on your pictures, i would have to say you must have been weak in the faith.

what is puzzling though, is why did michael jackson dissassociate himself just before reaching perfection?

donny

I feel for you Miss Jones. When I need to get very close to God I just have to stay indoors for several days. You folks really have to make an effort to please the Creator.

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It's a miserable life --- Really?

by Lady Lee in

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i was at the check-out counter sitting in my wheelchair, listening to the customer behind me talk to the cashier.

he looks at her and says she looks tired.

she rings through one more of my purchases and she it has been a long day.

donny

Great post Lady Lee. I feel better just reading it.

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What is your strangest "supernatural" JW story?

by donny in

i had just became a witness and a guy i worked with, who was also a jw, told me a story that actually made me laugh and i think it upset him a bit.

the storys were almost always in the third person.

it went as follows.. this brothers wife and him were sitting at the kingdom hall on the end seats of the row next to the back of the room.

donny

Terry and Gojira,

Thanks for the updates. I am still amazed at what some of us believed and endured while still a member.

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To Mrsjones5, Freudianslip, snowbird and other folks of color

by donny in

based on the material below from the faithful and discreet slave, i was wondering if any of you experienced any of this "enlightment" during your jw sojurn.

based on your pictures, i would have to say you must have been weak in the faith.

what is puzzling though, is why did michael jackson dissassociate himself just before reaching perfection?

donny

It has been almost 5 years since this was posted. Have any of you affected folks gotten any closer to the true shade? As for me I have been in the sun lately which is making me weak in the Lord.

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What is your strangest "supernatural" JW story?

by donny in

i had just became a witness and a guy i worked with, who was also a jw, told me a story that actually made me laugh and i think it upset him a bit.

the storys were almost always in the third person.

it went as follows.. this brothers wife and him were sitting at the kingdom hall on the end seats of the row next to the back of the room.

donny

Strange, I just recently spoke to one who still attends meetings and they still talks about damn Smurfs. He stated that "Sparlock" is the JW endorsed version of a Smurf.