Posts by yodastar

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Letter From My Elder Uncle

by freemindfade in

ok guys, this is long, so i am sorry, but i think it is important to publish.

this is a glimpse into a 4 page letter (love that song) from my uber elder uncle.

as some of you may know i got tired of being in an email chain and finally lost it and lashed out.

I agree with most of the posts - in pretending to be polite about it all. It probs really isn't worth it and they already know how you feel. This sucks, just reading that made me feel like I was back and getting a good old spanking. Thank Christ I don't submit to that malarkey any longer.

Hey what's all that COME LORD JESUS stuff? Sounded like a happy clapper - not the true religion.haha

Totally agree with toesup, my old man spent way more time in the ministry than with us. Really who gives one about all the sinners if you cannot look after your own flock

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More Anointed Join the ranks

by paulmolark in

when i was an elder we had a sister who was known for providing oral pleasures to some people in the congo.

i was on the committee.

this girl for some odd reason was put on public reproof 4 times for the same thing.

yodastar

Seriously some whack jobs alright! Did the elders really approve of the age gap or did they really think it was love? Years ago we had this nut job girl accuse an elder of mucking around with her but she couldn get it to go anywhere so she then accused him of burying dead bodies of cong members under his house even though no members had gone missing!! Got the police investigating but this time the elder was indeed innocent so she just shifted congregation, probably partaking as well by now. I'd certainly want these chicks in the 144,000 ruling over us lol

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Ex-Christians being angry

by Jonathan Drake in

jw
friends

i know i'm angry.

i was curious if others are too.

i feel completely justified in my anger as well.

yodastar

Angry - hell yes but over the first decade it calmed down to a sadness of all my young relatives still being dumb dumbed. It must be and is healthy going through these emotions - it's like going through a divorce

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Happy Easter

by cofty in

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yodastar

Thanks cofty, I haven't laughed so much or felt so free for a long time. Cheers

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Worst Memorial Talk Ever!

by The Searcher in

i honestly have never heard such claptrap being delivered in a memorial talk.. the speaker repeatedly put down the way other religions administered the bread & wine, and claimed that witnesses do it exactly as the bible describes.

oh yeah????.

he forgot to mention - when reading aloud 1 corinthians 11:25 - that after passing the bread, a full meal was to be shared, before the wine was passed around!

yodastar

Love it that current attendees post on this site. I guess it's a hard habit to break but it's kind of like gluttons for punishment. When you realise you don't even have to listen to the dribble that'll be a great day. Good luck all - written with love intended not judgement, just saying..

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Religions Are - Awesome Quote

by yodastar in

my wife grew up without a religious upbringing.

she was passed down a german bible given to her grandfather in 1935 which had a hand written inscription by two jewish colleagues of her grandfather at the time.

inside was a quote either written by her relatives or anonymous, not sure which but i really had to share it as it really sums it up for me - enjoy!.

yodastar

My wife grew up without a religious upbringing. She was passed down a German bible given to her Grandfather in 1935 which had a hand written inscription by two Jewish colleagues of her Grandfather at the time. Inside was a quote either written by her relatives or anonymous, not sure which but I really had to share it as it really sums it up for me - enjoy!

Religions Are ..

The fossilized philosophies and petrified politics of past ages. Managed and modified by myths and legends to mystify and mollify the masses when they question the meaning of life.

Organised and disciplined faiths that cannot accept the investigations of an enquiring mind has no value.

All religious principles are based on the innate human moral standard that should guide our lives, these principles are for the observation of the naïve and oblivious and the guidance of the thoughtful.

Use that which meets your need, discard all that is a hindrance.

Life loves those who love life to the full.

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HBO Scientology Documentary

by tresdecu in

jw
friends

has anyone else seen the hbo scientology documentary 'going clear' - wow...cults are just mind-blowing you wonder how people can fall for that garbage, then you (those of us former/fading jws) look in the mirror.. i would love for someone to make a major jw documentary like this.

'going clear' is getting a lot of press.

poor tom cruise...he looks like quite the whack job in it too.

yodastar

Wow they have squirrel hunters. Thanks for sharing the vid. It's the same as the JW's in as far if someone is doing the thinking for you then the members don't' have to eh?

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In a nutshell, what is the wackiest jw thing?

by stuckinarut2 in

what is the wackiest...strangest....most unusual jw teaching or practice?

yodastar

Thought of some more wackies which have pissed me off

Christmas, Easter, Birthdays, National Anthems, Voting.

To be fair, I absolutely love doing them all now.

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In a nutshell, what is the wackiest jw thing?

by stuckinarut2 in

what is the wackiest...strangest....most unusual jw teaching or practice?

yodastar

Totally agree FayeDunaway with the child baptism one. I did this at 14 because my mates were! What did I know? Years later when realising that this was abuse and talking it over with an elder he did actually concede that in the story Jesus chose to do this at 30 when he was of sound mind and age. Yet they carry on forcing youngs ones by pressure to make a decision like this.

Very cultish holmes...very cultish

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In a nutshell, what is the wackiest jw thing?

by stuckinarut2 in

what is the wackiest...strangest....most unusual jw teaching or practice?

yodastar

Great post. I always thought it was wacky that after all the struggle etc. etc. to reach paradise we would have a thousands years to learn to be perfect , see all those dead people, restore the deserts to overflowing gardens and then oh no - here comes Satan again just to test us one last time. hahahahahahaha