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  Churches = Goat Factory

  by Wild_Thing in

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  when i was kid, when we would pass a church, my dad would point to it and say, "look!

  there's a goat factory!

  he never explained that he was trying to be funny and young kids take things quite literal.

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  blondie and LongHairGal ... exactly! They act like they have the authority as judge and jury over everyone.

  Many years ago, I was going through the grocery line with my 2-3 year old nephew in the basket. The lady at the check out counter was decked out for Christmas with the hat and festive gear. My nephew looked at her and said, "Jehovah is going to destroy you." I was so embarrassed! And it was one of those ah-ha moments for me that I realized we are teaching him to hate!

  BTW ... that little nephew just made his own break from the borg about a year ago! So proud! :)
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  Is the GB against JWs having pets?

  by NAVYTOWN in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does anyone know what was said at the recent ras about jws owning pets?

  was it discouraged strongly?

  hopefully jw pet owners will tell the organization to f-off!

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  I have never heard of this.
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  The Ravings of Trolls Distracts FOCUS From Real Watchtower Scandals

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  my thread was inspired by gentledawn's insightful comment about the effect the events in wales had on her jw husband.... hope any lurkers out there can filter out the signal (storys and experiences like this) to noise (the current trolls running amok on the forums) ratios.

  this the problem with those who focus on outrageous fantasies about the watchtower.

  it distracts from the real issues that need to be highlighted.. what happened in wales was for real.

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  Solution: Ignore the worm; notice the hook.

  Terry, VERY well said!
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  I am Back on JWN and out of hospital

  by KateWild in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey everyone,.

  thanks qcf and nugget for starting threads.

  thanks cofty for wondering where i was.

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  Wild_Thing

  So happy to hear you are doing well! There will be no judgment from me about going back to the meetings. Everybody has their reasons and family is a pretty big reason. Even if you can't physically break free from them yet, there is a lot of freedom in just knowing the ttatt.
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  What do you think?

  by rosie70 in

  1. social
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  it happened to one of my friends.

  what do you think of the guy's behavior?.

  a girl and a guy are coworkers.

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  Getting a tattoo together isn't exactly what I would have thought to be the next logical step in their relationship. It seems odd.

  I've hugged and held hands with plenty, but I've never wanted to get a tattoo with them.
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  How much punishment can WT take

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in some ways i just have to admire wt for the amount of crap they can take and despite this can keep it from the r&f, and still keep coming up smelling of roses.

  you think about all the dramas they have had and can yet still keep showing an increase - all be it in internet deprived developing countries.

  but even still an over all increase is still an increase.

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  There has been a huge increase in Christianity in third world countries, in general, not just for the JWs, thanks to other extremist religions sending missionaries and doing the exact same thing the JWs are doing. And here they thought they were so special! As it turns out, they are just like every other extremist religion forcing their brand of Christianity onto the unsuspecting, very poor people in 3rd world countries.

  And no, I don't hear them emphasize the fact that their numbers are shrinking in developed worlds and growing in 3rd world countries. I wonder why that is ...
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  Churches = Goat Factory

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i was kid, when we would pass a church, my dad would point to it and say, "look!

  there's a goat factory!

  he never explained that he was trying to be funny and young kids take things quite literal.

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  Wild_Thing

  Christianity has used goats symbolically as being the opposite of sheep... ie Goats ==> 'bad'; Sheep ==> 'good'. Goats also figure prominently in Islamic peoples' cultures. So goat is anti-Christian. It's really all a pile of crap-ola.

  Exactly! Sorry, I thought that everyone would catch on to that, but maybe not. Anybody non-JW was considered a goat. When I was growing up, the JWs talked about the sheep vs. the goats thing all the time. Going out in field service was considered to be the work of separating the sheep from the goats. I heard recently (or read) that they changed their view on that and decided the separation would take place later, not now. Awful big of them of them to reserve their sentence of judgement until later.
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  The people i least get along with are EX- J.Ws

  by new hope and happiness in

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  2. friends

  i am not talking about posters here on this board ( otherwise i wouldn't be here would i) but in general.. si i am talking those ex j.ws in my community and we just dont get on.

  well ok its a bit of an exaggeration to say i don't get on with them, we just dont associate.

  this botherd me at first as i thought we would have much in common, but it wasn't so, and it's just the way it is.

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  The best thing about being out of the Borg is the freedom to be friends with who you want, and not being forced into fake friendships just because you have the same religious affiliation. It's nice, isn't it?
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  The Ravings of Trolls Distracts FOCUS From Real Watchtower Scandals

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  my thread was inspired by gentledawn's insightful comment about the effect the events in wales had on her jw husband.... hope any lurkers out there can filter out the signal (storys and experiences like this) to noise (the current trolls running amok on the forums) ratios.

  this the problem with those who focus on outrageous fantasies about the watchtower.

  it distracts from the real issues that need to be highlighted.. what happened in wales was for real.

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  Wild_Thing

  Simon: The forum and the community has matured considerably in the last 10+ years

  Yes, it has! I was so pleasantly surprised when I started frequenting this board again on a regular basis! Thanks for keeping an eye on this situation.
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  Churches = Goat Factory

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i was kid, when we would pass a church, my dad would point to it and say, "look!

  there's a goat factory!

  he never explained that he was trying to be funny and young kids take things quite literal.

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  Wild_Thing

  When I was kid, when we would pass a church, my dad would point to it and say, "Look! There's a goat factory!"

  He never explained that he was trying to be funny and young kids take things quite literal. I don't remember how long I thought there were actual goats inside churches, but I don't think it was too long.

  Has anybody ever heard of JWs say something so silly?