Posts by MadTiger

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Can You Suggest The Perfect Song

by Nellie in

this april will mark our 25th wedding anniversary.

music has always been a part of our relationship.

back in the day, my hubby spent a lot of time in the back room because of being a dj both at witness parties and in clubs around nyc.

Jehovah's Witnesses and Racism

by karnage in

i have been wondering and trying to find some information into whether the wtbs has ever played the race game.

when i see pictures of the society of old, all i see is white people.

i don't see any blacks, asians, hispanic, or mixed (black and white or whatever) couples.

I have seen a little here in the past.

I am quick to get on people's cases when the
bring that shit in here, and if I was a
mod, it would be even more efficient (hehe).

One elder put it very well:
"Any problem that is in the world, it will show
up in the organization, but it will be to a lesser
degree."

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Toasting is wrong because.........

by Gill in

jw
friends

so why, according to the feb 15th watchtower is toasting wrong?.

apparantly:.

'toasting today may not be viewed by many as a religious gesture.

MadTiger

People concentrate on the "clinking glasses" aspect,
but there is also the offer of a taste to the gods,
demons, etc. as a gesture of peace, etc.

This is also where the ritual of pouring out a little
vino, etc. on a grave came from. Tupac and Biggie's
friends didn't invent that practice, just so you know.

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Toasting is wrong because.........

by Gill in

jw
friends

so why, according to the feb 15th watchtower is toasting wrong?.

apparantly:.

'toasting today may not be viewed by many as a religious gesture.

MadTiger

People concentrate on the "clinking glasses" aspect,
but there is also the offer of a taste to the gods,
demons, etc. as a gesture of peace, etc.

This is also where the ritual of pouring out a little
vino, etc. on a grave came from. Tupac and Biggie's
friends didn't invent that practice, just so you know.

11

Pre-Paid Legal...

by rolling rock in

jw
friends

anybody know anything about this service or have/use it???

please share any info you know about it... thanks chad...

MadTiger

Run.

Now.

Run!!!!!

Why the hell are you still here?!!

Gooooooooooooooo!

The only way I would do it (my brother messed around with it for a bit, but that is
right up his ally (CutCo, etc.)) is for a small business. The only way it makes sense
is paying a few bucks a month towards some contract reviews, etc.

11

Pre-Paid Legal...

by rolling rock in

jw
friends

anybody know anything about this service or have/use it???

please share any info you know about it... thanks chad...

MadTiger

Run.

11

Maybe He will just snap His fingers!

by TooBad TooSad in

jw
friends

during the congregational bookstudy last night there was a picture of paradise with a little girl holding a plastic bucket.

i asked my wife if there is going.

to be polution in paradise?

MadTiger

Haahaha.

I remember one of my first realizations of the simple-mindedness and lack of simple logic possessed many JWs, otherwise very intelligent.

I remember telling someone we would have different names for the days of the week in the New System.

Of course, they answer: "We don't know what will happen in the New System!"

I answer: "But whatever happens, it HAS TO MAKE SENSE. Currently, we use names based on pagan gods! It only makes sense that we will change the names!
We aren't going to continue to refer to Woden's Day and Thor's Day and Moon's Day and Tiw's Day. Everything has to make sense!"

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Homeopathy popular in Jehovah's Witnesses ?

by Tigerman in

is homeopathy ( the treatment of a disease using, in small doses, drugs that produce symtoms like those of the disease so that one's natural immune system can fight off the disease ) popular among active jw's ?

my son who was raised as a jw has a large ( adult male palm size ) fatty growth on his back.

his jw mother is treating him with homeopathy, as is a so called doctor.

MadTiger

Homeopathy, properly practiced, is not "quackery."

Having not been to a doctor in 15 years, and being healthier than the
poster making the above comment, I am personally offended.

Actually, I consider myself more of a naturopath, because all homeopathic
cures don't make sense to me, and I do NOTHING to myself, or recommend it
to others, that I don't understand the rationale for.

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Drinking (booze) among "Gods" people......More then ever now?

by new boy in

jw
friends

looking back its amazing how many alcoholics i knew in the "borg"...................... there are 3 elders in my old hall alone........ that are full blown alcoholics...................... when, have you ever heard of someone.......anyone.......let alone and elder............ getting "dfed" for drinking too much?.

when i was at bethel........you wouldn't believe how much drinking was done there!.

there are stories of the old days ( russell & the judge)..where they would find guys passed out in front of the 124 building on sunday mornings........no big deal, just dust them off.............. and bring in.

MadTiger

I didn't start studying until a few weeks after undergraduate graduation. I was legal at 19 (grandfathered in, baby!), so I could have drank through most of my time there. But I had literally about half a dozen beers, and a half a jug of cheap wine. After I got baptized, and started hanging out with some younger "grew up in the truth" people was when I fully embraced my borderline alcoholic, "runs in the family" nature.

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would you all consider this a serious threat????

by annalice in

jw
friends

let me start by saying that i have posted here before about my wacko sister -in-law.

this time it is bad.

we recieved a phone call from my husbands father on friday night asking about how we were and what we were up to ,no biggie just odd since its only maybe the second time in over a year that he has called.

MadTiger

I would follow the course you have considered:

Give the elders a chance to "get their woman in check" (love to use the old slang - I am not a sexist), with the threat of public humiliation if they don't.