Posts by freemindfade

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Why does it seem to be unhappy people who are attracted to the JWs?

by new boy in

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friends

i have had time to think about this........... i was an attendent for many years.......... and looking up and down the rows at every family that was seating there in the khs........... no one was happy!.

i think of my mother (who brought this religion into our house)......she was one of the most unhappy and miserable people you would ever meet!

she was a spiritual orphan with few friends and no real family to speak of.. she got the "good news" back in 1950, that "the world" was a bad place and god, would soon be killing most everyone......she was thrilled!...............

freemindfade

My answer to this is just go some Sunday and listen to the public talk.

You will want to kill yourself. Everything is worse than ever with no hope in sight. Stories of misery. Suffering. War. Disease. Depression. This last Sunday the elder was telling a story of who turned out to be his cousin who was a witness, wanted to go to a world party, of course she got drugged and raped, then spiraled into a life of pain and misery until she came back.

The persecution complex of witnesses is the answer. They have to feel miserable like constantly putting salt in a wound to keep their selves focused on the paradise because that's the only way anything will ever be good.

Life is so much more beautiful when you are out of that environment

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No Sports Cars Please!

by snugglebunny in

jw
friends

i read on a jw forum that jw's came in for disapproval if they drove either sports cars or 2-door cars.

the reasoning was that a driver couldn't easily take fellow dubbies out preaching in such a vehicle.

was that ever official policy or just local nonsense from a grumpy po?.

freemindfade

Kairos

You should drop a ej20t from a wrx into that 914.

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Fishing and JW's???

by lurkernomore in

so i was just reading a thread and came across a completely new jw 'rule', that of not being allowed to go fishing!..

at least it's new to me as i always enjoyed fishing as did others in my old congregation.

anyone else heard of this or had this imposed on them in they're jw lives?.

freemindfade

Never heard such a thing.

Many many witnesses I know fish regularly.

Hunting may get some stink eyes in some areas, but fish??? The effing apostles were fishermen for gods sake.

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No Sports Cars Please!

by snugglebunny in

jw
friends

i read on a jw forum that jw's came in for disapproval if they drove either sports cars or 2-door cars.

the reasoning was that a driver couldn't easily take fellow dubbies out preaching in such a vehicle.

was that ever official policy or just local nonsense from a grumpy po?.

freemindfade

I have had many, even some with 4 doors. I was once an avid racer (legal and illegal).

whenever I had two door cars I still always had one with 4 also ("service car"). That was the wife's.

Still even though I had a "service car" I still was looked down on for owning a car with two doors. that was out west where people (witnesses) have nothing better to worry over except dumb little things. In New York city, no one gave a rats ass the car had two doors, most people didn't even have cars so it was considered nice to have a car period.

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Counsel from Bro Losch (GB Member) to the Elders about the NFL

by James Jack in

while attending a week long training class for elders in patterson, bro losch gave the concluding talk about loyalty to the borg, which i was in awe of(i went more in detail in a recent post about a s.a.d.

where losch was the speaker).

at the end of his talk, here's what he said: .

freemindfade

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David Bowie

by smiddy in

i just heard the news david bowie has died ,so sad .

rip d,b, .

smiddy .

freemindfade

Another lost style & Music icon

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Going to the C.L.A.M.

by freemindfade in

so i haven't been to a midweek meeting in some time.... but i must attend this first clam (not to be confused with 'klan') meeting.

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want to take a look for curiosity sake then go back to never attending another midweek meeting again.

freemindfade

Cult lies and misleading CLAM

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Dam it, I missed it!

by DwainBowman in

i missed the jw, history making, all new mid week meeting!

and i am just so torn up over it, i've had a few drinks to drown my deep sorrow in, missing such a once in a lifetime event!.

oh how can i ever get over, such a lost opportunity like that, just don't know if i'll never get over it!.

freemindfade

I said I was gonna go, but I did not..

Oh well! Cheers!

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Going to the C.L.A.M.

by freemindfade in

so i haven't been to a midweek meeting in some time.... but i must attend this first clam (not to be confused with 'klan') meeting.

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want to take a look for curiosity sake then go back to never attending another midweek meeting again.

freemindfade

So I failed. I didn't go. In the end I just didn't want to go to a meeting. I've been so good at avoiding the midweek meeting for months now it just felt so much better to stay home.

Side note though. Wife didn't stay for the whole thing. She came home. All she said to me was they were having tons of technical problems and the AV stuff not working. #fail.

Sounds like big J's chariot has some bugs.

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Bethel layoffs of oldies

by I am a Bible Student in

is this true?

has anyone heard of it?

saw it on my facebook.. "jan. 6 bethel update 108 elderly bethelites getting the boot.. brooklyn, ny.

freemindfade

I'll wait to see but just from the sound of it, it feels and sounds far fetched.