Posts by DanTheMan

today i read an article on rense.com (an excellent website for all conspiracy theorists) where a parent was moaning about mtv, and the influence it was having on american children and other children.

apparently, mtv is bad for your morals or something.

I don't believe in censorship, but it seems to me that MTV and video game manufacturers could act more responsibly. The entertainment industry (like all others) looks at success strictly in monetary terms, there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of concern for social impact. *Sigh* the downside of capitalism, I guess. But, if there wasn't a demand, there would be no need for the supply, which is a broader indictment of our culture.

9

How to Become a WT Stockholder/ Voting Member????

by JT in

jw
friends

when i read about those who think that there is some major power struggle at bethel-i often wonder how much do they really understand about the guys in charge .

you see with a one man show (rutherford, knorr to some degree before 75/76, russell) all you need to do is change one guys view and it is done .

anyone who knows how middle management and committees work know that nothing gets done or changed many times cause no one wants to take the blame and risk losing their cushy positions by being removed by the others who will say: .

DanTheMan

SO HERE YOU are little joe blow publisher rubbing shoulders and taking pictures with branch committee folks and gbs and bethel heavies
TEETH JUST SHINING

Ugh, I can picture the scene...

All these self-important middle-aged and elderly men, dressed in their expensive suits, slapping each other's backs and yucking it up. Like a mafia family reunion.

BARF!!!!!!

Thanks JT

21

Do JW's teach anything about their history?

by Double Edge in

jw
friends

everyone here seems to know a lot about jw history, but when i ask my friend (who was a convert) they don't seem to know too much.

do they teach a church history class on sundays or during the week?

(just curious...seems funny that my friend would convert from catholicism without knowing too much of the history)

DanTheMan

*chuckle*

They have a *snort* publication that they call *giggle* the Proclaimers book, it is *laughing* a candid, objective *tears streaming* history of the *rolling on floor* Watchtower organization.

Edited by - dantheman on 13 September 2002 21:41:15

3

Music as a coping tool for 9/11

by Mimilly in

jw
friends

we were all glued to some form of communication be it the radio, the phone, the tv, cds.

sometimes the talking about it just wasn't enough to express what we felt.

i know i personally turned to music.

DanTheMan

I listen to "La Bamba" by Los Lobos when I need a music pick-me-up. Sounds corny I know, but that song gives me great joy.

43

Do You Like Where You Live?

by MegaDude in

jw
friends

i'm writing this in dallas, texas.

as i write this, we're having another day of a grade red ozone alert.

in simple terms, our air quality is terrible.

DanTheMan

I can't get really excited about Columbus Ohio, but virtually everyone I've talked to who has moved here from other areas always talk about how much they like it here, especially when they have moved here from a larger urban area. Columbus has the amenities of most larger cities but is a little less hectic and trashy than say a Cleveland or Chicago. Pittsburgh is a nice city also.

9

JW says the real truth

by kenpodragon in

jw
friends

i loved this one movie with jim carry called "liar liar" and i always wished i could make the witnesses tell the truth in field service, just for one day.

think about it, it would sound something like this.

<knocking> .

DanTheMan

I'm anxious to stumble upon a JW witnessing to somebody -

"Did he/she get to the part about how God is going to kill you if you don't become a JW?"

31

Have you ever seen a JW with a beard?

by SpannerintheWorks in

jw
friends

ok, you've probably guessed i'm not talking about the women!.

but jesus had a beard (just look at any wt publication) so did paul, john the baptiser (or baptist if you've got an earlier publication), etc.. surely all jw men should have beards!

they are christians (the only true ones) aren't they?

DanTheMan

I live in Ohio, at our DC's there were often a fair number of bros from West Virginia that had beards.

43

DID YOU EVER LEARN anything because you were a JW?

by minimus in

jw
friends

was there ever anything positive from being a witness?

could you say that because you were a witness at least......or was it all negative?

DanTheMan

Couldn't put it much better than Truman did...

My JW experience taught me that I am not as smart as I thought I was...

I used to feel so special, that I was one of those righteously inclined persons who Jah took notice of and saw fit to bring into his loving organization.

Jah, or God, or Elohim, didn't have anything to do with it. I was just an arrogant and scared kid looking for a sure thing. I thought I was too smart and inherently good to be duped by a cult.

So, more than anything else, my JW experience was a big piece of humble pie...

Accepting the fact that there are no certainties, except death and change, is the mighty struggle I am now engaged in.

But, my JW past is a major part of who I am. If JW's hadn't come along, I would have easily fell for some other fanatical group, maybe one that is worse than WT.

51

WHAT KEEPS YOU HERE?

by plmkrzy in

jw
friends

either surfing the net using key words jehovah" .

or someone we know told us about it.

i found this place after logging on to watchers of the watch tower.

DanTheMan

I second the "catharsis" post

When you're in the WT, you feel like you're the only one who is thinking "this religion just don't quite seem right!"

So nice to be able to share experiences with others who were able to unplug from the collective

*sniff* Simon, I love you man