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  Annoying JW Emails

  by LEOS in

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  long story short, i have been dfd for 2 or 3 years.

  i have not really been counting.

  best 2-3 years of my life.

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  I always hated the argument that "in Jehovah’s eyes it’s only been a short time". Well Jehovah isn’t the one suffering here is he (not that I actually believe living is suffering, but in JW logic….)? He isn’t the one dying from famine, war, pestilence, etc. He isn’t the one wasting an entire lifetime thinking the end "is near" only to die a slow painful death and wonder what happened. Sure, it’s been short to him but to "his creation", who he supposedly loves so much, it’s been an eternity.

  I like to think of it as if my children had been naughty, they are 3 and 5. When my three year old is bad I put her in timeout for 3 minutes, my five year old get’s 5 minutes. When they are older (tweens and teens) they may spend an hour in their room or be grounded for a week. Why the difference? Three or Five minutes isn’t long to me so why don’t I make them spend a long time, in my perspective, in time out? Because to them, since they are so young, three or five minutes is a long time and keeping them in time out for hours would be cruel. The same reasoning applies to Jehovah and his creation. So sure, to Jehovah it’s only been a little while, but you would think the "almighty, all wise, loving Jehovah" would understand that to his lowly creation his perspective on time doesn’t really apply.
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  What was your first car?

  by nicolaou in

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  mine was an old fiat 127, i bought it 1983 and it was at least fifteen years old then!

  the seats were vinyl and there were no rear seatbelts so i could send my girlfriend and her sister flying with each bend in the road!

  it wouldn't go above 55mph and was rattling like rollercoaster when it finally got there.. the rear window fell out and it finally croaked in puff of blue/black smoke.

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  lost_light06

  A 1984 Renault Alliance. To my knowledge they don't sell Renault in the states anymore, it was imported by AMC.

  
  
  I had to bang on the starter to get it started. Silly French. ~LL06
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  WERE YOU EVER A SUBJECT OF K. HALL GOSSIP???

  by chuckyy in

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  2. experiences

  whilst a jw, one thing that was evident to me was the constant gossip and backbiting.....being nice to someones face and then talking about them behind there backs.were you ever a "victim" of this sort of behaviour???

  is it as common as i suspect from cong.

  to cong???.

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  lost_light06

  I have no doubt that I was/am, especially in my and my ex’s former hall. I’m sure that in their world of gossip me or my ex or both of us fornicated in wild orgies with groups of ravenous spider monkeys and elephant seals. I’m sure I am a cheating bastard and my ex is a slutty lesbian. Whatever the case I couldn’t care any less what those mindless droids think of me. In fact I hope they continue to gossip and their stories of how "dangerous" I am will get a nice 22 year old single pioneer moist with just the thought of me. Besides, their gossip is only partly true, the spider monkeys were very well fed.

  ~LL06
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  2007- Witness Meetings= Why can't women wear pants/trousers??

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. beliefs

  when my mum went to her first meeting she was dressed to perfection, she wore nice ladies dress trouser/pants.

  the witness stuying with her told her it was "not apropriate" to wear this to the meeting...in 2006 i was in a congregation where a sister would put a skirt on over her pants she wore to work.

  it looked weird, but the pants ban still is in force 2007.

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  The last time I went to bethel with my wife (ex-now) and a group of 9 other people the "sisters" were told they HAD to wear pantyhose, no exceptions. My wife scoffed at that because she, being of Mexican origin, had dark legs and you couldn’t even tell she was wearing them. She did for the first 2 days then went without them. No one said a word, because they couldn’t tell. I thought that was the stupidest rule I had ever heard. God forbid a woman’s bare skin legs be shown in bethel. You might have bethelite "brothers" running to the bathroom to rub one out before their shift.

  ~LL06 of the "Loves women's legs" class
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  What "Unwritten Rules" Did Your Congregation Have?

  by minimus in

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  i knew of a hall that allowed only white shirted speakers on the platform for sunday public talks!

  when a visiting speaker did not wear the official white shirt he was either told that he couldn't give the talk or he could change shirts,as the hall kept a variety of sizes, just in case of an emergency!!!

  i don't make this up.

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  In the cong. I was in while dating my future ex-wife the rule was 6 months of dating, no more, no less, until you were engaged. Then it was 6 months of engagment (again no more or less) until you married.

  Also the no sitting next to you girlfriend until you were engaged. I had a sister come and ask me if we were engaged because we dared to sit by each other. The elders took us back the next meeting and told us that it was a sign of being engaged. WTF is the engagment ring for then? Idiots

  ~LL06
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  SO ADMIT; SCALE OF 1:10, TEMPTED TO DRINK THE WINE AT MEMORIAL??

  by shell69 in

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  2. experiences

  wasnt tempted myself during the acutal ceremonies; however: the sister whose husband used to supply the wine for the memorial in the 70's; well her son's would be round the back of the khell after the memorial supping it!!!

  they were only about 12/13!!!.

  always wanted a sipp myself after the annual ordeal but was scared mum and dad would find out.. shell.

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  9/10 to drink the wine

  1/10 to actually go to the memorial.

  you do the math.
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  Korn: Why Brian Welch walked away.

  by Guest with Questions in

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  while listening to gospel while doing housework i found this.. there may be some that scoff at this, but i found it very powerful.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dlaodwjmsa&nr=1.

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  I like Korn, always have. I'm glad Head is clean now, and I'm sure his faith is real but..... He found Jesus while on a speed binge?!? Ooookay!

  ~LL06
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  REALLY Think about it before you post

  by avidbiblereader in

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  there is a lot of threads going back and forth both ways, almost like a battle line has been drawn between believers and atheists.

  however, let's just say for the sake of argument, that all religions including the witnesses, are wrong but the bible in itself is right.. everything that it has foretold is going to happen and just as god told noah, in 7 more days i am going to make it rain, but this time he now speaks to all of us and says in just 7 more days i will wipe the earth clean of all those who have or are revolting/disagree against me.. how would you react then?

  how would you live your next 7 days?

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  If Dr. Seuss' books were correct I would want to box a gox and ring a gak.

  The problem for me is that no matter how many different ways I interpret the bible God still comes out looking like a tyrannical, egotistical, self-centered killer. If the bible was absolutely correct, and every human being was wrong in it’s interpretation what the hell was God’s point in providing it for us? Why was it so confusing? Wouldn’t he know that the confusion created from his word would cause millenniums of violence and wars over it’s interpretation? So his inability to provide coherent, easily understood instructions to his creation proves to me that he is neither all mighty nor deserving of our reverence. He should have written "The Idiots guide to Life" or "Living for Dummies", at least then we could follow his word. Also, why would he wait so long? Your question raises even more questions about God’s purpose. I think it might take me more than 7 days to figure it all out.
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  tattoos and piercings, do they have a meaning for you?

  by memario in

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  lately on here someone got a piecing and my question is did it mean anything to you or was it a thing to do?

  i have thought of getting a tattoo but i don't know what to get.

  it needs to repersent something of significance in my life.

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  Everyone is entitled to their opinions on tattoos, and everyone has an opinion on them. To compare a person with a tattoo to a bathroom wall...... whatever man. I wear the same nose, mouth, eyes, ears, arms, legs, etc. every day. My tattoos are just an extension to that. I have my children’s names on my back. I also have a Celtic lion on my shoulder. It's a symbol of courage (to me, a symbol of the courage I mustered to leave the witnesses) and to my heritage. I regret none of my tats and don’t believe I ever will. My kid’s names were a no brainier for me. It took me 3 months to decide on the lion and after 2 sessions of over 3 hours each I can confidently say I am happy with my decision. I plan on getting more and they will be in the same line as my previous tats, either symbolic of my children or my heritage. My advice: no tribal, no arm bands, no tramp stamps, but that’s just my personal opinion.

  BTW, I find that most people who are strongly against tattoos are either old codgers or got a crappy tattoo in their living room when they were 17 by a trippy meth head and regret the Iron Maiden album cover on their bicep.

  ~LL06
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  The Watchtower’s Perspective Seeing Issues—In Terms Of Black & White

  by The wanderer in

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  if it came from the society, it was good and if it did not come out of the society, it was bad.

  i call this perspective my tunnel vision.

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  lost_light06

  I honestly don't understand what the problem with the wanderers posts are. I find them interesting and the format is just that, format.... it's different but not wrong. I understand him "testing his thoughts" on others. He's bouncing ideas of other posters here. We all do that every day. Whether we ask our significant other what they think of going to the coast for a weekend or if they like sushi, or we ask a friend if they like our new girl/boy friend. We're all bouncing ideas, beliefs, thoughts off other people. Is it wrong to do this in an online forum? We all want to be reassured that what we think isn't so completely off the mark that it's offensive or wrong to the majority of society. We all want to be "normal" in some degree. Honestly and sincerely if you don't like the way he formats his posts or that he uses this forum to test his inner thoughts........ the don't read or respond to them. It's really that simple. More pointedly, Get off his back!