Posts by Anitar

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God Bless Ebay!---- about Pastor Russell

by dungbeetle in

was running around on ebay, and through a series of links wound up here.

never heard of this before today.

any thoughts anyone?.

i received this song by randy baker via jan groenveld and would ike to post it here for the benefit of ones who have missed it.. the 2nd and 4th line of ea stanza have an implied rhyme, indicated by the ( ), that goes with the last word on the 1st and 3rd lines.. watchtower and awke (sing to the tune of 'sweet violets'--let me know if you know that tune!).

there once was an elder who stood at my door,.

he said i was wicked, my wife was a-( ).

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Thank you that was hilarious!

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Why...

by Simon in

...is no one posting here?.

ok, i'll be the first !

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I post here too!

Even though I'm over five years late...

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What state are you from?

by Junction-Guy in

this is for the us crowd, what state do you live in?

or from?----i live in tennessee, but from ohio and kentucky.

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I'm from New York, just west of Albany

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WT letter advises JWs not to edit Wikipedia articles on JW subjects

by cabasilas in

jw
friends

apparently, the watchtower society has recently issued formal advice that individual witnesses should not edit jw articles on wikipedia.

i occasionally edit some of the jw articles on wikipedia.

a couple of days ago i noticed a comment from one of the most respected jw editors to another jw editor on his personal talk page mentioning a letter from the wt society about editing on wikipedia.

Anitar

This guy is one brain-dead clown. Am I the only one who had trouble staying awake while reading his comments?

and it is not a useful exercise to try to answer every challenge; at people's doors, if they want to debate us, we almost always walk away .

Blaa Blaa Blaa....."Jesus"...Blaa Blaa Blaa....."persecution".....Blaa Blaa Blaa....."take no responsibility for our actions, we're not really brainwashed, all disagreement is pure evil, you're all a bunch of bird seed! I'm 45 years old and working at McDonalds....Blaa Blaa Blaa....praise what-his-name....?

BLAA BLAA BLAA!

I'm so sick of hearing them defend themselves. You can literally smell it a mile away! I think my I. Q. dropped ten points just reading this guy's words.

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The Watchtower After Hours: Education?

by Anitar in

good afternoon everyone and welcome to my new series of reports i like to call the watchtower after hours, where we examine many various topics relating to jehovah witnesses, mostly found on their own website: http://www.watchtower.org/.

i'd like to point out that these articles are all current or previous publications of the watchtower society, and have not been written or changed by me.

the following commentary is usually quite sarcastic and if any current jehovah witness is reading this they are more than welcome to post their opinion, and i apologize in advance for offending anyone.

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Thank you for sharing. I think I have gotten to know you more than anyone else on JWD, and if anyone deserves happiness, it's you.

Once again, my heart goes out to you and I hope one day you can peice together what's left of your family. I also hope you're doing ok, sometimes we can focus too much on the bad things that have happened to us, I learned that the hard way.

It's strange really. I learned everything too late to help my mom, she will most likely be with them the rest of her life. From her point of view, where would she go anyways? She's 60, in a wheelchair, and very dependent on others to help. When I move out, she will be all alone. But at least I wasn't too late to help myself.

To be totally honest, I should thank the Watchtower in-directly because before all this happened, I was very confused about what to do with my life. Should I stay in school? When should I move out of my parent's? Am I in the wrong religion? But seeing the ugly truth about the Jehovah Witnesses really put the world into perspective for me. I used to think my problems were unique and embarrasing, but now I see I'm not so abnormal as I once believed. I used to so naive and take so many things for granted. I kept thinking "this is America, there are no cults here. People by their very nature resist the urge to be dominated by someone else or be brainwashed by an organization." Well, I was wrong. I have since realized that the world is not black and white with good on one side and evil on the other, both clearly defined and easy to detect. But now I see that sometimes evil drives a minivan, wears nice clothes and greets you with a warm smile as it knocks on your door.

I also count my blessings, which I preciously took for granted. I can think for myself, nobody controls me. I don't belong to a cult. I have a personal relationship with Jesus and God and I can openly disagree with my religion right in front of my priest. I'm also getting an education, which the state graciously pays for. I've got friends, a beautiful family (except for my parents), and a musical career that's blosseming and still growing. I am truly blessed, and I thank God for his blessings every single chance I get.

Don't feel bad if you mean nothing to the Watchtower, because you mean something to me.

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The Watchtower After Hours: Education?

by Anitar in

good afternoon everyone and welcome to my new series of reports i like to call the watchtower after hours, where we examine many various topics relating to jehovah witnesses, mostly found on their own website: http://www.watchtower.org/.

i'd like to point out that these articles are all current or previous publications of the watchtower society, and have not been written or changed by me.

the following commentary is usually quite sarcastic and if any current jehovah witness is reading this they are more than welcome to post their opinion, and i apologize in advance for offending anyone.

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Wow, Cindi that is an awful situation. They don't even bother with you if you're not studying with them?

I'm very sorry to hear that, but I must say I'm not surprised. The rank and file are only numbers in their eyes, that's why they coined the term "rank and file." If it were up to them, they'd fix everyone with a barcode on their neck so they could scan you as you walk through the door.

Anyway, I wish you a great big welcome to the board and I hope to see more of you soon!

Good luck to you and your husband!

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how about a bit o'dub poetry ? ((BARFF ALERT))

by nelly136 in

jw
friends

i've been seeing a few of those wonderful recycled experiences we all know and love so well.

so it seemed only right to share a bit of dub poetry to warm your scraggy cockles.

marry only in the lord - 1 corinthians 7:39. i'd like to tell you a story, about true love at last.it's very informative and has an interesting cast.so pay close attention, it's sad but true,and don't ever think this can't happen to you.. i met him during lunch break on a sunny day,he sat next to me and smiled, as i was about to pray.we talked on and on.

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Now I sit down at the Book study;

I pray the Lord I won't go nutty;

If I should die before we're through;

That's one less paragraph we'll have to do.

HadEnuf and Mary, you guys are awesome!

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The Watchtower After Hours: Education?

by Anitar in

good afternoon everyone and welcome to my new series of reports i like to call the watchtower after hours, where we examine many various topics relating to jehovah witnesses, mostly found on their own website: http://www.watchtower.org/.

i'd like to point out that these articles are all current or previous publications of the watchtower society, and have not been written or changed by me.

the following commentary is usually quite sarcastic and if any current jehovah witness is reading this they are more than welcome to post their opinion, and i apologize in advance for offending anyone.

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LongHairGal:

Yes, absolutely. The JW's take no responsibility for their words or their actions. How many times do you hear them talk, and they're more than willing to condemn you and everyone else, but they always say "I'm not saying it, the bible is!"

They demand complete and total compliance from their membership regardless of how corrupt their leadership is. They force the dogmatic sexual repression on the rank and file, yet they say they're not responsible when they become pedophiles. They don't allow education and strongly encourage ignorance and poverty, yet demand more donations, and of course won't give one red cent to help with retirement.

It's like if I ran someone over with an eighteen wheeler and then stopped and said "Oh, I'm sorry, are you in pain?"

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Jeff Foxworthy on Jehovah Witnesses

by moomanchu in

>thought these were funny, please ignore if they're old news.

> these are some jokes that jeff foxworthy had to say about jehovah's .

> the fact is that they are somewhat accurate.

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...you think nothing of letting your friends stop by to use the bathroom.

Oh my God my mom lets them do that. She actually gave them a key once and they walked right in the door. My brother shot one of them, but he missed.

Suffice it to say they never did that again