Posts by OnTheWayOut

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Do you air on the side of caution?

by compound complex in

well, that would be an airer.

it's all in how we hear the spoken word.

when a little boy, one fellow thought "world peace" was "whirled peas.

OnTheWayOut

I hate to tell on myself. Like many, I started Kindergarten before SESAME STREET was a thing and my parents were not really helping me to learn how to read. (That changed later when Mom became a JW.) So I didn't know how to read until I was past Kindergarten.
So they started out teaching us the alphabet one letter each day. When day 17 started, I excitedly told another kid that I was thrilled to learn "elemeno" today.

I was in gifted class by 4th grade, so imagine if I could already read before Kindergarten like many kids today.

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Do you air on the side of caution?

by compound complex in

well, that would be an airer.

it's all in how we hear the spoken word.

when a little boy, one fellow thought "world peace" was "whirled peas.

OnTheWayOut

So I was the school overseer. This teenage boy was going to go up and introduce the Service Meeting for the first time as the segue after the school. I walked to the back of the hall and he had notes and was nervously reading them. I heard him say "With nothing further to do..."

As a die-hard JW and the school overseer, I couldn't let him do it, although it would have gotten some laughs.

I said "...it's 'Without further ado.' " He didn't believe me, so I said, "Well, it is. Say what you want then." He said it my way. I wish I just let him say it wrong.

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Do you air on the side of caution?

by compound complex in

well, that would be an airer.

it's all in how we hear the spoken word.

when a little boy, one fellow thought "world peace" was "whirled peas.

OnTheWayOut

♫There's a bathroom on the right ♫

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Serena Williams Pregnant

by wisdomfrombelow in

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now that she has announced that she is 20 weeks pregnant and not married, what is her status in the cult?

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OnTheWayOut

freemindfade
Was she ever even baptized? Not sure if she signed the billion year contract or not

LOL, That's Scientology quite literally.

They are known for famous white people. Jehovah's Witnesses are like Scientology, but for famous black people and they don't sign a billion year contract.

Sorry, been reading Leah Remini's book and it's awesome, so I thought about that on this comment.

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Between two worlds

by Skepsis in

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after knowing the ttatt i felt anger of all the lies i was told for years.

then, i did some changes in my life to the better.

i was doubting but felt relieved.

OnTheWayOut

My transition time was quick. I embraced TTATT and made a quick exit in a matter of less than 9 months, and one of the first things I did was resign as an elder to help the transition.

My path was not the one all can/will follow, but it really made many things easier to just face up to difficult discussions and get outta there.

I went through a tiny bit of turmoil about embracing worldly stuff that JW's are so against. In the end, I enjoy birthdays and gift exchange at Christmas, and don't mind lip service to anything else. I just like the idea that JW's hate something like wearing green on St. Patrick or a movie with ghosts or smurgfs in it.

As far as coworkers, as soon as someone noticed the changevin me, I came clean and got everyone's support at work. Turned out great.

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Were the apostles of the 'Anointed class' when they partook?

by why144000 in

according to john 20:22 the apostles did not receive the holy spirit until after jesus was resurrected.

wouldn't this make them part of 'the other sheep' when they partook of the bread and wine?.

OnTheWayOut

The new guy appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court believes all Constitutional issues should primarily consider the original meaning put upon the people at the time of writing. This raises interesting disagreements about whether the Constitution should be a living, evolving document or stay the same as a ridged document.

At least that debate starts with non-fiction and considers what might be best for all concerned. Not so with this subject.

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Why are the evolutionist's so upset?

by Esse quam videri in

so many evolutionist's on this forum are upset at the terror attacks in europe such as recently in sweden.

it is just a logical step in the evolution of the human race.

should you not rather be celebrating the great changes taking place right before your eyes and constructing detailed explanations of the cell structure and dna development in the human brain.. you can't eat your cake and still have it.

OnTheWayOut

Esse quam viderian hour ago

So many believers on this forum should be upset at the god whose inactions do nothing to prevent terror attacks in Europe such as recently in Sweden. It is just a logical step in the evolution of the believer to figure out that no benevolent god did anything. If this terrorism woke you up, you can be celebrating the great realization taking place right before your eyes and constructing detailed explanations of the development in the human brain that allowed man to worship false gods in our primitve years.

You can't eat your cake and still have it. Either a caring god prevnts such terror or 'he' isn't there.

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Regarding Correct Understanding of Bible Prophecies Have JWs EVER Been Right?

by minimus in

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i seriously doubt that any jw understanding of prophecy has ever withstood the test of time.

how can anyone trust them when they are always wrong?

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OnTheWayOut

The Bible can be made to say or prophesy many different things, so to be always wrong wiuld be really amazing.

Watchtower is really amazing.

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Young Couple Stopped with Invitation

by mrquik in

i had a young couple stop by yesterday to drop off an invitation to the memorial.

i told them i was a bible student & had studied a number of religions.

i got into all the hot topics.

OnTheWayOut

Good job. As I was walking past a parking lot on a busy atreet, I had JW's try to wave me over to their car as they parked in a good spot to begin their preaching. The passenger held what looked to be a Memorial Invite and got my attention. Even though I declined to step over, I sensed the joy of the car group that they had ifficialky started their time.

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Cuts since 2012

by pepperheart in

i know that on paper the watchtower have about 8 million members but what if lots of them are just around so they dont get shunned and dont give any money in the box..they have been making cuts for a long time and in 2012 they closed 20 branch offices around the world,of course some people are giving lots of, money but they have to find the money for from 40 and 60 million magazaines a month..

OnTheWayOut

Watchtower is a printing corporation trying to find a new path in a world where printing is dying. Regardless of how many members they have who are seriously contributing, they are suffering monetarily. Add the lawsuits in, the untold settlements- who knows how much trouble they are in?

You are certainly probably right about people just being around so they don't get shunned. And when they took the money from the congregations and started saying how they needed MORE MORE MORE, they profoundly changed many of those members. They still give, but most of them are not giving MORE MORE MORE. They deep down know that Mother took the money, Mother doesn't really need 25 bucks a head at the convention (or whatever).