Posts by rebelfighter

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Converts

by Alive! in

i've noticed there seems to be a higher percentage of born-ins here....who are the converted jws?.

does anyone care to share how they got converted?.

rebelfighter

Never a JW, an Elder spent 5 years trying to convert me. Finally sent me an email "good bye, have a nice life"

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i awoken today and realised immidiately i'm 44 today... and after 3 years of being out, decided to acknowledge my birthday.... i'm off out to treat myself to a big hearty breakfast with cup of tea in the local weatherspoon's by the massive pond full of weird bird-life, later today i'm giving myself a gift of a 90 minute relaxation session in a float tank down by canary wharf in london.... only really have 2 close friends (it's a slow process trusting people agian) and they probably won't be able to see me today, but i'm sure i'll have a belated surprise from them both.... the first thing i did when i remembered was to rush to the computer, connect to the web and put on stevie wonder's 'happy birthday', as i listen to it, tears stream down my face... all those years of my life stolen ' but..... i'm free....'.

rebelfighter

Happy Birthday

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Simon atlantis and wifi bandant thank you.

by poopie in

jw
friends

thank a 3 of you for changing my life for the better.

you have made a difference in this crazy world by giveing imformtion to the powerless.

by giveing hope to the hopeless by showing love to your fellow man i do not know how to repay but i will think of something.

rebelfighter

Never a JW. I thank everyone here, it has been learning experience. As I stated in my original statement in the 5 years of conversations with the Elder he told me very little about the JWS then he gave me the book on Families when I got to the part on raising and educating children. The Rebel and the Fighter had a mighty lot to say to the Elder and that went over like a lead balloon.

I am very polite about it but I do approach the older males when they are handing out literature normally ask 3 or 4 questions about educating, socializing and such of their children making sure the conversation is overhead. Then I do remind him how wrong it is to lie. Funny how they never return to those sites again. Slowly I am eliminating all possible distribution sites from our community. No more converts into this cult.

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Have you ever had your oven door explode?

by Ucantnome in

the other day the glass in my oven door exploded and sent glass into the next room, fortunately i wasn't peering in at the time.

about a year go the previous oven door shattered one morning.

the oven was cold.

rebelfighter

Sparrowdown saying even in my hair reminded me of an incident that happened to us 35 years ago while camping in the Keys. We were sound asleep and heard this little ping the next thing we knew we had safety glass covering us. The big plate glas window right at our heads shattered into a million pieces, we never laughed so hard, it took us forever to find and clean up all that glass.

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Interesting day yesterday

by LisaRose in

jw
friends

i have started walking every morning for twenty or thirty minutes.

so yesterday i had to work and almost didn't go, but decided to get in a quick ten minute walk.

i don't usually take my phone, but decided to take it, and i was so glad i did because a block from my house i came upon an older chinese man face down on the sidewalk and bleeding profusely from his mouth/face.

rebelfighter

Great job LisaRose

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Neglect of Adolescents by the WTBTS - Excellent Article

by Tornintwo in

i have been thinking a lot about the lack of support, judgement and criticism of teenagers in the organisation.

i am dealing with the fallout of these policies with my two adolescents...i found this excellent article this morning which is worth a read for anyone interested in this topic - see the links below but first i also wanted to add my own bugbear, forgive the rant: .

a key factor which isn't mentioned in the article is the 'bad association' rule and it's extended application.

rebelfighter

Excellent post

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I'm not into gospel singers, but how about these two kids?

by fulltimestudent in

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friends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heuj4y-xoey&feature=youtu.be.

supposedly, the boy is from canada and aged 10, and the girl is from hongkong and aged 7.. the youtube comments carry accusations of digital manipulation, read if you want or just enjoy..

rebelfighter

Fabulous

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Intersting Visit from our local JWs yesturday

by little_Socrates in

jw
friends

way to early on a saturday morning we got a ring on our doorbell.

someone else answered the door.

after they left i walked by our entry way and gagged from the smell!

rebelfighter

Would this have taken an entirely different stand if the OP instead of being "perfume" had been "cigarette smoke".

BTW, krejames, I am not an apostate, I am a Worldly person. My comments if you go back were made to contractors who were escorted off my property without payment not JWS.

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Intersting Visit from our local JWs yesturday

by little_Socrates in

jw
friends

way to early on a saturday morning we got a ring on our doorbell.

someone else answered the door.

after they left i walked by our entry way and gagged from the smell!

rebelfighter

little_Socrates, they do not understand what a nightmare just shopping for the household can be like. Simple things like making sure you are buying "free and clear" AND this is not always cheap you do not find these items on the bargain shelf. Trash bags, laundry soap, laundry softner, laundry bleach, cleaning supplies, here is one you do not think about toilet paper, deodorant, shampoos, body wash, and the list goes on forever. In my home everyone must adhere to these rules with no exceptions, it is a way of life and has been for 40 years.

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Intersting Visit from our local JWs yesturday

by little_Socrates in

jw
friends

way to early on a saturday morning we got a ring on our doorbell.

someone else answered the door.

after they left i walked by our entry way and gagged from the smell!

rebelfighter

Giordano ,

I did the same with the magazines.

All my friends are aware how serious headaches are so they will either not wear any or smile and say today is a no hug day and we laugh. But none of them wear a lot of it that it would bother me.