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When You See a JW Do You Get Flustered?

by minimus in

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i used to dread seeing a witness coming toward me.

now i am quite comfortable and hope that they may say something to me..... does your blood pressure rise when you see a jw coming toward you?

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Hi Tom Harley ! How are you ? Hey you're the famous TomSheepsansandgoats.com !!!!

Nice to have you here buddy !! http://www.tomsheepandgoats.com/

Anyhow your blogs hepled me get my bearings straight when I finally started looking deeper into the WTBTS. You are one of many that helped me wake up to the truth about the truth ! The final straw was reading Keith Casarona's Newboy series on his stay at bethel NY in the sevenities. It all fell apart after that and I now go to the Father through Christ. I read and study the Bible almost daily and will be doping the memorial over the weekend quietly at home with my cat.

You have a a gift as a writer I do hope you updates your blog eventually.

You seems well balanced I remember you writing about going to a few punk rock concerts with your son and enjoying yourself, pretty cool as a dad !

I think you are in New Englad if I recall correctly so if ever you are in Montreal and want to go mountain biking or even dirt biking shoot me a PM I have some spare rides.

Disclaimer : I'm proudly DA'ed and have little use for the WTBTS of PA. Inc. The best organisation is no organisation.

Tip : I recognised you through the use of the word "grouser" . In reality that is a Snocat tread part used on the tracks to attach the rubber bands together, usually a steel plate.

Take care !

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Ugg. What to do? What to do?

by Darkknight757 in

having a bit of a problem.

in january i quit a job of 22 years to work at a shop that does screw attachments.

awesome job so far!

Introvert 2

This is the Practicalmachinist.com section of JW.net hahaha !!!!!!!! Love it.

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Ugg. What to do? What to do?

by Darkknight757 in

having a bit of a problem.

in january i quit a job of 22 years to work at a shop that does screw attachments.

awesome job so far!

Introvert 2

Cool you run wire EDM ! We have 3 sinker EDM's and a couple vintage Bostomatic 4 axis high speed mills. Good on you for staying with new job. Try and get some heat treatment experience as well and no one can touch you you'll have work for life where you want.

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Jehovah's Witnesses Knocking at my Front Door

by Richlist in

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i have jw's knocking on my door about 4 times a year.

they walk along the whole street knocking on all the properties trying to hand out leaflets about god.. i always engage them in conversation.

my street has a very large number of oap's who could really do with some extra help.....grass cutting, shopping, cleaning, help around the house, gardening, diy etc.. never once have i been able to persuade any jw's to do something worthwhile for these residents.. i'm left with the thought that jw's don't want to do anything really worthwhile for these people.......why ?.

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Pete Zahut you're my hero !! Loved your story right on !!

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Ugg. What to do? What to do?

by Darkknight757 in

having a bit of a problem.

in january i quit a job of 22 years to work at a shop that does screw attachments.

awesome job so far!

Introvert 2

Stick with the new job is there is room to move up you'll get same money within no time if things are as you say. Plus the added experience and set-up / design / programming know how will pay off for you in satisfaction and self confidence. Are you running swiss machines / screw machines or high speed cnc small parts turning machines ? At middle age we need challenges like this to keep us moving forward. We just bought our first turning center 2 years ago, Mazak QT8N with T+ love it.

Love how being out of 'the truth' enables me to focus on my shop and personal growth. Fellow JW's would look at any and every opportunity to belittle me on my 'secular' career and tell me you work to life not live to work. Yeah right..

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When You See a JW Do You Get Flustered?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i used to dread seeing a witness coming toward me.

now i am quite comfortable and hope that they may say something to me..... does your blood pressure rise when you see a jw coming toward you?

?.

Introvert 2

Depends where I'm at and who it is but if any come to my door ( which I doubt as I'm DA'ed ) I look forward to getting right to the point and asking them awkward questions such as how many field service hours they have so far this month and how do they feel about having to report them to the WTBTS of PA Inc. Then to please show me in the Bible where it says why they have to. Hopefully this will lead or the subject matter of organization and a governing body where I can then show them a talk given by F. Franz given at a 1975 Gilead graduation disproving even the concept of one. All done with a smile and a handshake hehe.

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Observations from an Ex-Elder Part 1

by doubtfull1799 in

i was thinking about the fog model this morning, particularly about the "obligation" part.

my mind went back to the last elders school i went to.

one of the parts in the section on appointments was discussing how we should not place too high a bar (human standards) for brothers to try and jump over when we are considering them for appointment as a ministerial servant.

Introvert 2

Amazing post ! Would of loved to of seen the faces present when you announced your resignation !

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jehovah witness elder molest his daughter ... Lynn Gardner

by jaydee in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boizyklif4q.

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The information shared on both her Youtube videos has been confirmed to me by a friend that was in the same cong. as both her dad and myself. Again as mentioned previously her video's have the ring of truth and are consistent with her Dad's personality. I've never met the woman personally asides from travelling to an int. convention in the same bus. I have heard her bother give a talk and met most of her family. He was the type that liked to be in control and is a true Kool-Aid drinking company man that thoroughly enjoyed the status and position of eldership and PO for over a decade believing that the WT is God's earthy organization. That said he mellowed considerably with age and I must say I was fond of him. She did go to the police after trying to go through the congregation and being brushed off, ignored and given the go-around.

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Self Brainwashing

by OnTheWayOut in

so i would love to hear and make more comments here on how "self-brainwashing" is done in jehovah's witnesses and how it becomes a problem when trying to wake up our loved ones.leah remini was on bill maher's show on friday, feb. 17th.

she had some great comments about things said on her series about scientology.

one was how members are "self-brainwashing" because they spend some hours every day doing self-study.

Introvert 2

Totally agree, being somewhat OCD I admit to trying to brainwash myself through listening to dramas in my car. Over and over again, that and real life experiences. I never really did 'get it' as one born in JW friend of mine put it. As previously mentioned in another thread I thought it was my lack of faith, knowledge, Holy spirit etc. As a convert at that point in my life I 'needed' it to be true. Suffered major cong. dissonance to the point of becoming severely depressed. Then I woke up. :-) Am now simply a Biblical Christian, works for me.

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jehovah witness elder molest his daughter ... Lynn Gardner

by jaydee in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boizyklif4q.

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I'd like to add that although I never met Lynn personally aside from riding in the same bus as her to an international convention I know her family and her dad as an elder fairly well. EVERY SINGLE DETAIL she mentions rings true, from geographical locations to her parents behavior and actions. Even her mothers terse reply with her her back turned " Nope can't do that ! " belies this family and what I know of them. Her siblings are true company men in the organization except maybe for her youngest brother. And the dad really was gruff, power hungry and a bully of an elder. He enjoyed his status as CO of the congregation for over a decade if not two. I can also recount a renovation project he did for a brother that fell apart halfway through on account of his being personally under qualified . Is an unrelated incident that highlighted a character flaw of failure to admit being wrong. Him, his status and position always seemed to come first. I know he resigned being an elder due to age and health problems. I must say that despite his character flaws I was fond of him and looked up to him as a father figure. I'm very disappointed in all of this and if anything highlights the need to avoid following men. I'm so sorry this happened to sweet innocent little Lynn as a child but congradulate her for really trying to patch things up with her dad and get an apology so as to allow her to get close to her family again. Her dad let her down big time ! He left her no choice but to go public and move on with the rest of her life. Lynn comes across as a very honest person with integrity. I wish her and her family the best and do hope her dad will learn from this.