Posts by TheCoolerKing

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It's my Birthday!!!

by Nellie in

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okay, so thursday was my actual birthday - but i understand that i should be celebrating the whole week long .

see what i missed all those years!.

so, happy birthday to me !

TheCoolerKing

Congrats!!! And Happy (Belated) Birthday Nellie!!!

TCK

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What didn't you do because you were a JW that you now regret?

by jwfacts in

i just bought a bottle of wine for an exjw's 30th that i am about to run off to.

on it there was a great quote by mark twain:.

"twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do... explore.

TheCoolerKing

but the fact that I just dropped him for NO REASON other than religion, when he was the nicest guy too, made me feel like the biggest a$$hole.

I can really relate to what eclipse said. I gave up my girlfriend, who was also my best friend at the time to be a good dub. I regret not staying with her.

I also wanted to play baseball in high school. I loved baseball as a kid, but mom wouldn't even let me try out for the team. Something about "bad associations spoiling useful habits"...

TCK

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WOW I made it, ....2000.

by zagor in

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wow i made it.

2000 posts after 2 years and 5 days.

not sure where to from here, i always thought after 2000 that would be it for me.

'I have nothing to look forward to'

by darth frosty in

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my 81 year old mother has alzeimer's.

visiting with her yesterday, she said she would rather go ahead and die ,because 'i have nothing to look forward to.

' this is a woman who's earnest prayer as she found herself getting old in this system of things, was to live to see 'armegedon'.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts darth frosty.
Sorry to hear about your mom’s situation.
I can relate to what you are saying too, about getting out while you are young. Fortunately for me, as well as for my family, most of us got out of “the cult” while we were still relatively young. But my own mother is almost 75 and she has been a dub for most of her life. I spoke to her the other day and she is still saying that Armageddon is around the corner. My mom refuses to believe anything bad about the JWs. She has given her life to them and has also given up everything that could have made her happy, all because she felt that she was doing the right thing. Serving God through his “True” organization. I often think about what a wonderful life my mom could have had, were it not for The Org. The reason that my parents separted years ago was because of “That Religion”, as my dad used to call it.
The whole JW religion and the senile old men that still control it just make me sick to my stomach. So many good hearted people have been taken advantage of for so long.

It truly is very sad indeed.

TCK

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What was your WORST Field Service encounter???

by TheCoolerKing in

someone mentioned to me the other day about going door to door back when i was a jw.

"weren't you scared to do something like that, knock on a stranger's door?

actually it's been so long that i had almost forgotten.

TheCoolerKing

He blocked our way to the door and started swearing at us, while another guy came around the corner with a knife in his hand. I hit the panic button to my car alarm, which caused the young brothers in the car to realize something was wrong and they came to get us. We got out OK and neither one of us thought to call the police.

I'm so glad you made it out of there Vanilla! That was so scary! Again, why did / do they have teenage girls going into strangers homes alone???

I felt so sick to my stomach the whole time we were there, I remember trying to keep my legs from shaking. I kept thinking is this where we get raped and murdered???

Welcome to the board Namaste! What a horrible experience that you had to endure! Thanks for sharing that painful story...hope to see more of your posts in the future...

TCK

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What's your all-time favorite Song by musician ? Name Song and Artist

by flipper in

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flipper again.

personally my all time favorite song?

stairway to heaven by led zeppelin.one of my top favorite groups ,too.

TheCoolerKing

I have a ton of songs that I consider my favorites. But the main one that comes to mind and that I never get tired of hearing is:

"Simple Man" by Lynyrd Skynyrd

And be a simple kind of man.
Be something you love and understand.
Be a simple kind of man.
Wont you do this for me son,
If you can?

TCK

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what was the strangest/worst counsel you recieved from elders ?

by flipper in

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having been in the organization for 30 years, after i got out i reflected on this.

as a teenager i was told to not let my hair grow over my ears because i might stumble other young ones in the congregation.

also, in order to carry the microphones i was told i couldn't wear white socks, had to wear black or dark blue socks.

TheCoolerKing

The dumbest advice I personally got from an elder was regarding education. I had started attending college and one of the elders decided to sit me down to, as he said, "give me some good advice." His words of wisdom were, "I've heard, Brother CoolerKing, that you have started attending college. Since the new world is fast approaching (the year was 1982), do you think that it is wise to pursue such a "worldy" goal as college? Things would be much better for you if you would quit college and spend more hours in the field ministry."

All I can say is that I'm glad I ignored this elder's wonderful advice back then...

TCK

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Reason for no windows in Kingdom Halls

by purplesofa in

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i found this newspaper article online today........jr brown makes a comment why there are no windows in kh's.

http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/080106/enm_4104779.shtml.

by phillip milano, the times-union.

TheCoolerKing

Interesting, now that I think about it we NEVER had any windows in the Kingdom Halls I attended...

Maybe they didn't want us to jump out of them???

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THANKS EVERYONE! ITS MY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

by restrangled in

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thanks to all for your support, advice, info, etc.

i can't believe how fast this year went by!

i wish i could thank you all personally, but there are too many!

TheCoolerKing

Congrats restrangled!!! And thanks for all your words of wisdom on this board too!!!

TCK

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What was your WORST Field Service encounter???

by TheCoolerKing in

someone mentioned to me the other day about going door to door back when i was a jw.

"weren't you scared to do something like that, knock on a stranger's door?

actually it's been so long that i had almost forgotten.

TheCoolerKing

so, so, so, so great that part of my life is long over.

Glad you made it out of "the cult" too monophonic!

Moral of story: If it is not your "return visit" and you see a "beware of dog" sign, let the other guy go in and test the waters first.

Good moral there blondie!

The "sister" was supposedly alone and the angels came down and protected her from the man. I remember this story so vividly as a teen.

I remember hearing a story like that too Dawn!