Posts by NotaNess

One witness told me that having the News on TV, after I said it's just filled with all negative BS, helps them to keep up on current topics to go preaching with.

So, this too, is the mind set. Everyone else in the world is bad, evil, destructive, murderers, thiefs, adulterers, druggies, fornicators, etc, etc. They THINK and are lead to believe that this is ALL of the rest of the world for some reason. Proves that they love to prey on the sad, miseable, depressed people out there. They use the negativity to draw people in.

This can contribute to them thinking they are above the rest as well.

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Witness "Terminology"

by Rubens in

i find it interesting reading posts from ex-witnesses or those that are slipping away and yet the terminology is still brain-washed into us.

i mean, i've managed to stop using the terms myself.

sometimes i might catch myself using the term "the truth" or "brother" or "sister", but i quickly correct myself.. the fact is for me, as much as i agree with a lot of their values and beliefs, those people were not my "brothers and sisters" nor was the organization "the truth".

NotaNess

Yes, interesting.

Fellow witnesses get Brother and Sister, but God (the father) just gets called a made up/translated name????

RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN LURKER!!!!

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Mind Freak with Criss Angels.......

by FreedomFrog in

i absolutely love it....i'd like to know how to do some of the stunts and tricks he can do.. anyone seen this show?.

i'm watching it now..

NotaNess

They revealed the hovering on another show on prime time one night.

Blain turns his back to the spectators, feet tight together, concentrates, and then he is seen raising up about a few inches off the ground. for a few seconds.

This is done by being just slightly at an angle with back toward the people watching you. Pretend to concentrate, then with the ONE foot that has the front of the foot out of sight, lift your body up on that front part of the the foot slowly. Your other foot WILL completely be raised off the ground. It will appear that both of your feet have left the ground.

No autograph signing, sorry!

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BEST Watchtower analogy I have ever seen!

by RedPill2006 in

you can see it on a picture on the may 1, 2007, pages 24-29)(youths goals honor god) watchtower on page 26!.

watch carefully what the girl is doing and what she is drinking....... this has symbol character.

if this isn't on purpose, than it is the best analogy to what the wt means to your life..... redpill.. could someone please scan that picture and post it here????

NotaNess

How's this? She also has a poster...she's a big fan.

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Why do witnesses intentionally avoid having kids?

by NotaNess in

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1) don't want to deal with it at meetings is what i think would be on the top of the list.they see what others have to go through.. 2) i know a married couple jws, that are avoiding having kids, and i've heard of reasons from them like.... "don't want to raise them up in this system".

"time is too short".

"i'll wait until the next system of things".

NotaNess

1) Don't want to deal with it at meetings is what I think would be on the top of the list.They see what others have to go through.

2) I know a married couple JWs, that are avoiding having kids, and I've heard of reasons from them like...

"don't want to raise them up in this system"

"time is too short"

"I'll wait until the next system of things"

My heart hurts over this cause I truly enjoy them, and feel so sad that the wife will pass up and miss out on such a beautiful love of a child, only to look back when she's in her 60's and cry from regret she never had any, and this "system" hasn't ended yet. Her parents had multiple children, and I think how would she like it if her mother had decided to feel the same way??

I feel she would be a good mother...it's sad.

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Doubting JWs ever approached you?

by greendawn in

while you still were jws did any doubting jw ever try to talk to you about the flaws of the org and instil in you some doubt?

someone had told me that he didn't believe the gb members were straight and honest people that many of their ideas were wrong and that they had a secret agenda to pursue beyond the one they publicly proclaimed.

at the time i thought he may be right since they seemed to control everything and didn't allow anyone to contribute even the (so called) anointed.

NotaNess

Yes, one must not forget, to NOT "stumble" your brother. On the flip side, it's ok to go to your "brother's" house for a party and stare at his wifes rear end until there was a hole burned into her britches! Just don't let anyone catch you.....too late!!

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I need help starting my own religion..

by mtsgrad in

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friends

got any ideas?

NotaNess

if you start a church with male and female prostitutes and promote free sex, you will be a hit!!

I think this has been done hasn't it??

1 idea would be to limit your meetings to Semi-annual 1 hour chat sessions with donuts and coffee.

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good in jehovah's witnesses

by John Doe in

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friends

i thought it might be nice to see some positive things mentioned about jw's.

now, i know mentioning these things may be hard given the experiences here, but i've yet to find a group of people who don't have something positive about them.

if there weren't something positive, no one would ever join.

NotaNess

From personal experience. Witnesses give other witnesses the "Super Free Pass".

JW employers WILL NOT fire another witness, thus letting that multi "should have been fired" Dub keep his/her bills paid.

That's so nice of them!

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? for you all

by MUNKAFATS in

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we all have different talents etc and as ive never been a witness just read their books why is it that we have 3 kids and our youngest has a gifted mathmatical mind (teacher says hes in the top %2 of the population at 5 years old ) .

would the jw then say this is from satan ?

and if not then why could he not use it to his greater good , my question isnt about jw doctrine , i just think about this when jw come to visit me as its got to be from somewhere ??

NotaNess

Jgnat....you're spot on!