Posts by monophonic

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Chapter 1 of the book I stopped writing (a whole chapter- kinda long)

by OnTheWayOut in

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reading this today, in light of the september kingdom ministry question box, i think that .

this chapter is very pertinent.

as a matter of fact, if i were to publish this book, i would have .

monophonic

"Oh, I must add this thought.

>IF (the big "IF") the book were the least bit successful, the WTS would probably crack down
>on fading. There could be new rules about disassociating continously inactive ones.
>I don't think so highly of myself causing so much change, but it is possible if more people
>were moved to fade, based on a book.

>Okay, you can all tell me how I think a little too highly of my work now.

" Being a writer requires a little self delusion, especially since we're getting rejected a lot more than accepted...so confidence, even a little bloated confidence, i think that defines a writer...writers who don't have it i don't consider writers.

regarding your big IF, i think there are more possibilities than just the wtbts cracking down on fading....b/c the wtbts seems to be a little more concerned about their public opinion, so if your book is a success and there were blanket crackdown, it would be an opportunity to get way more press for your book, swing some educated bad press at the wtbts and they may just let some gay guy do a kiss ass documentary on them. (oh wait, they already did that.)

but i understand your concern and you have my respect for protecting individuals who don't want to shake things up. i suggest writing it anyway, you can always choose not to pursue publishing it...and many people will choose not to publish it for you....but it sounds like an important piece of work.

">By the way, if they do ever decide to disassociate continuous inactive ones, just report >one hour of field service every 6 months. You could even mail it in, since you never go to the >hall. HEE HEE."

LMFAO, ok, please finish the book, this is brilliant!

i need to figure a better way to quote people here. :)

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I'm Still Receiving Teaching Assignments......That's Odd.

by R.F. in

i'm currently a ministerial servant, and i haven't been to a congregation meeting in almost 4 months.

my father, who brings me my magazines and kms, has informed me that i have parts on the tms and service meeting coming up soon.

what's the deal with that?.

monophonic

ldrnomo, great experience and awesome to have you here.

being in for 25 years and accepting your doubts that quickly....was it a smooth process or was there more inner turmoil? would love to hear more about your experience, as much as you can share without comprising your fade of course.

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A couple of comparisons: the WT of today vs the early 1970s

by Skimmer in

the other day i happened to make my monthly stop at the local fast food joint when i usually borrow one of the community newspapers for an afternoon read.

this time around i see a couple of wt magazines.

as always, my concerns for my fellow man caused me to grab these toxic items for a later meal -- a meal fed to my cross cut shredder at home.

monophonic

it would be interesting to put a topic study of the study articles and what subjects keep hitting and how they're increased. no i don't volunteer myself, i can't stand looking at the things.

in another idiotic convo w/ mom tonite, i was telling her about the quotes from the trinity brochure and how most of them were not from scholars, professionals who were against the trinity, but they were against christianity all together..i told her it was like the wtbts quoting a philosopher saying 'god has influence on mankind', but the real quote is 'god has influence on mankind which is absurd because there is no god'.

then i went off on the 'stop educating yurselfs with all thems other subjects we have all the educamating you need' bullshit and she said, 'the wtbts doesn't proclaim themselves as scholars'.

squeaky clean brainwash.

so i replied that they do control a mass amount of people and claim it's their way or the highway and will have no problem getting people shunned who don't follow along 100%. that one stumped her a bit.

she was also a little 'hunh?' about where the wtbts gets their quotes from. i explained to her, b/c i'm a journalist, that if i misrepresented someone as blantantly as they do in my interviews for the articles i write, i would be instantly fired, the publication would be called into question re: its ethics and the ethics of 'worldly' publications are a lot more moral than the standards of the society.

here's a sip of vodka for the blind leading the naked.

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I'm Still Receiving Teaching Assignments......That's Odd.

by R.F. in

i'm currently a ministerial servant, and i haven't been to a congregation meeting in almost 4 months.

my father, who brings me my magazines and kms, has informed me that i have parts on the tms and service meeting coming up soon.

what's the deal with that?.

monophonic

as i was fading i wouldn't show up for a meeting for three/four weeks, then come with a five day beard growth, my beard grows fast, and they'd jump over to me like those old OJ simpson commercials where he's at the airport jumping over people and chairs and hand me a microphone and say, 'you're on the left side tonite'.

i always said to my wife, 'who do i have to fuck to get off "priviledges"?', which had some humor to it since if i fucked someone other than my wife i could get off of the priviledges.

it's so goofy, the mindset that if you're a brother, they're doing you such a favor by letting you volunteer for shit @ meetings w/o even asking.

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Your most hated Kingdom Songs ever...

by B_Deserter in

we all know that skilled songwriters the brothers are not, so what are your most hated kingdom songs?

the ones that made you cringe when you saw them listed on the km or watchtower?

mine?.

monophonic

gopher, thanks for the links on that.

i love the spin the wtbts puts on everything....but they have no worries b/c reading anything w/o their spin is 'apostasy'. the information choke-hold is ridiculous.

the melody was probably ripped off of some other song anyway.

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What would you do?

by PEC in

barbie doll's grandson called yesterday saying the his fiancee, wants to meet us.

his hasn't willingly visited us for more than 10 years.

the last few times we saw him, was when we stopped his work, every time we invited to come and visit us and he never has.

monophonic

i'm not a fan of people who sponge, but sometimes it's cool to ask for help....i wouldn't ask from someone i hadn't seen in years, but that's me personally.

and i work in an industry where i kind of have to always ask for seemingly unattainable things and they usually magically happen..so i have a no harm in asking philosophy as well as a no harm in saying 'no', and leaving it at that...on both ends...if someone says 'no' to me for a request, there's never hard feelings from my end and i usually assume they have circumstances i'm not aware of and their own reasons.

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Your most hated Kingdom Songs ever...

by B_Deserter in

we all know that skilled songwriters the brothers are not, so what are your most hated kingdom songs?

the ones that made you cringe when you saw them listed on the km or watchtower?

mine?.

monophonic

i hated every song except the one that goes:

"soldiers of jah do not seek a life of ease,
this world and the rulers they do not try to please"

ok, the lyrics are pathetic, but whoever wrote the music to that song was definitely into black sabbath.

towards the end of my tenure, whenever that song was sung i'd make devil horns as i sang it, always making my wife laugh.

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SNL Skit with Awake!

by VanillaMocha73 in

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nzppf-q2_es - i swear he is showing the kids an awake!

mag.... 01:06 in the video.

monophonic

yeah, the paper is too good and the images are too crisp to be anything published by wtbts.

gotta use the cheapest paper for the wtbts b/c they're so broke and have to pay so much for labor.

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... finding a heavenly hope...

by Redwood in

being brought up as a jw in the 70's +++ it was instilled in me that my hope was for everlasting life in a perfect world.

only 144,000 were going to heaven to rule with jesus.

my heart was shaped by a very traumatic event 3 yrs ago this labor day.

monophonic

good weed and tropical paradise is turning you into a person i'm not sure i know anymore. :)

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Dfed and Damned for Life

by Hangin_on in

i have posted my story on here before.

i was dfed at 22 for sleeping with an 18yr old girl in my cong.

i was married and me and my "mistress" were both dfed.. i admit i was wrong by even the worlds standards.

monophonic

one more thing, 22 is YOUNG, so your first marriage was even younger...the odds were against you from the start, even as a jw. staying together in this marriage, you and your wife should look at that as a huge success.