Posts by monophonic

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Judicial Committees: What was it like selecting them?

by Open mind in

looking back over the years it's funny to me now how we selected committees for jcs.

it seems like there was always at least one barney fife, gestapo elder who was chomping at the bit to be selected.

rarely would a guy like that get selected.

monophonic

it's funny...i couldn't figure out why i was witch hunted in different halls, and i was straight as an arrow.

over the last year or so, ex girlfriends who i haven't talked to in over 10 years have gotten in touch with me and they all said that i had a passion for life and experience and there was 'a light' in me that threatened people...this almost exact quote came from three different exes who don't know each other.

my wife has told me the same thing.

my therapist has told me the same thing.

i've always thought outside the box, embraced relationships w/ men and women w/o thinking, i mean acting sexually on either, but the elders in different halls always assumed i was out to rape and fuck their daughters.

i was a fan of literature and experimental music and they couldn't put me in a box of what they thought was acceptable. i was a threat, either b/c they were jealous or because they were scared of how much i enjoyed life...and i'm talking even in the congregation, getting people together and having fun....they were on my ass.

looking back, it was their unhappiness, their inadequacies and their rage at never going to college, being ignorant and living their lives as short janitors while i had a different vision for my life. again, nothing 'sinful', just a drive for making the best of things.

ignorance + lack of intelligence + power = most elders

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So..You donate your money, and then you have to pay intrest on it??!!

by Lady Liberty in

good morning everyone "happy thursday!!",.

just reading another thread, and it made me think of a question i could never answer as a jw.

how is it that when your hall wants to build, you recieve the "loan" from the society, but then you have to pay the loan back with intrest??!!.

monophonic

so, congregations sell their hall, and the money goes to the society for the 'fund', then the society gives the 3% loans, don't hold the deed, but if a congregation dissolves or the hall is put up for sale to build a new hall, the money goes back to the society (with the profit from the real estate equity), then the process starts again.

and, they'd get more interest on that money w/ a simple ing direct account, but i'm sure they're invested in money market funds. so it's not really advantageous for them to loan the money to the congregations, but, there is a certain amount of control over the property sans liability.

essentially, when they want to bank out, they can say they've had new light and the great tribulation is about to start and everyone needs to dump the kingdom halls to meet in smaller groups at people's homes, then all moneys from the property go to the society for a 'fund' to help those being persecuted.

is that correct?

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What birthday age depressed you the most?

by FreedomFrog in

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my birthday is coming up in a month.

i'm 35 and i'm so depressed about turning 36. i've heard people really get down when they were turning 25, 30, and other ages but non of my birthday's bothered me this much until now.

turning 36 is so depressing and i think it's because here i am single again trying to now start my career, my credit, my whole life over.

monophonic

my 30's have been great...i turn 38 next month...though i've seen some 38 year olds who look 48 b/c they haven't taken care of themselves.

i think 40 will trip me out a little and i'll probably have a big birthday party for it....but i have a lot to do still and i'll be working pretty hard in my 40's and 50's.

i've had some bad years, but not b/c of age depression. 17 & 20 were probably the worst, with 23 as a close behind and 24 turning awesome from there.

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Positive changes in your life since leaving WBTS

by Mrs Smith in

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for me it's the friendships i have made with people that would have been considered too wordly to be friends with while i was still a jw.

leaving behind the guilt of never been good enough or doing enough.

celebrating the birthday of my precious children making them feel like king and queen for the day.

monophonic

[I finally feel alive. It is like I have come out of mental solitary confinement.]

i couldn't have said it better.

just not having to be racist anymore with the 'us and them' attitude and actually knowing that people don't have to be jws to be spiritual and that i can trust them and be great friends with them....not like i was indoctrinated to think that anyone worldly had ulterior motives for hanging out with me and that they were all selfish....kind of turned out all my friends within the borg were the ones with ulterior motives and they were the ones not to be trusted.

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Another news story today on abuse settlements...

by flipper in

a friend of mr f heard a story on kfbk sacramento radio news a little after 8 this am...3 people in woodland ca received their settlement money, and 7,000 others have come forward with accusations.

i can't find it anywhere - does anyone know about this?

danny?

monophonic

dude, you know i'd take a flight to hawaii if that was the case to help you if anyone pulled shit on your daughter.....you know i'd be completely useless for two days when i get there from teh xanax high to even get on a plane and i might be so scared to get back on a flight that i'd have to shack up with you for the rest of my life in hawaii, but we'd take care of any situation, our own version of a judicial committee. and just like them, above the law, keep it in the family, open a taco stand near the LOST location shooting w/ the meat of the transgressor....hurly would be our best customer....'wow, i've never tasted tacos so good, what are you guys using?'

'his name was steve'.

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Atheists for Jehovah

by slimboyfat in

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there are hundreds or thousands of websites on jehovah's witnesses with all sorts of slants, but i have never come across any specifically for atheist jehovah's witnesses.

has anyone ever seen a site for atheist witnesses?

i think it would be a great idea, and we could call it atheists for jehovah, as a counterpart to the atheists for jesus.

monophonic

before i dissolved the music project i was a part of, i was going to do a cd of experimental noise called 'christians for communism', complete w/ t-shirts and everything. i'm still planning on using the concept in another venue....and the t-shirts definitely need to be made.

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iRIVER versus iPOD a Discussion

by Terry in

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i've owned two different ipods including the video ipod.. i own two different iriver products including the new iriver clix2 (mp3 player, video player, digital recorder and fm radio.).

to me the iriver is the clear winner on all fronts.

(cheaper, too).. briefly: iriver allows multiple file formats and drag and drop file use.

monophonic

which model is that? i like the idea of using non-internal batteries. from what i understand, i guess there's an usb --> battery connector for players and recorders where the internal battery dies...i still need to buy that connector for my microtrack recorder just in case....knock on wood.

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Using School Assignments to Give a Witness

by Mysterious in

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anyone remember all the examples of youths being encouraged to work something about the jws into school assignments on abortion, evolution, volunteer work etc?

i remember cheekily ending an essay with "remember the theory of evolution is just that, a theory" in about 8th grade but that was about it.

i did just get a fantastic a grade mark on my philosophy paper on shoudl parents have the right to refuse life saving medical treatment for infants and children too young to decide for themselves.

monophonic

[could have probably written brainwashing propaganda for the WTS if I had had a penis...]

lmfao! thanks for making my night.

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Using School Assignments to Give a Witness

by Mysterious in

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anyone remember all the examples of youths being encouraged to work something about the jws into school assignments on abortion, evolution, volunteer work etc?

i remember cheekily ending an essay with "remember the theory of evolution is just that, a theory" in about 8th grade but that was about it.

i did just get a fantastic a grade mark on my philosophy paper on shoudl parents have the right to refuse life saving medical treatment for infants and children too young to decide for themselves.

monophonic

i know, 10 years old...do you know what a set up that is for never getting a chance to make out with a girl from school when i was 15?

actually, there were way too many witnesses in my high school...i think we had about 15....and 11 of them were a direct line to the elders, so we had to make out with sisters from other congregations or i'd get busted.....and worldly girls from other schools.

amen to witness sisters who were down with some heavy make out sessions. one thing about jws, they have so much practice kissing and dry humping, they're probably the best kissers in the world.

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Using School Assignments to Give a Witness

by Mysterious in

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friends

anyone remember all the examples of youths being encouraged to work something about the jws into school assignments on abortion, evolution, volunteer work etc?

i remember cheekily ending an essay with "remember the theory of evolution is just that, a theory" in about 8th grade but that was about it.

i did just get a fantastic a grade mark on my philosophy paper on shoudl parents have the right to refuse life saving medical treatment for infants and children too young to decide for themselves.

monophonic

when i was in 5th grade the teacher asked us to give a discussion on something that interests us.

i asked my parents for help and they made me paraphrase an article from the awake! on how commercialism is wrong and that we should focus on spirituality.

so goddam embarrassing when all my friends were giving speeches on football and horses and skiing, etc.

my parents were idiots, they bought in full force until my dad had a nervous breakdown. i can't believe the stupid witness stuff they got me to do in school.