Posts by garybuss

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Would you rather see the WTS move mainstream or just collapse in a heap?

by ThomasCovenant in

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maybe eventually the wts will adapt and change and try to go mainstream.. as 'new shite' shines brightly then;.

maybe eventually celebrating birthdays and even christmas will be 'allowed' without too many repercussions.. maybe eventually the 'blood' issue will fade away and 'brothers' wil be allowed the whole lot of fractions together at the same time.. maybe eventually disfellowshipping and particularly shunning will be seen as unloving and done away with.. personally i would rather this wouldn't happen.. i would prefer to see the wts collapse in the mire even with all the emotional fallout there would be to those still in having their crutches pulled away from them.. i don't want the wts to modify and adapt and go more gentle on the rank and file.. i want them to get more harsh with the brothers.. i want it to go down, not along.. am i being too cruel to those still in?.

would the more loving caring attitude be to hope that the wts changes for the better?.

garybuss

I like em just the way they are. They're fun to watch and they're doing a heck of a job keeping the village idiots away from me.

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Is the Kingdom Hall a good place for ugly guys to get pretty girls?

by donny in

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about two weeks ago i was having lunch at an establishment that has tables set up on the outside (actually a sidewalk) and as i was waiting for my order, i overheard two guys talking at the next table.

a homely guy who had a pretty girl on his arm brought this response.

"wow man, look at that!

garybuss

Is the Kingdom Hall a good place for ugly guys to get pretty girls?

Worked for me.

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Survey: Jehovah's Witnesses pray the most nationally

by Gayle in

garybuss

Anonymous reporter finds that Jehovah's Witnesses tape more "OUT OF ORDER" signs on working vending machines that any other religious group.

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I've 2nd guessed myself for 30 years

by homeschool in

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it hit me the other day, when i was contemplating life....i was a jw for twenty years and i was trained to second guess myself.

all the time.

no matter what i did, i needed to re-think.

garybuss

In business, that hardest thing I had to learn was how to make decisions. In business decisions must be made fast without wavering and without fear. Education was a big help and experience has been a bigger help.

I had 6 years in business before I went into business with my dad. That was a disaster. He wanted to be the leader but he couldn't make decisions and he'd lie to customers. I'd never do that again in a million years.

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How did/do you break the "thinking" chain?

by lurk3r in

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one thing about being an active jdub is that you are never encouraged to actually think.

sure you think your thinking, but once your out, and start asking some questions that you never even considered before, it becomes apparent that you weren't.

it becomes clear that we were indeed "conditioned".. decades of sitting in a chair listening to the same thing, over and over again.

garybuss

I'm a work in progress. The single thing that helped me the most in life and in business has been the study of language . . . words. And the study of the concepts of the meanings that the words represent. By way of example, I'll submit the word "condone".

I defined and used in context words like implicit vs explicit, and subjective vs objective. I defined dogmatic and tested a certain book printing company with the meaning of that word.

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How did your Jehovah`s WItness Family treat you,when you no longer wanted to participate as a Jehovah`s Witness?

by OUTLAW in

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when we leave the wbt$ religious cult "jehovah`s witness`s"..the wbt$ encourages our familys to have little,or nothing to do with us..........our own jehovah`s witness parents will do exactly as the wbt$ commands..mine did.......my jehovah`s witness parents told other jehovah`s witness`s,"i hated all jehovah`s witness`s"..not true..i just did`nt like the religion..i had no problem with most individual jw`s.............................how did your jehovah`s witness family treat you,when you no longer wanted to participate as a jehovah`s witness?...........................................................................outlaw.

garybuss

Basically, my Watch Tower Witness relatives fractionally shunned me and my family. The Watch Tower Witness relatives would come to my place once a year or so when invited but would not initiate contact with me or invite me to their family dinners or anything else.

In the 90's I called my dad after he hadn't made contact with me for over a year (even though he only lived 5 miles away). I asked him why he hadn't contacted me. He said: "I didn't have any reason to.".

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How Did You Deal With Weirdo JWs?

by minimus in

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let's face it, some witnesses are weirder than others.

we had one certain mama's boy who made sure he was dressed up properly, especially in the winter.

she'd make sure he had his "rubbers", scarf, hat and gloves.

garybuss

How Did You Deal With Weirdo JWs?

I married his sister.

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"You have a good point, but of course we still have the Truth"

by BonaFide in

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that is the bottom line for a witness.

i have tried so many times to reason with witnesses, and they react the same as i did almost all my life.

the only success i am having is hopefully planting some seeds, because that worked with me, over a period of time.. many threads on here describe reasonings and great points designed to "wake up" witnesses.

garybuss

Debating with a Watch Tower Witness is like debating with a drunk. It feels like Who's On First . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M

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Did You/ Do You Believe Marriages Are Supposed To Be Forever?

by minimus in

the majority of people i know who are married either have cheated at least once or have mentioned regret to ever having married.

as witnesses, we were taught that marriage should be lifelong unless adultery occured and even if it did, many times, eccouragement was given to forgive.. now, i see many couples go thru the motions but almost hate their status.. so, are marriages meant to be "forever" or what?.