Superfine Apostate

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  Did You EVER Enjoy Going To Meetings Or Out In Service?

  by minimus in

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  i can say that i don't thinki ever really looked forward to going to a 2 hour meeting or a 2 hour ride around in the "ministry.

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  Superfine Apostate

  hated it. i liked officially going out in service but actually going to drink coffee though.
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  Lying is okay

  by Hiddenwindow in

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  there are several doctrinal explications in the wt literature about which the average jw is not aware.

  one that has always puzzled me is the definition that the insight book gives to lying.

  it explains that lying does not mean to provide false information, but that it means to give wrong information to whoever has the right to know.

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  Superfine Apostate

  that "i'd rather die than lie" is complete bull... i'd rather live.
  
  the problem with the witnesses is, that they proclaim that they got the truth(TM) and that lying is wrong but still lie.
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  Asinine JW comments

  by 5thGeneration in

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  my sister said yesterday:.

  "isn't it amazing how the watchtower and awake are so good that really we would only have to read them to know everything that's going on in the world!".

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  Superfine Apostate

  my mom told me something along these lines the other day. "i'm so glad we have the mags, you can find an article to EVERY topic and it's explained in a way everyone understands it". (we were talking about some medical treatment). i said, i'd rather let a doctor explain things to me. and where she thinks the awake-people get their texts from, they just copy'n'paste them from other mags and spice them up with fluffy panda bears and grass eating lions. but she just kept going - i started laughing and couldn't stop... she wasn't too pleased about me laughing ;)
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  Throwing the Baby out with the Bathwater Goodbye Watchtower Hello Nothing?

  by Magick in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as witnesses who were deeply indoctrinated.

  we accepted all of jehovah's witness teachings as a total package, it was "the truth".

  there were no cracks in our armor that would allow other ideas, doctrines or thoughts to seep in.

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  Superfine Apostate

  i threw out the bathwater and there was no baby at all...
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  If U Had To Make A Choice----The Internet or a TV?

  by minimus in

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  which would it be?

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  Superfine Apostate

  internet, anytime. can't live without it.
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  Are You A Witness In Good Standing?

  by feenx in

  1. jw
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  hey everybody :)

  so i am curious about the jw's on here that are still in good standing.

  even after i was df'd i still had the brainwash in my head telling me not to go onto an internet site discussing jw issues.

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  Superfine Apostate

  my little witness is still in good standing, no need for blue pills so far.
  
  wait a moment, did i say little? it's HUGE!
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  Do You Think You Are NOW Screwed Up Because You Were A Witness?

  by minimus in

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  well?

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  Superfine Apostate

  i can say that it took me some time to feel like a normal human being - although in the meantime i realized that JWs are not the only screwed people by far.
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  For all you PETROL & GAS whiners. Stop complaining that it's too expensive!

  by nicolaou in

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  2. current

  here in the uk we're paying over a 1 a litre for regular unleaded fuel, that's about $9 per gallon for my american friends.

  now i'm as aware as anyone that the bulk of my fuel pound goes to the government in duty (or fuel tax) but let's just look at the bottom line cost to you and i as motorists - 1/litre.. just getting the the damn stuff out of the ground is dangerous and expensive, especially at offshore rigs.

  then you have to transport it, refine it and transport it again.

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  Superfine Apostate

  my company pais for gas, so i don't care...
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  Standing outside a pub smoking a cig and along comes an elder...

  by FreedomFrog in

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  i go to this pub (sort of like a cheers tv kinda pub) and since we can't smoke in there we have to step outside.

  last tuesday (on a meeting night) an elder all dressed up walks past me on the same side walk.

  he glances at me so i gave a nod gester.

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  Superfine Apostate

  i would have taken a beer. one time there was a gilette-truck out in the parking lot (gilette is a brand of razors) offering to test their new product. as i'm always wearing a beard or unshaved, they approached me and i agreed - so instead of going to the meeting i sat in the parking lot and shaved, while everyone was passing by. lol.
  
  we had breaks too, until the CO stopped it, because "the society does not want that".
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  Primary Concern(s) for Witnesses

  by KW13 in

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  do you feel one of the the primary concerns for most witnesses still in who are faced with the 'concept' of leaving is where else do we go?

  afterall just about everything is tarnished by the watchtower society in the mind of every dub.

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  Superfine Apostate

  definately. that's the first question you get. in a kind of rethorical way - and changing the actual words taken from the gospels: "where else could we go to?" (instead of "who else").
  
  after years of JW indoctrination you NEED some hierarchy to follow. because you are simply not used to think for yourself. and thinking aint that easy.