Posts by shamus100

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YOUR LAST MEETING.........................

by vitty in

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........................at my last meeting, the elder was talking about 1975 and said "it never happened, it is appostates using a time when (some) brothers took the info in the wt wrong"...................i just blinked and finally woke up.. i had been on this site lurking for a couple of weeks, and realized thing werent right, but to have some creep say on the platform " it didnt happen"............when this ruined my and my siblings childhood, just made me snap.

on the way home, i told my hubby "that was the last meeting im going to"................boy was he pleased.. .

so if you didnt get df ......................what happened at your last meeting.?.

shamus100

What a wonderful thread! The stories are so good!

I decided that I'd had enough - the next MS, shining star, (me!), and I knew the sh*t was going to hit the fan soon because I stopped reporting time and could care less what they said. My last meeting, I just sat there and thought to myself "I can't do this anymore.", and left. I took the weekend off to look for an apartment about 450 kms away in a wonderful town, packed my bags, and that was the end of me. No goodbyes, nothing. Changed my phone number to an unlisted phone number... the end. People were shocked.

One elder in that town knew me, and was after my address, phone number, etc. I gave him fake ones until one day I saw him from across the way and gave him the finger. I guess he got the hint.

Many years later, I was invited to a funeral - er, um memorial. I got to the outside, saw those morons filing in in they're cheap suits, cookie-cutter haircuts.... I couldn't bring myself to go in. I went out to Starbucks instead. I am NEVER EVER going back, no matter what.

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Do You Think Jehovah's Witnesses Are Truly Happy?

by StAnn in

i've been wondering about this a lot lately.

when i was a jw, i was always miserable because i was so busy trying to keep up with everyone else, i.e., field service hours, dressing appropriately, having the right attitude, feeling guilty about desiring things not approved by the wts, such as an education.

my own experience as a jw was so filled with unhappiness that it never occurred to me that anybody in the wts could actually be happy and have a joyful life.

shamus100

The ones on major anti-depressants are happy. (no sarcasm)

Seems like most are on them.

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Singing at the Meetings is so mindless...

by logic&reason in

i was always uncomfortable singing at the meetings when i was a kid.

as an adult, i rarely if ever sing anymore because i think it is a joke.

sit down, listen for 45 minutes.

shamus100

OH MY GOD, you should see the crap that's on You Tube - have witnesses completely lost they're mind? Can't they get in trouble for doing this stuff?

Check out this link -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6rTP5TsBdo&feature=related

My apologies if this has been done to death before - but wow. I thought that the internet was responsible for heavy demonism!

Edited to add this link - 10X worse than all the rest. Borders on Holy Roller music! Extreme vomit alert.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIb4vHdGmco&feature=related

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Singing at the Meetings is so mindless...

by logic&reason in

i was always uncomfortable singing at the meetings when i was a kid.

as an adult, i rarely if ever sing anymore because i think it is a joke.

sit down, listen for 45 minutes.

shamus100

Hahaha.

How about all those crappy pictures floating by, as they sing out of tune to that awful, awful song....

hahahahaha.

I could never bring myself to sing at the Kingdom Hall. If I did I'd probably sound like those twerps.

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For the Sisters: Were you ever happy you couldn't have male "privileges"?

by Open mind in

watchtower policies clearly make women second-class citizens.

i don't see it changing anytime soon.

this thread is not about how ridiculous it is that a female is not allowed to hand out mags, territory, books or carry a microphone if a qualified male is present.

shamus100

Oh, you ladies. How dare you be able to count magazines - just get out there and pioneer, clean the house, and make my dinner.....

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Do elders actually read a DA letter?

by digderidoo in

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friends

i have thought about daing myself over the years.

i see it as putting that part of my life behind me, however i will not at the moment due to my mom.

at some point in the future i will do this and close a chapter of my life.. i have always wondered though whether the elders actually read the reasons as to why a person does this.

shamus100

They probably could care less.

I wouldn't play by they're rules, but I can't speak for yours.

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Just wanted to say hi, also have a question

by exwitless in

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friends

hey, everyone.

you probably didn't miss me, but i've been away from the board for a few months.

i guess you could say i'm an "irregular poster", and i'm "weak", and should do more "personal study".

shamus100

Book study is DONE in the new year.

The C.O. being let go is just a rumour.

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Singing at the Meetings is so mindless...

by logic&reason in

i was always uncomfortable singing at the meetings when i was a kid.

as an adult, i rarely if ever sing anymore because i think it is a joke.

sit down, listen for 45 minutes.

shamus100

Oooh, I remember that stupid song... the horror... the horror...

I remember the song book with the extra set of legs on those singers - too funny.

That choir quartet sounded so awful on you-tube. If you dare click on it, check out the comments. They're pretty funny - people actually liked it.

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Singing at the Meetings is so mindless...

by logic&reason in

i was always uncomfortable singing at the meetings when i was a kid.

as an adult, i rarely if ever sing anymore because i think it is a joke.

sit down, listen for 45 minutes.

shamus100

Now you done it - you's done it good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAQoA8b2I0Y

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Did you have the bookstudy at your house?

by karter in

we did for many years it was great becouse we had small children.

however you are expected to have a supper now and then after having food droped then ground into the carpet a few times i called it quites on the suppers although i'd invite some for beers after.

one bookstdy conducter announced there was going to be a supper next bookstudy so i announced no there wasen't he spoke to me after something about unwritten rules i said '' the phraseas call it oral trditions"

shamus100

LOL @ Walter.