HSS1971

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  State Truthful Facts About JWs That Make Them Look Bad, Weird, Foolish

  by minimus in

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  you don't need to exaggerate the foibles of jws to get the point across that they are not "the truth".

  can you state some facts that show that jehovah's witnesses are not "normal' and that their religion is weird and simply abnormal?.

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  HSS1971

  To me it's wierd when your religion mandates how you can have sex with your wife.
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  Recent WTS changes - why NOT significant...

  by besty in

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  in light of recent changes i thought to propose a counterview might open up the debate a little.

  i'm just throwng this out there for coments.

  i have plagiarized the following from another poster here:.

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  HSS1971

  My Friends,

  I should apologize for my previous comment. I would never approve of such a thing, I don't know why I said it and I'm truly sorry. I feel horrible for saying that.
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  Recent WTS changes - why NOT significant...

  by besty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in light of recent changes i thought to propose a counterview might open up the debate a little.

  i'm just throwng this out there for coments.

  i have plagiarized the following from another poster here:.

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  HSS1971

  "About the only things that could take them down are if they all croak at the same time"

  Now theres a brilliant idea. Is it really beyond anyone here that harbors such a strong grudge to storm a GB meeting with guns and do every human a favor by ridding the Earth of such trash ?
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  The Watchtower Society is drop dead gorgeous.

  by edmond dantes in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  sometimes in my mind i go back to the beginning of my jw experience which for me was a very long time ago when i got really excited when the awake and watchtower came through the letter box after i paid for a yearly subscription, just to cover the printing costs you understand.in those far off days long gone in my gullible inexperienced just finished school days i really thought here was a religion to believe in ,to trust,to tell the entire world about and to show others the pretty pictures of the new world as depicted in the books and magazines.at that time i would have literally given my life in order to get through armaggedon.i really thought it was the greatest and only true religion on the planet and in my naive young mind i thought we were living with all the other brothers and sisters in a truly new world society,no more fighting for your countries wars,no more adultary,lying ,cheating,envy, money grabbing, murder etc.just the thought of holding on untill the big a .

  and i couldn't for the life of me see why everyone who i spoke to about it wouldn't believe in the message of the watchtower.i thought the assemblies depicted how we would all get along with love in the new world.thats how daft i was.. then one day a seed of doubt entered my mind which at first i dismissed as the devil leading me astray this devil concept was also backed up by a brother , a congregational overseer,telling me it was so.i thought he was right until i discovered that due to his doubts he had stopped going to the meetings ,and then i was introduced to another brother who was classed as spiritually week even though he had refused to go into the millitary and went to prison, he came out of prison with doubts about the so called truth.i thought to myself how can someone be so convinced about his beliefs that he would go to prison for it and then suddenly realise he had been wrong.. then i gradually grew wiser and older ,the scales began to drop from eyes as i witnessed at first hand a hell of a lot of hypocrisy within the so called clean organisation.i went on to learn about beth sarim and the many changes of doctrine which resulted in new light and many, many examples of the lack of true love and care within the so called new world society.

  all they were interested in was how many hours you managed to put in each week and whether you were in the clique.the list of reasons not to believe grew endless until at last just as you can fall out of love with someone the love evaporated it just vanished into thin air never to return, and i wonder sometimes where does love go when it drops down dead.. and i realise that without true substance being in love with something or for that matter someone is a figment of the mind.. .

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  Whenever I see a WT or AW magazine out in the public I chuck it in the trash just so no innocent person picks it up and starts to read it

  I do the exact same thing.
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  {The Simpsons} = Did you know any "Ned Flanders" types in your Hall?

  by Witness 007 in

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  us brothers would be having a conversation about sports and this brother "flanders" would always start a spiritual conversation: "on a sunny day like this i just want to thank jehovah for my blessings....i wish we had meetings everyday....i feel bad i didn't go witnessing this weekend.

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  many times i wanted to strangle him!...his wife left him and the truth, since then he is worse..

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  I remember one day as I was getting home from work (on a HOT day), I passed Br. Culler, an elder. Don't you know that man followed me to my damn house and accosted me as I got out of my car asking me to go on return calls with him because he did'nt have a partner. After a few seconds he noticed the look of obvious annoyance on my face and apologized and got into his car and left. My stupid wife at the time was angry with me for not joining him on his returns. Did I really have to explain that the LAST thing I wanted to do was stay in a HOT suit on a HOT day to visit people I did'nt really care to know ? All I can say is that I'm glad I'm not one of those clueless, pompous ass jws anymore.
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  Did you skip the meeting to watch the superbowl ?

  by av8orntexas in

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  i know we must have alot ofpeople on here huge football fans like myself.

  born and raised in boston, i am a huge sports fan, and of course patriots fan.

  so anyone here go to another meeting, makeup some bs excuse, illness, flat out miss the meeting or anything else to watch game if your meeting happened to go from the 9am to the 3pm in january ?.

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  HSS1971

  Just for the super bowl ? Hell I skipped meetings for all kinds of things. Then the next meeting I appeared at, an elder would say something like "I missed you on Sunday". Waiting for me to cough up a reason why I was'nt there. When they said that, I'd just say "enjoy the rest of your day" and walk to my car. I loved the look on the elders face when I looked back and he did'nt get a reason why I did'nt make the meeting. I never felt obligated to tell the elders anything at all. They are not entitled to any info about you beyond what you volunteer.
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  Would 1 million dollars help you and how?

  by Junction-Guy in

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  if ed mcmahan were to show up at your door with 1 million dollars do you believe this would help you?

  would your outlook change, and how?.

  1 million dollars would be a major windfall for me.

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  Hey only $9000 would help me buy a dump truck. Which would help me get $300 per day. I'd be willing to pay it back in time. Forget the 1 million dollars. I'd kill myself with a million dollars.
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  I just replaced my garbage disposal...

  by zeroday in

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  it must be saturday night the highlight of my week was replacing my garbage disposal...it went out last week along with my refrigerator (replaced that last weekend a whole nother story) anyway poked my head under the sink and said "i can do that"...i like to think myself as mechanically inclined but after a week driving truck that is the last thing i wanted to do but the disposal cost me $118 and they wanted another $95 to install it...so i dove in and did pretty well untill it was time to lock the disposal ring into the setting...i tried and tried and tried and the mother ****** would not go on...i grabbed me a martini and said ok i'll finish tomorrow when it hit me i was trying to twist the damn thing the wrong way and as simple as that i did it...i am so proud of me.........

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  So cool !! I want you to be proud of me too. Guess what I did. I scraped my bowl of all resin. And smoked it. My pot dealer says he won't be able to hook up until next week. So I guess I'll have to wait. But..... be proud of me I cleaned my bowl.
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  has anyone needed Meds to get thru this process???

  by New light for you in

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  2. friends

  im' really thinkin' i might need to get.... something!

  some kind of drugs to go thru this... ativan, xanax.... something... or i'm gonna make myself sick dealing with saying good-bye to all my life-long friends and family by saturday.... any suggestions on good drugs?

  didd you have to go to your general dr. to get them... or psych?.

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  While I was in, or even before we got married, my wife convinced me to take Zoloft and stay on Zoloft. Zoloft always made me feel I was'nt quite me. I always felt like I had someone elses brain transplanted into me while on Zoloft. Anyways I ran out of Zoloft shortly before she left me for the last time. Since then I went back to smoking pot. I don't smoke cigs at all. Now I smoke pot and drink my gourmet coffee. And sometimes beer. I am so glad I now feel like my entire self. I actually feel like I'm HAPPY within.
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  What makes a JW a true DUB?

  by darth frosty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was going to do this as a serious post about the core beliefs of witnesses (whether the r&f understand them or not.).

  but, that would be boring.

  instead what makes a person an acceptable dub and associate for most witnesses?

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  HSS1971

  Ass kissing and brown nosing, lots of it.