Magwitch

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  So what types of people actually flourish under the JW regime?

  by Julia Orwell in

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  2. friends

  i sure as eggs know which types don't:.

  creative types: to do well at a creative industry one must dedicate a lot of time to developing one's talent, and as a jw one simply doesn't have time.

  since writing a story or painting a picture doesn't contribute in any way to prestudy, meetings or fs results it's considered useless anyway.

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  Magwitch

  People who love playing the victim. They also tend to be boring and depressing.
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  Uzzah Interview - Bethel Elder to Agnostic to Humanitarian

  by Uzzah in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  tell us a little about yourself and your family.. mother was baptized while carrying me.

  father and two older siblings raised as witnesses.

  mother and father divorced in the 70's.

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  Thank you so much for sharing this.
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  Today's WT Study (Who is the FDS - Sep 2013)

  by ohnightdivine in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  please share how your wt study went today...

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  Chiefs, Broncos and Patriots. How could anyone squeeze a meeting in between a busy day like that?
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  Parody of Memorial Song - 7 verses just means perfection

  by sd-7 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  --my wife has this as a ringtone on her cell phone, so i can't get the darn song out of my head.

  thus, i had no choice but to lampoon it.

  in order to do so perfectly, i knew that making seven verses--rather than six, which would be handling the matter imperfectly--was not only necessary, but wise.

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  This absolutely is hysterical. My daughter is visiting, we are both suffering from insomnia, so I printed this out and she played it on the piano while I sang and we laughed so hard it hurt. SD-7 you have a gift!!!!! The neighbors must think we are nuts.
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  What was YOUR wake-up call before you left the JW´s organization?

  by Mr Fool in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what was your wake-up call(s) before you left the jw s organization?

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  Magwitch

  Being married to a hypocritical male chauvinistic elder for 20 years. Yeah right....appointed by holy spirit my ass!
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  Blue Jeans BANNED by Jehovahs Witnesses Governing body

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for anybody attending a international convention .. 5 body of elders letters just leaked .

  "applicant instructions".. ********************.

  applicants must be exemplary in every respect, including dress and grooming.

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  LMSA

  ...Knorr had a thing against anything denim

  Since my mother worshipped the watchtower presidents more than Jesus, I can now understand why in my 12 years of school (70-83) I was not allowed to wear blue jeans. I should have guessed....

  Good thing I had all those Laura Ingall's dresses (as if we weren't weird enough)
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  Stuff You Would Lose If You Went Back

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so we know all the things the wts prevents us from doing, but that's much, much different than the stuff we've grown accustomed to.. for those who have been out for a number of years, what kind of things would end up being abandoned if you suddenly started going back to the kingdom hall?

  you know, stuff that you now do on the nights you used to attend meetings, the things you own, the things you wear, etc..

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  Magwitch

  • The first thing to go would be (as JeffT said) my sobriety!
  • Frequent trips to Vegas to play Roulette
  • My occasional brownie
  • I suppose I would not be able to have my single male house mate anymore
  • My out of town weekend trips to OSU and CU college football games.

  So to sum it up....No gambling, no sex, no pot, not football fun, actually no fun ever, but I can become a drunk again. Wow! tough decision - What to do?
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  Video of admitted child molester in Jehovah’s Witnesses has gone viral!

  by disfellowshipped1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  notice these two attorneys opining on this case.. http://watchtowerleaks.com/tagged/child-molestation.

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  Billy....

  a person should not trust an elder to be alone with a child, a single sister, any of your pets, or even an apple pie.

  Such pearls of wisdom!
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  Do you remember your Baptism Talk?

  by bildad in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you remember anything from your baptism talk or the brother who gave it?.

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  Magwitch

  No I don't remember the talk or the date. I do remember being really self conscious about being in a swim suit in front of so many people, especially the single male population. I was 16 and so skinny and no boobs. How would I ever land a spiritual husband? :)
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  Remarkably stupid point in this week's Jeremiah book study - Jehovah's loving kindness

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the whole jeremiah book is an abomination, but a point in this week's study exceeded even its usual standards of inanity.. from page 144, paragraph 10:.

  in our day, god continues to show loving-kindness in ways that directly benefit his worshippers.

  consider the matter of prayer.

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  Magwitch

  he pays special attention when his dedicated servants pray to him

  So how is it that they are getting SPECIAL ATTENTION if years are going by and there is no answer to their prayers? I seem to be missing what that SPECIAL something is...