my may 19th posting "please help..." had almost 800 readers.
for this i am thankful.
nevertheless, i'd welcome feedback on why no one wanted to help.
Naomimara.
I don't blame you for not giving out all the details on this thread. It's known that the WTBTS monitor this site so it's good you're not giving them any ammunition.
If I could help I would but it's kinda difficult for me atm being still in as it were.
I wish you the best of luck however.
Ignored One.
does anyone remember how the society joined the "disco sucks" movement of the late 70's?
i remember reading in the mags about how disco was created by homos and that it has an "immoral beat" (whatever that means!
) it was also mentioned not to go see "saturday night fever" because someone gets a blowjob in the movie.. in our congregation, we had a special meeting about disco because people would request disco songs at our once-a-month jw skating party at the local skating rink.
I recommend reading "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life." Very good info on the whole DJ thing from the turn of the century to the present day, it covers disco and also hip-hop, house, garage and the newer sub-genres. Throughly interesting read.
I don't remember the whole Disco Sucks but I do remember the whole Acid House thing, you know with the smileys. I remember being told that they stood for drugs etc. I also remember the M25 London parties (raves) and how the society had loads of special needs talks about them. I think they're mentioned in the Last Night book.
Me, I go to clubs. It's not just for gays you know. I've heard the straight clubs are usually messier.
Ignored One.
the guestmap is a feature at the dnc site but i thought it might be cool to for us to get a visual image of where we all are.
just 'click & hold' the map to drag it around.
you can then zoom in on your local area.
Hey neat idea.
I'm on there.
Ignored One.
as long as your not a jw already that is!!!!!!.
that being said the august 15, 2002 edition of the watchtower carries the cover article "to whom should you be loyal?
" which contains several experiences of ones who gave up their old religion and despite much opposition became jehovah's witnesses.
Hmmm,
Interesting ammunition for me.
I can't wait to show my relatives this when they want to know why I don't believe it any more.
Ignored One.
a thorny thought.
growing up in the jw religion (if you can call it that) was soo confusing.
the terror tactics have left scars on my sisters, brother and myself.
Perfection Seeker.
I also noticed how much they've changed the bible or taken it out of context.
I've recently started reading the bible on it's own.
I'd read the book of Acts a week or two before the last public talk I went to. Well, I wasn't paying much attention to the speaker, pretty boring as per usual, but my ears pricked up when I heard him say something regarding the book of Acts that was blatantly false.
It was weird to suddenly notice how they do it.
Ignored One.
wat dark secrets are being kept in here?
is one of these pedo's talking to one of your kids rightnow?
is the watchtower harboring murderers?
Has the Watchtower ever denied or admitted that these files exist?
Ignored One.
this just in from silent lambs.
from: "silentlambs" [email protected]>.
date: wed, 26 jun 2002 17:48:54 -0500. to: [email protected]>.
Sick.
And they wonder why people think they're a weirdo religion.
Ignored One.
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i know this subject has been covered numerous times before, but the board constantly gets new people.. how many here still attend meetings, go in service, etc.
even though you don't believe it's the truth?
I'm a inactive unbaptized publisher. Well I've been inactive for about 3 years. Recently moved. Family still think I believe it. My mum knows that I'm questioning but seems happy that I am. I think she wants me to decide on something rather than just sitting on the fence.
My only problem is that I'm currently, while out of work, relying on my mum and dad for financial support. But I don't know how they would react if I straight out told them I didn't believe it any more.
I've been to one sunday meeting since moving, my mum and dad came with me . Had a weird experience this morning. Two sisters from my new cong turned up on the FM. They didn't recognize me even though they were 2 of the only people who bothered to speak to me 2 sundays previously. So I just played along, accepted a couple of mags, saves me asking my mum for them and let them on thier way.
Unfortunately the P.O of my new cong told my mum that he would "look out for me", whatever that means.
Dam, if I had a job it would all be that much easier.
I'll get round to posting my story sooner or later.
Oh, one thing that struck me as odd, my new cong recently lost 30 publishers due to "moving out the area". Seemed a bit fishy to me. I'd hate to think this is one of those congs with a problem, although most from what I've read do.
Ignored One, (Iggy).
I wonder how many of these prisoners are paedophiles?
Ignored One (Iggy).
if you want to take part in a worth-while and incognito activity for about 3 hours, the one that alan f has referred to, please contact myself or angharad.
it may be good to talk on the phone also.
either email me with your number or request mine via email.
Bummer, was I too late then? :)
Oh well, you can still fill me in on what you did. :)
Ignored One. (Iggy).
