Posts by Morbidzbaby

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They are losing them...

by Aussie Oz in

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the teenagers.. via my teens i hear of plenty of baptized teens who are waaaaaaayyyyyyy left of centre.. alcohol, sex, and parties are going to claim a lot more than 'higher education' i reckon.. up yours watchtower.

your youth don't think you are relevant.. oz.

Morbidzbaby

I can say with honesty that a good many that were JW youths when I was growing up...are still in. *sigh* In one family (elder's kids), 2 out of 3 of the kids are still in, very much active, married other elder's kids, and are raising their kids as JW's. 2 who were friends of mine, same thing...married JW's and raising the kids in it (although...with one of them, her husband was questioning things awhile back...wonder what ever came of that?). Very few actually left and believe it to be a cult. As a matter of fact, only one other than myself that I can recall.

Maybe it's a regional thing...and an association thing. I find that those who have more association (that's supervised anyway) within the congregation tend to stick with it because they have so many friends and to them it really is a "Spiritual Paradise". They don't see the need to make friends with the "world", and so they're happy in their ignorance because they have a support system. I know of one group in particular that would get large gatherings together to go dancing and they never got into trouble.

Those who were on the outskirts (the "fatherless boys" and "orphans", for instance) don't really get that same level of association, so for them, they're willing to go "outside" to find it. This makes them more open to exploring other things. And then you have some elder's kids (like the son in the first family I mentioned) who get sick of the stringency and rebel.

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Attended a JW funeral the other day

by uk_ex_jw in

i had an account on here sometime ago but forgot the login, but i often read the site.. a long-term friend of mine, a jw, asked me to go to his grandmothers jw funeral a few weeks ago.. i was hesitant obviously.

i haven't been to a kh in over 5 years.. i am not df/da.

i decided to quit in 2007 following my failed marriage to a jw.. the person who died was a very well-respected jw pioneer.

Morbidzbaby

Wow, bio, talk about a guilt trip! Sheesh!

I've been to quite a few JW funerals... Some were held in the KH, others were held in a funeral home because of the sheer number of worldly family that basically protested having it in the KH. Either way, an elder always got up and did his schpiel. I think what makes me the most angry about the whole thing is how it's nothing but a sales pitch...family usually aren't allowed to get up and say a few words about the deceased, and the elder giving the "eulogy" barely says a thing about them either. It's more like "Hey, this person croaked, BUT if you act now....!" Makes me ill.

uk, it was kind of you to be there for your friend. You're a better person than I...I don't think I'd set foot in a KH ever again, even for my own parents' funerals.

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LAzy Sunday

by Ucantnome in

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today i have hardly done anything.

i got up late.

i had a coffee and chatted to my wife.

Morbidzbaby

Honestly, I've been on my ass lazy all week and today I'm finally getting it in gear and putting my foot down with myself. I've been pretty depressed since the conversation I had with my daughter and I let it get to me all week. No more. I stayed in bed later than I thought I would (not sleeping, just laying there thinking) and finally had an epiphany. So, I got my ass up, showered, dressed, and now I'm taking the dog for a walk in the park. When I get home, I'm working on the laundry I've washed and dried, but not folded. When BF gets home from work, we'll go to the market and get something to cook for dinner together.

Not a lazy Sunday, but I'm happy about it nonetheless!

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Now that Rick is gone......

by outsmartthesystem in

do you think there is any chance we can get 20571pnt428571......8675309....r2d2....10-4 over and out to quit bombarding the message boards with ridiculous apocolpytic fortune telling?

.

Morbidzbaby

Google couldn't connect to it, either. Hm. Is he really gone??

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June 15, 2012 described events that had not happened yet.

by discreetslave in

someone on a facebook group pointed out how the june 15 2012 study wt commented on publishers pioneering this month.

this magazine was written before march.. .

page 23 .

Morbidzbaby

ROFL!!! Good catch!! Apparently, they were able to get their hands on a Delorian and some plutonium...

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Would You Be Willing To Adopt A GB Member?

by DT in

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suppose a gb member decided to take a stand for what is right and disassociates or gets disfellowshipped.

would you be willing and able to provide some assistance like a job or affordable rent?.

i'm just curious.

Morbidzbaby

If they were GENUINE like Ray, I'd be willing to do whatever I could to assist.

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How Did You View The Elders?

by minimus in

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i know some who truly believed they were "gifts in men".

they needed their approval and wanted to be well spoken of by them.. i know some who can't stand elders and regard them as pests, always looking for some dirt on somebody.. i know some who liked maybe one or two but regarded the majority as unqualified.. how did you view the elders??

?.

Morbidzbaby

Growing up, I'd say there were more pompous assholes that made it to the status of "elder" than actual good men. Could be because my family was targeted by the elders incessantly. My brother and I were literally shoved around by one elder in particular when we were kids...for doing nothing more than walking around and talking to the adults...or sitting on the stage steps. Yet, other kids were allowed those luxuries. We were always pushed and told "Go stand with your mother!". So as a child, I was afraid of them, naturally.

I've told the experience my brother had with losing his privileges because his pen blew up and he got ink on the bathroom door. Stupid asses.

Also the experience my mom had where she was getting overlooked for commenting. This one certain elder would look STRAIGHT AT HER and call on someone else over and over again. She didn't get a part on the TMS for over a year, meanwhile Sister Elderette was getting 2 talks a month. So she'd finally had it and asked to meet with the elders. And when they met with us, they accused my mom of trying to teach the congregation the way a brother would. They made her cry. My dad was there and threatened the bastard who was talking down to my mother. We switched congregations soon after, but that asshole is still on my shit list. He and is wife are uptight, snooty, rich-bitch types who think they shit rainbows and glitter.

So as a teen, I was more afraid of getting caught doing or saying something I shouldn't (I swore like a sailor in school and one of my schoolmates was the daughter of the sister who studied with my mother) than of the actual elders themselves.

As an adult, it was more ducking and dodging and laying low so I didn't get pulled in for this or that. I saw them for what they were...most of them anyway. There are a few that I know of right now that I respect...they are loving and wonderful men, but they are still JW elders and have to toe the line for the most part. I do know that 3 of them in particular dealt with me mercifully during JC's because they saw the situation I had come from and understood why I did what I did.

The rest of them can jump head first into Gehenna lol.

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if Google+ takes over from facebook how will the Watchtower react?

by slimboyfat in

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it seems to me it's only a matter of time before google+ takes over from facebook as the most popular social network.. a few jws i know have invited me to their google+ circles, or whatever you call it, in the last few weeks.

maybe they are more relaxed about using this network because it has not been condemned at the meetings the same way facebook has.. it occurs to me that the watchtower might be less likely to actually name google+ as forbidden fruit purely because they are confused about the name (i'm a bit confused about the name) and it they start condemning google they might sound like they mean to stop people using the search engine and just sound a bit daft.. so is this a social network that jws can take part in with impunity?.

Morbidzbaby

dozy, that's an excellent point. With the growing popularity of the internet in the past, the WTBTS responded to possible apostate backlash by creating their own sites and pointing JW's to those for "accurate" information. It was sort-of doing damage control because by that time, I think there were a bunch of former JW's online already "wreaking havoc". I know my very first experience with apostates was in chat (Yahoo) back around 2000 and there were a TON of them in there. Same thing with MSNChat.

The only thing the bOrg can do is create their own networks and hope to Jehoover that the JW's use them. Trying to control the masses by making certain things forbidden will only blow up in their faces.

I still can't fathom how people can allow themselves to be told what to do...friggin' full-fledged adults need to have their friggin' hands held. The bOrg says "Stay away from social networking sites...they're tools of Satan"...and the flock nods and says "Yes, stay away from social networking sites...they're tools of Satan".

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Super Secret Pro JW Forum Website!

by Iamallcool in

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http://www.getphpbb.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=421&mforum=jw.

Morbidzbaby

Wonder if they troll here...

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A funny thing happened to me yesterday

by JRK in

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i needed to go under my dresser for a dropped item, and came across my scale.

two things i really don't like are mirrors and scales, so i usually avoid them at all costs.

i decided to step on it for a change.

Morbidzbaby

Congrats!! I read somewhere that it's better to put the scale away when you're trying to lose weight...it will only make you crazy. It's better to judge by how your clothing fits and how you feel.

I've lost 7 pounds, but that's only because I can't stop throwing up LOL. Second trimester will be here next week, so I have to buckle down and start putting healthier things in my gullet lol.