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JW urban legends

by berten in

in my time as jw there was at least one urban legend that was very popular.

amongst jaydubs.this was about the dog named "jehovah" by it's jw-hating owner.

so that when he got visited by them once again,he could shout "jehovah,attack!"..

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This was about the dog named "Jehovah" by it's JW-hating owner
so that when he got visited by them once again,he could shout "Jehovah,attack!".
According to the legend the dog turned on its master and killed him instead.

Berten, i've SO heard this one!!!! I heard the dogs name was "Satan".

There was this other one that a CO related on stage years ago about two JW's who were witnessing and got to the door of a two other dudes who were actually planning to kill them with a pistol one had behind his back but when he opened the door he let them speak, he said "not interested" and let them go.

As they were leaving the JW's hear the men talking, one sais to the other "Why did'nt you kill them"? and the other one sais "Did'nt you see the huge guys standing next to them?"

"Brothers" the CO sais, "The big men he was talking about had to be angels, as there was no one else in sight".

Then the congregation bursts into applause.

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THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS THING SOMEBODY TOLD YOU

by minimus in

what's the most outrageous thing that you were personally told ,while in the organization??

?

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i started suffering panic attacks, and the couple who studied with us, an elder and his wife, told me that i was allowing the demons in because of all the unicorn pictures I had. i got rid of the pictures, but the attacks didn't stop until i worked thru the problems in my life.

This is so bloody typical, what is it with JW's and demons? Once, my sis could'nt find her keys for ages, and eventually found them in the study, behind the desk. She got really worried and asked me to check the things in my room and make sure I do not have anything DEMONIC in there, because "I really did'nt leave them there, it's really weird". She thought the demons had moved them.

...................................... fair enough, then.

The most outrageous thing I ever heard a JW say is this half wit elder who dragged my dad into the backroom and showed him a book that I had left at his house........................... an essay on apes and evolution. He told my dad this was PRICISELY why he considered me to be bad association for his daughter. Even my dad thought he went a bit haywire on that on that one!

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Tori, Tori, Tori...........Everybody Else's Girl!!

by SpiceItUp in

well..it was bound to happen......she is one of my absolute favorites......here is my homage .

god sometimes you just don't come through/god sometimes you just don't come through/do you need a woman to look after you/god sometimes you just don't come through .

you make pretty daisies/pretty daisies love/i gotta find what you're doing about things here/a few witches burning/gets a little toasty here/i gotta find why you always go/when the wind blows/tell me your're crazy/maybe i'll understand/you got your 9 irons in the back seat just in case/heard you've gone south/well baby you love your new 4 wheel/i gotta find why you always go/when the wind blows .

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I always liked her b - sides better than the stuff that was on her albums myself, especially "Here in my head" - best song ever.

My other faves:

Spacedog

Yes, Anastasia

Wonderful version of "Losing my religion"

Honey

Silent all these years

Little Earthquakes

And too many more!!

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Why dont JW's have a youth group?

by In_between_days in

something that has been alarming to my jw family is the amount of teens ("young ones") that have bailed out of the organisation, never to return.. they use the excuse, as would most jw's that "satan is getting them - he knows young ones are vulnerable.".

if you want my opinion, young people are getting far more educated - they are becoming far more broad minded than they were say 10 or 20 years ago.

because of the slow yet sturdy slackening of the "no college" rule, many more young jw's are attending university or college than ever before, and with further education comes more knowledge, more interaction with reasonable and intelligent conversations with educated people and most importantly -use of the internet ("satans latest tool, as put by a jw i talked to recently).

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As an inactive 19-year-old, I know first hand how lacking youth resources are. </P>

Obiting the sun, amen to that and welcome to the board.</P>

<P>I dont know about anyone else, but the JW youth situation in Australia is extremely dire (But good for us)

I
<P>They are dropping off everywhere, and the only releif that the JW's desperately cling to is "It's satan - it's proof of the time of the end - it's the internet ensnaring the young ones"

LOL

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Anyone ever rub elbows with a Celebrity?

by RubyTuesday in

when i was in the sixth grade in roswell n.m. i met this girl whos father had recently died.my father had also passed away recently.we were both very shy and haveing the lose of our fathers in common we stuck together that year.we never did anything outside of school however, not sure why,she never invited me over and now i think it was because of her horrible home life.but we ate lunch together everyday and chated in a class we shared.i never saw her again until..... when i was in my 20's my cousins wife told me that my friend demetria guynes was....... drum roll..plz.

demi moore.

please share simular stories.

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Managing a fashion store about a year ago, I sold an outfit to Alice Cooper - he was in town for a concert. God, he is even more hagged in real life.

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Aussies - Need help, getting the news over here

by In_between_days in

to everyone from australia,.

i have viewed the recent airings on both bbc panorama and dateline, and was extremely disturbed and tearful from the child abuse cases.

i must add also, that although i had heard alot about the child abuse, it was extremely shocking to have it proved beyond a shadow of a doubt, and to also watch the gb's cowardly response to the case.. i know this will make a huge impact on my jw freinds, and am very keen to get the story over here on perhaps "60 minutes" being the most relevant show.

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Where are you from? I wasn't sure when your post is titled "over here" - over where? In Oz?

Yeah, i'm in Australia

Thanks for your help everyone, I disagree that my family will not watch the show over here, they are very interested in anything JW related in the media, even if it is negative, they are always very fascinated in how the public peceive them. They would probably get upset and presume it is apostate lies, but I know there would be a small piece in them that would be shocked and a little worried.

I understand now that it is quite difficult to make this happen, well done Jang on your work and please keep in touch with me on your developments, i'd love an e - mail from you, we are from the same area.

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Aussies - Need help, getting the news over here

by In_between_days in

to everyone from australia,.

i have viewed the recent airings on both bbc panorama and dateline, and was extremely disturbed and tearful from the child abuse cases.

i must add also, that although i had heard alot about the child abuse, it was extremely shocking to have it proved beyond a shadow of a doubt, and to also watch the gb's cowardly response to the case.. i know this will make a huge impact on my jw freinds, and am very keen to get the story over here on perhaps "60 minutes" being the most relevant show.

In_between_days

To everyone from Australia,

I have viewed the recent airings on both BBC Panorama and Dateline, and was extremely disturbed and tearful from the child abuse cases. I must add also, that although I had heard alot about the child abuse, it was extremely shocking to have it PROVED beyond a shadow of a doubt, and to also watch the GB's cowardly response to the case.

I know this will make a huge impact on my JW freinds, and am very keen to get the story over here on perhaps "60 Minutes" being the most relevant show.

I dont know if a similar topic has been posted before, but how can we do this? I know my family and JW freinds will refuse to watch anything on the internet and know the only way they would watch it is if it came over here.

Any ideas?

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How many did YOU recruit?

by In_between_days in

jw
friends

just a quick question, and one that seems to take jehovahs witnesses back a little, an extremely good question to ask a pioneer.

"so, with all your hours of service, how many people have you actually brought into the jehovahs witness organisation?".

um.... genuinely, 100% of my old jw freinds have all been raised in the organisation.

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Hey, In Between Days..are you a Cure fan?.

Sure am, bad seed, im one of the biggest, how about you?

Well thanks for everyones replys so far, I must say i'm surprised at the amount of poeple some have brought in, some mentioned that they brought many in, but before 1975 - I guess the Wt really need to start dishing out those exciting false prophesy's again to get the numbers up. My strike rate was zero.

And the JW's say its the fastest growing religion. LOL

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How many did YOU recruit?

by In_between_days in

jw
friends

just a quick question, and one that seems to take jehovahs witnesses back a little, an extremely good question to ask a pioneer.

"so, with all your hours of service, how many people have you actually brought into the jehovahs witness organisation?".

um.... genuinely, 100% of my old jw freinds have all been raised in the organisation.

In_between_days

Just a quick question, and one that seems to take Jehovahs Witnesses back a little, an extremely good question to ask a pioneer. "So, with all your hours of service, how many people have you actually brought into the Jehovahs Witness organisation?"

um...

Genuinely, 100% of my old JW freinds have ALL been raised in the organisation. I can honestly say that I do not know of ONE person in my age group that was voluntarily recruited.

How about you all? I'd be very interested to know your strike rate - how many baptised through your personal study with them? If everyone comes back with multitudes, I stand corrected, but I would like to know,

................................... How many?

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Do you care that you offend JW's?

by wholewheat in

jw
friends

this is a sincere question.

do you worry about offending active witnesses?

In_between_days

Wholeweat,

To be perfectly honest, I try extremely hard not to offend JW's. The most challenging trait to display when you are talking to a JW though is tolerance, patience and self - control. I think this is why many exJW's attack and be rude to active members.

Jw's though, Im not sure whether they consider their own claims, and how that would offend members of different churches. For instance, my husband was somewhat OFFENDED when the JW's told him that his gifts of the spirit which he held very sacred (ie. Speaking in tongues) was from Satan,

I felt very OFFENDED and HURT when I was ignored by JW's after comeing out of the org (and I was'nt even baptised)

God loving individuals are very OFFENDED when they are told that they should use only one type of bible translation.

Householders are very OFFENDED when they are lied to by Jehovahs Witnesses at the door and told that they are not seeking to recruit, but merely show them a few scriptures about god's love.

Individuals are OFFENDED that they are that their personal relationship with god, no matter how great or life riveting, means nothing without the WT.

And finally, I am sure that not alot of people are over the moon when they are told that if they dont read the watchtower, and attend the KH, themselves and their family will DIE.

What do you think wholeweat? Do you think people in other religions are somewhat offended by the condemnation delivered by JW's?

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