Why can't women wear pants out in service when it is -20 below zero? I would love to see a GB member doing that without knickers!
JK
Posts by JRK
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120Name Some Stupid Watchtower Rules or Ideas
by minimus inthere's a lot.. one rule that is dumb is that a brother must wear a suit for a sunday public talk that he is giving.
any other time, the brother could wear a suit coat with a different pair of pants and not be counseled for it.. another dumb idea is that you cannot date a person unless you seriously might marry them.
if you're on a date, you were supposed to always have a chaperone and holding hands might not be allowed as well as sitting together.. what other dumb rules and ideas can you add?.
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I feel like I found me again
by gubberningbody ini'm sure others have had the same experience, but it's a bit odd to me now as i see how all the business of jw-land and the constant social proddings can keep a person from leaving for quite some time.. if it hadn't been for the inquisition i might not have left.. .
i'm glad they felt my wife and i were important enough to hound, because that helped immensely.. now for the past two years now i've finally gotten back to being the book-consuming, thinking-machine i was in the past.. .
i feel like i woke up, came home and found myself sitting in a chair reading some odd sort of esoterica and the me that was there said:.
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JRK
Cool.
JK
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What is happening to JWN ?...So many topics not relating to Jehovah's Witnesses!
by koolaid-man innote the home page..wow how it has changed.. jehovah's witness discussion forumthe place to discuss anything relating to jehovah's witnesses and the watchtower bible and tract society... or just make new friends!.
many of the posts have nothing to do with with jehovah's witnesses and new ones coming on this board would be turned off by the content of many of these off color posts.
foul inappropriate language which is not proper or suitable for exiting witnesses to visibly inspect.
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JRK
A GB wannabe.
JK
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What is happening to JWN ?...So many topics not relating to Jehovah's Witnesses!
by koolaid-man innote the home page..wow how it has changed.. jehovah's witness discussion forumthe place to discuss anything relating to jehovah's witnesses and the watchtower bible and tract society... or just make new friends!.
many of the posts have nothing to do with with jehovah's witnesses and new ones coming on this board would be turned off by the content of many of these off color posts.
foul inappropriate language which is not proper or suitable for exiting witnesses to visibly inspect.
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JRK
OMG,
Rick, pull your head out! You can't control the content of this board. You would like it to fit your personal sensibilities. Tough darts.
Wah, wah, wah.
And Johnny is suspect.
Wah, wah, wah.
Maybe you are a flake?
JK
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What was the first single you ever bought, and what are your memories?
by lifelong humanist insome light relief!.
even now, i can vividly recall buying my very first 45 rpm single in 1967.. i was only just 15 years old.
i worked as a 'paper boy', delivering newspapers to people living nearby.
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JRK
My first record was not a single. I bought an album. "Louie, Louie" by The Kingsman, at the age of 6. I was even cool then. Rock on.
JK
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What makes the GB better than the average JW???
by shadowolf inat a past convention i went to a bethel meeting during the lunch break.
it was geared towards young people who wanted to dedicate themselves to bethel service...yuck.
anyway, as the boring program went on, an older brother spoke of how, if you went to bethel, you would be living with the gb.
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JRK
Not a GD thing.
JK
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I'm a very happy witness of Jehovah
by ELPIRO ini kinda figured i would read many negative things concerning jw, i was not disapointed............ i say if you ae not happy not just in the jw, but anywhere, life it too short move on.. .
i myself am a wittness, an anointed witnes .
there is no shame is sharing yr hope and i am varry happy with mine.
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JRK
I am glad that you are so happy.
I have moved on.
But I have to ask, why are you here?
Apparently things are not so peachy in your JW world!
You are branded as evil for even being here, you could be disfellowshipped for being on this site.
So what is going on?
One question, can you give a rational explanation why the WTS allied itself with the UN for a decade? They have proven themselves an Apostate Organization!
JK
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What silly things have you been counselled on or simply been told off for?
by 3Mozzies inso what silly things have you been counselled on or simply been told off for?.
back in my early 20's, i had a pair of comfy old jeans that started to tear in about 3 places on the leg.
it was the fashion at the time so not only did they feel great to wear, they also looked 'in', not that i cared for that, but it was a bonus .
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JRK
Oh boy, I just thought of another one. Or two or three or four or five.
Which one first?
Okay, I will spell out a few that happened when I applied to Auxiliary Pioneer once. A pioneer Elder in my congregation encouraged me to pioneer with him one month. The A-holes that had to decide if I was worthy ambushed me halfway into the month.
They drug me to the basement of the KH for a meeting. I went willingly.
The first thing I was accused of was being slovenly. I said, (not in these words), WTF? The elder in charge, basically accused me of being slovenly. I countered as the smart ass that I am, that my tie cost more than his suit, so where is this coming from. (I had on an Armani at the time). Then he deflected, and said my hair was inappropriate. My hair was groomed to normal levels, but is naturally spiky. I showed them a recent, at the time WT, that showed a JW family, with the father's hair just like mine. His response was, "Oh, you mean the Latino brother." I asked, because he is Latino, his hair is okay, and mine is not?
His response was, that I should style my hair as the elders do in my hall. My response was, "Do you want me to get a reverse mohawk? I am not bald."
He said I should not have my hair spiky, as it normally is at that length. I said whatever!
Then the big Dick on the committee said that there was one other complaint against me. That I was heard using the "F" word. Not the one you are thinking of. It was the word FART.
I asked him if he had ever used that word in the privacy of his own home. He admitted that he had.
At this point I said I really didn't want to pioneer any more. They encouraged me that I could still get in the hours anyway.
I took the rest of the month off.
Not only that, the next meeting I went to, I gelled my hair with the equivalent of axle grease to be a smart ass. I got complemented by the Dick. He is the same asshole that groped me as a child. Uber elder run amok!
JK
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What silly things have you been counselled on or simply been told off for?
by 3Mozzies inso what silly things have you been counselled on or simply been told off for?.
back in my early 20's, i had a pair of comfy old jeans that started to tear in about 3 places on the leg.
it was the fashion at the time so not only did they feel great to wear, they also looked 'in', not that i cared for that, but it was a bonus .
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JRK
Here is a ridiculous one. I saw that the Ministry School was scrambling to find someone to fill in for a talk at the last minute. I have no fear of public speaking, so I volunteered. It was a number 3 talk. So I asked a sister to be my householder, and went for it. The talk went well, but the other elders got their panties in a bunch because a BROTHER cannot do a number 3 talk with a householder!
I asked why not? "Just because."
JK