Tell them you don't understand why Jehovah would not smite Michael Jackson for being a molestor but allow Prince to become a JW with all his history of sinfulness he brings to the organization.
Brocephus
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I need a good excuse
by rockmehardplace ini am thinking of stepping down from my position in the congregation.
this is the first big step to my fade from the jw world.
i talked to my wife about it and she told me that she thought it was best i did because there is no reason to do something if your heart is not wanting to do that.
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I was asked to leave the table...an incredible shunning experience
by JustHuman14 inthere was a social event and i was invited to attend.
the event was by a kindergarden school that my 3 year old child had a play.
after the songs and theatrical plays by the kids food was served.. .
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I would have lost my temper and punched someone or at least put them in an armbar!
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How do you prevent a daughter from marrying a jerk?
by Inkie ina relative of mine has a daughter (raised in the organization) who has decided not to be a witness.
this relative of mine is also on his way out of the organization.
anyway, this daughter met a man at work twice her age (she is 21) who is a total and absolute jerk--verbally abusive, controlling, selfish, angry all of the time, etc., you name a bad quality, this guy's got it.
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Make up a fake email address and send him an anonymous email saying you are an ex-boyfriend with AIDS and you know she tested positive a while back. Highly unethical and probably illegal ( there's my disclaimer Simon and the Cops) but none-the-less. Effective.
FYI: I would use the computers at the library or kinkos on a "cash" card.
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Not having a paradise earth in the future makes me sad - What about you?
by BonaFide inyes, i am enjoying realizing the truth about the truth.. but there is another side to it.
the world as we know it didn't seem to me to be the way that god intended it to be.
i know i was brainwashed, but it felt good believing that all the bad things would be changed.
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If Death was without consequence just "lights out" I never understood the difference between JWism and Atheism. I was raised in my an Elder as well. I am now a born again Christian. I figured as a kid, get away with whatever crap I could. I had nothing to lose...well except making it into the new system with no nuts. Read my previous post on this thread if you don't understand.
**HOLY CRAP*** FORGOT ALL ABOUT THE WRITTEN REVIEW** LOOK BELOW... YOU KNOW IN THE NEW SYSTEM, YOU'D GET THE IRON MAIDEN FOR FAILING!!!!
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Not having a paradise earth in the future makes me sad - What about you?
by BonaFide inyes, i am enjoying realizing the truth about the truth.. but there is another side to it.
the world as we know it didn't seem to me to be the way that god intended it to be.
i know i was brainwashed, but it felt good believing that all the bad things would be changed.
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Earth is F-ckd up and JW's are F-ckd up. How can they say they do not belive in Hell. Being stuck on Earth with nothing but JW's is eternal torment. Really what could be worse... Oh wait... I know.. if you don't survive the tribulation and you are resurected you have no nuts, and you have to watch some jack ass from the KH bang your beautiful wife... IT'S HELL!!!!! JW FRIGG'N HELL..... OK guys I am hitting the red wine again... Where the hell is OOMPA? I miss his Avatar and drunken rants.
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Do You Trust The Police?
by minimus ini know some police officers that are very good cops.
and i know some that are underhanded and dishonest.
as kids, we were taught to be trusting of policemen (and women).
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Thank ya Minimus. I like your roundness.
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Do You Trust The Police?
by minimus ini know some police officers that are very good cops.
and i know some that are underhanded and dishonest.
as kids, we were taught to be trusting of policemen (and women).
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I am loud, obnoxious, brash and way too honest. Most Cops are the same and find me acceptable. The few slimy, sniveling, knieving dirty cops out there see me coming and stay away. They know messing with me will bring nothing but a big ol' spotlight on their crooked asses. I've dealt with my share of dirty cops you just got have a pair and treat them like they are the crook, they'll back on down.
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The Power of Faith
by AllTimeJeff inthe power of faith (latest blog o' mine).
there is a big difference between looking at a picture of the empire state building and actually visiting it.
to have a friend tell you that it is great, that it is amazaing, awe inspiring and grand won't do it justice until you see it for yourself.. in a similar way, there is a big difference between having a healthy faith, and being told to have a healthy faith.. many who used to be jw's, as well as a fair number of christians, spend a lot of time on ex jw boards, looking to promote a simple thought.
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Great post AlltimeJeff as always, but allow me to rebut to some of your words.
I agree that one should think for themselves. I feel very sorry for any one X-JW (like myself) or not that think being a part of a church means giving up the right to do so. I understand the feelings, I cringed for years at the thought of ever joining a church. But after a while I came to see the honesty in those wicked and imperfect people that are so quick to tell you about Jesus. You see, in real church no one makes you go out in field service or follow a strict code of conduct. The sermons are usually well researched and intelligent. I find most churches are full of people that recognize their human fraility and the need for God's love, guidance and salvation. Like our economics system if a church fails to assist it's members in finding that it will ultimately fail on its on as memebers are free to go somewhere else or not at all. Most churches are ok with you just showing up on Sunday throwing a dollar in the plate and keeping to yourself. This made me realize that those crazy people in Christendom weren't hypocrites but honest loving believers. No one was making them do anything more, what ever they did was out of love. Of course there are some exceptions, in people as well as whole churches. There were a couple that were obsessed with a single man or becoming super Christians and obtaining almost magical powers of healing and prophesying but I ran like hell from those. At the end of the day most churches were just a group of people that accept Christ and are there to love each other and God. It's so easy to be cynical and sneer at this but why should anyone with faith deny themselves the benefits of church because of what someone else says or thinks?
As far as whether to join a church or not, all me to give the analogy of marriage. I don't expect anyone getting out of a bad divorce to want to get married more than I'd expect anyone leaving the WT to want to join a church. I worked on my relationship with God for a good decade before I felt the need to worship with others in church. But when I felt it, I felt it like the urge to marry someone. It's probably impractical and unnecesarry but yet it is something you are moved to desire and find fulfilling because of who you have become. Overcoming the mental roadblocks wasn't easy, as I drank all of the same Watchtower poision everyone else did at the Kingdom Hall. I cringed at the Trininty, stared at the crosses and thought of false idols. But I didn't give up. I kept praying for God to remove any thing in my head keeping me from fully enjoying my brothers and sisters and worshipping him. I went to over a dozen churches and regularly attended about 4 of those. Each was a stepping stone to where I am now. That is why God allows for so many different churches. It might not be for you, but that church is there to bring someone else just an inch closer to serving God.
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Have you forgiven your parents for bringing you up in the JW cult?
by Gayle ini had to sort through that for some years ago.
i concluded my parents were victims of the watchtower society too.
dad was a prisoner of war, under nazis at 19 yrs of age, almost died there due to no medicines or antibiotics and lost almost half his weight, his nerves were shot and he was drawn to the jws promise of a new world without war.
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My Parents were Converts from the Knock - Knock Field Circus... If only they'd had been at store shopping or something on that Saturday morning!
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40 Years ago - The Moon Landing: The Part I Played in the Whole Thing
by Duncan in(i posted this a couple of weeks ago, but forgot to put a title - it sank without trace.
forgive the repeat).
there will be a lot of moon landing stuff in the press and media in the next couple of months - its 40 years since that first small step the anniversary is on july 20th.. so, like ive done in the past (for example this post regarding the transit of venus in 2004, which i posted 3 months early), i thought i would get my 40th anniversary post in before anyone else.. this is it, then: the apollo moon landing- the part i played in the whole thing.
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These men lie, do not be decieved. The Moon landing was faked! Jeehoobah would never allow a man on the moon as it is a rest stop for his trip from Alpha Centuri. (See former JW doctrine)