Topics Started by Brocephus

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Something is up, just got invited back
by Brocephus in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
okay, i have read some posts about new efforts to "reach out" something is up.

my elder dad who entered a "cease fire" with me about a decade ago on the topic of religion reached out for the first time since.

he specifically invited me to the kh and bragged about the memorial attendance, the end is surley near....etc.. etc.... .
3
You never know what tommorow holds
by Brocephus in
1. jw
2. friends
i had met the most beautiful and awesome woman from brazil last night.

you just never know what tommorow holds for you or me.

if life wasn't so dang interesting an unpredictable i'd consider giving up..
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Just saw a New World Translation on my co-worker's desk
by Brocephus in
1. jw
2. experiences
he is kind of new but a nice guy... i knew there was something wrong with him.

just went over to ask him something and he had the cd-rom version of the nwt on his desk.

it was like count dracula seeing the cross.
4
Had a date with a 7th day adventist last night
by Brocephus in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i had a date with a seventh day adventist, was interesting to compare childhood traumas.

the best was her stories about the day she let the jw's in the house and her dad whipped out his bible and had a "discussion".

i told her imagine having to dress up like a funeral director and walk around with the dubs... i got a sympathy kiss out of it... lol.
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Losing the war on Facebook
by Brocephus in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ok this is weird i am noticing more and more jw's on facebook.

even an elder i know has started an account.

at first it seemed like it was just the "spiritually weak" who really don't care or do much field service.
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Does anyone know about JW's in Africa
by Brocephus in
1. jw
2. friends
i am seriously considering taking a leave of absence to travel to east africa, kenya, sudan or maybe tanzania.

i may be there volunteering with a secular organization or with a non-denomination christian ministry.

i got my story down here pat, raised a jw, told other christians evil hypocrites out for my blood, wandered the earth ingesting every drug i could find, had a moment and realized most christians are just like anyone else doing the best they can.
4
Today the Sun will stand still for 12 minutes....
by Brocephus in
1. social
2. entertainment
because it's chuck norris' birthday and he told the sun to stand still.... .

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Please explain the point of being Good?
by Brocephus in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i never understood the point of being good and righteous if the only punishment for not doing so was "nothing" i would die and nothing would happen.

just nothing, no hell, no pain, no regret... just nothing.. on the other hand if i am good.... i have to deal with the jw's and their rules and boring meetings forever!!!

no worldly girls to sneak around with on saturday night.. no keg parties to sneak off too on friday?....
39
The moment I knew it was crap....
by Brocephus in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
already had doubts from the time i got pubes... but i was about 15 and we were studying the revelation "book" for the upteenth time.

i realized for every actual bible verse they qouted there was 2-3 paragraphs of conjecture, assumption, faulty logic and just plain stupidity.

that's when i began to plan my escape.
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Difference between "raised in the truth" and "converts" that are now X-JWs.
by Brocephus in
1. jw
2. friends
i am noticing a difference..... "raised in's" seem to be a little more relaxed and better suited for their world after the kh.

"converts" seem to be a little disoriented.

maybe b/c they saw the truth as away out of this crazy world only to be massive dissapointed.