Posts by JWinprotest

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What's the worst you ever experienced while preaching?

by Newborn in

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i was once threatened with a rifle.

that was scary...but hey...what didn't we suffer for the good news.

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JWinprotest

When I was about 7 or 8, I was at a door with my mom. It was freezing cold and we were at this guy's door for what seemed liked an hour at the time. He wasn't interested, he was just being argumentative. Back in the 80's JWs never backed down from that.

After a while my feet started to hurt because of the cold so I started to shift and bounce a bit to ease the pain. After noticing how cold I was the householder told my mom that she should be ashamed of herself for bringing such a young kid out in these temperatures. When we left the house my mom told me off for not hiding the fact that my feet were frost bitten. She started telling me stories about brothers in concentration camps that endured the pain. What a dufus my mom was when it came to the "truth".

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Graph from Dec 15 09 Wt on How to Apportion Your Time to Remain Joyful. Crazy....

by Hopscotch in

here is a scan from the dec 15 09 wt (study ed) with a graph of how a witness should apportion their time to remain joyful.. .

so according to this graph, to remain joyful a witness should spend 3 times as much of his waking hours in 'theocratic activities' as he should in secular work!

hopscotch.

JWinprotest

I wonder if they purposely put the 3 spiritual pies at the front to show these take priority......if that's the case, it's nice to see where they place family care. IMO another attempt by the WTS to show people that taking care of family can hinder spiritual growth. Their hopes are that young ones will look at this and say "hey I know, if I don't have children or get married, I can dedicate more of the pie chart to theocratic activities. What a bunch of cold hearted SOB's.

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According to bookstudy, it's ok to beat wife.....occassionally

by JWinprotest in

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i apologize if this has been mentioned, but i don't have the time to come on here as often.

yesterday's bookstudy on divorce got my shorts in a bit of a knot.

apparently, according to the god's love book, a wife could consider legal separation from her husband if she is physically abused, but (get this) only in the case of extreme physical abuse, and if the wife's life is in danger.

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Does anyone have a scan of the god's love book showing this?

If someone could teach me how to do it I can give it a shot tonight.

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According to bookstudy, it's ok to beat wife.....occassionally

by JWinprotest in

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i apologize if this has been mentioned, but i don't have the time to come on here as often.

yesterday's bookstudy on divorce got my shorts in a bit of a knot.

apparently, according to the god's love book, a wife could consider legal separation from her husband if she is physically abused, but (get this) only in the case of extreme physical abuse, and if the wife's life is in danger.

JWinprotest

Oh!! I almost forgot. According to some comments during the study, a wife shouldn't think twice about leaving her husband if he asks her to do something against biblical principles, and someone actually brought up oral and anal sex as an example....lol. But if he beats the crap out of her she has to make it a matter of prayer to Jehovah and really meditate over the decision.

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According to bookstudy, it's ok to beat wife.....occassionally

by JWinprotest in

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i apologize if this has been mentioned, but i don't have the time to come on here as often.

yesterday's bookstudy on divorce got my shorts in a bit of a knot.

apparently, according to the god's love book, a wife could consider legal separation from her husband if she is physically abused, but (get this) only in the case of extreme physical abuse, and if the wife's life is in danger.

JWinprotest

I apologize if this has been mentioned, but I don't have the time to come on here as often. Yesterday's bookstudy on divorce got my shorts in a bit of a knot. Apparently, according to the God's Love book, a wife could consider legal separation from her husband if she is physically abused, but (get this) only in the case of EXTREME physical abuse, and if the wife's life is in danger. One sister commented that the husband would have to display a PRACTICE of violent behavior and it would not include a one time mistake or rare fits of anger. The study mentioned that if one decides to legally separate for this reason they are not free to remarry.

My wife did not come with me to the meeting, so I couldn't wait to get home and tell her that the bible (according to the wife beaters in Brooklyn)said it's ok to slap you around a bit, as long as I don't make a habit of it. She didn't find it as funny as I did.

Am I becoming so angry at the WTS that I'm picking on them, or does this sound so ridiculously stupid to anyone else?

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Odd things the anointed have done

by wouldacouldashoulda in

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around a dozen years ago my congregation organised a "cong" party.

all went well until out 80 year old anointed sister sang "big spender".

i have never seen our cong so scared before.. .

JWinprotest

JWoods - mine definately falls into the second category, and it just kept getting worse after he saw the attention he was getting.

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Odd things the anointed have done

by wouldacouldashoulda in

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around a dozen years ago my congregation organised a "cong" party.

all went well until out 80 year old anointed sister sang "big spender".

i have never seen our cong so scared before.. .

JWinprotest

Years ago, at a bookstudy, a self proclaimed member of the annointed was called on to make a comment, and he began by saying, "do you know how many times I put up my hand today without being called?" Then he paused for 5 seconds (which felt like an eternity) and proceeded with his answer. This guy was a real jerk to everyone, and everyone kept kissing his ass thinking they were getting in good with an annointed....like he was going to put in a good word for them when he croaked.

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How Did You Handle Sitting At The Meetings?

by minimus in

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did you pretend to listen?

did you actually follow along, listening intently?.

at the end i was listening more intently and getting more irritated by the whole sham..

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As a teenager I could never get my mind off girls......which was easy to hide until it was time to get up and sing.

Now I have kids of my own so I spend almost the entire meeting in the lobby.

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Ever had some Witness storm out or turn off a Movie you were watching! Which one?

by Witness 007 in

i was watching steve martin "leap of faith" pg rated mind you with some witnesses.

he plays a fake faith healer.

their were a couple swear words, and the brothers asked me to switch it off.. same thing happened with christine applegate movie {pg 13} "don't tell mom the babysiters dead.

JWinprotest

Funny, they spend so much effort telling us which movies are too violent or too sexual to watch, but they have no problem talking about oral sex and anal sex on the platform in front of my 5 year old? Also, I defy anyone to name me 10 stories from My Book of Bible Stories where someone is getting brutally killed, raped, or is sleeping with her father. That book should be rated R!!

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Martian Sex (a joke)

by Yizuman in

the year is 2100-something and mike and maureen land on mars after accumulating enough frequent flyer miles.

they meet a martian couple and are talking about all sorts of things.

mike asks if mars has a stock market, if they have laptop computers, how they make money, etc.. .

JWinprotest

LOL!!!that's a good one.