Posts by bluecanary

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Is Jehovah a pushover?

by KDubbz in

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i gotta admit that i have my doubts about god.

my dad is an elder.

we were having a discussion about the bible.

The JWs use an illustration of God being like a man whose neighbor accuses him of being a bad parent. He could punch the neighbor in the face, but that wouldn't prove the dude's claim about his parenting skills to be false, only that he was stronger. Instead he keeps doing what he does with his kids, letting his kids prove that he is a good father.

The illustration would be more correct like this: God is like a man whose neighbor accuses him of being a bad parent. He then proceeds to allow this neighbor to beat the ever-loving-crap out of his kids and figures that if the kids love him anyway, it proves he's a good father.

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Let's Welcome Our Newest Member: MarisaKristofiak

by Yizuman in

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hey welcome marisakristofiak.

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yiz.

bluecanary

It's too late for that MrsJ. I require candy.

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Let's Welcome Our Newest Member: MarisaKristofiak

by Yizuman in

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hey welcome marisakristofiak.

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yiz.

bluecanary

Geez, do you have to be an active JW to get a welcome thread around here? :P

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Shocker! Watchtower says DON'T share experiences with demons..."it's promoting Satan!!"

by Witness 007 in

an incredible turn around when you see the watchtower index full of demonic handbags, houses, idols etc.

etc.. the new bookstudy book "keep yourselves in god's love.

" p.191 was a shocker for me!

bluecanary

As a witness I used to have nightmares about demons attacking me. I would be paralyzed and couldn't do anything. As soon as I left that stopped. Kind of the opposite of those watchtower experiences. And no doubt it's because I didn't have the wts pushing the idea of demons at me anymore. If you don't think about it, you don't dream about it.

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Video response that typifies JW Stereotype...

by Tuesday in

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i received this video response to one of my questions today, it was the question about where the great crowd is located.

you might want to see the video but basically it talks about my questions offending "almighty jehovah", also talks about me being disfellowshipped (which i'm not).

i think it's a must-see for the absolute epitome of jw knee-jerk reaction to any sort of questioning of their beliefs... without further ado, here's the video.... .

bluecanary

It amazes me when they think there can be no possible reason for anyone to leave the Witnesses other than sex, drugs and rock & roll!

BTW, I just watched all of your videos the other day. Excellent!

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...Jehovah`s Witness Kids don`t miss Celebrating Birthdays,Christmas..ect..ect!!....

by OUTLAW in

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jehovah`s witness kids don`t miss celebrating birthdays,christmas..ect..ect..!

!......................thats what jehovah`s witness parents,tell the outside world..my parents did.......the fact is..i did want to have a birthday party..i did want to get toys at christmas..i did want a tree with all the lights..i did want to go to the school christmas party..i did want to hunt for chocolate eggs at easter................tell that to your jw parents and you`ll get an ass-whopp`n..........i told my aunt i loved christmas,she always got me something...my aunt told my mom.....mom was not happy.......i did`nt support the jehovah`s witness lie....i paid the price..............when you were a jehovah`s witness kid,did you want to participate in celebrations?

...outlaw.

bluecanary

mrsjones5 said: "So Canary, when are you going to throw a costume party?"

Actually, when I was a witness, I wanted to throw a singles shower, where all the married people would bring presents for all the single people. Alas, I am NOT good at organizing parties.

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...Jehovah`s Witness Kids don`t miss Celebrating Birthdays,Christmas..ect..ect!!....

by OUTLAW in

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jehovah`s witness kids don`t miss celebrating birthdays,christmas..ect..ect..!

!......................thats what jehovah`s witness parents,tell the outside world..my parents did.......the fact is..i did want to have a birthday party..i did want to get toys at christmas..i did want a tree with all the lights..i did want to go to the school christmas party..i did want to hunt for chocolate eggs at easter................tell that to your jw parents and you`ll get an ass-whopp`n..........i told my aunt i loved christmas,she always got me something...my aunt told my mom.....mom was not happy.......i did`nt support the jehovah`s witness lie....i paid the price..............when you were a jehovah`s witness kid,did you want to participate in celebrations?

...outlaw.

bluecanary

Apparently I'm in the minority because I never felt left out with holidays. I always liked being different. In fact, often when I didn't have to participate in a school activity because of a holiday, other kids wanted out of it, too and would try to claim that it was against their religion, too.

Now that I'm out, I still hate gift-giving holidays. I hate the "Ok, it's my birthday, where's my party? Where's my presents?" attitude. I like to be with my family because it's a big family and the holidays are the only time that a sizable group of them can get together.

What I did miss out on were the things we should have been able to do on our own at other times, but didn't. Presents for the sake of a holiday are annoying. Presents to surprise someone you love are great! We told people that we could give presents any time of year, but we never did.

The only people to get presents and parties were people who got married and had babies. You know how frustrating that was for us singles? We did it for the sake of the "kingdom" but no one celebrated us.

And I dearly wanted to have a costume party, but the GB farted all over that. Most forms of music and dance were frowned upon. It really seemed like every kind of fun, no matter how innocent, was banned.

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Shocker! Watchtower says DON'T share experiences with demons..."it's promoting Satan!!"

by Witness 007 in

an incredible turn around when you see the watchtower index full of demonic handbags, houses, idols etc.

etc.. the new bookstudy book "keep yourselves in god's love.

" p.191 was a shocker for me!

bluecanary

Anyone else notice how these things tend to go hand-in-hand with drug use? The only people I know who see crap like this are the ones who smoke pot or did other drugs. Hallucinogens anyone?

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What is the worst experience of COGNITIVE DISSONANCE in JW's you have had?

by BonaFide in

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last year, i listened to a talk on cd from a member of the governing body, brother losch.

he says the dead bodies will be all over the place and we will have to bury them.

it has been mentioned on this forum many times.. so i knew that my family had not heard the talk, or else they would definitely have talked about it.

bluecanary

When the elders told me that because I submissively followed my husband's decisions (even when I disagreed with them) that I was equally responsible for the the outcome. When they told me that my husband was immature so I would have to be the responsible one--but I still had to follow his headship. Still trying to figure out how that one works.

How about when I lost my "privilege" of commenting at meetings. When asked what I needed to do to get it back, the elders told me that I couldn't earn it back. In the same breath, they needed to see more from me before I got it back. WHAT? WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SEE FROM ME? "Nothing. Stop asking us. You're being unsubmissive by trying to find out."

Ooh, how about the fact that commenting isn't actually a privilege at all? Any Joe can come in off the street, raise his hand and comment. But field service, which is supposed to be such a privilege that only authorized members can partake in it, that I was still supposed to do regularly.

Do these count as cognitive dissonance or am I just listing catch-22s?

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Do you have special or secret code words to share us with?

by asilentone in

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i will give you one.

my friends and i agreed if we need to go to the bathroom, all we have to say "i need to use the phone" it is better than saying i need to go to the bathroom..

bluecanary

My friends complained when I announced that I would be in the bathroom, so I started saying "I'm going to disappear for a few minutes .Don't come looking for me."