Posts by straightshooter

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Circuit Oversears treated like gods...did this happen in your Hall!!!

by Witness 007 in

brothers would full on laugh at the c.o's lame jokes.

fight over who gets him for dinner where no expense would be speared..."oh they dont eat flour, sugars or milk products...".

straightshooter

The COs I saw were definite bosses. Some were more controlling than others. One even threatened me that I would be sorry if I ever go against him.

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Another New Member

by lriddle80 in

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i have been out of the "truth" for about 13 years, but 9 of those years i was someone who was out but thinking i would probably go back at some point...out but not all the way out mentally.

my family are still active members and i am a little bit shunned, not invited to family get togethers, that sort of thing.

i was one of those people that left and then did drugs and partied for a while.

Hello

by newdawnfades in

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i am a long time lurker who has finally decided to post.

i am still in along with my wife, kids and extended family.

i am in my 40s and was raised in the org.

Welcome. The nice thing about this forum is that ones on here are open minded. This forum is not like the KH, where you have to keep your thoughts to yourself or you will be branded and removed by the elders.

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Who of you ever lied on your field service reports?

by Julia Orwell in

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i've read a few people mention making up the figures for the field service reports, and i want to find out how common it is.

i never lied on my report.

sometimes i'd round up 15 minutes if i'd mentioned jw stuff to my brother that month, but that wasn't falsifying.

straightshooter

It was so good to have children. I would start and stop my time by talking to them about creation. Also I would fudge up my fractional time to whole numbers at the end of the month.

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Douglas Adams, 11/3/1952 - 11/3/2001 - "So long and thanks for all the fish"

by cofty in

today is the anniversary of the death of douglas adams.. adams was one of the most insightful skeptical thinkers and the author of the fantastic series, "the hitchhiker's guide the galaxy - a trilogy in four parts".. professor dawkins said on his death "science has lost a friend, literature has lost a luminary, the mountain gorilla and the black rhino have lost a gallant defender.".

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straightshooter

I was glad that Google honored him yesterday. Played along time on screen. Anyway it was sad that Douglas Adams did not live longer.

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Chavez is officialy DEAD!!

by wolfman85 in

http://news.yahoo.com/hugo-chavez-fiery-venezuelan-leader-dies-58-220210262.html.

straightshooter

Many in Venezuela adore Chavez. But so did many Germans love Hitler. Like all countries, some prosper and some don't. It is that expressing yourself may end in death in Venezuela.

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Hi to EVERYONE, I LOVE being here in JWN land with y'all! & Family UPDATE

by Newly Enlightened in

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hi to everyone on here, my name is kim, i have been on here anonymously for about 6 months now giving our family's story.

if any of you haven't read my daughter gojira's post about the latest, here's the updates.

the witch hunt is on..... http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/246388/3/the-time-is-near-for-my-families-crucification.

straightshooter

Welcome to this forum. You are sure blessed to have a husband that also recognizes the real truth.

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POLL: How long did you remain a JW from point of baptism to leaving the KH

by Terry in

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i was baptised --1963. left in 1978. fifteen years.

pre-baptism, another 5 years.

straightshooter

Baptized in fall of 1974, left in spring of 2000. 25 1/2 years of good and bad times.

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Will the Watchtower Society benefit from the looming financial collapse?

by redvip2000 in

if you have your eyes and ears open and can put 2 and 2 together, you have like many of us, have figured out that there is an impending financial collapse in the united states.

the type of financial collapse that likely has never been seen.. whether you believe this is being done intentionally by global power hungry groups bent on bringing us to our knees, in order to push their agenda, or whether it is being done out of carelessness and stupidity is hardly relevant at this point.. the writing is on the wall.

experts (and all who want to) can see it , high level officials expect it, and are already implementing the contingencies that are needed in order handle the civil unrest that will ensue.

straightshooter

There is still high unemployment. Though the stock market and housing currently seem to be doing good, we have seen how fast the markets and economy can quickly reverse. Yes the WTS feeds on catastrophes. The attenders went up after 9/11. Look at all the articles they print about "time of the end", "doomsday", and "disasters". I think the WTS would not exist if they could not keep "the end" in front of everyones eyes.

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40 years on - and still in Damage Control mode!

by Bungi Bill in

earlier this morning, i posted off to the the institute of engineers an application for membership as an "engineering associate":.

- today being just over 40 years since the congregation's retards elders made me abandon my apprenticeship.. (in this part of the world, the pre-1975 hype was taken to that level.

not being content to prevent young persons attending university, they went one step further and treated with hostility any youngster who would "tie up five years of their lives" by entering into an apprenticeship.

straightshooter

Wish you the best of luck. You are so right about continuing schooling after high school. It is definitely hard to go back to school after one has been away from it so long.