I knew him too. He's an ok guy imo.
miseryloveselders
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Another successful ex
by behemot injonathan saunders thanks his upbringingfashion designer jonathan saunders thanks his jehovah's witness upbringing for his successful career.
fashion designer jonathan saunders says his jehovah's witness upbringing pushed him to succeed in the clothing industry.. the scottish-born designer - who wowed critics with his floral designs for spring/summer 2011 at london fashion week - admitted he hasn't spoken to his religious parents since he left home at the age of 16 to pursue a career in fashion.. jonathan - who is renowned for his edgy geometric designs - said: "you have to go without something to really want it.
i'm quite thankful for my upbringing because of that.
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miseryloveselders
Here's another one by the way. Luke Evans.
He grew up in the small village of Aberbargoed, the only child of a builder and a housewife. They were a young couple – 19 and 23 when he was born – and both are devout Jehovah's Witnesses. 'That's what I did for the first 16 years of my life.' Spread the Word, door to door? 'That's it.' What impact did that have on him as a child? 'You're knocking on people's doors every week, in other villages down the valley, so you do develop a sense of confidence, to deal with the knock-backs and with people not wanting to speak to you.' It was a happy home – 'they're people with good morals and standards. No swearwords were allowed at home at all, ever,' – and Luke only gradually moved away from the faith as a teenager, leaving behind Creationism and the total ban on swearing. By 16 he had his own ideas. 'I wanted to live my life. I didn't want to upset anybody but I had a clear vision of how I wanted to live and it had nothing to do with religion.'
School, Bedwellty Comprehensive, was more difficult. 'I was bullied at school, I was very unhappy. Being a Jehovah's Witness, being an only child… in a small village you only have to be a little bit different and you're vilified.' The bullying wasn't physical, he says, just a continual alienation from his peers. On his first day out of school aged 16, he went to River Island and got a job shelving shoes. He saved £15 per week for acting and singing lessons, and a year later, won a scholarship to the London Studio Centre, a college specialising in musical theatre. 'Oh, it was wonderful being able to sing and act every day. I'd always thought it would just be a creative vent and I never thought I could do it for a living. So the way things are now is just amazing.'
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Another successful ex
by behemot injonathan saunders thanks his upbringingfashion designer jonathan saunders thanks his jehovah's witness upbringing for his successful career.
fashion designer jonathan saunders says his jehovah's witness upbringing pushed him to succeed in the clothing industry.. the scottish-born designer - who wowed critics with his floral designs for spring/summer 2011 at london fashion week - admitted he hasn't spoken to his religious parents since he left home at the age of 16 to pursue a career in fashion.. jonathan - who is renowned for his edgy geometric designs - said: "you have to go without something to really want it.
i'm quite thankful for my upbringing because of that.
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miseryloveselders
I was just about to post a thread on this. Glad I did a search first. It makes me feel good to see him sucessful. Makes me feel real good. I hate that he hasn't spoken to his parents since age 16, but it exposes the tretcherous nature of this religion. The ironic part is JWs and the WT loves news articles with a positive expose' on the religion. I wonder how many JWs saw the title of this news article and were all ready to share with other JWs or relatives, only to discover that this guy's success was driven by the WTS totalitarianism.
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Cougars
by White Dove incould you women ever go cougar?.
i couldn't do it, because it would feel like child molestation.
i have 2 young adults for kids.
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Even when I was in high school I liked older women. My English teacher could have definately gotten it. She used to cross her legs, and every dude in the room cocked his head sideways. I saw a picture of her on Facebook recently and she is quite scary to say the least. In her day though she was like a militant version of that blonde lady in the movie with Nazis, teenagers, and singing from way back then. I can't remember what that movie was called. Horrible film. Hated that crap. I think her name was Julie Andrews or something like that. My English teacher looked like her with glasses and a mean attitude.
Now since reaching the second year of my third decade on this miserable planet, in this cancer of a religion, I find myself even more attracted to the mid to late 30ish crowd. The early to mid 40ish crowd has quite a few eye pleasers as well. Older women have a sophistication that you'll find is rare in younger women. The older I get, the more I appreciate their feminine fat and the clothing they wear to compliment it. I work in an office setting, and some of these business women can get it. The financial director on my floor is a little healthy, and has post-two brat based fat. She's not obese by any means, but she's a good 30 lbs overweight I'd say. She's also what you might call busty. If she lost too much weight, she'd have to get a breast reduction. Otherwise her back would be like that of someone who has scoliosis. The extra weight looks good on her in my opinion. She wears her pant suits, and her scarfs, with her short haircut. Whew!!!! Sometimes she wears pearls which for some reason I really find attractive. I don't know why, just something about them on her neck and wrist is appealing to me. Her conversation appeals to me as well. I know this probably sounds odd coming from a man, especially someone who prides himself on being a man, but I find myself vulnerable when I'm conversing with her.
There's another woman who worked in another department on my floor. I used to dig her in the winter because she would wear these gestapo boots. Had that Nazi thing going on. Made me want to grow my mustache and then cut it into a little box. Sometimes she wore the boots with skirts which had sort of a Mod era effect. Call me Austin Powers. She was married with at least two kids when on my floor. Sometime last year, they moved her department to another floor, and I don't see her as often. Occasionally when I see her, she always greets me as she did when still on my floor. The difference now though, is I noticed she no longer wears her wedding ring. I believe she's since gotten a divorce. I noticed her demeanor is completely different from when she was on my floor. She's a lot more bubbly and chatty which is a turnoff to me. Not that I don't find chatty women attractive, but in her case its as if she lost some of her sophistication. She lacks the sultry disposition since becoming a part of the meat market again.
There's a pioneer in my hall that I find attractive, and I always said I'd never get romantically involved with a pioneer. After seeing the marriage between my folks, and my dad's complaints that mom is never around because she's too busy pioneering, I vowed to never marry a pioneer. Plus I've heard other brothers say as much. At any rate I slipped up and told this pioneer that she's attractive, but I did it in a non-hitting on kind of way. It was at an event, so I did it casually. Any way her folks visited my hall from out of town. Her mom......scandalous as Morris Day would have said. She's in her late 40s to early 50s, and dresses very sophisticated and stylish, especially for a JW female. I read the WT that day, and she approached me later and complimented my reading. My field service group was to clean and secure the hall that day. So I was trying to kick the few stragglers left out so I could lock up and go home as I was tired. Thats when I ran into her in the lobby. She gave me the compliment, and I complimented her comment at the WT Study. I walked her outside where I met her husband, a nice enough fellow. He went and pulled the car up for her, and I chatted briefly with her. I then opened the door for her to get in, and said goodbye to both of them. I can tell she was used to having the car door opened for her. She knew the routine too well, as if she expected to be pampered. I aint mad at her though. Her daughter appears to be staying with our congregation, so I imagine I'll see her mom again. Life has its blessings at times.
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Best JW Jokes!
by brotherdan ini was watching "friday" this weekend and had forgotten about the part in the beginning when the 2 jw ladies woke him up.
it was hilarious.
even my wife laughed and said, "that's how you preach in the hood!".
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miseryloveselders
And because of your fear of man, you could have blood on your head.
If you had gone back and shared the Good News with him, his heart may have been affected and he could have become one of our faithful brothers. Imagine - you could have given this experience from the convention stage, gotten everyone engrossed in the story and then said, "and I'm happy to say that when I returned on the RV, this man was responsive...he's here today to get baptized..." thunderous applause yaaaayyyyyy...
LOL, I've justified it by saying well they're Asian, and there is a Chinese Resteraunt less than a block from this house. At the same time, maybe they were Triads. I don't know.....I'll be fearful of man in this instance LOL
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When will the crashing and burning of this organization begin?
by easyreader1970 inas i see it, there are three looming threats that all have the potential - individually or combined - to bring the wbts to its knees, at least in the united states, anyway.. 1. youth retention.
the young people aren't buying it.
the watchtower will argue that faithless young people are giving in to demonic persuasion and leaving the truth.
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There does appear to be a sifting work. They've really upped the ante on reminding you that they're the Faithful and Discreet Slave. Its beyond offensive how much they mention that now. At the same time , the WT recognizes the need to downsize in light of this economy. They also recognize the need to downsize in light of increasing apathy of what used to be potential recruits. Then there's the increasing subtle thumbing of the nose by many JWs towards their leader's directives. Another poster mentioned in another thread about Ray Franz speaking about the WT leaders feeling threatened by JWs watching TV as opposed to being the chief reason for the WT's investment in all their property and machinery. Not to mention supporting the WT heavies lifestyles that they've grown accustomed to. The downsizing may very well be a reaction to what was previously mentioned. So they're downsizing and in turn digging in for the long haul for what the percieve will be limited resources and support from their limited number of drones. I'd love to see this organization disappear, or even better I'd love to see them recognize the potential for good that they're capable of. I'd love to see them reorganize themselves, lay off of being so iron fisted.
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Best JW Jokes!
by brotherdan ini was watching "friday" this weekend and had forgotten about the part in the beginning when the 2 jw ladies woke him up.
it was hilarious.
even my wife laughed and said, "that's how you preach in the hood!".
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Answer the door with a bloody knife and say, "I'm sorry, could you come back in a half hour? We're not done with the virgin yet."
Something similar really did happen to me like this in field service. I rung the bell. I heard some footsteps so both I and my partner put our game faces on. This Asian dude came to the door with white pants and a white shirt on with fresh reddish/purple stains all over it. Behind him several feet in the hallway was another Asian man dressed the same with the same fresh purple/reddish stains and also a surgical mask. My first rational thought was they're painters. Then I noticed the guy in the hallway had a knife in his hand. The guy at the door seemed agitated and told me to leave the magazines on the porch because they were very busy. He assured me that he would read them. I then noticed that there was a heavy clear plastic covering over what appeared to be a torn down wall. The plastic wasn't 100% visible because of heavy moisture in the closed area and also reddish stains. I nodded my head to the householder, dropped the magazines on the porch furniture, and got the heck out of there. I've always wondered since, what was going on back there. I never did make a return visit.
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Do you ever "spiritualize" songs?
by Inkie indo you ever or have you ever spiritualized secular songs?
i find that i have done it quite a bit in my life.
i dont really know whyjust recognize that i do it.
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Nas-NY State of Mind
It drops deep, as it does in my breath, I never sleep, cuz sleep is the cousin of death
behind the walls of intelligence life is defined, I think of crime, when I'm in a New York State of Mind.
This verse always reminded me of Ecclesiastes verses on death, and how as JWs we had a condescending view towards anyone who didn't view death and the afterlife as we viewed it. We saw ourselves as being more intelligent. This verse also makes me think of Jesus prior to resurrecting the little girl stating that she was sleeping.
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I Want Some of That Convention Pudding!
by snowbird inalong with one of those cream cheese danishes, and a lemon-lime shasta.. know what i mean?.
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They did not - they ordered them to serve it anyway. About half a dozen of us were just sitting there like the Morton Thiokol engineers waiting for the O-rings to blow on the space shuttle. The department head actually said to me - I just hope we haven't made a lot of the friends sick today or even killed somebody.
Luckily, no reports of food poisoning came about. Another JW miracle, I guess.
LOL, I'm glad nobody sick or died either. WTH LOL I'm picturing some old Dick Cheney like character or MArie Antoinette giving the order to serve it anyway.
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Does this link set off any of your cult bells?
by Libelle inhttp://www.ellerslie.com/home.html.
i know this isn't specifically a jw thing, but it does seem cultish to me, so i thought i'd ask you.
a family member is considering going, and it's just ringing all sorts of bells to me.
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miseryloveselders
I don't pick up on this being a cult as much as I pick up on a couple of fraudsters trying to get in my pockets. They've got the Joel Osteen phony vibe going on .