Posts by miseryloveselders

What's wrong with you slackers? Huh? Enough with your excuses!!! This is from the 3/2011 KM, page 3, paragraph 2 entitled, Circumstances Change within the article, Were You Once a Regular Pioneer?

2. Circumstances Change: It may be that the situation that caused you to stop pioneering no longer exists. For example, if you discontinued pioneering because you could not meet the requirement of 90 hours a month, could you resume now that the requirement has been reduced to 70? Have your employment needs or family responsibilities lessened since the time you left the pioneer ranks? One sister who stopped pioneering for health reasons was able to resume at age 89. She had not been in the hospital for over a year and felt that her health would allow her to pioneer again!

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She loves me, she loves me not, she loves me...........

by miseryloveselders in

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she loves me,.

she loves me not.. thats a good lookin sandwich though right?

the new quiznos chicken bacon dipper with a zesty side of cheese sauce.

miseryloveselders

LOL Falcon! I just got some coupons and this ad in the mail today. I used a vacation day for work today as I feel drained. I went out to take care of some business, and when I came home I was hungry. I got some turkey slices from the deli, and some rolls to make a sandwich. But I didn't notice this ad until I took off my clothes and got comfortable. Otherwise I would have made a quick trip to try this out. By the way.....

does look slightly softer than Charmin....hmmm

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Does being a JW make you narcissistic

by wyorobert in

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i am one of the few people on earth who never had a jehovah's witness knock on my door.

my wife was the first witness i ever met.

i did notice certain personality traits after being around some of the people who left the religion.

miseryloveselders

short answer..... yes.

long answer..... yes.

They are taught from the get-go that they are God's chosen people and the entire world is ignorant and evil.

This is along the lines of what I was thinking. Check this out, this is from the 1/15/2011 Watchtower Study Edition, the very last page, 32 which is the back cover. The first paragraph.

"Today God's servants are accomplishing the greatest Christian works ever. Over seven million individuals look forward to surviving the great tribulation. Imagine, never before have so many faithful servants of Jehovah been active in so many lands throughout the earth!"

Statements such as that demonstate the lack of heartfelt love JWs have towards nonJWs. Its an us vs. them mentality thats reinforced everytime they read WT literature, attend meetings, assemblies, conventions, even when they have gatherings where so called mature Christians are present to chaperone. The only Christians on this earth, and only people who stand any chance of surviving the Great Tribulation are JWs. Everyone else, no matter what good they do, or how golden their heart may be, is still chopped liver. The only thing that seperates JWs from hate groups such as neo-nazis, is that they're not committing violence against nonJWs. However, the dehumanization of nonJWs is all too prevalent. You know, I'm yet to hear anyone in my congregation express sympathy towards nonJW Japanese. As far as they're concerned, only a few JWs were hurt, and only a few Kingdom Halls were damaged. Everyone else was pretty much collateral damage.

Even when you consider trolls such as DJEggNogg, you can see the contempt that even misfit JWs who are misfits by even WT/JW standards, have against nonJWs or those who've left. I wish I could find Eggnogg's post, but at one point he taunted another poster regarding how one day that poster was going to be destroyed. At that point I questioned whether or not Eggnogg was ever or is a JW. However threads like this comfirm for me that he is associated with JWs in one way or another. I've heard stories of brothers telling householders that one day they'll plant a tree over them. The WT has condemned that kind of language, but they still endorse the kinds of thoughts that enter the figurative heart which eventually gives birth to that language. They do it with articles containing quotes such as what I typed above from the 1/15/11 Study Edition WT. Granted I don't want to generalize, because there's plenty of JWs who don't have that swarmy, pretentious attitude, but there are enough that do where its not entirely off base to brush that stereotype off.

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She loves me, she loves me not, she loves me...........

by miseryloveselders in

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friends

she loves me,.

she loves me not.. thats a good lookin sandwich though right?

the new quiznos chicken bacon dipper with a zesty side of cheese sauce.

miseryloveselders

Thats a good lookin sandwich though right? The new Quiznos Chicken Bacon Dipper with a zesty side of cheese sauce. Scandalous.

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My Motives For Denouncing Homophobia and Bigotry

by PublishingCult in

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i just want to be clear on this.

some have attributed my motives for denouncing homophobia and bigotry to my being gay.

some have come to the conclusion that i must be gay for shouting down the homophobes and bigots on this board.

miseryloveselders

PC you shouldn't bother with having to explain yourself. Him calling you gay was high school humor, and doesn't even warrent a response. You know this is somewhat weird, because I don't remotely agree with homosexuality, and don't see myself ever agreeing with that lifestyle anytime soon. Then again, I never thought I'd see the day when I'd be conversing with apostates online either. At the end of the day though, who am I or anybody else to be worrying about what two consenting adults are into. It's none of my business. Live and let live.

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My 16 year Old is Having Surgery Tomarrow

by lovelylil in

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boy am i glad we are not witnesses anymore.

my son is having two large cysts removed tomarrow, they are in sort of a delicate area.

because of where they are located, the potential for heavy blood loss is high.

miseryloveselders

Thats good to hear, glad it worked out. That's one bit of good news for the day.

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"JWs are dead right on the blood doctrine"

by sabastious in

just got this message on my youtube:.

jehovah's witnesses are dead right.

your understanding is false and not up to date .

miseryloveselders

Sab, that guy is a nut even by JW standards of nuttiness. The WT has published a few articles admonishing JW apologists to not interact with apostates online, and further the WT intimated that they don't need indepedent websites, blogs, forums set up to defend the WT. Simply put, the WT doesn't want or need Online WT Apologists. Looking at that guy's Youtube channel, I can understand why. Check this out.

I can imagine David Splane looking at this and going, "Why does our religion attract all the freaks?" Remember that one Youtube video from some months ago with all the neverending hearts? That video was classic!!! It was like the Care Bears on steroids!!

11 Website: http://www.youtube.com/user/jwtruth Occupation: Project Manager Companies: Self Employed Schools: High School and other Business Training Interests: Teaching what the Bible says, and anything to do with Jehovah's Witnesses Movies: Many movie types but only if they are morally clean and meet the standards of clean Christian conduct. Many movies defy Bible standards and are not suitable for family viewing. Music: Many music types. It must be morally clean and must meet the standards of clean Christian conduct. These days music is often immoral. Plenty of good music about! Look carefully! Books: Bible and anything published by the Watchtower Bible and Tracts Society.

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Acts 5:42??

by Curtains in

has this verse been explained on this site?

many translations say "from house to house".

is this correct?

miseryloveselders

That song just entered my head.......from house to house, from door to door........