Posts by zengalileo

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What is the most embarassing moment you've had while still a JW?

by african GB Member in

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i remember having to preach to my girlfriend/classmate while i was still at school.

i was with one of the elders and it was my 'house' to preach.. wished i could vanish from the surface of the earth..

zengalileo

Surfing at Pismo Beach with my old best friend when I was 17. We were all done for the day and walked up "1000 Stairs" parking lot where we parked across from some houses, and it was trash day. Tim Thay3r, my friend went over to throw something away in the trash cans across the street and then he came back with a giant stack of porn. He sits in the car and divedes the stack in half and plops half of them on my lap and proceeds to stick his hand down his pants and peruse the mags as if I was going to join him in this little adventure. I was like, "Um, dude, I'm really not into looking at porn and masturbating with other dudes, so can you just take this shit out of my car or stow it for another time?" And he was shocked I didn't want to masturbate with him. I was shocked too. I guess he must have done this with his brother or something and thought of it as normal. But, sorry, i just couldn't get into it. Back to back maybe, but not looking him in the eye or anything. he he

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Zinnia Jones is my new favorite You Tube channel!!! I subscribed!

by zengalileo in

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http://youtu.be/b-91mskxaxs.

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zengalileo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-91mSkxaXs&feature=relmfu

Can't get this damn video to show up here. What am I doing wrong?

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Zinnia Jones is my new favorite You Tube channel!!! I subscribed!

by zengalileo in

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http://youtu.be/b-91mskxaxs.

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zengalileo

http://youtu.be/B-91mSkxaXs

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Zinnia Jones is my new favorite You Tube channel!!! I subscribed!

by zengalileo in

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http://youtu.be/b-91mskxaxs.

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zengalileo

http://youtu.be/B-91mSkxaXs

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For Newbies: EXCELLENT Judicial meeting with LOTS of info!!

by Lady Liberty in

thought i would bump to the top this excellent tape recording of a judicial meeting.

you will find the person "on trial" has bneen a elder himself.

once he realised things were not adding up he ended up disassociating himself along with his wife.

zengalileo

I too was real impressed at their gentleness. I could NEVER do that without railing on them. I remember Rick Townsend from when I was growing up in Canoga Park and later in Santa Maria. I arrived in santa Maria just two years after this tape. My brother David knew them and spoke ill of them after this went down. I grew up thinking this Townsend fellow was a demon. I remember being in Santa Maria in about 1985 visiting my brother and he told me to look up the hall in the phone book. he had just moved into town. So I called Jehovah's Christian Witnesses. An extremely nice lady answered and kindly told me that I was actually looking for the OTHER Jehovahs Witnesses. I asked her what kind she was, but she said I should talk to my parents first. I was about 14 or 15. I have always wondered who that was on the phone that was so nic e, and I think it might have been Laverne townsend. anyway I would love to hear from those folks and let him know one of the Deans, actually two of the Deans made it out. This should illustrate just how important it should be for anyone in this situation to record their judicial hearing.

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4 Suicides I Am Aware Of This Year, Why Elders, COs Are Not Competent To Handle These Matters. (Life Or Death, Your Choice!)

by AvocadoJake in

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i would like to relate with the first suicide that took place this year, this was more than seven months ago.

this person was deeply distraught and was talking about killing themself.

the conduct of this person started to escalate (deep depression with morbid thoughts.

zengalileo

I've been there before. I've told elders and family members that I was going to do it. They laughed and just assumed I was trying to get attention. Man that pissed me off. It made me want to do it more. thankfully I had made some worldly friends in college who were really helpful. they came over, smoked me out, stayed with me, prayed over me, meditated with me and told me how important I was in their lives. No thanks to any JW, my pagan friends had my back. Thanks Satan! For having some really cool loving people on your team!

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I just "witnessed" officially for the first time!!!

by NoRegrets in

i mean door to door (sort of), not informally to non-witness friends and family!.

so for a few weeks, i have suspected that my neighbor across the hall was being studied with by witnesses.

i wasn't sure but saw a couple of older women leaving with what looked like bibles, but never saw watchtower literature.

zengalileo

O un-witnessed to THREE fourth graders once, 3 JWs in one class! They all were good friends and hung out together. I told them I was a bethelite and a pioneer, and that I discovered that JWs told many false prophecies. I also told them they could not Witness to other kids without permission from each child's parents. Then I got called into the office within about 10 minutes of dismissal bell. that kid must have RUN home and told her mom. The principal was like, "Just be careful on that subject. some of these parents are hyper sensitive about their religion." So I didn't really get in trouble or anything, kust a warning.

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The Ideas Thread - all are welcome!

by cedars in

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sorry it's been a while since i posted anything.

i've kind of had my hands full of late.

there are some things i want to say, but i am saving some of it for a more appropriate time.. i thought i would start a simple "ideas thread" as a thread on which we can, well, share our ideas!

zengalileo

anything that involves Biblical discussion is a bad idea I think. Because there is no such thing as a right way to understand the Bible. It's all bull shit. some of it more shit than others. but it's all pure stupidity. I just won't argue over a stupid book. I'd sooner wipe my butt with it in public. Now THAT would be saying something true about the Bible!

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The Ideas Thread - all are welcome!

by cedars in

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sorry it's been a while since i posted anything.

i've kind of had my hands full of late.

there are some things i want to say, but i am saving some of it for a more appropriate time.. i thought i would start a simple "ideas thread" as a thread on which we can, well, share our ideas!

zengalileo

I'm up for all those ideas. I'm always up for activism. My ideas are:

1. District convention walk outs. Place 20 or 30 exJWs in diverse locations in the convention center. All dressed and looking like JWs as we all know how to do.

Then right when the baptism questions are asked, one person will stand up and loudly say for the whole convention center to hear, "I can't stand this anymore! i'm getting out of here!" Then another person on the other side of the arena will say, "you know, I'm tired of this life too. I'm gone!" then another , then another and for the next 10 or fifteen minutes will be a parade of JWs walking out very loudly proclaiming that they don't believe it any more. The attendants will not know what to do because noone will be together in the same place. It will disrupt the services but they won't be able to pin it on anyone. then maybe some real JWs will be thinking, "Maybe this is my turn to stand up and walk out. we'll call it "Just Walk Out 2021."

2. A date every year to proclaim the "Jehovah's Witnesses Come Out." Not coming out of the closet, but announcing to one's family and friends that you do not believe in the religion anymore. I think the first day of spring of every year is a good date to have mass coming outs. We can start with some people on this site who don't have the guts to tell their families how they really feel and what they really believe. yeah that's right I'm calling you all out. Do it on the first day of spring 2012.

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Is anybody trying to learn the truth of the bible after leaving JW?

by EndofMysteries in

zengalileo

Gotta go with, found out what a waste of time it is to read the Bible. What does it really teach? stupid shit.