Posts by tiki

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Dumb things JWs believed

by JimmyYoung in

i am not talking about the usual crap from the cult writings, but rather things idiots believed on their own.

maybe even helped on by the cult but not directly taught.

i knew an old man now long gone kunde in michigan.

Didn't some of these derive from quacky Awake articles? I'm pretty sure the aluminum one did.... Chiropractor adjustments were indeed popular. If it was not mainstream it was more acceptable apparently when it came to medicine and cures.

The dinosaur theories get downright hilarious....we trod on dinosaur poop to this day.

Pyramids AND pyramid schemes... Crystals ...special vitamin concoctions... And I recall one sister postulating that Armageddon would dissolve all marriages and survivors would re-mate.

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Another silly Bible story....Joshua and the killing hailstones

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

◄ joshua 10:11 ►.

and it came to pass, as they fled from before israel, and were in the going down to bethhoron, that the lord cast down great stones from heaven on them to azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of israel slew with the sword.. .

looks like the amorites came to the battle only wearing helmets.

tiki

Ahh...thanks RaR..., those battle or skirmish stories do sometimes seem a tad illogical?!?

But given some of the stuff the cult puts out I thought perhaps theyd decided to do a comic book for kids and this was one of the frames.....

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Another silly Bible story....Joshua and the killing hailstones

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

◄ joshua 10:11 ►.

and it came to pass, as they fled from before israel, and were in the going down to bethhoron, that the lord cast down great stones from heaven on them to azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of israel slew with the sword.. .

looks like the amorites came to the battle only wearing helmets.

tiki

Is that a picture from one of their publications or website? If so, quite bizarre.

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Special meeting next month (February 2020)

by Jofi_Wofo in

jw
friends

it was announced today that we will have a special weekend meeting next month.

it will be 3 hours long and will include some streamed content.. no explanation was given as to what the meeting will be about, only that it will be exciting and we will not want to miss it..

tiki

Maybe they're going to eliminate weekday meetings and put it all online. And set up a bank account auto transfer system requirement...garnish those meagher assets.... Or dissolve circuits.... Or ....oh who really gives a poop.

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First Proper Chat With the JWs in Almost 11 Years

by passwordprotected in

since disassociating in october 2008, i've had little to no direct contact with the jws, apart from immediate family members (ie my parents).

i've lived in my rented flat since may 2014 and haven't had a knock on the door in that whole time.

until saturday morning.

tiki

Impressive enlightening encounter! You certainly gave them food for thought.

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the Watchtower guide to sex.

by stan livedeath in

it occurs to me the gb probably dont have much experience when it comes (!

) to marital sex guidance, so i think its only fair and reasonable we should put together a few hints to help them publish a suitable guide.. it is well known a lot of jw's get married in order to have sex, and all to frequently the marriages fail, possibly due to sexual problems, so the watchtower guide to sex should prove to be very worthwhile.. any jw courting couple intending to get married should be allowed to have a copy of the guide, and should only be available by a special order through the body of elders.. copies are not available to any single bros and sisters.. all and any advice in it must adhere to bible principles, and certainly no salty language or smut will be allowed.. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.

so--to get this started--and in no particular order--here is my first suggestion:.

tiki

You guys.....Andre sets such a fine example.....

........sigh........crazy people. No wonder so many are neurotic.

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Things we should not have said,

by Phizzy in

do any of you remember things you should never have said to a fellow j.w ?.

two of mine come to mind, one was when we were out in field circus one day and my companion was complaining of knee pain, he explained, " it has a crack in it ", i replied " that explains why my bum hurts, that's got a crack in it", the other one was when a guy showed me a chef's knife he had bought for chopping, and i said " i always wanted a big chopper ".. you ?.

tiki

Once upon a time in a Kingdom (hall) of yore....at a meeting for field service, the obviously gay circuit overseer yet wed to a (self-absorbed) woman was arranging car groups, and as the majority present were loath to pursue the morning activities and stalling or revising directives.....little sister me commented to the erstwhile leader that he must be the Circus Servant.

He was not pleased.

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Angel's Advocate

by Under No Illusion in

sooo.... i've been perusing recent topics for a few minutes and seeing pretty much the standard jw fare these days - scandals, abuse, bad behavior, cover ups, bullying, shunning, family splits, torturous extrications from a cult, mind control etc.. i started to try and think of anything the dubs were doing that was actually beneficial to mankind in any way, and i'm struggling.

without being facetious, wtf do they do to make anybody's life better?

help me out here.. pros.