Posts by Diogenesister

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Sorry for the young folks that don't get 12 inches anymore

by Diogenesister in

just listened to patrice rushen "forget me knots"and it made me think - do you remember the excitement of going to the record shop and getting the 12 inch of your favourite tune?.

i remember halkwind 12 inch silver machine that went on forever!!

or blue monday in the 80's depech mode.

Diogenesister

Stanlivedeath LoL wow, do you still have it?

Morpheus Aha!I have that to look forward to then, my twins are 10 so they just have their first spotify account!

And yes, I forgot to say to mention the all time best prezzie you could give anyone - their very own lovingly prepared mix tape! btw I am mid 40's but an early music lover!

Finky baby Yes, many people enjoy the analogue feel of some types of track but I definately know what you mean about sound quality! Some old mix tapes I cannot listen to anymore😣😢

I think tho one of the pleasures (sometimes!)was listening to tracks you wouldn't normally buy but grow to love - i guess you can do that with spotify too!

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Sorry for the young folks that don't get 12 inches anymore

by Diogenesister in

just listened to patrice rushen "forget me knots"and it made me think - do you remember the excitement of going to the record shop and getting the 12 inch of your favourite tune?.

i remember halkwind 12 inch silver machine that went on forever!!

or blue monday in the 80's depech mode.

Diogenesister

Just listened to Patrice Rushen "Forget me knots"and it made me think - Do you remember the excitement of going to the record shop and getting the 12 inch of your favourite tune?

I remember Halkwind 12 inch Silver machine that went on forever!! Or Blue monday in the 80's depech mode

Or the fantastic gate fold cover albums of the 70's and 80's??

I mean in what way is a download a pleasure anymore for the kids? No rushing to the record store with your hard won wages or pocket money?Dashing home, unwrapping it and inviting your friends over to listen, poring over the art work okn the cover or - even better, the lyrics on the back, spending breaks at school singing the lyrics from ALL the songs on your favourite album.

I mean, the first thing you showed a new friend (boyfriend, girlfriendtoo)was your pride & joy record collection.

What do the kids do now, give their mates a list? Ok, spotify playlists you can share but I still say its not the same!!!

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Never had a crazy JW-related dream until today

by onightdivine in

in my dream a while ago, the wt had already started "encouraging" everyone to contribute 30. either it meant at least 30 hours of "preaching" or 30% tithe.

the next scene is when we all stood up for the opening song at the kh, and lo and behold - the opening lyrics went on like (this is vague but you'll understand the context anyway):.

what a privilege it is to serve the kingdom.

Diogenesister

Like the song Hotel California, "You can check any time you want, but you can never leave".

Thats the anthem of NA & AA - funny being a dub has so many similarities, religous addiction, cult addiction

Had the naked at KH dreams, dreamt I was having sex with a bookstudy too

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If you are a current active JW, What rules do you deliberately break?

by Truthexplorer in

do the lottery.

celebrate my child's birthday.

sign workmates birthday cards.

Diogenesister

Dunedin sir, "pissed up" means these gentlemen have partaken in far too many alcoholic beveridges

Brahms & Liszt

Hammered

Mullered

Blotto

Sqiffy

Plastered

Shit-faced (oh hng on that might be American)

Bladered

Langered

Sozzled

Legless

Tanked up

Sloshed

Wrecked

Hope that clears it up for you, I'm just off to get pished (Irish ,don't start me on THAT list!)

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TWO WITNESSES IN VITERBO (ITALY)

by Giorgio Cardellini in

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friends

it 'was given to man to govern alone for some time trying any form of self-government, but was not successful, then from 1914 satan has taken control over the nations, but failed, ruined land and forced men at great sacrifice and austerity.. 100 years have passed since 1914, jehovah had given one hour to the nations, the time is up, jesus christ came back at the end of 2013 and his slave was found faithful, jehovah himself has anointed with a baptism in the holy spirit, with oil of gladness more than all of his anointed brothers, he has delivered humanity enslaved, he is the chosen one, the four winds have passed (4 comets in the sky of 2013, ison, lovejoy, linear, encke) the last the saints have been chosen and their number is complete, 144,000, the heavenly tribunal was convened and then satan has been judged and fell (daniel 7:26).

1 corinthians 10:13 - what you had to refine it is perfected, it happened!.

the world has got a new jehovah's prophet like elijah.

Diogenesister

Cardellini sir, what will you do when life trugdes on ,

Same as its always been

And you will find yourself in a beautiful house,

with a beautiful wife,

In another part of the world

and you will ask yourself

How did I get here?

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What Written & Unwritten Rules Do Jehovah's Witnesses Have?

by minimus in

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jws should "not go beyond what is written".. please list examples of how they do not follow that bible instruction..

Diogenesister

Today on the leaked branch office documents I read ""Quit mixing in company with anyone called a brother who ....IS DISFELLOWSHIPPED"

no completion of the real quote just their BS talk about adding to the things written Corinthians 15.8

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0D-Uj0UVJRASkNUaGRMd0VIXzA/view

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Hilarious Whatsapp message received - FIRST day after Big D

by cognitivedizzy in

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a hilarious stupid wa message is being circulated amongst jws in my area / country.. i had a hearty laugh at the ignorance and stupidity and brainwashed mentality, different people may express different emotions so you have been warned.

day one after armageddon it seems ages since we last heard the gunshots and screams, today has been really quiet.

the last few weeks have been sheer terror.

Diogenesister

HomebytheSeaan hour ago

I find this to be extremely disturbing. Anyone who can be happy with this description is devoid of human emotion & deeply indoctrinated in cult mentality! I'm an RN, & can seriously remember all of the patients I've seen die in the past 20 years. It's very upsetting, although I may not have known them personally. Also, when someone dies, we have to wrap the body to send to the morgue. This involved moments of silence, prayers by some staff, and ultimately nothing but respect for the life that was lost, regardless of the individual's religious beliefs. Who really shows love of neighbor? Not this cult!

Hi sister sister!I am a nurse too, and I can tell you every single person who has died in my care (and there are a lot, I've worked in ICU and heamatology, leukeamia mostly)is absolutely seared into my memory - whether I knew them for hours or months. Quite a few teenagers and a couple of children, I still think of them, often. Sometimes I cried so hard I could hardly see to lay them out, especially if they died in an unpleasant way, were young or young parents. Tragic. Death is always sad no matter.No sane God would do that wholesale and save folk because they were born in the 20th century, from a culture that was bible based, western etc or were just IN ON A BLOODY SATURDAY.And anyone who rejoiced at such death would definately be off the saved list in my opinion.Primo Levi , recalling Auscwitz, said after one particularly awful 'selection'(euphamism for the gas) a rabbi was praying his thanks to God for saving him. Next to him lay a 20 yr old greek boy who was on the gas list, and knew it.Primo said he could spit at the god who would accept such a prayer.

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Should I be mad?

by kairos in

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friends

i've been df'd for about six weeks now.no one has broken the obligation to "honor the disfellowshipping decree".that's the way notorious co paul kohler describes the "loving arrangement" that is jw shunning.

( just "serving" napa ).

so, my wife's family has been "loving me" ( barf ) when out of nowhere, one of them sends home homemade soup for me.... well, i got super pissed.

Diogenesister

Ring her up to say thanks.Don't play their game.

Tell her you are not ever going back so she needs to at least start treating you like a" tax collector or a man of the nations."

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Have you ever had your oven door explode?

by Ucantnome in

the other day the glass in my oven door exploded and sent glass into the next room, fortunately i wasn't peering in at the time.

about a year go the previous oven door shattered one morning.

the oven was cold.

Diogenesister

I'm thinking, is your name Damien by any chance??😜

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Doing the Right Thing, Making a Choice (shunning)

by Simon in

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continuing a topic that is dear to my heart because of my experience as both a shunner and a shunnee .... some people seem to get very agitated when i talk about the responsibility people have to make the right choices and that despite all the wrongs within the wts, people themselves have a role to play and some personal responsibility for the experience.. notice i said "some" responsibility, not "complete" - this doesn't absolve the wts for the things they do wrong in any way shape or form.

so please don't get argumentative about possible meanings and absolutes - of course the wts has a significant role to play but we need to decide what we're trying to achieve here and why the personal choice is so important.. i'm also not talking about actual crimes that the wts should answer for.

if they cover up child abuse for instance, they absolutely should be reported immediately.

Diogenesister

It's not hard to drive a bus through the idea that elders are inspired and infallible and must always be obeyed. There are even scriptures of people rightly disobeying the divinely appointed rulers of the day who were doing the wrong thing.

What need is there for a bible-trained conscience if they simply have to do what the elders say?

Really good point, this threads a keeper 👍