Posts by Diogenesister

Type in Sam Heards Rolex. I've seen him wear it quite often. Could be a family heirloom, of course. And Heard gets an army pension, too, so there's that.

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What is it with these lard ass GB and gold rings and watches?

by mickbobcat in

they wear jewelry like they are some don from the cosa nostra.

watches and rings like some cheap pimp.

hey they are cheap pimps.

Diogenesister

My Grandmother was a devout JW and back in the 90s early when they built Hotels near Patterson, she mumbled they had gotten their last dime from her. Her and my GF had special Pioneered and picked up bottles for return in the 60s so they could pay rent and buy food as the stipend was not even close to enough to support them in the cult work.

Mickbobcat the worst thing is many of those hotel rooms were kept empty. One weekend when New York had severe weather they closed the airport. All the reasonably priced hotels were booked up. A pioneer & her friend who had come to tour Bethel were stuck with no where to stay as their flight home had been cancelled.

She rang Bethel in hopes of finding a bed for the night. Would you believe they told these very young girls, stranded in a strange city, that because they were only "regular" pioneers they could not offer them a bed for the night. Had they been "special" pioneers they could have helped them out!!

And they say that all Jehovah's Witnesses are equal and that they have no special titles!!

Your'll be glad to know that young pioneer is NO LONGER one of Jehovah's witnesses. Wonder why🙄

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What WT Children's Book Were You Studied With As A Child?

by Sea Breeze in

my mom studied with me in the paradise book before i went to kindergarten.

i remember the book vividly.

it creeped me out as a kid.

Diogenesister

Listening to the great teacher.

I loved it very much. I loved to study and when the other kids would run off to play I would stay at the dining room table to read on my own.😥I miss those days.

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Can a person order a free bible through the JWs?

by jwundubbed in

i was researching the easiest bible to read (which the jw bible is not) and the best way to buy one online at low cost and it got me thinking.

the jw.org is doing videos and has a website.

have they joined the order-online phenomenon that is going on in the world today?

Diogenesister

I think UnDubbed you'd just have to rely on getting a kindly Jehovah's witness to give you one.

Of course we know it wouldn't really be free because your kindly JW would have had to pay for it out of her own pocket.

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Ralph Walls implausible 2021 Convention field service story

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

another implausible field service story told by ralph walls at the 2021 convention.

get ready for this unrealistic, stupid, dull and boring, made up fiction that is presented at this assembly.. some years ago ( tells a story but doesn't know exact date ), a brother ( doesn't give his name ) in mexico ( doesn't name the town) from the rurals, dressed in a very simple garb ( to show he was not showy ) knocked at the door of a palatial mansion.

( a very rich ''worldly'' person must live here ).

Diogenesister

That's what I was thinking FFghost my fellow logophile😂

"The rurals" sounds like a cross between rural and The Urals 😂

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Why the Watchtower has changed. They actually had no choice.

by pistolpete in

did anyone ever check the doctors who claimed something that backed up the wt society.. .

jw / ex-jw tales.

i remember the watchtower and awake magazines used to have tons of articles on every subject you could think off.. history, medical, science, masturbation, dating, homosexuality, etc.. this was before the internet.

Diogenesister

Phizzy Fact checking via the Internet is such a wonderful resource.

And the great thing about Watchtower's indoctrination programme™ is that it only takes a JW to catch them out in a blatant lie once and it's game over.

They've taught us that "one drop of poison" makes the whole thing unfit for purpose - so a witness will apply that concept to the lie found written by their own religious leaders!

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The Light Actually IS Getting Brighter

by Magnum in

the light really is getting brighter, but what kind?

i can think of three types of figurative light in this context:.

1) that which jws refer to and they base on pr 4:18. light on a path... light that gets brighter.

Diogenesister

Great points Magnum. If the Watchtower were God's channel the internet would be a wonderful tool they could use to reach even more people - especially those who live in inhospitable or isolated regions. Or begin new Bible studies with people in countries where it's dangerous for witnesses to operate in.

Instead the internet has created opportunities for witnesses themselves to do research into the organization, including its dubious history, and this has led to them leaving the religion in droves.

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Ralph Walls implausible 2021 Convention field service story

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

another implausible field service story told by ralph walls at the 2021 convention.

get ready for this unrealistic, stupid, dull and boring, made up fiction that is presented at this assembly.. some years ago ( tells a story but doesn't know exact date ), a brother ( doesn't give his name ) in mexico ( doesn't name the town) from the rurals, dressed in a very simple garb ( to show he was not showy ) knocked at the door of a palatial mansion.

( a very rich ''worldly'' person must live here ).

Diogenesister

You can tell by the way it's formulated that it's a story.

Who says "silken robe" anymore, or the word "garb" for "simply dressed"? The man jumps from "I don't understand," to "I'm a famous engineer". It's just a very stilted, unrealistic pattern of speech.

It feels like he's taken a traditional folk tale and put a JW spin on it. All in all It's very disjointed with a very poor "punchline".

Zero out of ten Ralph Walls, that was awful.