Posts by Diogenesister

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Would I lie to you?

by slimboyfat in

jw
friends

given recent posts on the forum and discussion, maybe we could play this game: would i lie to you?

in the uk we have this tv programme where minor celebrities tell weird or embarrassing stories about themselves and the rest of the participants have to guess if it is a true story or made up.

when the others have voted then the person reveals if the story is true or false.

Diogenesister

Lostwon...its a game! Dudess!!

Anyway..wow, youse are TRICKY customers!

Shepardless...no 2 is true..they ARE a real estate co.!

LoveUniHateExams ...no 1 is true..no 2 is too pedestrian! ( wow BTW you were fast!)

Nicalou....hmmmmm...difficult...I'll go with no 2 is true...because you look handsome!

Pete ..1st scenarios...no 1 is true..cos were a bethalite & no 2 is too outrageous.. Several book studies?!!Nah!

2nd Scenario... Difficult..no 1 is true..your a yank? Stupid reason but details sound right.

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Counsel from Bro Losch (GB Member) to the Elders about the NFL

by James Jack in

while attending a week long training class for elders in patterson, bro losch gave the concluding talk about loyalty to the borg, which i was in awe of(i went more in detail in a recent post about a s.a.d.

where losch was the speaker).

at the end of his talk, here's what he said: .

Diogenesister

This berk worships a god who cheerleads some of the most genocidal, violent acts in history and yet his barmyness whine's about the game of American football being too rough...

Didn't he get up to some infamous nuttyness recently...something to do with hand signals? Hasn't he seniority within the GB? Perhaps they allow him his peccadilloes due to that...

Jehovah's witnesses..the religion that likes to say NO!

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Galling Meeting Today! Truly Nauseating!

by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

first scripture used by the public speaker was jeremiah 31:34 - "and they will no more teach each one his companion and each one his brother, saying, know jehovah!

for they will all of them know me, from the least one of them even to the greatest one of them, is the utterance of jehovah.

for i shall forgive their error, and their sin i shall remember no more.immediately, i was distracted.

Diogenesister

Basically, anything can be forgiven if people are willing to acknowledge their mistakes and try to make amends...do they EVER listen to themselves!!!!??

As the lawyers representing Candice Conti said, at least the Catholic church was willing to say " mea culpa".. but these guys (JWs) Deny,deny,deny...being "belligerent" and " treating their victims as the enemy".

Disgusting.

Ready everyone..1,2,3..Where is the love??

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Fishing and JW's???

by lurkernomore in

so i was just reading a thread and came across a completely new jw 'rule', that of not being allowed to go fishing!..

at least it's new to me as i always enjoyed fishing as did others in my old congregation.

anyone else heard of this or had this imposed on them in they're jw lives?.

Diogenesister

Nevertheless, the Bible says that God “hates anyone who loves violence.” (Psalm 11:5) So it stands to reason that God does not want us to harm or kill animals merely for pleasure or for sport.

Awake April 2015

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Fishing and JW's???

by lurkernomore in

so i was just reading a thread and came across a completely new jw 'rule', that of not being allowed to go fishing!..

at least it's new to me as i always enjoyed fishing as did others in my old congregation.

anyone else heard of this or had this imposed on them in they're jw lives?.

Diogenesister

Lurkernomore Hi, I think it was me who mentioned fishing. I grew up in the home counties ( UK) . In the late 70' s I was told you could not fish for sport as a JW. In fact we had a couple around for dinner and I distinctly remember being told that they " could give up LSD for "the truth" but not fishing!" ( ie it was more troublesome to give up). This from my uber dub spiritual pioneer mother.

She was an avid reader of dub literature so do a search on JW.org...I would put money on her being correct.

On the other hand I was also told that smurfs had talked, the heart was the seat of emotion , aluminium pans were dangerous and chewing gum should not be eaten....

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Bethel Family Matters

by WatchtowerReviewz in

using the hilarious song 142 i went ahead and created a sitcom intro about life at bethel.

this is what that song was really created for.

i hope watchtower likes my pitch!

Diogenesister

That Jackson...he's a card!

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My First post

by Simple Minds in

i have been lurking on this site for 3 years and this is my fist post.

i would like to thank everyone for helping me wake up.

i was baptized at 24, married at 25, ms for 18 years mentally in for 24 years but started to wake up 3 years ago doing research to give public talks, and the actions of arrogant and narcissistic brothers and sisters did not help.

Diogenesister

stuckinarut25 days ago

Welcome mate!

Another Aussie!

I take it that's the REAL Perth., with an icon like that!

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Who has more Zeal, wt or Isis?

by prologos in

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35260475 would a jw shun, treat as dead, with contempt his own mother for her attempt to have him leave the wt religion?.

Diogenesister

They are the same. I don't know why people cannot see that!

Its only a question of doctrine...the utter belief you are carrying out the will of god and that others are spawn of the devil is identical. If the witnesses did not believe that Jesus ended the law they would gladly kill.

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What is your relationship with ALCOHOL?

by nicolaou in

here in the uk new drinking guidelines have been issued which suggest "no more than 14 units a week - equivalent to six pints of beer or seven glasses of wine.".

another piece of the advice which is getting a lot of attention is that "if people drink, it should be moderately over three or more days and that some days should be alcohol-free.".

already people are making cries of "nanny state!

Diogenesister

Every man I have ever lived with, with the exception of my brother, drinks every day. As has been mentioned earlier alcohol is the only thing JW's are allowed to do guilt or sanction free. They can't even go fishing for bleeps sake. Is it any wonder I have met quite a few in rehabs. I used to get told that drink " was a food" by JW' s. No, its a poison. Besides which many foods can be lethal.

However I totally get how some people cannot face life without it. Or think they can't. I know many people who are dying because of it.

Why is it some can go totally Ott with it in their youth and just stop whenever..and others caught in a cycle of addiction/dependence/depression/death. Christopher Hitchens, despite fully knowing the damage it had caused him, did not regret it and believed he wouldn't have achieved all he had, or been the person he was, had he not regularly imbibed. That is easy to believe when you see his sober, dull, reactionary christian brother

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bethelite kills self because of guilt 10/31/73

by new boy in

jw
friends

i was working on my car in the factory {bld.

1} on friday oct. 31 1973, when all hell broke loose, the fire alarm in bld.

4 went off at about 9:30. the night watchman could find nothing.

Diogenesister

It is the modern day Abraham and Issac...these folks pass their own flesh and blood "through the fire".. Child sacrifice is an evil thing..the Borg is always willing to sacrifice a few more.

An earlier poster to this thread said it aright that " obsessive doctrine should never come before a life"