Posts by FreeAtLast1914

in my congregation we have many urban legands, like the one about the smurf doll jumping out of a girls lap and running out of the kh because it couldn't stand to hear the good news.

we also had one where a sister was out in fs and a dog talked, it told a sister not to knock on this one door, the sister went to the house and knocked anyway, and the doors and windows of the house flew open and dishes flew out, the sister was scared and ran away and the dog yelled at her retreating back "i told you not to got here!

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FreeAtLast1914

I know there have been threads about urban legends before, but my favorite will always be the two pioneers in service who call on a rapist's door. He doesn't attack them because he sees two big strong men standing behind them. When the pioneers find out about this later, they realize God had sent his angels to stand beside them.

Yeah, this one never gets old. In fact, it has been repackaged several different ways.

One that I remember goes: The householder hates JWs and swears the next one to knock on his door will get both barrels of his shotgun emptied in their chest. Only when this lone male JW shows up with "two big guys on either side of him" the householder accepts a study and eventually becomes a DO or something.

You gotta love the two big angels scenarios! What a crock.

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WT September 15, 2010 - The Faithful and NOT SO Discrete Slave

by Designer Stubble in

the wt of september 15, 2010 (kool-aid version) has two articles on unity.

one is titled: unity identifies true worship and the other christian unity glorifies god.

of course it is more uniformity, not true unity.

FreeAtLast1914

Here's another doozy from the same article (p. 21):

CHRISTENDOM’S churches have human leaders, such as the pope of Rome, the patriarchs and metropolitans of the Eastern Orthodox churches, and the heads of other religions. Jehovah’s Witnesses recognize no human as their leader. They are not disciples or followers of any man. This is in line with Jehovah’s prophetic utterance concerning his Son: “Look! As a witness to the nation- al groups I have given him, as a leader and commander to the national groups.” (Isa. 55:4) The international congregation of anointed Christians and their “other sheep” companions want no leader other than the one Jehovah has given them. (John 10:16) They subscribe to Jesus’ statement: “Your Leader is one, the Christ.”—Matt. 23:10.

My wife and I lost it on this one. To compare themselves to Catholics in the area of following men as a contrasting example was too much. This is one part of their belief system that is identical.

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The Generation Watchtower (TOMORROW!) and The Cough of Incredulity

by slimboyfat in

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friends

the watchtower will be studied tomorrow that contains the new overlapping generations teaching.

paragraph 10 reads:.

"he evidently meant that the lives of the anointed who were on hand when the sign began to become evident in 1914 would overlap with the lives of other anointed ones who would see the start of the great tribulation.".

FreeAtLast1914

I like the idea, but my wife has a habit of laughing out loud when she hears WT spin from the platform. The last time we went was Memorial last year. She lost it big time.

We'd never get out alive...

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Your guilty pleasures...

by MrFreeze in

when you were a witness, or if you still are, what types of movies/games/tv shows/books/other activities did you enjoy that the society might not find too appropriate for jdubs.

for me here's a list of things i enjoyed that wouldn't have made the friends too pleased but that i rather enjoyed.. movies: all the best movies are rated r. whether it be language, violence, or sex.

you'd be hard pressed to find a movie made in the last 20 years that is really good that isn't rated r. some movies i enjoyed that the friends wouldn't have wanted me to be seeing: the matrix, godfather, godfather 2, goodfellas, american history x, office space, the pianist, shawshank redemption, the shining.

FreeAtLast1914

When I was a JW, R-rated movies were standard in my home. And it's true that generally they have the best production values. My wife and I had nothing against them, but we did have to be a bit stealthy and go to the theater across town. Still we were busted a few times. Oh well.

Now that I'm out, cigars are my pleasure when I get around to enjoying them.

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Did You Experience THIS When You Were Awakening From Mind Control?

by mentallyfree31 in

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friends

back in december, when i awakened from the wt mind control - i would wake up for several weeks in the middle of the night thinking "what are you doing?

you know the witnesses have the truth".

every day or so these thoughts would return.

FreeAtLast1914

I didn't have nightmares or trouble sleeping (I never have), but I still remember the "awakening" moment when I knew something was wrong. I was conducting a Bible Study with a young man whose aunt was bringing him to meetings. She had asked me to study with him for a bit. I gladly accepted.

Anyway, we're studying the God's Word or Man's Book and he asked me a question I'd been asked a million times before. "How do we know that what the Bible writers wrote was from God?" I answered, "Good question. Let's turn to 2 Tim 3:16,16." And while we're flipping to the scripture, it hit me suddenly, "How can I prove a book is inspired simply because it says it is????" The rest of the study is still a blur. I must have been on complete auto-pilot. I don't remember anything except that damn question.

I drove away and the question kept haunting me to the point I next asked, "What else have I been teaching that may not be true?" I remember the horizon tilting and I was dizzy enough I pulled into the parking lot of a bookstore and just sat there for hours. The sensation was like a ton of bricks had been dropped on my head.

The good news is the conclusion I reached that day. I was determined to look into every single belief that had been drilled into my "born-in" head. It took many months, but toward the end of my personal studies that ton of bricks began to lift and my mind began to clear. The new sensation I was experiencing was akin to flying out of a prison toward freedom.

I am so grateful that I found the truth about the "Truth" while I'm still relatively young.