growing up a jw kid, there were things that, if not for the helpful instruction .
i received from the brothers, i would have never known were sexual in nature.
some examples:.
I think the Flintstones were sexualized because males are attracted to redheads with a string of pearls (including me)
Your comments bring back so many memories for me, JW's trying to make you feel guilty on a whim. Puke is too good a word for this cult.
please take a moment and do this esp experiment.
it's fascinating!.
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/esp.html.
If those "explanations" are genuine for that particular experiment, and those folks can't remember 5 playing cards, I think I can safely assume:
!. There's a sucker born every minute.
2. It's really hard to find a good bridge partner.
zev, posting as "somebody"
*** w96 1/15 18-19 jehovah's sheep need tender care ***.
if a new one errs
The more someone tries to make me feel guilty for smoking cigarettes, the more I want to light up.
PS You might die of lung cancer, you also might get hit by a bus crossing the street, such is life.
hi everyone.. i have posted here before, very infrequently, but i hope to engage here a little bit more in the coming months.. i personally went to the special occasion only jw's refer to as "the memorial".
it began with the usual fare of vague nonsense about the ransom sacrifice without any explanation or even justification about how the jw's apparently understand this biblical declaration (as if it is a reasonable belief).. then, after the wine and bread ceremony, it down to brass tacks -- the sales pitch -- if you want to learn more, anyone here would be glad to "teach" you.
hmmm...my advice: run!
Hi everyone.
I have posted here before, very infrequently, but i hope to engage here a little bit more in the coming months.
I personally went to the special occasion only JW's refer to as "the memorial". It began with the usual fare of vague nonsense about the ransom sacrifice without ANY explanation or even justification about how the jw's apparently understand this biblical declaration (as if it is a reasonable belief).
Then, after the wine and bread ceremony, it down to brass tacks -- the sales pitch -- if you want to learn more, anyone here would be glad to "teach" you. Hmmm...my advice: RUN! I was literally shaking my head through the whole thing, the breakdown of logic defied me. Anyway, I just thought i'd bring my brief account to this forum.
Thanks All,
Jay
this is my first time posting anywhere.
thought i would say hi and i am enjoying reading everyone's comments and stories.. "plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
" -veronica a. shoffstall
Hi, MoeJo.
Are you from Canada by any chance?
can someone fill me in on this quote i took from a jw board?
since when is skydiving a no no?
sheesh!
Hi, claudia.
Just would like to add that I thought it was interesting that this
person said that they wouldn't try skydiving because of
"Jehovah and his stand on it". Huh????
I don't remember reading anything in the bible resembling
"Thou shalt not skydive" or even "thou shalt not jump
off Mount Ararat" or some such thing. I guess to those still in
WTS = jehovah.
Jeremy
a sin worse than apostasy .
there was a very nice young couple in our congregation with one child.
no one could see why she should not be reinstated.
Hi, Amazing.
This story is "simply amazing". When I read it, it made me sick to my stomach
at the injustice imposed on the poor woman. Incidentally, I find it hard to
fathom that she kept begging to be reinstated for 5 years. I would never be
able to do that.
: [For those of you who have not been JWs, many years ago if a JW were
disfellowshipped, but the Elders were not supportive of reinstatement, he/she could
move to another congregation and meet with another Judicial Committee. Often times
upon review of their situation they could be more easily reinstated. The Society closed
this loophole by making the original congregation / Judicial Committee from where the
person was disfellowshipped responsible for the reinstatement decision.]
If the elders are all appointed by direction of holy spirit, and the decisions for reinstatement
are also considered upon through prayer, why should it matter where they go? If anything,
it gives someone a chance to get a fair hearing away from some vindictive elder.
I totally agree with TR - the elders are unqualified and inept in these matters
(also, that "Kults suck!")
And the point by jurs that maybe she was treated differently being a woman?
Jeremy
i don't know if this has ever been brought out - i just thought of it:.
the bible tells us that it rained for forty days and forty nights.. it stopped raining and noah & co floated around for a bit.. when they landed, noah sacrificed some of the animals (weren't they in short supply?
) and god promised never to bring a deluge upon then earth again.. to back this up, there was a rainbow in the sky as a sign.. now, what causes a rainbow?
Hi, patio34.
This is the website that I have been frequenting for the last few months
... http://www.geocities.com/osarsif/index2.htm
Hi, Farkel!
I really hope you see this because you are my "idol" (lol).
..(How did he toss the newborn baby elephant overboard or down the "drain" or the baby
rhino for that matter?)
Am I missing something or isn't the gestation period for elephants about 2 years, and the
flood was only one year (or forty days, whatever)?
(IMHO, the flood is a myth, so this point is basically moot).
Jeremy (humble like Moses class)
i don't know if this has ever been brought out - i just thought of it:.
the bible tells us that it rained for forty days and forty nights.. it stopped raining and noah & co floated around for a bit.. when they landed, noah sacrificed some of the animals (weren't they in short supply?
) and god promised never to bring a deluge upon then earth again.. to back this up, there was a rainbow in the sky as a sign.. now, what causes a rainbow?
Hi, Simon; hi, all
"To back this up, there was a rainbow in the sky as a sign.
Now, what causes a rainbow? Sun and... rain !"
Am I the only person who vaguely remembers an article in the Watchtower or Awake!
magazine which stated a fantastic claim that god somehow changed the laws of
physics and the dual nature of light to create a rainbow?
I saw the article when researching material for a TMS talk. It dates back to around
the early 1970's from my parents WTS "library". I will look up the piece when
I visit them next weekend. (I have become obsessed with "the Flood" ever
since I read the essays by Alan Feuerbacher - thank you very much, sir!)
Jeremy
i was baptized june 1, 1985. thats the day they started using the new baptismal questions in their baptismal talk on the baptismal day to all the baptismal candidates.
did any of you actually hear those questions they made you stand up to hear read?
would any of us at that moment in time actually have said anything but a resounding "yes!!!
Hi, LovesDubs. Hi, all.
First of all, I'd like to say that I have been visiting this board for a few weeks and I really enjoy your
posts and sense of humour.
Had to reply to this one because I was baptized in 1985 (April) as well, so I had to answer those
sneaky questions also. But I was only 14 at the time and I have to agree that being a brainwashed
kid, I would have said yes to just about anything (it seemed like a good idea at the time).
I do remember a bit of excitement about these new questions, but the buzz was that it was a privilege
to be among the first to be baptized with the new dedication questions. Apparently, though, the
most important thing was that you said "Yes!" loud enough for everyone to hear.
It seems now to be bizarre to have had to dedicate yourself to a group of geriatric bozos in Brooklyn.
"All hail the almighty organization!" Yeah, right.
If I had my time back, I would tell them what they can do with their questions (hint: the guy who dunked
me would have to take off his bathing suit).
Jeremy
