Haha, the first post seemed to sound like bona fide jw drivel, then it quickly becomes apparent that at least the 3 main posters are taking the mickey. The scary thing is though, if you go to that group on facebook and look at some of the postings from (who I believe to be) real jehooberists, you'll be struggling to tell the difference between sincere expressions and parodies....I've seen on different posts, the word 'apostate' is used in such a blaze fashion, I wonder how many jws actually know what the word means?
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watchtower site on Facebook, ,,is this stuff for real ?
by lancelink ini was looking over the watchtower site on facebook this evening, and was just mesmerized by many of the posts.this stuff can't be real (can it)?
nelson birdwell ?
it's like something out of mad magazine, or better yet the onion !.
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Okkkkk...you MESS with my kids and you MESS WITH ME JWs!!!
by WuzLovesDubs ini have soooo had it with these assholes...sooooo had it!!
my daughter who is 19 is pre-engaged to a wonderful 20 year old guy who treats her like a princess.
he lives with us to both help me with the rent and for them to save some money for their future.
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Jackie, you slept naked in a bed with a man on a first date with him because you were 'too tired' to worry about getting home? You must be an idiot doing that with a man you hardly know, you could have been raped.
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Interesting story
by bulgogiboy inok this isnt my own personal experience but its an experience of someone else's that i read in a paper.
basically her parents were taken from her by the borg.. here's the link if anyone is interested:.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1250078/the-knock-door-turned-parents-brainwashed-fanatics--nearly-cost-life.html.
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Why is it "tripe"? I thought the woman's story was quite interesting.
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Anyone on this board who was/is in my old congregation?
by bulgogiboy inhey all,.
i'm really keen to hear from anyone who was or still is in my old kh at st.andrews in scotland.
if anyone is still in and wants to chat without the risk of being identified thats fine, we can talk anonymously.... failing that, i'm keen to speak to anyone from scotland who knew/knows the jws at st.andrews kh.. .
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Lifelong humanist: John, thanks for your reply. Can I first give my sincere condolences for the loss of your daughter, I've never had kids myself but I'm sure that kind of pain never truly goes away.
And regarding the Williamsons, you mean you only met 1 'nutter' family at St.Ands KH?? I knew of several hehe I left quite a few years before Jimmy Boyd passed away, didnt really know him very well. His son Jonathan always seemed like a decent sort, I got on ok with him.
You helped run a book shop? A book shop with books not published by the WTBTS? Absolutely shameful, I hope you didnt actually read any of them?? Hehe
St.Ands is a lovely town for sure, I just finished my masters there a few months ago, and made good use of the pub and restaurant facilities(I still do sometimes too!). Would be good if we could meet up next time you're up there, although i'm quite keen on avoiding anyone else you're with if they are going to give me daggers and scream "apostate" at me
As for Turkey, I'd be really happy to give you some info on it. I lived there for over 18 months, took a course in Turkish language alongside working(as well as studying hard at home) got engaged to a very well-educated and liberal Turkish girl from a wealthy family (and then later separated -long story) and did my masters thesis on the issues surrounding Turkish secularism, nationalism and political Islam. I dont think i'm being arrogant in saying that I know more about Turkey than the average Westerner. The place I know best is Ankara, the capital, where I lived, but I also spent some time in Istanbul and Marmaris on the Aegean coast, and I taught students and dated girls from all over Turkey so I know a fair amount about different cities just from listening to the Turks talk about them.
I think I can give you a good all-round evaluation of life in Turkey, and I'm keen to hear more about you too, so just pm me and we can chat on msn or facebook if you like .
Iknowall: Sorry, I dont Know Paul Barrie, I havent been along to the KH for almost 8 yrs. If you went every year for quite a while then it's more than likely we brushed past each other in the KH!
The name of the restaurant is 'Ziggys', and they do really good burgers, dont they? I was just in there ar new year for lunch, its a lovely little place.
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Interesting story
by bulgogiboy inok this isnt my own personal experience but its an experience of someone else's that i read in a paper.
basically her parents were taken from her by the borg.. here's the link if anyone is interested:.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1250078/the-knock-door-turned-parents-brainwashed-fanatics--nearly-cost-life.html.
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An nice fact from that story(assuming it's true): JWs have the lowest retention rate of all religions!
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Interesting story
by bulgogiboy inok this isnt my own personal experience but its an experience of someone else's that i read in a paper.
basically her parents were taken from her by the borg.. here's the link if anyone is interested:.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1250078/the-knock-door-turned-parents-brainwashed-fanatics--nearly-cost-life.html.
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Ok this isnt my own personal experience but its an experience of someone else's that I read in a paper. Basically her parents were taken from her by the borg.
Here's the link if anyone is interested:
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Interesting story
by bulgogiboy inok this isnt my own personal experience but its an experience of someone else's that i read in a paper.
basically her parents were taken from her by the borg.. here's the link if anyone is interested:.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1250078/the-knock-door-turned-parents-brainwashed-fanatics--nearly-cost-life.html.
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Ok this isnt my own personal experience but its an experience of someone else's that I read in a paper. Basically her parents were taken from her by the borg.
Here's the link if anyone is interested:
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Okkkkk...you MESS with my kids and you MESS WITH ME JWs!!!
by WuzLovesDubs ini have soooo had it with these assholes...sooooo had it!!
my daughter who is 19 is pre-engaged to a wonderful 20 year old guy who treats her like a princess.
he lives with us to both help me with the rent and for them to save some money for their future.
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A very frustrating situation indeed, of which I have had some experience myself. You have my sympathies. I experienced this kind of thing firstly over in Turkey where it wasnt jw half-assed 'morals' I had to contend with but Muslim half-assed 'morals'. On a night when I asked to stay over, surprisingly my gf's Mother was quite happy for me to sleep there in a separate room, but her son (around my age) was uncomfortable with it, so it didnt happen. My gf drove a very angry me home and we had sex on my sofa instead . But anyway I digress...
What can I say about these types of situations? Sex and sexuality have a bizarre effect on peoples' thinking, and as other posters have pointed out this isnt restricted to jws by any means. Even otherwise liberal, secular people can have remarkably closed-minded and prudish attitudes when it comes to sex, particularly when it comes to their own children or relatives, and even more particularly so when it comes to female relatives.
Another example: I have been seeing a lovely, highly educated lady with a good job for about 4 months now. She's told me that her parents are both alcoholics and that her Father used to physically abuse his wife and her, and her siblings when they were younger. By all accounts he sounds like a nasty man, and she wont even talk to him. She also said that even after age 18, her and her sisters had to keep any relationships with men secret because of the prudishness of her parents, particularly her Father. She said even now, at age 30, there would be no chance of me staying over with her in their house. This would offend the notion of 'morality' in a man who has been addicted to alcohol for decades and seems to feel no remorse over beating up his wife or his children. Go figure, as the Americans say.
You just have to look around the Muslim world at so-called 'honor killings' to see how far this twisting of morality can be taken when it comes to sex. In many cases it is deemed to be more 'moral' to kill your daughter than to let her have pre-marital sex, or even simply associate with men she is not married to. Have a read of this story from Eastern Turkey, where, aided by relatives, a father buried his daughter alive because she had simply been talking to boys!
The story:
Like I say, I do sympathise with your frustration, I really do, but the shame surrounding sex isnt a jw thing, in my opinion it will always be there in the human psyche. Even the most revolting violence can even seem more acceptable than the natural sexual act that causes us all to exist. You could have encountered the same attitude from any number of people, regardless of their religious stance. I think the best thing you can do is pay for them to stay in a hotel up there, so they can stay together and not worry about who they are going to offend.
As to them sleeping in the same bed and being virgins. It seems a bit odd to me. If they are both over 18, in love, and able to use adequate contraception, then why deny their natural urges? Life is short, you dont know when it will end, why are they denying themselves that pleasure? My guess would be they are probably doing what jw courting couples get up to, which is that they technically may still be 'virgins' but you would definitely need to knock hard on that door before asking to enter, when they are in bed...
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Anyone on this board who was/is in my old congregation?
by bulgogiboy inhey all,.
i'm really keen to hear from anyone who was or still is in my old kh at st.andrews in scotland.
if anyone is still in and wants to chat without the risk of being identified thats fine, we can talk anonymously.... failing that, i'm keen to speak to anyone from scotland who knew/knows the jws at st.andrews kh.. .
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Oh no, you're way off, Stornoway is waaaaay up north, on the isle of Lewis . St.Andrews is in Fife, on the east coast, think Golf and posh uni students!
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Anyone on this board who was/is in my old congregation?
by bulgogiboy inhey all,.
i'm really keen to hear from anyone who was or still is in my old kh at st.andrews in scotland.
if anyone is still in and wants to chat without the risk of being identified thats fine, we can talk anonymously.... failing that, i'm keen to speak to anyone from scotland who knew/knows the jws at st.andrews kh.. .
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Hey all,
I'm really keen to hear from anyone who was or still is in my old KH at St.Andrews in Scotland. If anyone is still in and wants to chat without the risk of being identified thats fine, we can talk anonymously...
Failing that, I'm keen to speak to anyone from Scotland who knew/knows the jws at St.Andrews KH.
Pm me if you like