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  How to Deal with Shunners Part I. It Is They Who are Afraid

  by jst2laws in

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  shunners, they are afraid.

  how to deal with them.

  having been df'd about a year ago for apostasy (the sin of thinking for yourself without disengaging your mouth) i have taken advantage of several opportunities to speak to local jw's.

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  Well... the only experience that I may have to add to this thread was when I was still married to the good lil' J-Dub wifey.

  Her brothers' wife got DF'ed - dunno know why - don't care.

  We were in Office Depot one fine Saturday morning when the DF'ed gal shows up to use the copier (or somesuch).

  Well the wifey goes into 'avoidance mode', and high-tails it outta there.

  I was right behind her - as an automatic reaction - and then when I thought about it - I stopped. I told the wifey - "I'm going back inside to talk to Deb."

  I went back in and greeted her, and chatted with her for a bit. I told her that I don't play by their rules.

  She thanked me... but unfortunately... she was going to try to 'get back in'... and get re-instated. *rolls eyes*

  Anyway... I felt better about not abiding by some silly rules that don't make sense - if you think about it.

  I mean... they'd talk to an ax-murderer - no problem! But their own DF'ed sister-in-law? No way! *rolls eyes - yet again*

  I learnt long ago to not 'play' by their rules.

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  When You Went Thru The Baptism Questions Did You Understand It All?

  by minimus in

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  did you understand all the questions and answers to all those questions that you were asked?

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  When I got baptized... well, I was about 17 or 18... somewhere around that age... the year was around 1972 or 1973... before the much hyped 1975 year.

  I remember going through those questions in that 'Lamp' book (although I didn't remember that was its' name until someone in this thread mentioned it.)

  "I've never heard of anyone failing the JW test."

  Well... I must've come pretty close. The congregation elder-dude-in-charge... figured that I needed to do the book/questions twice - and so I went over to his house for weeks - AFTER - I had already done them once with the 'group'... and went through them again - for his personal 'approval'. *rolls eyes*

  Did I understand it? *shrug* Probably not. I've always been good at taking 'tests'... and this was just another 'test'.

  The reason I got baptized? I think it was because there was a gal that was going to get baptized - and she seemed to be gettin a lot of 'attention' from everyone... and I think I wanted to get some attention, too.

  Plus... it just seemed like the thing to do - at the time.

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  Next Halloween...

  by Jim_TX in

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  ok... too late for this year, but next halloween... (2005).... sassy's thread got me to thinking... and rather that 'poop' on her thread, i decided to start a new one.. i say that we ex-jws start our own traditions for 'trick-or-treating'.. next year, halloween is on a monday.

  i think that we need to have some sort of 'regional' (i.e.

  several through the u.s.) trick-or-treat thingie... sort of like an apostafest... but with a 'twist'.. we need to go only to known jw homes... banging on their doors - yelling at the top of our lungs "trick or treat!!!!!".

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  I definitely would want to be at THAT 'fest'!

  Regards, (and a tad bug-eyed)

  Jim TX
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  Official WTBTS JW Chat Room

  by Corvin in

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  didn't the official wt site once have a chat room for jw's?.

  i stumbled onto it a few years ago, but can't remember if it was the official site or not.

  i remember trying to access the chat room but they wanted my congregation name and location along with my po's name and all my other personal information, so i bagged it .

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  Well... they may have twisted their way outta/through that one... but...

  CQ... CQ... CQ... DX....

  Ham radio operators always use this to prefix their calling - at random - for ANYONE to respond - as far away as they can get. They don't 'screen' them with

  CQ... CQ... CQ... JW... DX....

  I have known several JWs who were Ham Radio operators. Of course... this was ages ago - prior to the modern cell phones, etc.

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  Official WTBTS JW Chat Room

  by Corvin in

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  didn't the official wt site once have a chat room for jw's?.

  i stumbled onto it a few years ago, but can't remember if it was the official site or not.

  i remember trying to access the chat room but they wanted my congregation name and location along with my po's name and all my other personal information, so i bagged it .

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  You know... their stance against the Internet is just wtBtS (can you pick out the proper letters?).

  You could substitute the word 'Internet' with 'telephone' - and that would ban their using telephones. After all... you cannot 'see' the person that you are talking to on the phone... you could be deceived ya know... talking to some evil person... *rolls eyes*

  Did they also 'ban' CB radio when it was a fad? What about Ham radios? I knew a Ham radio operator who I know talked to folks... not JWs.

  GET REAL!!!!!

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  Do you believe in the paranormal?

  by BeelzeDub in

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  if you do, and can prove it, you could be a millionare..

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  Funky,

  I am just going to quote a bit of what you said...

  "Living things...are moist."

  "If a photograph is taken in a vacuum, where no ionized gas is present, no Kirlian image appears."

  How does one take a photograph of a 'living thing' in a vacuum? The last time I checked... us humans couldn't 'live' in a vacuum.

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  Next Halloween...

  by Jim_TX in

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  ok... too late for this year, but next halloween... (2005).... sassy's thread got me to thinking... and rather that 'poop' on her thread, i decided to start a new one.. i say that we ex-jws start our own traditions for 'trick-or-treating'.. next year, halloween is on a monday.

  i think that we need to have some sort of 'regional' (i.e.

  several through the u.s.) trick-or-treat thingie... sort of like an apostafest... but with a 'twist'.. we need to go only to known jw homes... banging on their doors - yelling at the top of our lungs "trick or treat!!!!!".

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  Jim_TX

  Ok... too late for this year, but NEXT Halloween... (2005)...

  Sassy's thread got me to thinking... and rather that 'poop' on her thread, I decided to start a new one.

  I say that we ex-JWs start our OWN traditions for 'Trick-or-Treating'.

  Next year, Halloween is on a Monday. I think that we need to have some sort of 'regional' (I.E. several through the U.S.) Trick-or-Treat thingie... sort of like an Apostafest... but with a 'twist'.

  We need to go only to known JW homes... banging on THEIR doors - yelling at the top of our lungs "TRICK OR TREAT!!!!!"

  Sorta 'payback time' for all of their door-knocking, eh?

  Oh, I know... their homes will be dark... to simulate a 'not at home'. But - we'll just have to write them down - and come back later. (joking)

  Hmmm... since that night may be a 'bookstudy' night, it might do well to know where they hold the local 'bookstudys' in the homes... and also 'hit' them.

  The beauty? Everyone will be in costume (or some in drag), so no one will be recognizable. Just a bunch of hooligans banging on their doors... as THEY whimper and hide - hoping that the people will just 'go away'.

  *wide grin*

  Jim TX

  P.S. I actually started thinking about how JWs behave when I was at my friends' home for Halloween. The corner house has new people living in it (Section 8). In the past, it was THE house on the block - with the tenants there going all out - a stereo system blasting Halloween sounds, etc.

  This year - it is all dark. I asked my friend about it, and he said that some new folks have moved in. He said something like, "They're weird." I instantly thought 'JWs!!' I still mean to ask him and Sheri about it - Sheri will know.
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  Do you believe in the paranormal?

  by BeelzeDub in

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  if you do, and can prove it, you could be a millionare..

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  I find it interesting that many people who say they do not believe in the 'paranormal' - and pontificate long and hard as to the 'unmeasureable' and whatever reasons...

  ...also tend to believe in God and the bible.

  Go figure.

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  It's Friday!!! So why are you home?

  by kls in

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  this is a question that i am asking myself and the only answer is ,,,,cause i ain"t got a life.

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  so why are you sitting in front of your computer?

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  Actually... I have already been out, and am now home.

  I went out to Sonic - for a malted milk. mmmmm...

  While there, I sat outside - and the breeze was blowing through so nicely. It felt good. I closed my eyes to appreciate it even more.

  Nice.

  Now, I am back at home after a nice night out.

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  "we're just going to be dead" Dec. 1 2004 Watchtower

  by metatron in

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  the latest watchtower carries a warning (pg16).

  " what if there are some in the christian congregation who live double lives?

  .... "one day one of them said to me:'it doesn't matter what we do now because when the.

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  Exactly Roddy...

  The quote - "One day one of them said to me:'it doesn't matter what we do now because when the new system comes, we're just going to be dead. We're not going to know that we missed anything.'"

  ...kinda bothered me. I couldn't quite figure it out... but now realize that you hit the nail on the head, so to speak.

  No 'active' JW in their right mind would dare utter those words - unless they wanted to be hauled into the 'back room' for a con-fab, and possible expulsion.

  Sheesh! Do the JWs really think that is a 'real' case? Also... where do these people come from? the ones that are supposedly 'talking'?

  "One day one of them"... (actually - if you read this - it is rude.) WHO is this guy? a Cong Ovrseer? A Circuit Ovrseer? A District Ovrseer? or a normal publisher?

  Boy! The more I read this... the more steamed I get... "...one of them..." like he is NOT one of them? They are beneath him? What? (I mental someone looking over the top of his glasses - down at the 'lowly' ones...)

  Oh well. They will not 'see' this though, and think of it as 'food at the proper time' - or some such BS.

  Regards,

  Jim TX