Posts by jonjonsimons

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WEEKLY STRATEGIC UPDATE

by You Know in

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there is no question about it, the world is rapidly heading toward its terminal tumult.

with the foretold apostasy now fully underway, the stage is set for jehovahs ongoing controversy to be pressed to its ultimate conclusion.

piece by piece, chunks of the underlying economy, the life blood of the present system of things, are falling away.

You Know,
If I didn't know better, I'd swear you were my father. This is the kind of drivel I had to listen to for my entire youth. The worlds gonna end the worlds gonna end and everyones gonna die!!! No wonder so many kids that are raised in the "truth", split the first chance they get. All I ever heard growing up was a list of the things I would never see in my lifetime. i.e. Don't worry about school, Armageddon will come before you get out of grade school.(1975) Don't worry about high school because Armageddon will come before you ever graduate.(1983) Don't worry about a higher education because you won't need it in the new system of things. (glad I didn't listen to that one) Don't worry about getting married and starting a family in this world, there will be plenty of time for that after Armageddon (not that this particular statement mattered much to me. If you've read some of my posts you'll know why). I wonder when you thick headed gloom and doomers will finally realize that you can't fool all of the people, all of the time. Guess what YK, I am now 36 and after being out of the borg for 20 years I can tell you something you probably haven't thought of. Once you're away from the borg you begin to see just how full of shit that whole line of reasoning is. I spent my entire youth being lied to YK, and I am no longer afraid of your words, because they are just words. If your reason for posting this was to scare people back to the truth, guess what, you failed miserably.
jjs

One more thing YK, that you can pass along to your brethren. Today is August 4, 2001. Twenty three years ago today my mother passed away after refusing a blood transfusion. For years the only reason I held on to any belief in the borg was for the hope of seeing her again after Armageddon. That is one SICK joke to play on a kid.

Opinions are like a**holes. We've all got one and most of them stink.

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What is wrong with you people!

by larc in

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hello brothers and sisters,.

i just can't understand what is wrong with you, and why you have fallen away.

dear brother russell got this whole thing started.

jonjonsimons

Tina,
Damn girl, I was just out on south beach and let me tell ya the last thing I caught was a tan!!! PS baby, if that slave girl uniform is anything like I'm fantasizing about My HUSBAND is gonna be damn jealous.

I loves all gods childrens (SHE gave me permission to say that)
lol
jjs

Opinions are like a**holes. We've all got one and most of them stink.

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What is wrong with you people!

by larc in

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hello brothers and sisters,.

i just can't understand what is wrong with you, and why you have fallen away.

dear brother russell got this whole thing started.

jonjonsimons

larc,
You have saved my life. There's a Kingdom Hall just down the street and I'm putting on my Friday night go to meeting clothes as I type.
Thank you brother larc, you've done for me what 1 elder father, 2 congregations and 20 years lost in the "world" haven't been able to do. You showed me the light and it's so bright, I'm damn near blinded.
lol,
jjs

{{{tina,}}}
thanks for the email. you are too much fun!

Opinions are like a**holes. We've all got one and most of them stink.

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Disfellowship?????????????????????

by tattoogrl333 in

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today's study topic included disfellowship.

i'm a little confused i was told that the only way you can be disfellowshipped was if you did something you knew went agains jehovah and would not repent for it.

but the only person you can repent to is jehovah......... then i was told that the elders can however "keep the flock pure" b/c if jehovah is not happy with the congregation he can take his holy spirit away.

jonjonsimons

tatoogrl,
You go girl! Always, always, always ask questions. No matter what the topic, a JW will always tell you that asking questions shows weakness and an unbelieving heart. I should know, I've been on the receiving end of that two by four in the past.

As for Godrules, just read my signature line below. That's all I have to say in regards to your post.

lol, (only to you tatoogrl)
jjs

Opinions are like a**holes. We've all got one and most of them stink.

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IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THE G.B.? WHAT?

by Winston in

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if you were granted to speak 100 words or less before the g.b.

and entire bethel family what would you say?

( all right maybe more than 100 words).

jonjonsimons

Winston,
This is a hard one to try in 100 words or less but here goes.

Dear Sirs,

I once hated you for convincing my mother that it was more righteous for her to die and leave me behind, than to accept a blood transfusion.

I once hated you for convincing me that I was a worthless, evil, demon possesed teenager because of my sexual orientation.

I once hated you for convincing my father, stepmother, siblings, friends and any witness worldwide to avoid me like the plague when I decided that I could no longer live by your rules.

I once hated you for convincing me that the world was an evil, empty and lonely place, and then throwing me into it cut off and utterly alone.

I once hated you for the years I spent contemplating killing myself because I knew that I could never be the person you kept trying to convince me I should be.

Finally, I once hated you for lying to me and everyone I loved by telling us your were THE only way to salvation.

I no longer hate you. I have long since forgiven you. Not for You, but for myself. Because I finally realized after much soul searching that my hatred for you was only hurting me. YOU never really loved me. YOU never really cared about my life, or the lives of the ones that I loved. YOU only cared that I was no longer a faithful little lamb eagerly willing to follow your lead. And in closing I would like to THANK YOU, for finally making those facts totally and utterly clear to me.

jjs
(Winston, sorry I couldn't keep it under 100 words.)

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Any Buckeye's Here

by larc in

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for those who don't know what a buckeye is, it is the state tree of ohio.

it also grows in michigan, but most michiganders try to kill them off and burn them at ohio state - michigan football games when ohio state loses.

the buckey tree produces brown fruit that look like a chestnut, except they are poisonous.

jonjonsimons

JAVA & larc,
I kinda figured Java meant the hospital and not the kingdom hall. Ha.
Feel free to email me also if you'd like. I'll warn you, I love to talk religion and faith but I'm a die hard athiest. I posted my "life story" about a month ago if you want to check it out.
Take care,
jjs

Opinions are like a**holes. We've all got one and most of them stink.

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Any Buckeye's Here

by larc in

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for those who don't know what a buckeye is, it is the state tree of ohio.

it also grows in michigan, but most michiganders try to kill them off and burn them at ohio state - michigan football games when ohio state loses.

the buckey tree produces brown fruit that look like a chestnut, except they are poisonous.

jonjonsimons

JAVA,
It's nice to find out I'm not the only XJW in town. I live just down the street from the KH in Kettering. Everyday I pass by it and shake my head at the stupidity. I just might take you up on that coffee offer.
Take care,
jjs

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Directed By Holy Spirit My Ass !!!

by Big Jim in

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dont you think that it is stupid when you hear the dubs say that all appointments are made by the jehovahs holy spirit?.

how many times have you heard of elders/ms etc.

that were commiting all sorts of wrong doings while at the same time serving and passing judgement on others.. i remember when i was appointed ms there was a brother that was appointed at the same time, that accepted the assignment and served for almost a year before they found out he was commiting adultery all the while.. then you have the pedophiles that operate within the congregation some being elders etc.. i know for a fact that i could be a fornicator/drug user/closet queer/ are anything bad and keep it secret and i could move up the ranks as high as i pleased.. hell i could even be a undercover apostate/fornicator/all of the above and still get appointed if i kissed enough ass.. i could pioneer and lie about the hours,they would never figure it out.

jonjonsimons

Big Jim,
It wasn't the terminology you used that bothers me. It was the fact that you have no problem lumping gays (queers/fags/dykes..sticks and stones baby just sticks and stones) in the same group as fornicators/drug users etc.
LOL,
jjs

Opinions are like a**holes. We've all got one and most of them stink.

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Directed By Holy Spirit My Ass !!!

by Big Jim in

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dont you think that it is stupid when you hear the dubs say that all appointments are made by the jehovahs holy spirit?.

how many times have you heard of elders/ms etc.

that were commiting all sorts of wrong doings while at the same time serving and passing judgement on others.. i remember when i was appointed ms there was a brother that was appointed at the same time, that accepted the assignment and served for almost a year before they found out he was commiting adultery all the while.. then you have the pedophiles that operate within the congregation some being elders etc.. i know for a fact that i could be a fornicator/drug user/closet queer/ are anything bad and keep it secret and i could move up the ranks as high as i pleased.. hell i could even be a undercover apostate/fornicator/all of the above and still get appointed if i kissed enough ass.. i could pioneer and lie about the hours,they would never figure it out.

jonjonsimons

Big Jim,
While I agree with you on this subject I must express my opinion on the following statement you made in your post.

"I know for a fact that I could be a fornicator/drug user/closet queer/ are anything bad and keep it secret and I could move up the ranks as high as I pleased."

As a gay man I must object to the fact that you lumped "queer" (very derogatory term by the way, I prefer the term Big Fag) in with fornicators and drug users. Since I have no reason to believe otherwise I will assume that this was an innocent lapse of judgement on your part.

Take care,
jjs

Opinions are like a**holes. We've all got one and most of them stink.

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Any Buckeye's Here

by larc in

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friends

for those who don't know what a buckeye is, it is the state tree of ohio.

it also grows in michigan, but most michiganders try to kill them off and burn them at ohio state - michigan football games when ohio state loses.

the buckey tree produces brown fruit that look like a chestnut, except they are poisonous.

jonjonsimons

larc,
My partner and I live in Kettering. I was raised in Middletown but moved to Dayton after my split from the Borg. Your post made me laugh. It reminded me of the awful candy my grandmother use to make that she called buckeyes. I don't know if they were really called that but they looked just like them. They were hard as rocks and I won't even begin to explain what they tasted like. Anyway we would hide behind the fence at the KH and throw them at the wordly kids in the neighborhood. That was the only way to get their attention since we weren't allowed to speak to them, unless of course we were going to preach to them. You know the old JW saying about bad associations spoiling useful habits. I guess I turned out to be the bad association! Who knew!! Anyway that memory brings back happy thoughts so thanks for sending a smile my way.
Take care,
jjs

Opinions are like a**holes. We've all got one and most of them stink.