Posts by exwhyzee

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"Hobo Witness"

by RayPublisher in

a kid at school called my daughter a "hobo witness".

i had never heard that one.. as some of you already know, i'm fading and the wifey is not awake very asleep, but the kids are in the middle.

anyway, my daughter was bothered by his name calling- and on one hand i wanted to go down there and tear his little puny head off for calling my daughter names, but on the other hand i wanted to laugh...is that bad?.

exwhyzee

Some neighbor kid called my younger Sister a Jehovah's Sh*tness one time and my Mom marched over to his house and read he and his mother the riot act which was more embarrassing than the name calling was.

The neighbor kids used to call my Brother Jim , Jimmy Jehovah and they called me Richie Religious. Luckily we thought it was funny so it wasn't an issue.

Probably best to help your daughter see the humor in it....that takes all the power out of the intended hurt but I'd definitly keep an eye on that kid if I were you.

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JW Women Self-0Loathing - Get a Back Bone

by Band on the Run in

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an earlier thread about pants suits for women led me on this tangent.

women make up the majorty of witnesses.

they cannot be suppressed without their acquiescene.

exwhyzee

It's no picnic being groomed and expected from boyhood to be the leader...to be an example...to stand alone on the stage...have all the answers...conduct the meetings...be the strong one ...the protector....the decisoin maker...the bread winner etc especially when all of those things are the last thing you want to be. Many a Man would love nothing more that to throw it all aside sit back and criticize with the ladies while someone else takes the drivers seat.

Lets face it....no one gets out of this religion or even life without being crammed into some kind of mold or forced to be someone other than their natural authentic selves. A lot of women want men to be strong , ambitious, high wage earners and leaders and yet often resent men for the influence and power they gain by being thrust into those roles.

P.S. Men were created with tenderness and parental instincts as well. Women haven't corned the market on all that is good in the human race. Although we adore them individually on the whole there is a tendency for some women to blame men for their problems and for men not to come to their own defense when needed.

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Why do Jehovahs Witnesses send their mentally ill door to door?

by life is to short in

this has been a question i have asked over and over even when i was a very devout jw.

please do not get me wrong in thinking that i am trying to be mean or cruel or unkind to those who have mental illness, that is not in the least where i am going with this.

what i mean is i think it is cruel to send them door to door, it puts way to much stress on them and it looks bad for the name jehovah.. it seemed that in every hall i have ever been in there were some people who were extremely mentally ill. there have always been some in every hall who were schizophrenics or suffered major depression, or other forms of mental illness.

exwhyzee

There was this one Sister we knew who suffered from severe mental ilness and paranoid delusions. Her husband was an Elder and she was /is a regular Pioneer despite her alarming behavior. For example, she used to go in service with a off center wig and black electrical tape stretched across the top part of the lenses on her glasses. She was afraid of inadvertently looking directly into the householders eyes or having them look into hers. This kind of thing has gotten progressively worse over the years but the last I heard she is still a regular Pioneer. They were old school...relying on prayer and the nearness of the new system. They felt if Jehovah would cause the very stones to cry out to get the preaching work done, then mental illness was no reason not to do ones part.

I think in this case, having a talking stone show up on your doorstep would be preferable and less bizarre.

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JW Women Self-0Loathing - Get a Back Bone

by Band on the Run in

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an earlier thread about pants suits for women led me on this tangent.

women make up the majorty of witnesses.

they cannot be suppressed without their acquiescene.

exwhyzee

The title of this thread should be Men Bad....Women Good

What could the GB do if every female JW showed up in a pantsuit on the same day.

Since you asked...what would happen if the men showed up to the meeting without a jacket and tie ? Their wives would be mortified and they would be viewed as immature and unambitious..not reaching out for priviliges.

Who do men get to blame for having to put a suit and tie on just to go and sit in some book study for an hour ? Nobody but themselves....certainly couldn't blame the JW women even if that's exactly what they expect from JW men.

JW men are low-earners. They aren't men's men. Jw women will kill each other over the JW male crumbs.

Way to make broad generalizations about all JW men. I've never been a low earner nor have most of the Brother's I've known. They were actually pretty resourceful considering the limitations that were put on them by being JW's. And what exactly are Men's Men...what does that actually mean?

Women are so eager to be walked over and spit on

Being asked to wear a dress or skirt to meeting when men are required to wear a hot uncomfortable suit and tie is hardly being walked over and spit on.

We are smarter than the brothers....we know our WT better....My present beng woud scare the living daylights out of male authorities

She said with all the venom she could muster......Scare the living daylights out of male authorities!! Geeze what happened to you??

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Did you witness at school?

by NomadSoul in

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i grew up being a witness.

i remember in elementary and somewhat in middle school i used to be really outspoken about being a witness.

i even had my own study with a classmate, which thankfully he lost interest because i was getting tired of it too.. but high school was a different story.

exwhyzee

I usually avoided any discussion of the JW side of my life at school and felt very guilty about it. One time in high school after there had been a big campaign at the hall or one of the assemblies about public school being like untapped,unassigned territroy and what a unique priveledge it is for scool aged "ones" to proclaim the "Good News" etc. In my writing class, we were asked to write a paper about what we expect to be doing in 5 years. This was in 1974 so the end of the world was supposed to arrive any day so naturally I wrote about being in the "NEW SYSTEM". The paper came back with a big red F scratched across the front and a violently scrawled comment from the teacher written in red pencil "THIS IS COMPLETE NONSENSE AND THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF ANY OF THIS HAPPENING !!! "

I felt like an idiot...it all seemed to make sense in the meetings where everyone else nodded in agreement but when held up to the light of day by an unbeliever, it all seemed so feeble and based in fanaticism.

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Judah Schroeder?

by Marvin Shilmer in

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judah schroeder?

today i uploaded a new article to my blog providing the latest information about judah schroeder, former bethelite and son of governing body member albert schroeder (deceased).

judah schroeder grew up at bethel.

exwhyzee

I had forgotten all about him....he seemed pretty nice but definetly had a privileged only child....I'm kinda special air about him as I remember. He seemed like he had free run of the place...It was kinda like a kid who's daddy owned a candy shop and the other kids were a little in awe of him.

I wonder how he afforded to live in New York, work and go to Law School? I knew someone who was sent to learn law by the Society....maybe that's how he got started.

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Go Granny Go!

by sizemik in

fair enough?

or mis-guided vanity?.

great-grandmother gets secret boob job.

exwhyzee

Here's her photo....or is that Sissy Spacek ? Anywaaay.....very attractive and quite natural looking LOL !

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=skinny+granny+in+a+bikini&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=K6E&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1440&bih=747&tbm=isch&prmd=ivns&tbnid=qZpm48ez_sn3AM:&imgrefurl=http://www.eons.com/photos/profile/546333/photo/65692%3Fcontext%3Dbrowse_album_createdat_21102&docid=i3ZKXRxIz70T3M&w=610&h=810&ei=BYJdTqPtF-_ZiALTqfiyBQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=409&page=1&tbnh=148&tbnw=110&start=0&ndsp=34&ved=1t:429,r:26,s:0&tx=39&ty=114

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Governing Body Samuel Herd 1979

by Marvin Shilmer in

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governing body samuel herd 1979. .

today i uploaded a new article addressing a portrayal compared with a reality.

it involves a now sitting member of watchtowers governing body by the name of samuel herd.

exwhyzee

There must have been a few eyebrows raised when the C.O and his wife came tooling into the Hall parking lot with a new luxury car. Although I must admit, people do give more credibility to someone taking the lead who looks the part...prestigious cars and clothing make unlettered and ordinary men, look the part of one who knows what they are doing. It makes it easier to assign them more honor than perhaps they deserve. I'm sure not a word was said about it. Even when I was a Bethelite, walking in the cold and rain with the masses, we'd often see the higher up's pulling out of the Bethel garage in black Towne cars as we headed to the meetings in dangerous areas on the subway.

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Why JWs Often Have a Hard Time Thinking For Themselves

by Jeremy C in

today, cedars had a really good post on a questions from readers article in which the watchtower instructs jws to consult the watchtower library index when they have questions on personal matters.

the watchtower article explained that the branch cannot answer all personal inquiries that come into their offices.

this post got me thinking about an area that i gave a lot of thought to prior to; and after leaving the organization.

exwhyzee

When the International Bible Students first began publishing their little Journals back in the late 1800's, their readers wrote in asking them Bble questions. Some have even said that in the beginning (and now) they pose their own questions on behalf of fictitious readers. In that simpler time peroid when people were inclinded to trust what they read and assume much about those who appeared to be in the know, they were viewed as authorities on God and even came to view themselves this way as well. They were no longer just harmless well meaning Bible Students who were learning along with their readers, they were faceless learned men of God living in a big far away city. Their readers assigned them much more credibility than they perhaps deserved. After a time they were looked upon and obligated to direct and make judgement calls on matters that they weren't qualified to make. Rather than being studens or teachers, they intervened in the individuals relationship with their Creator, developing a list of rules and standards for worshiping God, down to the color of shirts that were to be worn on the platform. They even came to be enforcers of these rules. Anyone who disagreed with them was not a thinking person nor was he sheeplike. Once they convinced their followers that they knew what was best for them, silenced them into submission and enough childeren were raised this way, the whole thing snowballed into an actual religion. Rather than it's success and continued existence being because it is the true religion, it is operating by sheer momentum and has taken on a life of it's own. As long as there are people who enjoy the feeling of security that comes from having answers, right or wrong, and this need outweighs their ability to reason for themselves, there will continue to be a market for their service.

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Was Jesus sent only for

by jam in

exwhyzee

Since it would take the sacrafice of a perfect life to buy back the life Adam and Eve lost for us. Whether or not all repented and accepted Jesus when he was on earth, he'd have had to die as a sacrafice in order to fulfill the bargain.