Posts by exwhyzee

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Who is the biggest hypocrite JW that you know?

by Iamallcool in

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exwhyzee

My Brother....nice guy, very popular, very successful JW but he does the religion....His Way.

He has been married 3 times, each JW wife is younger than the next. He gets older but his wives get younger. His current one is a few months older than his daughter. He has never even so much as been publically reproved. He does what ever he has to do, to get by and remain popular. He has told me he doesn't think JW is the only truth out there and that the Society doesn't really know anything for sure and is wrong about a lot of things, but he is regular in service, gives talks and makes comments smarmy on his facebook page talking about the nearness of the end and looking forward to paradise (gag). Everything he does is very self serving. He has always lived by his own version of things and has his own fantasy world that he lives in. He makes things up in his head and just acts as if they are true and doesn't bat an eye when you point it out to him. For instance the other day he posted a beautiful studio photo of our Mom when she was in her 20's, on his facebook page. She passed away when she was in her early 50's. The caption on the photo said. "Mom On Graduation Day From University....Looking Forward to Seeing Her Again in Paradise" Our Mom never even so much as went to Community College let alone a University, but having a pretty university grad for a Mom makes him look better and fits the fantasy he has of himself in his head. I just want to hurl when I see these things. I wonder what my Moms non Witness siblings think when they see this on his facebook. I could make a comment on there like "And what University did our Mom go to....tell me the name of it...I want to know because it seems like my self the rest of her kids would have known about this but this is news to me ! " This would make him look like a total fool but I don't want to go there. I'd end up looking like the jerk. It's happened before when he copied photos of me and my family on vacation that I had posted on my facebook and used them without asking to advertise with on his business facebook.

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Aussie Christmas...beach bakini's barbie boardshorts beer...anyone like that?

by Witness 007 in

exwhyzee

Haha - bugger stereotypes. Sydney had the wettest xmess I can ever remember. Last night's news, showed famous Bondi beach almost deserted. Only a few dedicated surfies riding waves.

Too late to see what Austrailia is like at Christmas time but looking forward to being in Hawaii,Tahiti and Austrailia in February....hope the weather's good by then.

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For JWs: Bible Verses Contradict Watchtower

by ABibleStudent in

have you ever wanted to have a witty comeback for a jw's thought stopping platitude or slogun, but couldn't think of one to plant a seed of doubt in a jw?

please share your witty comebacks and a bible verse(s) that contradicts watchtower thought stopping platitudes and slogans.. here are a couple of mine.. 1) watchtower thougnt-stopping platitude - "where else will we go?".

response - "don't you mean to whom?

exwhyzee

Marked

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Does the Bible contradict itself?

by exwhyzee in

our old jw friend who is about to shun us says,there's nothing in the bible that contradicts itself?.

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can anyone think of certain scriptures that could prove otherwise?.

exwhyzee

You guys are amazing....thanks so much for taking the time to provide this information. Esp. Leolala, Terry and Finkelstien. You have no idea how helpful this will be !

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Does the Bible contradict itself?

by exwhyzee in

our old jw friend who is about to shun us says,there's nothing in the bible that contradicts itself?.

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can anyone think of certain scriptures that could prove otherwise?.

exwhyzee

Our old JW Friend who is about to shun us says,there's nothing in the Bible that contradicts itself?

Can anyone think of certain scriptures that could prove otherwise?

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New letter RE public witnessing.. omg they are setting up stands!!!

by BigE in

this link contains news of a letter sent to the elders about witnesses setting up stands to peddle literature in public places!

how desperate are they?

it sounds sad honestly... and they are told not to argue with apostates .

exwhyzee

What with all the shootings going on in public places, it might be good to have a stack of books to dive behind. Life saving information indeed !

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Does it get boring....

by FaceTheFacts in

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does it become boring/monotonous reading thread after thread about how terrible the gb is and how much of a cult jws are...etc.

etc.?.

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exwhyzee

I'm used to being bored. After all I did spend my childhood and young adulthood in endless meetings and assemblies hearing about how wonderful they are and hearing them explain once again how a lot of that stuff they taught me a few years ago has been changed once again. I also spent a lot of time hunkered down waiting for the end to arrive so.....

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Your earliest doubt?

by Apognophos in

this might be an unfair question for those who have been out of the organization for decades, but i'm wondering if any of you remember your earliest doubt -- maybe something odd that occurred to you as a kid (if you were a jw then).

please try to limit to two doubts at the most :-).

i think my first "doubt" was simply realizing that at the time of the flood, every animal that wasn't in the ark died (well, besides the fish, supposedly).

exwhyzee

I think I always had a hunch there was more to the story than I was being told. We used to go Back Packing or tent camping in Mt Rainier National Park a lot when I was a kid. We had to hang our food to keep the bears away and take certain precautions to avoid encounters with them. I remember hiking by a mountain lake or waterfall and my Mom saying " Isn't it great to be out among Jehovah's creation ?" "Isn't he a loving God for providing such a beautiful home for us? " I said something like "Yeah, but why did he have to make it so there are also bears here that want to eat us ?" There was silence from Mom but I noticed my non JW Dad was supressing a smirk.

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What do you mean?! I ALWAYS go to the beach after service and wear long pants and button up shirts while I play a game in the sand with my family! Sometimes I wear button up long sleeve shirts too!

by Crisis of Conscience in

the wts likes to imply how jws should dress in and outside of the hall.

you always want to set an example.. so i couldn't help but share this beauty in the january 15th, 2013, study edition of the watchtower.

i always go to the beach like this!

exwhyzee

The world is about to come to an end any day and all they can think to do is play ball when people's very lives are at stake !

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Pedophile out of court settlements

by exwhyzee in

i was listening to the candace conti interview on youtube and they mentioned out of court settlements the society has made to pedophile victims using funds donated for the world wide work.. does anyone know of a list showing how many cases there has been and who the society settled out of court with ?

is that kind of thing something you can find on record somewhere ?.

exwhyzee

EXWHYZEE: Why would they shun you for mentioning a news story?

When you tell a JW something they didn't know about the organization they have built thier lives around, it often blows them away. Thier faith is so flimsy that they would rather kill the messenger than acknowledge there could possibly be any truth to what he has told them. They must feel that Jehovah's spirit is no match against the influence of someone who has left the organization. She has been like a Sister to me for 30 years but she has indicated she isn't sure if she wants to see us when we arrive. Her loyalty to Jehovah has been challenged.