Posts by MrFreeze

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What to do when JWs come knocking

by tornapart in

found this.. it's really funny.

some good ideas for those of you that want to get rid of them.

not so good if you're a fader and still have to knock on a few doors... .

MrFreeze

I used to visit Something Awful all the time. I don't get on it much anymore. I do remember reading this article years ago. Some hilarious ideas. I think of how I would react to any of those scenarios and I laugh.

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Why Allowing Satan's Challenge Is Nonsense

by metatron in

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long before the child molestation (or other scandals) put the nail in the coffin of my jw cult, i came to dismiss the whole "satan challenged jehovah' as crap.. why?

well, imagine that you are challenged to play poker with someone who is omnipotent!.

the idea that satan doesn't challenge jehovah's power is idiotic.

MrFreeze

It isn't really fair for us. I mean, we didn't choose to participate in the bet. And supposedly Satan is allowed to screw around with us on this all important test where it is in our nature to fail it.

Imagine being in highschool freshman year and being told "We have this test for you to take. If you don't get 100% on the test you will get expelled. The test will be on stuff you won't learn until your senior year. Oh and while you are trying to take the test there will be a man screaming in your face. Good luck and make us proud!"

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How did you feel making your first post here?

by cognac in

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i was scared sh*tless.

i stayed home from work for four days scared to go out of my house thinking god would strike me down by lightening if was wrong with my thoughts... i couldn't sleep at all.... but i had to take that first step... as scary as it was....

MrFreeze

By the time I first posted here I was already mentally out and not afraid of the Jehoover.

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Compiling List-Trivial Items People Are Counseled Against

by love2Bworldly in

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i hope this is not a repeat of past threads and i hope to get a lot of response.

i am compiling info of how people are treated within the wts.

i just read the post about a person being counseled for having baby shower games.

MrFreeze

No playing paintball. Shouldn't eat Lucky Charms. Shouldn't watch the movie Matrix Reloaded. Actually, now that I think about it, that last one was probably good advice.

No Beatles. From a CO "You aren't going to give a public talk with your hair that long are you?" Wasn't even really that long. That CO should see me now!

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Compiling List-Trivial Items People Are Counseled Against

by love2Bworldly in

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friends

i hope this is not a repeat of past threads and i hope to get a lot of response.

i am compiling info of how people are treated within the wts.

i just read the post about a person being counseled for having baby shower games.

MrFreeze

I got counseled when I was about 7 or 8 for wearing a tie that had footballs, baseballs, soccer balls, and basketballs on it.

I was about 13 and had crappy little facial hair (like any teenager) and the one brother made sure I cut it all off. I don't know how many times he commented on it.

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JWs in the UK: 27 years of yearbook stats and stagnation

by 88JM in

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okay, so i went on a bit of a statistics binge after looking at poland.

i thought i would have a look at my home country's yearbook stats here in the uk (britain).. so here they are for your consideration.

had to go into the loft for some of the older yearbooks, and found some other older publications too.. nothing too remarkable as such here, as far as i can see, apart from:.

MrFreeze

Those numbers pretty much tell the story of the way the organization is going.

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When do you think there will be a revised "Reasoning Book"

by Amelia Ashton in

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because i was abroad we had to use the original revelation book and only the reader had the new improved version so i don't know if this was the same else where but following along using the old version made the adjustments seem even more ludicrous.. why didn't they ensure everyone had the new version before studying it rather than highlight all the "adjustments" that had to be made in a km and therefore making them more obvious?.

do you think there could be a list of amendments to be inserted into the reasoning book in the same way?.

MrFreeze

Thanks wasblind! Do you happen to have the comment about generations on page 239?

When I would lead groups for field service I tried to always pick out something from the Reasoning Book.

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When do you think there will be a revised "Reasoning Book"

by Amelia Ashton in

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friends

because i was abroad we had to use the original revelation book and only the reader had the new improved version so i don't know if this was the same else where but following along using the old version made the adjustments seem even more ludicrous.. why didn't they ensure everyone had the new version before studying it rather than highlight all the "adjustments" that had to be made in a km and therefore making them more obvious?.

do you think there could be a list of amendments to be inserted into the reasoning book in the same way?.

MrFreeze

When I was at the pioneer school the CO told us to scratch out the last sentence of the definition given for "Last Days". I pulled out my reasoning book (the only things I kept from my JW stuff was my reasoning book that was binded to my NWT and the reference Bible). I can't read what it says, (because I scratched it out) but if I remember correctly it was something about the generation not passing away. This was a year or two before we had the overlapping generation new light.

As someone here pointed out, also a few pages later they made us scratch some more out about the generation.

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