its my birthday ! just thought i'd share.
Posts by bigmac
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On a Scale of 1 to 10---How Devoted Were You To Being One of Jehovah's Witnesses?
by minimus inas i grew up in the religion, i was a 10. i wanted to be made a "servant" because that was instilled in me from infancy.
i diligently studied ever piece of watchtower literature and defended my religion intensely.. when i got into my 30's, i started to see little cracks in the watchtower's surface but decided to "wait on jehovah".
then i started to research a little more critically and realized i couldn't defend the prophecies, the treatment of people and the hypocrisy that was becoming more obvious, that especially an elder can see.. it was a gradual thing---from a 10 to a zero!.
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bigmac
dipped at 14 to please parents and peer pressure.
pioneering at 16. MS at 18.
I never believed in god. but liked the adulation from the audience in the many talks i performed. i guess a 3. but i was a total fraud.
quit at 23. ---so a 0 by then----- but occasionally attended cmeetings/assemblies to please the wife.
we divorced in early 1981--and that was that.
now it totally baffles me why anyone with any intelligence could possibly stay in the cult--other than fear of losing family. what a crock of sh1t.
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I am having trouble believing in God...
by thedepressedsoul ini was raised a jw and i am still one but recently i have been having trouble believing in a god.
this is not meant to offend anyone who does, i am just curious to see if i am the only one who thinks this..... to start, i am a very black and white person.
if 1+1=2 it makes sense to me and i can agree with it.
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bigmac
i never believed in god--at least--not since adulthood. but if its what you need--believe in it. doesnt make you better--or worse--unless you try to preach it to me--then i just switch off.
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when is the memorial this year??
by quellycatface inapologies for being so thick.i haven't been to one since 2004!!
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bigmac
ive no idea--i'm glad to say
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Where can I get a copy of the finished mystery without paying an arm and leg.
by dogon inwhere do you guys find old tower books and material other than flea bay and their outragous prices?
looking for some of the old books..
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bigmac
why on earth would you wanna ?
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My Judicial Meeting was 6 WEEKS ago! Help me with a question.
by Comatose inmy judicial meeting was 6 weeks or more ago, and still no action.
i used a lawyer and a letter to them after i had already met with them and admitted everything.
the crazy part was they didn't tell me that night if i was df or not.
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bigmac
might as well face facts. if you did something carrying the df penalty--and you arent repentent--then you got it coming.
your elders wont give a shit about the repercussions in your life--they will say its your own fault.
so--plan B time i imagine--damage limitation
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My Judicial Meeting was 6 WEEKS ago! Help me with a question.
by Comatose inmy judicial meeting was 6 weeks or more ago, and still no action.
i used a lawyer and a letter to them after i had already met with them and admitted everything.
the crazy part was they didn't tell me that night if i was df or not.
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bigmac
might as well face facts. if you did something carrying the df penalty--and you arent repentent--then you got it coming.
your elders wont give a shit about the repercussions in your life--they will say its your own fault.
so--plan B time i imagine--damage limitation
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I was a window washet...
by new hope and happiness inthete are a lot of derocatory comments sbout witnesses and cleaning windows.
as a former window cleaner i can say:-.
a. i started my self employment at 17.. b. i built the round with my own initiative.. c. i was soon making 4 times the average hourly wage.. d. i was afraid of heights, but as the round grew i employed 2 people.. e. it exspanded to gardening painting and decorating ect, ect,.
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bigmac
I did window cleaning in my teens, worked two days a week, pioneered, ran a car and had beer money. All on two days a week work, and they were short days !
phizzy--i think you and i were the same person !! bloody cold up a ladder in december though.
i think us window-cleaner pioneers deserve a little more respect in the xj community !!
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I was a window washet...
by new hope and happiness inthete are a lot of derocatory comments sbout witnesses and cleaning windows.
as a former window cleaner i can say:-.
a. i started my self employment at 17.. b. i built the round with my own initiative.. c. i was soon making 4 times the average hourly wage.. d. i was afraid of heights, but as the round grew i employed 2 people.. e. it exspanded to gardening painting and decorating ect, ect,.
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My Judicial Meeting was 6 WEEKS ago! Help me with a question.
by Comatose inmy judicial meeting was 6 weeks or more ago, and still no action.
i used a lawyer and a letter to them after i had already met with them and admitted everything.
the crazy part was they didn't tell me that night if i was df or not.
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bigmac
safe--from what?