Posts by snakeface

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New here..

by breakfree in

just wanted to introduce myself.

i've been reading your posts for a couple of months now and i think i finally have the courage to join in.

i have written and deleted this post many times.

We read about all the atrocities committed throughout human history - Hitler's concentration camps, today's crime, all the deaths and suffering from diseases, millions of children dying every day from hunger...and we're told that Jehovah does see but it is not His time to act yet. He has His appointed time, just wait.

But...God forbid a teenage girl should kiss a boy, God forbid a teenager should masturbate or his sideburns be a little too long...well all of a sudden the angelic armies are immediately up in arms, the heavenly courts are looking on as the judicial committee RUNS to act speedily and execute divine judgement against these vile evildoer teens that are contaminating the congregation...gotta take care of this right now.....

these elders are mentally ill.

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My experiences that have turned me away.....

by agent86 in

google_ad_section_start hi everyone, i am just new to this site and thanks for a very dear friend that has encouraged me to post my story and would love to hear feedback from all you out there xx.

this is my story.

we were introduced to the religion in 1982, not soon after we were unbaptized publishers (a bit to soon for me even at that age) i really didnt miss the celebrations as much as were werent that well off and my parents worked 6 days a week to pay the bills.

snakeface

Welcome and thanks for posting your story. I am so sorry you went thru all this. There are many elders who are downright wicked.

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New here..

by breakfree in

just wanted to introduce myself.

i've been reading your posts for a couple of months now and i think i finally have the courage to join in.

i have written and deleted this post many times.

snakeface

Welcome and thank you for sharing your story. Hopefully the good things in your life will displace the past and its hurtful memories.

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Just look at how they changed these lyrics in the new song book

by WingCommander in

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this is disgusting!!!

we've all heard that the new song book is really, really, really bad......but i didn't see many examples cited of just how they changed some of the wording.

oh sure, we all know by now how incredibly hard it is to sing along with the garbage they wrote, tempo, lack of beat, odd rythm, timing, etc, etc.

snakeface

I hope they changed the one about "precious gifts from God our children are..." where it says "He says 'use the rod!'"

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Is the WT going to move on this leak?

by wheelwithinwheel in

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i'm sure the legal, public relations and other depts.

are all asking the gb how to handle this situation.

and i'm convinced the gb is scratching it's head trying to decipher j's spirit direction in all of this.

snakeface

Here's a solution! They can disfellowship all the elders and appoint new ones, then release a new book.

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Cardboard books for JW children

by TJ - iAmCleared2Land in

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http://goo.gl/wvyj.

i purposely masked the site name and book name; don't want web searches taking the author here.

it's a new line of cardboard books for jw children.. i found a copy of this one... shall i post a pdf scan?.

snakeface

Oh how cute! They are cardboard, so the mother can hit the child with them if he/she makes a peep during the meeting. just kidding

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Chaperones...

by BlackTwisted in

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how would you feel..when you are alone with someone, that they are your friend, nothing more than just a friend, opposite sex.

just doing nothing but watching "that 70's show", laughing your butts off.

and then the next day, you have a meeting, and the elders come at your neck about being alone with the opposite sex, who happens to be your friend since second grade!

snakeface

One time a sister with a nonJW husband invited a group of us pioneers over for lunch. I - a single brother - got there first. She let me in because I was carrying some of the food, which had to be put in the fridge. Her little toddler was there. Just as I stepped into the house some of the other pioneers arrived. So I was only "alone" with this sister for about 45 seconds. But boy did I get counseled about being alone with a sister - and a married one at that! The sister did not get counseled.

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ELDERS want to meet with me?

by Smoky in

its been about 5 years since i've talked to the elders in the my old congregation.

now the elders from my parents congregation, want to come by and talk with me (sheperding call?).

i know one of them, i believe they feel obligated since i llive in there territory.

snakeface

I agree with joylynn. They might want some kind of "closure" one way of the other.

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First Post

by Lev11233 in

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i was born and raised into a very loving family of jehovah's witnesses.

even though my dad was always working overseas, my mom kept my sister and me "spiritually strong.

" i progressed very rapidly in the organization.

snakeface

HI Levi and welcome. I was very active and prominent in my circuit. Then one day I just did not feel like going back. After 4 or 5 months an elder called and left me a message to call him back. I did not. About 6 weeks later a different elder left a similar message and I did not return his call. That was it. That's fine with me!

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My son said his first swear word!

by brotherdan in

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...and it couldn't have been funnier.

i got home from work last night and he ran up to hug me as usual.

he started walking away and said, "i'm thristy.

snakeface

Thank you Think About It. Yeah that is a classic. The kid was actually listening to the speaker and thinking about what was being said, and then evaluating it. How mature!