Posts by Dissonant15

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Fake Reporting, Growth and Crap Blessings

by cookiemaster in

i think the numbers shown in the yearbook and with other occasions that are used by the gibberish buddies to boast about the blessings from jehovah are super fake and inflated, much of it even without their knowledge.

i think they like to take advantage of all sorts of technicalities and loopholes to report numbers as great as possible, but it's not like jws are super reliable sources of reporting.for example i have not been in field circus for something like two years.

i never talked about "the truth" with any non-jw, yet i've never been considered inactive.

Dissonant15

Wow! I've narrowly fudged some hour numbers before but not literature. I guess I figured the literature "servants" would realize if someone lied. Then again I doubt they inventory placements the way restaurants do liquor and pharmacies narcotics. I completely agree though that the "growth" in yearbooks seems very inaccurate, not accounting for the inactive, faders, etc.

Being new on here, I'm intrigued by your blood experience in the OP, cookie. So I went back and read your previous threads. How horrifying. This is something I worry about for my own parents. I am wondering how the elders knew she received blood. Medical information is to be kept private and confidential in the U.S. at least. How intrusive...

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Was Jim Carrey's GF A Scientologist Or Studying To Be One?

by freemindfade in

this is a very tragic situation and i feel bad for her friends and family.

i didn't realize it until this morning i was listening to sway in the morning on sirius shade45.

and they were discussing it.

Dissonant15

Apparently she was studying but her "progress" was paused...

http://www.people.com/people/mobile/article/0,,20956658,00.html

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S*** JW Parents Say

by Dissonant15 in

my mom especially had some go-to phrases that to this day echo in my head and piss me off.

things like, .

"don't get mad at me for enforcing the rules, because jehovah made them, so if you don't like it, you're disrespecting him.

Dissonant15

@respectfulobserver a CO gave that "halfway of consequences" illustration to our hall once. Where did that stupid story come from, anyway?

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S*** JW Parents Say

by Dissonant15 in

my mom especially had some go-to phrases that to this day echo in my head and piss me off.

things like, .

"don't get mad at me for enforcing the rules, because jehovah made them, so if you don't like it, you're disrespecting him.

Dissonant15

Wow @cappy that is really awful :(

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S*** JW Parents Say

by Dissonant15 in

my mom especially had some go-to phrases that to this day echo in my head and piss me off.

things like, .

"don't get mad at me for enforcing the rules, because jehovah made them, so if you don't like it, you're disrespecting him.

Dissonant15

Haha yes, talesin, all those hit close to home.

Wow Pete those are pretty nutso.

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S*** JW Parents Say

by Dissonant15 in

my mom especially had some go-to phrases that to this day echo in my head and piss me off.

things like, .

"don't get mad at me for enforcing the rules, because jehovah made them, so if you don't like it, you're disrespecting him.

Dissonant15

Ugh gross @Homebythesea thanks for reminding me, I've heard those before too!

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S*** JW Parents Say

by Dissonant15 in

my mom especially had some go-to phrases that to this day echo in my head and piss me off.

things like, .

"don't get mad at me for enforcing the rules, because jehovah made them, so if you don't like it, you're disrespecting him.

Dissonant15

My mom especially had some go-to phrases that to this day echo in my head and piss me off. Things like,

"Don't get mad at me for enforcing the rules, because Jehovah made them, so if you don't like it, you're disrespecting Him."

"Boys on the loose causing their mother shame...." (said in reference to unruly aka normal-acting kids at the meeting).

"I really feel bad for those kids because they're going to suffer at Armageddon for their parents' choices."

At preschool age: "You're making Jehovah sad," "Jehovah doesn't like that," and "That's pagan." (Really.)

....No wonder I felt so messed up. Does anyone else have some old goodies to add to the list?

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Theocratic School changes a distraction from the problems?

by thedepressedsoul in

i find the timing of the new mid week meeting rather strange.

we all know jw's love their carrot on the stick, they salivate over speculating what the new releases will be at the convention.

with all these problems going on, layoffs, child abuse, money issues, building halts etc... what better way to have your average jw ignore it than to completely change up the meeting.

Dissonant15

I find it very interesting that the letter is dated to be read October 4th, which is the anniversary of jwsurvey & Cedars had already announced his "apostate" film will be released this day. I truly believe the GB chose this date as part of a publicity stunt to steal the spotlight.

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My Mom Is Dying

by minimus in

jw
friends

i just wanted to say that my dear 89 year old mom is terminally ill and will soon pass.

she is on morphine and hanging on.

she has been a devout witness for about 60 years and a wonderful mother.

Dissonant15

Sorry for your loss minimus. May her transition be painless and your heart find peace.

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Why did you choose Jehovahs Witnesses?

by vinman in

i'm wondering why ones on this forum initially became jw's.

if you were born in, why did you make it "your own"?

if you became one later, what was your draw and driving force?

Dissonant15

Wow so many 3rd generation born-ins! I guess there was a mass recruiting in our grandparents' time.

@Dagney funny what you said, I used to think the same, "I'm so glad I was raised in the truth because I'm too much of a skeptic to have ever converted into it from the outside." Ha!

@mimi I can relate to your sentiments as well. We were talking the other night & my husband said he decreases his anger at JWs from his past by turning mad at himself for buying into it for so long. I said that is wrong, especially for those of us who were regimentally indoctrinated as children: we were VICTIMS.

But now, we are survivors!