Posts by Botzwana

as if the other sept. 15th wt thread i started weren't controlling enough - in another study article titled " run ..... that you may attain it " were you aware that just eating and wearing clothes on your body - might be a " stumbling block " to you ?

in a prior article on pg.

12 , paragraph 6 the wt society sets up what they are trying to get across by stating, " people of the world tend to seek personal interests first as " men of this system of things, whose share is this life.

Botzwana

Hey Flipper! I just bought Flipper season one on DVD. I love it! Brings back so many memories!

Yes the WT is disgusting. So sad some of my friends are still in. One friend hasn´t been able to marry in 20 years so far. His wife left him who was a sister and just moved to Florida but still attends. So he is following the WT´s command on that. I feel so sorry for him.

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25 idiots blaming gay marriage for Irene Hurricane...LOL

by Botzwana in

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/25-idiots-that-blamed-hurricane-irene-on-gay-marri?p=2&&r=true&z=2imrqu#responses.

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discuss!.

Botzwana

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/25-idiots-that-blamed-hurricane-irene-on-gay-marri?p=2&&r=true&z=2IMRQU#responses

Discuss!

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Testing, testing, testing.....Jehovah TESTS?

by Terry in

a classroom teacher has to administer tests.

the teacher doesn't know who is learning and who isn't or how much.. a test pilot flys a new jet to determine what strengths and weaknesses correspond to the design because nobody knows how close.

the manufacture of it came to the ideal.. fire drills are a test: can everybody exit in an orderly fashion in a reasonable amount of time in case there is a fire.. if you think you may be pregant you take a pregnancy test because you won't know for sure otherwise (unless you wait 9 months!).

Botzwana

He already interupted the test though. He said he would leave man alone to figure all this stuff out. By changing the languages during the time of Nimrod the test is already inconclusive. By interfering in the flood of Noah´s day he has put himself into the test. I have other examples but that is the gist of it.

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Walkill Bethel Recreational Facility

by dontplaceliterature in

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my wife and i just visited some friends over the weekend from another congregation.

these two are both full time pioneers, and also participate in various construction projects around the country.

the husband just got back from a 3 week trip to walkill, new york to help with construction on a new residence building at 'the farm' (does anyone call it that anymore?)..

Botzwana

I worked at Bethel in 1994 for a two week stint. I was put out in the hot brooklyn sun and grinded down the concrete for a BASKETBALL court. Does anyone know if this was actually built?

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Another 1975 coming soon

by fade_away in

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i heard some analysts on the news recently saying that at the rate the us is falling and china rising, it is expected that china will be the super power within the next 30 or 40 years.

if that happens then i guess there will be another mass exodus of jws from the wt despite what new light they come up with.

but if the witlesses are right then that means god must intervene and the great tribulation and armageddon is coming in less than 30 or 40 years.

Botzwana

Love the quotations from Star Trek!

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Saw some JWs this am! Couldn't stop laughing

by Free!! in

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this morning on my way to the office i decided to stop at the gas station to get some coffee.... as i am pulling into the parking space i see this woman w a haircut from the 80's the typical below the knee skirt and long sleeve shirt (is a 105 degrees over here in the shadow).... i immediatly knew she was a jw... she had the latest wt in her hands..... she skipped me and approached a group of young mexican laborers that were resting in the back of a truck... but... as soon as i walked out of the gas station... guess who was waiting for me???

the jw!!!

she wanted to do a presentation.. i looked at her and w/o saying a word i started laughing so hard the guys in the truck started laughing as well... she just looked at me and still kept trying to push her literatrash!!

Botzwana

Punkofnice, Hilarious! I cracked up in the middle of my restaurant. Thanks so much!

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Thanks to Those That Went Before Us

by OnTheWayOut in

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i want to say thanks to those that have blazed the trail for others to become former jehovah's witnesses.. many were disfellowshipped or disassociated, some stopped going to meetings before "faders" existed.

many had no internet or any way of gathering with others who left the jw's.

later, the likes of randy watters and ray franz gave many a sense of a group conscience with their efforts and writings.

Botzwana

Giddy up! I second it! I lost too much to witnesses. I am even shunned now and I didn´t even do anything. They still think I go. But because I do not go to their hall they no longer eat at my restaurant. Buttholes!

So yes thanks so much! I save some threads and re read them from time to time. Thanks On the Way Out! I wish I could meet some of you in real life. I only know one other apostate but he still goes to the Kingdom Hall and gets mad at me if I get angry about the org. I guess because his family is still in that he doesn´t talk bad about them much.

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Do they announce when a pioneer steps down at your hall?

by Evidently Apostate in

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during the announcements they stop to bring up an elder and he states " hairy mary is no longer a pioneer" (not a real name) in a tone very similar to a disfellowshipping.

i have heard it twice now but only from the hall my wife attends now.. anyone else hear of this?.

Botzwana

I was a pioneer not too long ago. Last October...I talked to the Elders and told them I was reconsidering my decision. They told me to wait two weeks and come talk to them to see if I still felt that way. The following Thursday the pioneers names were read off. Mine was not said. I went up to one of the Elders and said what was the deal. He looked surprised. I said I thought you were going to give me two weeks and we would discuss it again. He shrugged his shoulders. That was the last meeting I went to.