Posts by mynameislame

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Marriage Consummation - emailed question has me stumped
by jwfacts in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i received an email from a jw that got married, but the wife never had sex with him.

they were together for a period of years.

he told the elders, but they said there was nothing that could be done.
mynameislame

I consider his situation a win win, rid of a cold wife and out of the cult.

If he wanted to stay he should have cheated for the legitimate divorce then repented after marying the new woman.

His wife was the one that wasn't giving her husband his due, no elder in the world would hold that against another man.

Although I knew a sister who's husband cheated on her and ended up getting remarried. She protested his being reinstated because she forgave him and that meant he was still scripturally married to her.

Not sure how that one ended up working out, he never came back to her but I don't know if he got reinstated or not.
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Spoiled, entitled kids of wealthy JW parents
by sir82 in
1. jw
2. friends
what's your impression?.

recently in our congregation a new family moved in.

youngest son is a high school senior.. dad was speaking glowingly of his post-high school plans.. going to college?
mynameislame

I used to hang out with some wealthy JWs in my area.

They really were different than us regular folks, hard to say exactly how but there were differences. Kind of like the people on the show "Revenge" without the drama. Actualy thinking back it was more like the weatlhy kids from the Veronica Mars show.

This post makes me wonder what ended up happening to them.
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Jehovah's training center
by jam in
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2. beliefs
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mynameislame

jam you might want to edit out the text you posted in your second attepmt to upload the photo.
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JW's at my inlaw's door yesterday
by Hillary in
1. jw
2. experiences
here in the northeast it is freezing.

a father and son team brought over the outside garbage cans from the end of the driveway and offered to salt my inlaws' driveway.

my f-i-l was very impressed and said they're very nice people.
mynameislame

I think many of the RNF are sincere. Sure they have hopes that it will soften you up for conversion but they think they are doing the right thing.

Most of the non-sincere ones would bother to help anyone inside or outside of the religion.

I regularly shoveled out the older people at my hall and also took care of one really old sister's lawn.

She insisted on paying me so I charged $5 for about 2 hours work. One time I tried to go up to $10 and she complained till I went back to $5 :-)

I don't think that type of thing really works to convert anyone. What it does do is give the doer a sense of pride that they are helping with the JWs good reputation.

I think being distressed over something is the primary reason for converting.
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Story of a GB ass-kisser
by zound in
1. jw
2. friends
i was reading a life story article in the latest watchtower and had a few thoughts about it i thought i'd share here.

these life story things are always so depressing to me - this one is slightly interesting because it is told by a current "governing body helper".. it's called "full time ministry - where it has led me.

" reading it i just got the impression that this guy (robert) was aiming to be a gb member but fell short and ended up being a gb "helper".
mynameislame

Hmm kind of sad, but if you believe you had a great life does anything else matter?
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The numbers don't lie...or do they?
by stillin in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
at a recent ca, the co was commending the r&f about mid-week meeting attendance.

he said that it was up 4% since he first began working in our circuit.

i was listening as some were patting each other on their backs about that at last nights meeting and it occurred to me that there were many empty seats.
mynameislame
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Found this site, thought some might be interested.
by mynameislame in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
seems to be a downloadable list of special talks from throughout the years.. a little too much work for me but thought some here might be interested in using them for a bit of research?.

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http://www.centralprint.net/jwtalks/specialtalks/specialtalks.html.
mynameislame

Seems to be a downloadable list of special talks from throughout the years.

A little too much work for me but thought some here might be interested in using them for a bit of research?

http://www.centralprint.net/jwtalks/SpecialTalks/SpecialTalks.html
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They have got to be making this stuff up!
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
they have got to be making this stuff up!

posted here: .

http://www.jw-archive.org/ .
mynameislame

jam, I noticed that and out of the ones that are still awake there's only about 3 that appear to be paying attention.

But even they may be wearing google glasses and really just watching a movie on netflix.
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They have got to be making this stuff up!
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
they have got to be making this stuff up!

posted here: .

http://www.jw-archive.org/ .
mynameislame

I found it at the jw archive site.

The guy just to the left of the "box 3" sign does at least look like him.

(middle right side of picture)
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They have got to be making this stuff up!
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
they have got to be making this stuff up!

posted here: .

http://www.jw-archive.org/ .
mynameislame

I'm loving that site

Q: if newton's calculation is correct, it is like to walk 46 years in the wilderness, and I will probably be dead before 2060, only the young will see the end.

Anonymous
I wouldn’t worry too much about Sir Isaac Newton’s “calculations”

He wouldn’t be the first to try and figure it out and be completely wrong.

Can anyone say ironic?

mynameislame

Posts by mynameislame

Q: if newton's calculation is correct, it is like to walk 46 years in the wilderness, and I will probably be dead before 2060, only the young will see the end.