Posts by mynameislame

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Cosmos--any creationists watching? And what does EVEryONE think of it?

by Jon Preston in

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i just finished the episode about the extinctions and the tree of life and how life evolved.

my wife asked me "what, do u believe in evolution now?

because im watching a science show?

mynameislame

I hope somebody understands my point.

will be apostate I do.

I find that science is often portrayed as if it is a fact or a proven theory even when there is no possible way they could know for a certainty. Certainly there are many scientists who aren’t like that but it bugs me when someone says they know for a fact what happened billions of years ago billions of miles away.

And I bet your 50% prediction is way too optimistic.Of course I won't likely be here to pay up....

Just an fyi that I didn't watch the show yet.

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Pushing the JW.ORG

by Etude in

i took these pictures over a month ago.

i had not realized that they were really pushing their site.

this was at our farmers market, although they were not officially in the market area but off the side on the sidewalk.. .

mynameislame

JWs are into guerilla marketing who knew? Almost seems a bit clever. They know that nobody will come over and talk and they know that if it said jehovah’s witnesses on the sign or in the URL nobody would go to the website. But jw.org is easy to remember and might just get a few curious ones to head over on their mobile device after seeing it. Might work even better if they would get rid of the creepy guy hiding behind the pictures.

It seems a little deceptive to me. Did Jesus use tricks to when he did his preaching?

Wonder if we will start seeing jw.org signs around the conventions in years to come. Oh wait this is the last year there will be a memorial so it stands to reason it’s the last year there will be conventions as well.

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Should Passive Resistance Be The Weapon Of Choice For Those Stuck In The Watchtower Corporation Cult?

by frankiespeakin in

what can a person do who is stuck in the watchtower cult movement but don't want to be shunned or disfellowshipped but want to follow a course of passive resistants, like ghandi did to the brits to get them out of control over india?.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nonviolent_resistance.

mynameislame

Stop using WTBTS indoctrinated thought-stopping platitudes when talking with JWs and non-JWs. Help other JWs stop using thought-stopping platitudes by asking JWs simple questions when they use those platitiudes.

I like that one.

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Any seniors looking for association?

by cultBgone in

life is tough when you've spent your best years in the borg...how do you reconnect when kids are grown and you're close to retirement age?.

mynameislame

My mom is out and I couldn’t keep up with her if I wanted to. She joined some over the hill gang and they are always doing something, biking, tennis, skiing, cruises.

I keep telling her to be careful, because if she gets hurt and needs constant care I plan on putting her into one of those homes I saw on a 60 minutes undercover sting operation.

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What was the most rebellious thing you did while you were a devout jw?

by DuvanMuvan in

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i was just thinking about how humans being imperfect and satan's influence was the root of everything bad that anyone has ever done.

well i know that apparently everyone is vulnerable which got me thinking about what "bad" things people have done while they were a jw.

i'll start it off.

mynameislame

Hmm I don't think I was a very good JW.

I drank too much fairly regularly. I drove like a maniac. I played Zelda, a D&D game much worse than poor sparloc. I had long hair at least for a JW. I swore a lot, so much so that worldly people commented on it. I had a short temper. Very disrespectful to older people, not old people, I always respected them.

Oddly that wasn’t any of the stuff I felt guilty over.

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GB's letter regarding UN membership - How Do You Prove Them Wrong?

by will-be-apostate in

i was reading brant jones' experience (published on jwfacts.com).

i read both letters: the one he wrote to the gb and the one he recieved from them.

link: http://jwfacts.com/watchtower/experiences/brantjonesunresponse.pdf.

mynameislame

I only joined the YMCA for the fitness equipment.

Try that one and see how it flys.

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Scriptural Grounds for Divorce - Unbelievable story

by Comatose in

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i personally know the individual involved closely, this is not a rumor.

this is what happens when you let three unqualified guys decide whether or not you get to ever date again with jehovah's blessing.. a young man finds out his wife is cheating on him by seeing texts on her phone.

he knows the person she is cheating with.

mynameislame

I feel like the elders in this case didn't know their own rules. Instead of bothering to figure it out they just let the poor dub suffer knowing he has to suck it up and wait on Jehovah.

Elders (including the FDS) make mistakes

Wait on Jehovah!

RNF dubs make mistakes.

Three elders drag you into a judicial hearing because when they get together Jehovah answers them instantly.

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When and where is the War in Heaven, supposedly?

by jam in

1)when did this war breakout or did i miss it.. many commentators conclude that the battle between michael.

and the dragon occurs roughly at the start of the church age.. some even argue that the battleground is the church itself.. others say this scene describes the dispute between michael.

and satan for the body of moses (jude 9) or the long-ago.

mynameislame

I found a few evil spirits referenced in the OT

Interestingly all were sent by God

1 Samuel 16:14 Now the spirit of Jehovah had departed from Saul, and a bad spirit from Jehovah terrorized him

1 Samuel 18:10 The next day a bad spirit from God gripped Saul, and he started to act strangely inside the house, while David was playing music on the harp as on other occasions.
1 Samuel 19:9 And a bad spirit from Jehovah came upon Saul when he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, while David was playing music on the harp.

Judges 9:23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech

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Have you noticed how MISERABLE the trolley and other public preachers look?

by hamsterbait in

saw three "public preachers" standing in a triangle facing people as they approach.

they all looked so depressed, that i almost went up to them to ask:.

"where is your kingdumb smile - i thought jws are the happiest people in the world.".

mynameislame

I wonder if it works at all. I doubt it has any success in most of the US.

Could it be they got sick of being confused with Mormons while going door to door so they had to come up with something else to make them stand out? Or maybe it is an effort to increase persecution by way of being made fun of for being weird. Or is just that they think that people just seeing the sign is a good enough witness so Jehovah can kill the wicked without compunction?

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Rewarding system

by alwaysthinking in

always go to meetings------lots of points.

pioneering------lots of points.

marrying to a jw -----lots of points (happy or not, who cares).

mynameislame

Being able to give councel to others while completely ignoring that councel yourself. Thats like the points at the end of the rainbow.

Pointy Haired Elder (PHE): Brother so and so we need to talk. I noticed you went to see that R rated movie about aquariums the other day, do you think that was appropriate?

Brother so and so: No PHE you are right, I’m soooo sorry, how can I make it up to the FDS? I’ve really let them down haven’t I?

PHE: Lets go to jw.org together and see how Jehovah feels about your actions. counsel counsel counsel….judgement, judgement, judgement.

Brother so and so walks away feeling grateful for Jehovah’s timely counsel never realizing that the PHE only knew because he was sitting behind brother so and so at the movie theater.