Posts by OverlappingGeneralizations

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Thinking about taking my fiance to a meeting.. going as a "worldly person"

by OneStepOut93 in

i may take my fiance to a meeting.

give them fake names and just see how my fiance reacts.

he's been curious about seeing what i hated so much about the whole thing (not that he'll really understand everything, i mean of course he never will to my extent but)... i'd like to see what an outsiders view on the whole thing would be as well.

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Would you escape Hitler's concentration camp and then sneak your fiance back in just so he could see what your cot looked like? Just tell him about it from a safe distance.

On a side note, there was one "brother" who showed up out of nowhere. He said he moved up from the south somewhere. He wanted to go out in service, was commenting like a fiend, the whole works. Very charismatic, and a big hit with everybody. He made it about two weeks and disappeared. I ran the literature counter back in those days, and an elder was standing there, and I asked him "hey, brother Charismatic hasn't picked up his magazines. Come to think of it, I haven't seen him in a while". The elder responded with a furrowed brow "That guy was disfellowshipped! Can you believe he came in here and did what he did? Commenting! I even took him in my service group!". So it happens, lol.

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The new 'classes' jehovahs-witness.net has created. Which one are you?

by Esse quam videri in

over time a number of different 'classes' of members have arisen on this forum.

1] apple watch watchers - this group takes a great interest in watches worn by members of the governing body.

2] cult escape consultants - one who freely offers advise on how to flee from a cult - mainly the wt society.

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5] Crossroaders - Those who have just begun to smell a rat, and are looking for answers on the eeeeevil internet...

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Relevant Poetry

by Garrett in

he was down on the floor with his lips to a glass said he dreamed of a future that won't come to pass that he once strived to excel in a world so vast but why run a race when it's rigged and he's fixed in last then he mused over life is a joke and he laughed that it is what it is and he's thankful for all that he has i said well let me just pose one question and ask if you just want what you have, then why are are you sad

she was tripping on something that was laced in her tea and she was high as a kite when she said she could see said we in the land of the free but no freedom grows and if we in a brave new world where'd the brave all go i said, hell if i know then she told me that the problem is the society everybody crippled by anxiety no one is the person that they try to be then she said, what we need are a few with a view that can bring a change through that we need less talk and more do so i said to her, what about you

i was listening to someone give a speech something 'bout the knowledge of enlightenment he reached and as my eyes glazed over in my seat he approached and he asked if he could challenge my beliefs i said by all means have at it then he talked about the suffering and source of bad habits how the emptying of mind is the challenge and withdrawing from the world is the cure to all sadness i said that all sounds like madness why have a life and then not be alive why have a mind and then choose to be blind what you call wisdom is the fear that you hide you cannot retreat from those demons inside this is not peace, it's a mask you adorn this is not truth, it's a trap, nothing more and you're too busy running from something you can't ignore

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"The truth" is what witnesses call it

The watchtower? Crumple and ball it.

Open your mind

and soon you will find

All they want is what's inside your wallet

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Relevant Poetry

by Garrett in

he was down on the floor with his lips to a glass said he dreamed of a future that won't come to pass that he once strived to excel in a world so vast but why run a race when it's rigged and he's fixed in last then he mused over life is a joke and he laughed that it is what it is and he's thankful for all that he has i said well let me just pose one question and ask if you just want what you have, then why are are you sad

she was tripping on something that was laced in her tea and she was high as a kite when she said she could see said we in the land of the free but no freedom grows and if we in a brave new world where'd the brave all go i said, hell if i know then she told me that the problem is the society everybody crippled by anxiety no one is the person that they try to be then she said, what we need are a few with a view that can bring a change through that we need less talk and more do so i said to her, what about you

i was listening to someone give a speech something 'bout the knowledge of enlightenment he reached and as my eyes glazed over in my seat he approached and he asked if he could challenge my beliefs i said by all means have at it then he talked about the suffering and source of bad habits how the emptying of mind is the challenge and withdrawing from the world is the cure to all sadness i said that all sounds like madness why have a life and then not be alive why have a mind and then choose to be blind what you call wisdom is the fear that you hide you cannot retreat from those demons inside this is not peace, it's a mask you adorn this is not truth, it's a trap, nothing more and you're too busy running from something you can't ignore

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Haiku?

The "truth" is a sham
How did all those years slip away
How was I so blind

I prefer Limericks-

There once was a man named Tony,
Who hates pants that squeeze mens' bologna
He chose now to outline?
With every witness online?!
It was then I realized it's all phony

I was shocked by the Royal Commission
To see all of the dirt they were dishin'
But then who knew,
that it would all be found true
That 'twas for boys that weren't men they were fishin'

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Interesting Article: New human link found "Homo Naledi"

by Splash in

haven't read it all yet, but 15 skeletons have been found in south africa, near jo'burg... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11855405/homo-naledi-a-new-species-of-human-discovered-in-a-cave-in-south-africa.html.

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Haven't you heard? The creative days, or "overlapping days", spanned millions of years. And Adam, or "overlapping Adam", was a representation of all forms of monkey and man. Monkeys don't know they are naked, men do. See? Proof. Now turn to song number 199 in your song book "Wonderful Witness Cart", and afterward, brother Mo Lester will offer a word of prayer.

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Jeneration Jokes

by prologos in

it is cruel to make fun of the pathetic attempts of br.

splane to come clean of the 1914 and generation predicament, but it is not only funny, for lives are seriously affected, but hey, having a humorous, irreverent outlook helps, so.

here are prologos', copy-righted contributions of.

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What would a group of women call a group of ex-witness-men who just discovered oral sex?

The over-lapping generation!

Thank you, thank you, don't forget to tip your waitresses.

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When is a commandment ever worded with "IF"?

by Israel Ricky Gonzales in

acts 15:28 for the holy spirit and we ourselves have favored adding no further burden to you except these necessary things: 29 to keep abstaining from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality.

if you carefully keep yourselves from these things, you will prosper.

good health to you!.

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I always thought "good health to you!" sounded an awful lot like a pagan toast... Was there a goblet raised in the air as this phrase was uttered? Inquiring minds want to know...

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Guardian of Doctrine Admits 'Doesn't Really Matter If Jehovah is Accurate' say it how you want...

by LostGeneration in

tough to watch this whole video, the way he talks gets pretty annoying, especially after the rc hearings:.

http://tv.jw.org/#video/vodstudio/pub-jwban_201506_1_video.

go to around 8:20 where he gets into the pronunciation of jehovah.

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I always wondered that too. When they admit that Yahweh is more correct, we should be Yahweh's Witnesses.

I know I get annoyed when I go to one of those trendy gift shops and see one of those mugs that has names on it and how they are pronounced in other countries. My name is Bill goddamnit, I don't care how you say it in Portugal or Afghanistan, you say "Bill" or you don't talk to me.

If Yahweh is correct, we better use it. I hate to hear god say goddamnit.

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WE NEED MORE MONEY! (Letter sent to Mexico re: JW Broadcasting of May 2015).

by avaddohn94 in

i don't know if they're making similar arrangements in other parts of the world but below you will find the letter (and the translation attempt) they're sending to all the congregations in mexico and central america asking them to modify their september 21 and september 28 service meeting programs.. after watching jackson's gold apple watch and lett's pinky ring one can only assume they are a bunch of brazen, shameless and greedy bastards!.

the letter has already been uploaded at the spanish forum and you can find it if you click here or see the attached picture.. the translation "attempt" is as follows:.

august 1, 2015. to all congregations.

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I am getting sick of the solicitation. When I first came in, they didn't ask for money (unless it was some local fund for a needed improvement on the building). That was one thing that attracted me originally was that they didn't pass the plate and beg for money (even though they used to make publishers beg for money at the doors, but that was before my time).

Anyway- I am sick of the begging. I get it, you need money. Shoulda' thought of that before you started your grandiose multi-continent project with empty pockets.

Hmm, doesn't it show a lack of faith to build something that takes years to build? Say 4 years? That's what you'd say if it was a college education anyway...

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Was this crazy crap going on in your hall as well?

by Crazyguy in

so any way i wonder if this kinda of activity is the norm in halls?

my wife has my youngest boy calling an older couple in the hall grampa and grandma, my oldest daughter called another older brother grandpa, and the ms that is studying with my two oldest boys on the down low (like i don't know), he's calling g them his boys.

what the he'll?

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"Daddy, how come Uncle Billy's service van doesn't have any windows?"