hi folks.
i was going through some old things recently and came across photocopied pages i had forgotten existed.
they are scans of selected pages from the book who was jesus?, by don cupitt, published in the 70s.
I started reading books the wtbts has made reference to to support their ideologies one is "the rise of christianity" by ew barnes. The book goes to great lengths to debunk authenticity of bible writings, authorship, and gospel writings. After I read it it seemed to me that someone for years has been trying to lift the WT veil off covertly by getting some to read something other than WT material for a fresh perspective.
I found it very enlightening
i purchased a condo late last year and due to my personal schedule, i wasn't able to redo it to my preferance until a few months ago.
all the heavy work is done.
now just replacing electrical outlets, fixtures and such.
Just think of all the money you could have saved on toilet paper if you only repurposed those volumes....I'm just sayin....
so i haven't been to a meeting since last december.
the elders recently have come over to my house at random times of day and during the week and one weekends.
just to let you know, i have only had one visit since december.
Yup CO visit...I filed a harrassment complaint the week of last CO visit with police. Been left alone since
the irony is so thick you can cut a knife with it.
the watchtower must have some real cognitive dissonance.
read it for your self:.
OMG what a bunch of hypocritical dumb asses!
Dear GB....your such a stupid bunch of dumb fu#kers....REALLY??????
Please look up the meaning of "irony" also "hypocrisy" then ask yourself why might someone have an issue with your stupid doctrines, practices, and beliefs.
Then clear your mind and go back to what you were doing.
I know I lost you 3 sentences ago.
after living a life where individualism and almost everything else is wrong, you kinda go crazy with excitement when you finally can be yourself.
i guess that's why i started to run crazy with ideas and had such a burning desire to change myself and to find myself and to figure out who i was and now who i should be.
i wanted to be in stark contrast to the org.
Im trying to move on, but I am having issues.
When your family is dug in deep and their head is up their ass, it makes it tough to move on.
I wish I could.........but if any others can do it, I salute you!
Im very lonely right now......
i don't recall self depracation or witty remarks within the witnesses.
everything was always so heavy.
i suspect that a person with wit, despecially dry wit, would find themselve in trouble.
I am utterly hated by JW's for my sense of humor. They are so mind numbed humor it an irritant because it makes them think to find the humor
this new couple moved in a couple weeks ago.
special/regular pioneers, he's an elder from bethel.
i think he might have been a co at one time.
You may as well be talking about our hall too dropping numbers and lack of support. I hear its all the buzz with local congs. We don't have anyone assigned that I know of but this cong is close to being shut down I hear
aug wt q and a has now stated that any df'd person can sit with anyone, anywhere at a congregation meeting.. before, they had to sit at the back of the hall.
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If I was DF'd I would sit front and center and wear a ball cap that said on the back: jwfacts.com
this from a recent thread: .
"recent ridiculous instructions about not calling 9-1-1 yourself at district conventions if someone is having a heart attack but, instead, telling an attendant, who is supposed to let the first aid department know so they can come and assess the person and then call the paramedics.".
i hadn't heard this before.... sadly, it seems in perfectly in character for them.
onsite first aid staff is well qualified to deal with emergency and even life or death situations by the bigger numbers filled out on a cheap grayish lined piece of paper by the 5th day of the new month so reports get sent quickly to WT HQ.....
wt has deified the a/c outlet as "god".
the cord carrying power from the outlet to the refrigerator is the "gb" .
the inner workings that make the freezer and cooler, well...."cold" are the legal dept, writing dept, and to save ink, the wt "bureaucracy" that stores and dispenses "food at the proper time".... and the body of the refridgerator which insulates and embodies all the contents of said refigerator is the "organization".... loyal jw's simply need to "stick" themselves somewhere on the refrigerator, or "organization" wherever there is room, and salvation is assured.. so its a large refrigerator, because some 7 million have affixed themselves to the "organization" or "cooler of salvation"........ but as you look on the floor, several have fallen off, and more have been peeled off by wt df / shunning policy.. so watch your step, someone may get trampled!.
A few months ago an older one in the cong finished his 5 min #3 talk with the following:
"...brothers, have LOVE for the organization"........
I just was stunned by the overt display of cult verbage on display.....i bet he got a good grade on his talk.. A- maybe
Maybe he represents many who are a fridge magnet that is turned with the printed side toward the steel door so they can lip kiss and dry hump the "organization" door
