Posts by Nathan Natas

i have been putting together a legacy box ( these are local guys that created this huge company by the way) and getting my jw in laws old 35mm slides put together with bar codes to ship off for them to be digitized and returned.

curiously, the box of 25 slides that had some from the 1975 assembly had the whole batch of assembly slides missing from the box!

i am so curious if they destroyed them!

Nathan Natas

Good work!

Please keep us up-to-date as you get to the bottom of this!

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What star sign is more prone to becoming an apostate ?

by Chook in

i really think time of birth influence behaviour..

Nathan Natas

I'm a Leo, but many upon meeting me for the first time are certain I am a Feces.

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Why does he stay in?

by Probablyshouldrun in

i was seeing a jw man for about a year and a half until l broke it off with him last week.

we met on a dating site.

he shouldn’t have been on there, of course, but he was lonely.

Nathan Natas

Probablyshouldrun asked me, "My question is, why does he stay in if he doesn’t believe in and follow all the ridiculous rules?"

Thanks for asking! There are a few good reasons:

1. He's an idiot.

2. Some - actually a surprisingly large percentage of JWs - develop a unique side-set of theological axioms that basically goes like this -- "Jehovah can see EVERYTHING you do and can peer into the content of your heart in minute particularity, but I will survive Armageddon because >> I << can fool the old man.

3. There may be a small minority of JWs who have convinced themselves that JW-ism is THE BEST WAY TO LIVE©, even if they can't keep the rules and seriously expect to die at Armageddon.

I was an active for about 20 years starting at age 7, and I have known all three varieties of JW. I was almost a true believer (with flaws), but I couldn't stand being one any longer after I learned about pedophilia in my local congregation (I was a pioneer and a deacon) that the elders swept under the rug.

PS - I agree that "missionary dating" is a worthy term for the apostate lexicon. Well done!

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Watchmen HBO Series Mentioning the acutal Watchtower by JW's

by 720Reddog in

jw
friends

watchtower.

the watchtower is a jehovah's witnesses publication, but it’s fitting that it would feature in the watchmen series.

in this episode the watchtower by jehovah's witness is displayed.. "it's interesting to me cause it's an obvious display of cultish type beliefs.

Nathan Natas

Yes, I was going to mention this but took the precaution of checking to see if someone might have beaten me to it. YOU did, 720Reddog!

Congratulations!

WATCHMEN is based on a popular "graphic novel" (comic book) of a few years ago that then became a Hollywood movie. The cable-TV series on the USA HBO network is based on the original WATCHMEN, with added characters and some plot direction that was not in the original comic book.

It's a good show, and I'm sure the WTB&TS sees the invisible but mighty hand of Jehovah using popular media to inform the public that the Apocalypse is only minutes away.

>yawn<

I'll bet at the next few meetings ALL the rank-and-file JWs will be instructed to subscribe to HBO and watch Jah's mysteriously unfolding will.

By the way, Dr. Manhattan and Ozymandias helped with the construction of the UADNA orbiting space platform.

Look on my works, Watchtower, and despair!

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Memorial date

by DomineIvimus-DI in

can someone please help me with this, if you’ve looked into it before?.

i read somewhere that the witnesses didn’t celebrate the memorial on nisan 14 according to the jewish calendar.

i did a quick google check - seems next years memorial is on tuesday (nisan 13) rather than the wednesday, nisan 14 according to the jewish calendar.

Nathan Natas

When we were active in our Dubishness, we were proud that our only annual religious observance was The Memorial.

Now, having evolved to the level of almost-fully-woke apostates, our only annual event is to regurgitate the rhetoric about whether the WTB&TS is able to figure out WHEN Nisan 14 occurs.

Sisters and Brothers, I DON'T CARE! ...and really, neither should you!

Come, kiss Hank's Ass with me!

Click here

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Set ptermber AT study article: "Armaggedon Is Good News!

by Room 215 in

omg, is this the apotheosis of bat-shit craziness or not?

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Nathan Natas

Oh, SEPTEMBER! I get it!

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What can a therapist really do?

by Thetruthhurts in

hi all, i've not read the forums for awhile as i've been trying to move on with my life but i'm back and posting for the first time feeling like i cant get a grip.

so i'm wondering for those of you that have seen a therapist and say that it truly helps, what can be accomplished?

i'm just really skeptical, but starting to feel desperate.

Nathan Natas

My reasons for seeking help didn't have as much to do with my Dub experience as it did with some serious physical challenges I had to deal with, but my Dubbish background played a part, as it turns out.

I had a few memorable less-than-optimum experiences: on one visit with a psychiatrist, I was yammering away about my feelings when I heard him snoring. Note to self: make an effort to apply the Theocratic Ministry School lessons about adding dynamism to my presentations! No, I didn't go back to that shrink,,, Another time I was on my first visit with a psychologist and gave her my story. Her reaction was, "That was hard, but think about what a STRONG PERSON you became as a result!" Yeah, me an Samson, with that psychologist as the Ass's jawbone.

I want to correct a typo I made in my earlier post. I meant MEDICATIONS but typed MEDIATIONS instead. Two things to remember about meds: a) most have side-effects that are seldom welcome, and it is unlikely that any med is going to make you happy about the problems you've been through; at best they might help you be less bothered by those problems, but no drug can change the past.

Like Thetruthhurts, I am an atheist.