Posts by Nathan Natas

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Nightline program with segment on JWs has been changed until tomorrow night.

by AndersonsInfo in

i was at a criminal trial all day in murfreesboro, tn, involving the notorious jw who i call "mommy molester," angela montgomery.

this is the reason i didn't know until this evening that the nightline program with the segment on jws was changed until tomorrow night.

(i forgot my phone.

Nathan Natas

I saw the show, and it was good - any bad PR for the WTB&TS is good - but here's one thing that irked me just a little...

Candice Conti had a TERRIBLE experience, but in time she found the courage to

A. Liberate herself from the WTB&TS

B. Find a competent lawyer and TELL him what happened to her

C. Go into court and TELL the jury what happened to her and WIN her case

D. Go to the producers of Nightline and TELL her story...

But then, in front of the cameras, she says that telling what happened to her would "give (her) nightmares."

Candi, baby, the NIGHTMARE happened when you were nine! How could telling your story ONE MORE TIME be unbearable?

Overall, though, I say "Job well done!"

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Jw are moving from Door to Door realizing it is ineffective

by thedepressedsoul in

jw have announced that they will no longer be doing door to door as they have realized that the door to door salesman is on a decline.. now they will be putting all of their effort into cold calling via a telephone as they feel this will be more effective means to reach people.

jw call centers will be set up at local kingdom halls so that all jw will now reach out to people via a hard copy of the yellow pages and white pages.

they have seen the success of telemarketers and can't wait to try out this new and revolutionary way to reach people via a telephone.

Nathan Natas

Of course, these grand plans are predicated on Armageddon NOT coming "any day now."

How many can connect the dots? What becomes of the JW justification for door-to-door? Jesus didn't cold-call, Jesus didn't explored mass mailing opportunities. Where's the God-Damned URGENCY?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDp7pkEcJVQ

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IMPORTANT NEWS: ABC News' Nightline will air a segment about the Watchtower (JWs) Wednesday morning at 12:35 a.m. EST

by AndersonsInfo in

important news:.

here in the united states, on wednesday morning, march 11th at 12:35 a.m., est, barring any breaking news the day before, the program, nightline, will air as their lead story a 9-minute segment about the watchtower (jehovah's witnesses).

the program is 30 minutes long and this segment is only one part of the show.

Nathan Natas

"...suddenly, NOTHING HAPPENED!"

Look at how urgent ant Watchtower news it -- it runs when the largest audience segment is hanging out at the bar wondering if they can score before closing time -- but only after the newest cat-litter ad is presented for your edification. Nobody gives half a crap about the Watchtower, and you shouldn't either! Put down you cardboard lances and cease tilting at watchtowers!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGytDsqkQY8

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China's Biggest Shipyard Bankrupt - Bad management produces a Bad Result

by fulltimestudent in

link: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/china_business/cbiz-01-120315.html.

http://english.caixin.com/2015-03-11/100790192.html.

caixin (a sort of business journal) reports (two days ago) that-.

Nathan Natas

"The Market" is life in the real world. Communism, like Theocracies it tries to replace, is a DREAM that relies on the impossible. These phantasies appeal only to those too weak to face life as it is; "Millions Now Living Will Dine on Sky Cake!"

I take joy in seeing the collapse of these schemes and the fortunes of capitalists-in-name-only who run to China to exploit the cheap labor. Bugger them sideways!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55h1FO8V_3w

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Nightline program with segment on JWs has been changed until tomorrow night.

by AndersonsInfo in

i was at a criminal trial all day in murfreesboro, tn, involving the notorious jw who i call "mommy molester," angela montgomery.

this is the reason i didn't know until this evening that the nightline program with the segment on jws was changed until tomorrow night.

(i forgot my phone.

Nathan Natas

http://www.dnj.com/story/news/2015/03/10/jury-selection-witness-testimony-begins-child-rape-case/24732475/

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received revealing "witness" in parking lot

by Magnum in

a few weeks ago i was working out of my home state and was in a grocery store parking lot when i received my first jw witness since leaving jwdom.

a youngish-looking lady was sitting in an suv parked next to my car and i was about to get in my car to leave.

she opened the door and asked whether she could give me something to read (had a tract in her hand)..

Nathan Natas

Well played, Magnum, Sir!

A refreshing change from the pathetic drivel that has become too common here. Dumb Dubs make dumb XJWs; you are not of that flocking flock.

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21 Years as an Elder, 5 as an MS, I will never be that guy again.

by James Jack in

i was deleted as the cobe after i let my adult child move back home and he admitted that he fornicated under my roof while my wife and i where away on a rbc project.

of course the elder mode in me kicked him out of the house.. the elders moved quickly to remove me because i was too involved in "theocractic activities", i had neglected my adult son.. i accepted this primarily because i didn't want to serve with a boe that did not want me.

i was devastated however because it was the only life i knew.

Nathan Natas

Wow, what a pair of knuckleheads you were! Whether you remain knuckleheads remains to be seen.

Were you expecting praise for your devotion to that "old-time snare-and-racket"?

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So my dad comes from vacation and ???!!!

by Kool Jo in

hello folks.....so in an earlier thread i started, you'd realize that my father and i are quite close, we talk about almost everything/anything.. he traveled outside the country (he's semi-retired), enjoying the fruitage of his hard labor during his younger years.

so he recently returned home after he and mum went away to catchup with some old friends in another country.. upon his returning home, and subsequently to the meetings, he was told that a decision was made to strip him of his "field overseer" role, but will still continue to be an elder.. the reason...he goes away for too long too often...you can't be away from your congregation for three months out of the year!!!???

has anyone else had this experience before?

Nathan Natas

If your dad has any self-respect at all, this might get him thinking. On the other hand, he may have grown to enjoy the deliciousness of The Watchtower lash...

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Survey: How Many Here Have Gotten Into Trouble With The Elders

by minimus in

jw
friends

how many were brought in the infamous back room?

Nathan Natas

My offense was SO severe there wasn't time to go to the back room. My PO at the time (I was an MS and a Pioneer) told me my sideburns were 1/8 of an inch too long. He was a real manipulative PRICK and loved playing the brothers and sisters against each other. I saw through his evil game and refused to join in. Today Mike Smilnak has his reward - he's dead, with no hope of the resurrection that he hawked as a promise so he could gain more victims. Anyone else who knew Mike can tell of other ways that he showed himself to be a SCHMUCK - I could tell at least a half-dozen stories on him.

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My own daughter has much suffered; she will get justice in due time.

by TheFadingAlbatros in

just learned today direct from my beloved daughter that she has been abused between 5 and 12 years old by 2 brothers (her own cousins) and 1 family "friend".

she has attempted suicide a few days ago.

luckily she is living and she is not physically injured.

Nathan Natas

Oubliette and Lurkernomore:

Unlike you, I feel no obligation to be an empathetic asshole for every whining victim who comes down the pike.

Do not be distressed, there are MORE THAN ENOUGH undiscriminating empathetic assholes available here to provide support for each of the neurotic head-cases who sign on here seeking attention for how THEY were victimized (even if the victimization was BY PROXY, as in "my poor dear daughter..." or "I knew someone who heard of someone who had a friend that...")

I should be celebrating! After upteen years of treading muck in this quicksand trap that is "the JW experience," I find myself at the shallow end of the swamp where I can extract myself and MOVE ON to wherever "ON" is.

Over the past decade-plus I've wondered sometimes why people would up and leave, never to return. It has taken me that long to get a belly-full of the self interested phonies who show up from time to time seeking not healing, but ATTENTION. I'm sorry; when I was "in" I had NO SYMPATHY for the whining crybabies who were always "being stumbled" as a way of controlling others, and I'm far less tolerant of this crap behavior now, so I CALL IT AS I SEE IT - and I will not hesitate to point out that I have been shown to be correct in my appraisals more often than I have been wrong.

So put it in your hat and sit on it, you of the bleeding-hearts club! Keep your simple-minded "church-lady" sensitivity in your purse!