Posts by notjustyet

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Why does the WT care if a sister is over 40?

by NewChapter in

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/226253/1/special-pioneers-i-wonder-if-this-is-what-jesus-wanted-their-assignment-deduced-to.

in the above thread, the special pioneer slip asks if a sister is over 40. i had never seen anything like this, and wondered if anyone knew why.. nc.

notjustyet

Maybe they figured if they are over 40 and are listed as single they are likely to stay that way.

NJY

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Here is a pic of Stephen Lett and his wife.

by Iamallcool in

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notjustyet

I thought it was around 7 billion people on earth.

So that would make the ratio of GB to humans 1 to 7 billion. But who's counting right?

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so the co is in town...sorry i can't disclose much info....i haven't done anything wrong that warrants no longer serving as an ms....but the co is thinking of deleting me as an ms (my parents are aware)....i really hope he does as this will make my fade much more easier...... freedom is just around the corner i hope.... peace.

kool jo.

notjustyet

Reality check,..look at it this way.

Thoughts are very small electrical firings in a brain right?, hardly measurable at best. Now your "hardly measurable" thoughts are worried about your friends "hardly measurable thoughts". See where I'm going here?

These things really do not matter one iota once you realize that it is all based on a lie anyway.

You are one of the lucky ones that have figured it out, you made it out of the cage alive, don't look back at those still in wonder what they are thinking, it would be a waste of a good escape.

If you really want out wear a foil cap to the meeting. lol

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Would Witnesses drink "the cool-aid" if instructed to by the Governing body?

by Witness 007 in

my anionted mum always said she's "willing to die for the truth like the brothers in the concentration camps".....how many witnesses would do this, like the "heavens gate" suicide group or the tokyo cult that tried to start armagedon with subway gas attacks or even the 9/11 terrorists?.

the brothers in the camps in world war 2 were told by rutherford this is armagedon.

so they thought a quick death and then "poof"...i'm in paradise.. .

notjustyet

"Say the pledge of allegiance or I will kill you now!" Many will say "kill me now."

"Bow down to this statue or I will Kill you now!" Many will say "kill me now."

"If you refuse this blood, you will die!" Many will say "then I will die."

I think that if push comes to shove and there is a "loyalty" issue they would prefer to die as they view themselves as a martyr.

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Are JW's really not allowed to view apostate material?

by Joey Jo-Jo in

on youtube there is this man who recorded is judicial commitee, the point i am making is that the elders viewed his material on youtube as stated on the recording.. my question his are elders allowed to view apostate material but not non-elders?

when did this happen?

!.

notjustyet

I think that elders can also talk to DA or DF right?

Cause they have extra strong armor plate, more than we do.

( must find chink in the armor. must find chink in the armor!!)

NJY aka Scummydross

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Q: How DID Noah get all those animals into the Ark?

by notjustyet in

a: you take the "j" out of "jahs" and the "f" out of "way".

i can't beleive that i did not recognize this 40 years ago!!.

njy.

notjustyet

1. I think Seawolfs avatar is Kim from the 24 Series, right?

2. Jack Bowers daughter.

3. So Sizemilk, I would watch what I say about Seawolf. ( see line 2)

NJY

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Sleep Paralysis

by NewChapter in

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this subject has come up on several different threads, and i thought it might make an interesting topic.

i've experienced sleep paralysis since i was quite little, but didn't know what it was until i was in my 30's.

since this is often mistaken for demons or alien visits, it sometimes soothes people to know that others experience it and there is a scientific explanation.. when it happens, it is extremely real.

notjustyet

Richard Dawkins talks about this in his latest book (Or IPAD APP) titled "The Magic of Reality"

If you have a Ipad, get the app as it is worth it.

NJY

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Q: How DID Noah get all those animals into the Ark?

by notjustyet in

a: you take the "j" out of "jahs" and the "f" out of "way".

i can't beleive that i did not recognize this 40 years ago!!.

njy.

notjustyet

Hey guys, you are derailing this thread, are you going to take my joke serious or not?

"there is no F in Way!!"

NJY

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So you think you were a True Witness?

by FaithfulBrother in

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fuck you.. i was raised in a jw family in the 1980's-1990's where we had to do the daily text 7 days a week during breakfast at the family table at 7am sharp between 7:00-7:15am.

this was followed by a "spiritual discussion," which was held every morning between 7:15am and 8:00am.. since we were homeschooled, our weekly field service was required from childhood on friday mornings immediately following the spiritual discussion, followed by saturday afternoon field service after the bookstudy, as well as sunday afternoon field service after the watchtower study.. i was also required to read each watchtower and awake magazine and give oral reports about each magazine i read in order for my father to be sure that i had actually read them.

i can't remember for sure, but i think each watchtower and awake was released every two weeks back then, making a new magazine to read every single week, followed by an oral report on every single article (including the watchtower study articles which i also had to read, then study in our weekly family watchtower study where we marked our answers, then studied again at the sunday watchtower study).. in addition to this, we also had a weekly family bible study at night each week, had a family bookstudy at night in which we marked our answers for the saturday morning bookstudy, had a family watchtower study at night where we marked our answers for the sunday morning watchtower study, had a family prayer together every night before bed, every morning before and after breakfast and every night before and after dinner (not including our half-family prayers for lunch by my mother since we were homeschooled.).

notjustyet

Faithfulbrother,.

Combatting Cult Mind Control by Steve Hassan, ( needs repeating) is a great place to start, read it 2 times with a week or 2 in between and then head into Crisis of Conscience by Raymond Franz and then you will be well on your way to clearing your mind of the phobias that were placed into your thought processes to controil you. Those phobias are still working on you somewhat.

Thanks for having the courage to break some of these phobias and to seek help and ask questions here.

Remember, Armageddon is a word printed on a piece of paper using ink, and that's all it is.

Hope the best for you!!

NJY

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"DON'T BE AFRAID TO DIE FOR THE TRUTH"

by Mary in

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my jw sister was over tonight for supper and after a couple of glasses of vino she told me that "today's watchtower study was bullshit" and that one of the 'elite elders' made a comment that bothered her a great deal.. he was apparently at bethel not too long ago and "one of the big-wigs" who was giving a talk said "don't be afraid of dying for the truth brothers" and this jackass was stupid enough to repeat this at the meeting.

it bothered my sister a great deal and i said to her: "soooo are they going to start passing out the kood-aid or what?

" she knew exactly what i was talking about and she said "ya, i wondered the same thing.

notjustyet

Logistically, I do not see how they could pull off a Jonestown scenario.

But if they could, that makes us the ones that left prior to it getting that bad, yes, we're the smart ones.

Even if it never comes to that, we are still the smart ones. Now literally, give yourself a pay on the back for having critical thinking skills enough to get out of this Cult, the Cult that still has 7 million people blinded to the real truth.

I'm new at being out, so some days I just look up at the beauty of the clouds in the sky and just say someting like "Wow! I'm out!!I made it out!! and my children will never have to go through this like I did!!"

To think that a few years ago I might have given my one and only life for a belief system of old men is very hard to swallow.