Posts by Wakanda

actually, intelligent conversation seems to be looked down upon among the witnesses.. also, the simple language skills found here seem to be above average compared to those among the witnesses.

Sometimes when I say/said something that sounded 'uppity' or intelligent to the JW I was talking to, they would say "Wow, you are very smart" or the like. They would change the subject to the topic of how knowledgeable I am.

Maybe they were uncomfortable thinking.

I wasn't, but for too many years I excused problems by blaming individuals, and not the WT system. Well, that's what they want, and brainwash us to believe.

Thanks for the observation Stillin!

Wakanda

ps. When looking at what cult researchers say, it is not about intelligence. There are many reasons that keep people in, and I do not remember intelligence being one of them. Yes it is exhausting trying to wake them up. exhausting.

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CRISIS OF CONSCIENCE

by Newly Enlightened in

https://youtu.be/dpq7j8lkc98.

Wakanda

Debra,

Wow. You have worked very hard updating and adding new information that I bet it will prove to be invaluable. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I give you my sincere sympathy on your husbands death, and wish for the best during the anniversary. You also deal with the shunning that all EX-JWs endure, and with hate from EX-JWs. When you said 'I'll have to see what Jesus says' I thought that was a nod to Jeffery Jackson, and that we will never see the book in print again. I'm sorry for posting that, and hope you understand the mind rape we have all been through that makes us behave like morons before we've had about a decade of therapy. I will be buying many hard copies to donate to libraries. Thank you again.

Mike and Kim,

This is marvelous! I really never thought it would happen. Congratulations on getting to announce it to all of us, you deserve it.

Wakanda

p.s. BTW, I'm not on Reddit. I lurk and do not like the JC sycophant behavior. I've done enough research that hopefully I'm not falling for following a man again, uggh.

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Is he interested?

by Sunnybear in

i met a wonderful man on match.com several months ago.

on our first date, there was amazing chemistry and we ended up having sex.

it was not planned, it just happened.

Wakanda

I really don't know much about the JW beliefs other than the booklet he gave me and what little information is in it.

WHY have you not been on JWfacts.com?????

It seems you really want to filter our responses and see what you want to see.

Look up JPSears videos on Youtube and watch the one on Narcissists. But, FIRST read JWFacts.com

Again, you will find a lot of info on JWFACTS.COM. It is where to start. You will understand how your little booklet lies.

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Is he interested?

by Sunnybear in

i met a wonderful man on match.com several months ago.

on our first date, there was amazing chemistry and we ended up having sex.

it was not planned, it just happened.

Wakanda

I think a link to the elder's video where they are telling the young man to leave his pregnant girlfriend would be helpful here. It is very telling. I apologize for my lousy searching skills.

Oh, and RUN!

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Slang or Terms Only Used by Bethelities

by new boy in

jw
friends

there are many terms used at bethel that might sound foreign to normal people.

there are many words or terms used at bethel that are unique only to their organization.

here are just a few of them.. “a jack” this is someone who is a slacker or just lazy.. “a pot licker” this term has been used for many years but its connotation is unclear.

Wakanda

Thanks for the enjoyable story Howie!

And thank you New boy for the terms.

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The Anal Retentive Biblical Jehovah

by Brokeback Watchtower in

freud came up with the idea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/anal_retentiveness.

i would like to sight some examples of a anal retentiveness of the biblical deity.. the garden of eden and the death penalty for eating a fruit, which by the way was passed on to all future offspring requiring an anal retentive jehovah to provide a suitable sacrifice of his only begotten son to correct the situation and thus make it possible for forgiveness from the big guy and remove the death curse.. working on a saturday= death penalty.

mandatory blue thread and fringes on all israelite garments.. death penalty for touching the ark of the covenant to prevent it from tipping over.. exclusive devotion only to be given to him, bowing to other gods/idols forbidden.. grows hot with anger and becomes violently enraged killing off all kinds of human and animal life with a flood when humans not living the way he feels is right.. threatening to tread on mankind like a mighty man crushing grapes under his feet when pissed off.. loss of self control when pissed off over insignificant trifles.

Wakanda

Brokeback, have you read the problem with Job by Carl Jung? Please pardon my lack of lurking over your posts if you have talked about it. I think you'd like it.

Yes. Jehovah is an anal retentive narcissist.

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WTBTS – assistance following an incident at bethel

by Tallon in

i haven’t posted for quite a while as i needed a break – although i have been lurking.. can anyone confirm if the wtbts give assistance to someone who has been involved in an incident whilst working at bethel and, as a result, must leave?.

the reason i’m asking is that, back in the 80’s, i knew a sister who was in bethel service.

she was assigned to the cleaning department.

Wakanda

I heard of someone getting repetitive injury syndrome or something like that from working in laundry. The person asked to get a different job and WTBS said no. WT did nothing, not even relieve them by letting them do a different job. They made the person keep doing the same repetitive task that gave them the problem. They went home eventually with no help from WT.

Damn them.

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The Joe McHale Show!

by DATA-DOG in

i just watched the first episode of the joe mchale show and our old friend gary made the cut!

he makes his big debut as the last joke of episode one!

“pillow talk” has made its was to netflix!

Wakanda

The sign language vid is from 2012. Here is a post about it:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/243477/10-things-that-happened-2012-my-review

Here is a copy/quote from the post (by John Cedars/Lloyd Evans):

1st September 2012 - The viral deaf masturbation video

deaf masturbation video

September 2012 was the month when one poster's observation (rebel8) turned into a viral YouTube sensation! rebel8 noticed that there was an ASL version of some of the Society's anti-masturbation material in a video that they had uploaded to their new website. Once this news spread, it prompted one YouTuber to upload a copy of the video which ended up receiving over 860,000 views before being pulled off YouTube by another Watchtower DMCA takedown notice. However, this belated action by the Society arrived too late to prevent multiple mirror videos from being produced, many of which were edited to music. The video even featured on the Comedy Central show The Burn with Jeff Ross. The whole episode showed thousands of people how ludicrous and outlandish Witness beliefs really are.

Gilbert Gonzolas of JWcrisis on youtube regularly uses it as a fake ASL interpretation of his video, which is funny I think. So check him out to see it in the corner. I do not know where else it is, but good luck hunting.

Enjoy.

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The Joe McHale Show!

by DATA-DOG in

i just watched the first episode of the joe mchale show and our old friend gary made the cut!

he makes his big debut as the last joke of episode one!

“pillow talk” has made its was to netflix!

Wakanda

Some good news:

We used to enjoy watching the soup, so it came naturally to watch the new show.

So, I watched with PIMI spouse, and he thought they got the video from broadcasting. He thought it was "cute". (OMG I know) Last night while he was pre-indoctrinating himself for the watchtower study, I glanced at his computer screen. I saw a google search with pillowgate trailer being third or forth, and under that jw.borg something (wanted to let him continue to browse, so I glanced away too fast to catch what that next search result was, but it looked like an exjw video). He noticed my glance and put his hands up a bit to cover it...

Yes!!! Thanks Joel McHale!!! I hope we supply more comedy fodder that meets with your standards!!!

I was so excited, but hid my glee from my husband. Maybe he'll tell me "Hey, that video was leaked!"