Posts by Darkknight757

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Jehovah’s Witness dating rules

by Addison0998 in

i’m sorry that i talk about dating a lot, i know it is probably very annoying, but you don’t have to read it.

but did anyone else have the most difficult time dating as a young jw?

me and my boyfriend have been dating for a year in half, we are in our early 20’s, and we are still not allowed to hold hands, cuddle or kiss.

Darkknight757

We were allowed to hold hands during the meeting and while praying only after we were engaged. Going out was a whole different story though. As soon as we started dating we could never find anyone to chaperone us so we always ended up hanging with her parents or at my sisters house. That kind of sucked. We couldn’t go out to dinner alone or go to movies or putt-putt. That part really sucked, not being able to have a normal dating experience.

We dated at a time when there were many young people divorcing and our engagement was met with much protest. Funny that this will be our 20 year anniversary this year and most everyone we knew from the Borg have either failed marriages or they are miserable.

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Did You Ever Think You Would Be A Member On A Site Like This?

by minimus in

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friends

when i first started looking at “apostate” sites , i was always watching over my shoulder, hoping no one would catch me viewing “spiritual pornography”.

i found these types of sites mesmerizing but i never thought i’d join one.... look at me now.😈.

Darkknight757

I never gave it much thought. I figured the truth would revealed itself through scrutiny. I even told my wife what I was doing and she just told me to be careful, that was about it.

At the time I was in a real mental delema anyway and didn’t care what anyone thought of my actions.

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Update after attending one day of a regional. au.

by jonahstourguide in

hi all.. personal experience.

attended a regional convention in melbourne australia.. saturday attendance,, 1,500 approx.. baptism,, 11. about 8 born ins ,,, all 8 under 20yo and 5 under 17.. 3 of the 11 appeared to be over 20 and are not born ins.. sounds about .8% increase ,,, kind of.. the outstanding part of the day was the continual reference to ' are you, can you do more'.

ha ha fear obligation guilt.. jtg.

Darkknight757

Was thinking the same thing smiddy3. Can’t really count the born in considering they probably just got baptized so they can get a drivers license according to TPTM3.

So really only 3 at a 1500 attended convention is quite sad indeed. Kind of wondering what mentality a person needs to be these days to get sucked into this cult. I know before I left the potentials were almost all mental in some way, easily manipulated.

We recently took our daughter to see her J-Dub grandparents and when the subject of JW comes up they almost seemed embarrassed.

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Broadcasting august, clown Lett about painting the K-hall

by Gorbatchov in

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friends

did you see the performance of stephen lett on august broadcasting?.

the illustration of painting the kingdom hall?.

used for explaining that you have to listen to elders even when they are totaly wrong?.

Darkknight757

Right when you think these tv shows can’t get any worse, this happens. An illustration that basically tells the R&F that they can’t have any input or think for themselves because “the elders say so”. This is wrong on so many levels and again it reinforces this whole “obey the GB even if it doesn’t make sense from a HUMAN standpoint” nonsense.

It’s getting pretty scary to see for those of us on the outside. Lap dance Watchtowers and stupid painting illustrations. Where is this organization headed next?

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Circuit Overseer's Outlines

by AverageJoe1 in

here's the outlines in english and spanish, grouped together in order for september 2018-february 2019.. english: https://we.tl/6orrqltrya.

spanish: https://we.tl/6w0acsdefr.

as per usual, these links will expire in 7 days from the date of this post so get them whilst they're hot!.

Darkknight757

How are these “sex” talks appropriate for an audience with young children in them? And how do they not stir the emotions of the pedos that are hiding in the audience?

Just disgraceful

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Why are they announcing 2019 conventions so early?

by Richard_I in

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friends

i was just told there will be international conventions in canada in 2019. .

so i looked at jw.org and i see that there's a whole bunch of conventions now listed on the site for 2019.. isn't this odd?

normally we were told the location of conventions during the first week of january.. did they realize there was less in attendance in the 2018 conventions, and want to give ppl more time to make travel arrangements??

Darkknight757

@Pete

That footloose dance would have been 1000x better than what we ended up with lol.

The people at my hall were such stick-in-the-muds and the elders wouldn’t approve anything remotely entertaining.

Mark Gormley had a better voice than the people that sang at our party.

https://youtu.be/87nkJquHnAU

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Why are they announcing 2019 conventions so early?

by Richard_I in

jw
friends

i was just told there will be international conventions in canada in 2019. .

so i looked at jw.org and i see that there's a whole bunch of conventions now listed on the site for 2019.. isn't this odd?

normally we were told the location of conventions during the first week of january.. did they realize there was less in attendance in the 2018 conventions, and want to give ppl more time to make travel arrangements??

Darkknight757

@ Zeb.

Yes we had to coordinate “entertainment” for these deligates the last time and they chose me to take the lead in this.

It was a serious disaster as many were actually fighting to be a part of the show. A family forced themselves to be a part and they wanted to do a sing along. They had the worst voices imaginable and the guitarist that was playing along had almost 0 talent.

Sadly my hands were tied as the new elder basically made me use them and then basically took over oversight of the program.

At least the meal was good.

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Why are they announcing 2019 conventions so early?

by Richard_I in

jw
friends

i was just told there will be international conventions in canada in 2019. .

so i looked at jw.org and i see that there's a whole bunch of conventions now listed on the site for 2019.. isn't this odd?

normally we were told the location of conventions during the first week of january.. did they realize there was less in attendance in the 2018 conventions, and want to give ppl more time to make travel arrangements??

Darkknight757

Eww I sure hope they don’t do all the BS they did a few years ago with the parties and talent shows. I had to coordinate ours for the deligates. It was nothing short of a disaster. The only thing entertaining about it was how poorly everything came together.

Holy Spirit was working it’s magic that day.

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WT Lap Dance Anyone?

by Solzhenitsyn in

from the 11/2018 wt study edition:.

lap dancing is a form of lewd conduct that is becoming more common in the world”.

perhaps this observation goes hand in hand with the previous article pp.17 that “….

Darkknight757

So glad my kid doesn’t have to sit through this dribble.

I can’t imaging any parent thinking this is ok for a child to listen to. Does the GB even realize who their audience is?

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Discussion with Current Witnesses

by JWTom in

i am an active witness that has visited this site a few times over the years.

i am interested in talking with current or recently transitioned away witnesses.

feel free to email me on here or i talk with witnesses on google hangouts or skype too.

Darkknight757

The wife and I have been away just a few years now. You are more than welcome to PM any questions you might have.