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  Why Me?

  by Grey Goose in

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  it the question that i have found myself constantly asking myself the past few months.

  out of all the jws i interact with, why did it have to be me that woke up from this mess?.

  i am relieved that i have woken up to the bullshit, but a side of me misses that fuzzy feeling of being a 100% believer.

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  It the question that i have found myself constantly asking myself the past few months. Out of all the JWs i interact with, why did it have to be me that woke up from this mess?

  I am relieved that i have woken up to the bullshit, but a side of me misses that fuzzy feeling of being a 100% believer. I can't go a single conversation with a JW these days without them mentioning something "great" about the org, and it's tough faking a positive response. Although these days i tend try to move the conversation along quickly, or say something funny / sarcastic about the org.

  Although, there is a side to me that is relived its me that woke up and not someone else, as there isn't a single person i know that could deal with it in a rational controlled way. Maybe that's why i woke up, I'm able to deal with things quite controlled and rational? I just don't know.

  Sorry, this is more of a rambling thread, just getting stuff off my chest.
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  Do the GB want the JW religion to fail?

  by Grey Goose in

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  2. beliefs

  basically what the thread title says.. do you guys think the gb want the jw religion to fail?

  of course failing in the ultimate sense is just not going to happen.

  no matter how bankrupt they went, there is always going to be a percentage that holds on.. but downsizing the membership?

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  Grey Goose

  Basically what the thread title says.

  Do you guys think the GB want the JW religion to fail? Of course failing in the ultimate sense is just not going to happen. No matter how bankrupt they went, there is always going to be a percentage that holds on.

  But downsizing the membership? That's where i think the GB could be heading.

  How they could do it is another matter entirely. With all the crazy shit that has gone down in the last 2 years you would have thought there would have been a drop in membership. But no, it's still slowly creeping up.

  In order for them to seriously downsize, and be in for a big pay day from sold off KHs, they got to drop a massive bombshell soon. Maybe 1914 changing? Maybe a new end date? What else could they possibly change that hasn't been changed already?

  Your thoughts?
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  Tight Pants

  by pixel in

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  today is friday.

  so let's see something refreshing on the new june 2016 study wt.

  tight pants!.

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  Im guessing half my BOE will have to be taken off if this is true.

  Not even joking.

  I don't even know what to think about this, it's so ridiculous, they are questioning what a supposedly good brother wears?

  It's not even the fact he's not wearing a suit. He's wearing a SUIT for christs sake, and they still feel a need to harp on at him.

  I guess a lot of it comes down to jealousy on the GB's part, all these single good looking young guys who are slim and fashionable, they are everything the GB wish they were, and they are using their own jealousy as a manipulative tool to guilt these poor guys.

  All this is going to end with, is young guys in shitty fitting suits, who are less attractive, therfore the single sisters are not going to go for these guys. Everyone stays single. The Org HAS TO encourage marriage and children if it wants to survive through the 21st century, as new converts are just not happening. So this is another bad move on their part.

  It almost makes you think the GB WANT this religion to fail.....
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  YOUNG PEOPLE ASK Should I Grow a Beard?

  by neat blue dog in

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  ok, ok, so the actual title of the article released today on jw-org is "young people askshould i get a tattoo?

  ", but i thought i'd replace some words and phrases from the actual article, as follows:"regardless of the motive, you should think long and hard before deciding to have anything growing out of .

  your skin!

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  Ha, i just read that article about tattoos on Jay dubya org. Absolutly pathetic.

  No where does it say not to get tattoos, so they resort to the old "bible principle" trick.

  I laughed when it said.. "The fact is, as people age, their views change, their tastes change, and their affections change—but their tattoos do not"...

  Suppose thats a bit like me and getting baptized into the JW org...

  And its a little offensive the article entitled young people ask, when the trend now (and always has been) is for any age group to get a tattoo. I mean, that guy on the bus dosn't look young now does he? And that guys tattoo on the bus, it looks utter shit anyway, who get's them like that these days?

  
  

  
  

  
  
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  FEB 2016 broadcast

  by Grey Goose in

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  it might be the craziest one yet..

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  My original thought (which is usually the most accurate) regarding this, is that they were using bread as a visual aid as a type of subconscious reminder to not eat of the bread this year if you do not want to grieve, or even sin, against the holy spirit...Bit suspect they use a bread illustration the month before the memorial...
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  FEB 2016 broadcast

  by Grey Goose in

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  it might be the craziest one yet..

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  That song at the end, what a manipulating piece of shit. It portrays the way the WT want every male to be in the organisation, a wimp with ZERO backbone incapable of having anything resembling fun. Subtly hinting if you dare to have a laugh at the meeting, you will not find a good girl...or any girl at all for that matter.

  It also portrays what the Org wants a JW woman to be. Someone who will say yes to any old wimpish shmuck. Also, the women's place is to take out garbage and be stood behind a Trolly smiling.

  And why oh why would a guy get so nervous to help a struggling women with the garbage, any decent bloke would help any women regardless of weather he wants to F**k her brains out or not, because, let's admit it, that's the only reason why these 2 JWs want to get hitched.
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  FEB 2016 broadcast

  by Grey Goose in

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  it might be the craziest one yet..

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  It might be the craziest one yet.
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  Cue to leave

  by Grey Goose in

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  just reading a thread about one circuit saying the pubs must donate $10.. it got me thinking, that if it ever became policy to donate a % of ones income, that would be my cue to leave.

  or i would kick up such a stink about it i would be kicked out.

  either would be good for me.. so, is there any public policy changes which would be your cue to leave?.

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  I get it,seriously, i really do.

  I, along with many on this site, are just so f**king stuck in this mess with no breathing space.

  It helps to talk about things to clear my head.

  I'm a little upset right now in all honesty...
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  A philosophical question .... what does the word God mean to you personally ?

  by Finkelstein in

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  to myself it means to seek knowledge and understanding of are selves and the world in which we live.. unfortunately history has shown whenever one tries to connect to god and of his knowledge through men who say they themselves are connected to god through spiritual wifi ie.

  gb members of the jehovah's witnesses for example, one usually ends up finding a accumulation of only man's acquired knowledge.

  over thousands of years of trying to connect to a god(s) for help and answers, mankind has eventually relinquished himself to seeking answers through scientific investigative acquired knowledge of the world in which we live in.

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  Grey Goose

  I'm sorry, you have totally contradicted yourself.

  anyway, i was just responding to the OP question, what it means to "you PERSONALLY"..
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  A philosophical question .... what does the word God mean to you personally ?

  by Finkelstein in

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  to myself it means to seek knowledge and understanding of are selves and the world in which we live.. unfortunately history has shown whenever one tries to connect to god and of his knowledge through men who say they themselves are connected to god through spiritual wifi ie.

  gb members of the jehovah's witnesses for example, one usually ends up finding a accumulation of only man's acquired knowledge.

  over thousands of years of trying to connect to a god(s) for help and answers, mankind has eventually relinquished himself to seeking answers through scientific investigative acquired knowledge of the world in which we live in.

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  Grey Goose

  No, you cannot know, but for me, I think it's just something/someone to hang all are hopes, fears, and desires on.