Posts by aposta-Z

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Should I help my wife get the kids ready?

by dazed but not confused in

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should i help my wife get the kids ready for meetings, service and assemblies?

aposta-Z

I personally would help.

Also for the fact that it gives you some face time with the kids just before the meeting.
That way you'll get first move once the three years old starts complaining that meetings are boring and would rather chill with Daddy at home tonight ;)

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Were You Ever Comfortable Going From House To House?

by minimus in

jw
friends

because i was raised a witness, i don't think i was "uncomfortable" knocking on strangers' doors.

(weirdo).. but as i got older, i simply didn't want to bother anyone so i was at there door for no more than 30 seconds.

at the end i hated being there..

aposta-Z

Born in. Never liked it.

I allowed them to fool me in thinking that if I kept praying and went more often it would somehow be easier. Only gets worst.
I aux. pioneered quite a lot. I had not the energy to do more than 60hours.

But I remeber starting highschool I dreaded schoolmates being behind everydoor. I'd often fake ringing. Or open my presentations by "Hello, we are your local Jehovah's Witnesses" managed to cut short most conversations. Another trick was to offer a bible study right away. I was lucky enough it never worked.

I never understood that god for asking his supporters to perform such an outdated and unefficient door to door work of gathering.

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New YouTube vide - Anthony Morris III reminds us of our privilege to donate to the Worldwide Work

by cedars in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w69-u0of6xs.

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cedars.

aposta-Z

Woah. So according to him, EVERYTHING a baptized witness owns belongs to Jehovah. That's a mean spirited god you got there. Won't let you have anything for yourself.
All your moneys are belong to us

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Is Wikipedia turning pro-Watchtower?

by cedars in

i was doing some research and stumbled upon the following two wikipedia articles, both of which (at first glance) appear to be mostly pro-watchtower.. take a look for yourself.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/persecution_of_jehovah%27s_witnesses.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jehovah%27s_witnesses%27_handling_of_child_sex_abuse.

the persecution article seemingly attempts to portray jws as unfairly persecuted.

aposta-Z

@sabastious: Yup. Getting apostates organised is like herding cats... lol

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Code Words for Fade Mode?

by SophieG in

jw
friends

there has got to be some kind of code word system to find out if someone you know is in "fade mode"!

lol!!!

what do you do when you suspect a jw is on the way out?...you may notice that they don't talk about meetings or service on social media...they don't even list jw as their religion.

aposta-Z

"Are you a friend of Sparlock?"
That could work...

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Is Wikipedia turning pro-Watchtower?

by cedars in

i was doing some research and stumbled upon the following two wikipedia articles, both of which (at first glance) appear to be mostly pro-watchtower.. take a look for yourself.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/persecution_of_jehovah%27s_witnesses.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jehovah%27s_witnesses%27_handling_of_child_sex_abuse.

the persecution article seemingly attempts to portray jws as unfairly persecuted.

aposta-Z

Would not be surprised if apologists or even the Bethel Hacker Departement keep a close eye on what is submitted and appears on the page...
At least this is up:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Jehovah%27s_Witnesses#Reporting_of_sexual_abuse

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need your advice again, please

by outsmartthesystem in

jw
friends

so here's the latest in my pathetic saga.

i've tried to fly under the radar for the past year, but it isn't working so well.

i've learned not to engage my wife in debates but rather to ask questions.

aposta-Z

" What 5 year old wants to listen to kingdom melodies? "

Expose your child to classical music. Most of the WT melodies are poor ripoffs of great clasical composers. Dvorak's 9th -New World (linked below) must contain at least 3 Kingdom songs. They borrowed from Rachmaninov and Bruckner too. Your kid should detect quality music right away.

One of my all times fave. Still sends shivers up my spine... in a good way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETNoPqYAIPI

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