Posts by HarryMac

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Conversation with Substitute CO

by BU2B in

so i was talking to a substitute co, he and his wife recently returned from "the school for christian couples" .

anyways this couple has delayed having children in hopes of entering the circuit work, and have been sub coing for a couple years.

they both have well paying, good jobs.

HarryMac

Here's a related thought. I know this is a little mean.

When I think of how miserable being a JW made me... and then I think of some of the assholes that are JW's... I consider it poetic justice.

That's me being ugly on a bad day and admitting it.

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How Do The Witnesses Treat You?

by minimus in

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friends

are they warm?.

do they view you as an apostate?.

(generally, most witnesses are quite nice to me)..

HarryMac

When I run across them ... I say 'Hi' ... they say 'Hi'... as we keep walking past each other. 90% of the time anyways.

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Why did god make Mosquitos, ticks, and leeches?

by Comatose in

they drink blood which he is against.. they are a nuisance and would be hell in paradise.

they just seem to be pests with no beneficial or redeeming characteristics.

no jw could give you a satisfactory answer to that.

HarryMac

To make monkeys ask questions?

Sorry bro... couldn't resist.

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it's some kind of funny... i was the perfect little ass, even that i never believe it all.. there was something that doesn't sound right... but, i was little, i was with my family, i never believe that my family will make me adopt a cult.

well i get batized in my mid teen years, i was the exemplar, ms at 19, even serve my time at bethel.

get married to a pioneer, start a spiritual family, get my 2 kids.

HarryMac

Welcome! Best of luck.

That one always bothered me too. (Referenced on another thread). I will say again... imagine this business card:

Jehovah: Baby Killer

Thank you for making the world a little bit better of a place for not teaching your children that crap!

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If Noah had family worship night in the ark...what's your excuse!?!?!?!?!?!

by LostGeneration in

funny picture in new public watchtower.

evidently there was a digital camera taking pictures about 3,500 years ago.

noah had family worship night in the ark, so all you slackers have no excuse!

HarryMac

Excuse: Well not really an excuse but a reason... everybody is going their separate ways now with their mobile devices to view porn.

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Why elders' wives are such gossipers...

by Calebs Airplane in

i have a theory as to why elders' wives gossip so much.

i believe a big part of it has to do with the conversation running dry (between themselves and their elder husbands) after so many years of marriage.

since they don't get to spend too much "quality time" together (because of the elder husband's hamster wheel schedule), when they do have some intimate time alone, the elder's wives will invaribly attempt to engage their husbands in any kind of interchange.

HarryMac

Hi Penelope,

I'm fairly new myself - well lurked for years - but welcome!

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JW Grammar is...

by jw07 in

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friends

*we are all from different cultural and educational backgrounds, we all experience different circumstances in life, and i don't mean to offend anyone on this forum in any way.*.

with that said here are my observations, and i want to know what you have observed.. in my experience i have noticed a trend: zealous witnessestend to exhibit the worst grammar when compared to non-witnesses!.

i want you to think back, or check it out for yourself if you haven't noticed it.. on social networks: compare comments on anything by jws (especially the uber-zealous ones) with those of your atheist or other religiously affiliated friends.

HarryMac

Yes, OhioCowoby, you do have a point.

However, there were plenty of Elders and MS's that capitalized handsomely on having power over 'poindexters' and 'nerds'.

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Believers and Non-Believers - What does this scripture mean?

by cantleave in

genesis 30:37-39english standard version (esv).

37 then jacob took fresh sticks of poplar and almond and plane trees, and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white of the sticks.

38 he set the sticks that he had peeled in front of the flocks in the troughs, that is, the watering places, where the flocks came to drink.

HarryMac

If you won't accept this then I think you have an attitude problem.

You seem to be 'Too smart for the truth!'

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not sure if i should but i want to, what do you think?

by unstopableravens in

im not dfed yet, i told the elders for a long long time the wt is not gods org, i told them what i believed ,jesus being god, born again, yadda yadda yadda, i have not gone to a jw meeting in a long time, i go to church etc.. but what i feel would be a great relief and really help me be free is to come out on here with a pic and not hide behind unstopableravens username, im not sure if its a good idea or not..

HarryMac

Only you can answer that question. Look before you leap. Then, if you want to, leap.

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JW Grammar is...

by jw07 in

jw
friends

*we are all from different cultural and educational backgrounds, we all experience different circumstances in life, and i don't mean to offend anyone on this forum in any way.*.

with that said here are my observations, and i want to know what you have observed.. in my experience i have noticed a trend: zealous witnessestend to exhibit the worst grammar when compared to non-witnesses!.

i want you to think back, or check it out for yourself if you haven't noticed it.. on social networks: compare comments on anything by jws (especially the uber-zealous ones) with those of your atheist or other religiously affiliated friends.

HarryMac

I have to chuckle all these posts about poor grammer that contain gramatical, punctuation, typing and spelling errors.

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I'm not a grammar nazi. Yes, I know the thread is about grammar.

I commeneted because I have a much bigger problem with functional illiteracy - especially in those of 'authority'.

I'll admit, I thought my English was quite good too, until I took a year at University - big eye opener.