Posts by finally awake

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About to end a friendship, please help. How do you pronounce General Tso?

by MC RubberMallet in

i say - general tee so.

friend 1 says - general chow su .

friend 2 insists - general cho.

finally awake

I pronounce it like this: I would like a number 3 combo. Ten minutes? OK

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So ARE Mormons a cult?

by Found Sheep in

had a short, cuz i cut it off, conversation about mormons today.

she claims to be one.

before i knew she was my big mouth called it a cult.

And remember, those that still believe or identify with a group are not the most objective source of information about what really happens behind the public facade. People say that ex-dubs are bitter and present the WTS in the worst possible light, even lying and twisting the 'truth', but we all remember how we soft pedalled the less appetizing aspects of dub-ism.

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Are They Cynically Shutting Down The Organization?

by metatron in

jw
friends

i've raised this idea before but recent events seem to support it.

changes in the watchtower may be guided by more than a need for cash flow: they may simply be liquidating/shutting it down as discreetly as possible.. of course, this doesn't mean they stop working on their upstate ny country club - but it could mean that the throrough going exposure and disproof of their beliefs on the internet, when it emerged, took many of them by surprize, as it did many of us!

after awhile, they generally gave up trying to make any sense of their doctrines - and coupled with cash flow issues - moved towards a quiet retreat.. take a look at a few things:.

finally awake

We should be so lucky. I agree that it all seems hinky, but I guess I won't really believe it until I see it. Perhaps it's all a wind up to something we just don't expect.

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Elders Douchbag Awards!

by Unbrainwashed publisher1 in

jw
friends

would like to start a thread awarding douchbag elders in every kingdom hall.

not for the poor souls who are mentally trapped in org and serv.

for the greater good of the flock.. but those elders who you somehow never see in service yet pioneers?

finally awake

AA - that elder is indeed a first class douchebag!

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Fanatic

by d in

have any of you became ex jw fanatics.

i have struggled with it since leaving 4 yrs ago.

how do you cope with it..

finally awake

I'm not an active fanatic I guess. I can't see myself picketing an assembly or anything. I do occasionally talk about some of the crazy stuff dubs do/believe with my friends who have never had any up close experience with them. My primary coping mechanism is coming on here to discuss things. At first I was scared to death of the local dubs and worried endlessly that they would make my life difficult. So far that really hasn't happened, and I no longer try to hide or keep my activities on the down low. I have Christmas lights up all over my house, and I live a block down the same street as one dub family.

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Share your photo, only if you don't have any problem with it.

by wolfman85 in

jw
friends

i like to share my picture with you and that you share yours with me.

but only if that does not represent any problem to you.

here is mine.

finally awake

FHN, if those are recent pictures (and I think they are) - you can't possibly be 54! I'm sorry you've had a rough month, I hope it all gets better from here.

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Elders Douchbag Awards!

by Unbrainwashed publisher1 in

jw
friends

would like to start a thread awarding douchbag elders in every kingdom hall.

not for the poor souls who are mentally trapped in org and serv.

for the greater good of the flock.. but those elders who you somehow never see in service yet pioneers?

finally awake

I'll nominate the elder who counseled me to stop feeding my kids before meetings to minimize the chance one of them would vomit and cause us to miss the meeting. That particular bit of counsel was delivered after my youngest vomited all over himself on the way to the Special Assembly Day program, so if I hadn't fed him breakfast before we left, he would have had to wait until noon to eat - he was 4 years old. I also suspect that elder dumbass would have recommended no lunch for my son either, because one time my oldest vomited all over himself after the lunch period during an assembly. The thing is, when kids are actually sick, not feeding them doesn't make them magically healthy again. Douchebag.

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