Topics Started by TOTH

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Was I Truly Baptized?
by TOTH in
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2. friends
i have been running this through my head now and again for decades.

was i truly baptized as a jw?.

i ask because although i was dunked at a da in el paso, tx in 1981, i never prayerfully dedicated myself to anyone, including jah.
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The Watchtower vs McDonald's
by TOTH in
1. jw
2. friends
i got into a discussion with a fellow gamer on an online game server the other night and someone told him that he held a job at mcdonald's shoveling manure onto the griddles.

we had a big laugh but then i said not to be so insulting.

that anyone working for mcdonald's is the same as any jehovah's witness.
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The Worst jw Is Better Than The BEST Worldly Person
by TOTH in
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did anyone else used to hear this?

i can remember this growing up in the 1970s.

my folks joined the wt back in 1968 under threat of armageddon coming in 1975. i was in first grade and ran the gauntlet of no flag salute, national anthem, holidays and no worldly friends.
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My Son's Wisdom
by TOTH in
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my youngest son is now in college and while he has always had an extraordinary ability to call it like it is, he is now even more likely to mouth off.

he is honing his deductive reasoning and objective thinking skills very nicely and with his "don't give a shit attitude" when it comes to pointing out hypocrisy, well he is just a walking bs caller...especially around the jw's.. so we were talking this evening about some stuff that used to be taught in the hall back when i was a kid.

no college because young people would never grow old in this system.
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A New Dust Bowl For The Midwest?
by TOTH in
1. jw
2. friends
wow, i was reading this article and wondered if anyone else heard about this.

i have only found some small talk about it in my search and would like some credible sources to verify if this is a real concern.... http://www.mrconservative.com/2012/02/2324-dust-bowl-in-the-heartland/.
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Talking Shi* About Me
by TOTH in
1. jw
2. friends
my poor wife went to get those big ol' injections in her spine on thursday and right after she said she would like to go see her dad.

so i dropped her off.

she said that his stupid pioneer wife was there and was mad that she showed up.
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Fakeness of the Elders When CO Visits Video
by TOTH in
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2. friends
i just ran across this video and enjoyed it a lot.

i hope you guys do too..... i can still remember the fake-ass elders scrambling trying to get everyone to show up for service and put on a big face...lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=royjqnqrcc0&feature=related.
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New Locks on the Door
by TOTH in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have to say that when my father in law asked us for a key to our apartment with the idea of "helping" my sick wife i did not like the idea at all.

my wife was all for it though so against my protests she went ahead and gave him one.

well with him behaving more and more like a junkie things have finally come to an ugly head.. a little background info.... my wife's dad has been on heavy pain meds for decades now.
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Drunken Uncle In Law
by TOTH in
1. jw
2. experiences
there is nothing like being pre-emptively shunned by my wife's family.

i started growing out my hair and beard years ago so of course everyone on her side of the family has been a little bit standoffish when i show up.

when her aunts and uncles go see her dad i tend to escort her to her dad's house, politley say hello then come back home.
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"Disobedience is very costly"
by TOTH in
1. jw
2. experiences
wow, i had some words with my father in law.

over the years i have always had such a profound respect for him because he used to speak from the heart and used the bible to express his view, but lately he has become more and more "wt-ish" with his comments.

my wife has been suffering from severe pain for years due to injuries suffered at the hands of her 1st husband.