Posts by pale.emperor

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Sentinel Island: Rewards for Those Who Expand Their Ministry, Blessings Await You!!!!!

by moomanchu in

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"can you serve where the need for kingdom publishers is greater?".

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/22/asia/north-sentinel-island-worlds-isolated-tribes-intl/index.html.

the message of jehovah’s kingdom by christ has already gained grand triumphs throughout the earth because he backs up and blesses the preaching of this “good news” by his witnesses in all the inhabited earth.

pale.emperor

I read that it was on his THIRD visit (each one being met with arrows and wounded on the second attempt) that he was killed.

WTF was he expecting, really?

And anyway, what was he planning to bring them? They've been isolated and content in their own little community for thousands of years and then some guy wants to tell them that they're all sinners, their dead ancestors are in hell and they're not worthy unless they follow a man in the sky they've never heard of from a place they've never heard of in a language they dont understand.

Darwin award winner right there.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/christian-group-invites-ridicule-with-demand-of-murder-charges-against-sentinelese/articleshow/66776223.cms

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“Do You Know the Time?” From WT Sept 2018

by skin in

there is a one page article in the current wt study mag, sept 2018 pg 22 with the title “do you know the time?”.

in that article it describes a number of different ways you can say the time is 1:30. it goes on to say “there are even places where that same time could be expressed as “half two,” meaning 30 minutes before two”.

what i would like to know is this, where in the world does “half 2” mean 1:30?

pale.emperor

Yh this was confusing for me when I was learning German. To be safe I stick to saying the time like a 24hr clock, like "one thirty" (ein dreißig) or "two thirty" (zwei dreißig) instead.

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Films with nudity

by neat blue dog in

i guess every jw has a different conscience on the matter, and i don't believe any jw publications have ever specifically mentioned nudity in film as being off limits.

of course genitals are out of the question because that's usually relegated to r movies which most good jws don't view.

female toplessness is condoned but not spoken about, as most jws i know have seen titanic and many own it.

pale.emperor

Are you sure he didn't know what a naked women looked like until he was 30, even the pompous elders that will counsel you and tell it's a sin to shoot one off every now and then knew what a naked women looked like well before they were 30

Wont go into too much detail, but he didn't know what a vagina looked like. He thought it was like a belly button under the torso exactly in the middle.

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Films with nudity

by neat blue dog in

i guess every jw has a different conscience on the matter, and i don't believe any jw publications have ever specifically mentioned nudity in film as being off limits.

of course genitals are out of the question because that's usually relegated to r movies which most good jws don't view.

female toplessness is condoned but not spoken about, as most jws i know have seen titanic and many own it.

pale.emperor

In my mums house everything above was banned. Including ass shots for comedic purposes, breastfeeding women on medical documentaries and even animals mating.

She took my younger brother out of sex ed in school so he didn’t know what a naked woman even looked like until he was 30!

I got my sex education through porn. Bad that innit?

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Be Honest in All Things - New video exposes a problem with honesty at Bethel/Construction

by George One Time in

on tv.jw.org kenneth cook jr. discusses how important it is to be honest when applying for special assignemts.

he mentions health and viewing pornography.

those who viewed pornography during the last year should not apply.

pale.emperor

So you cant apply to be a volunteer if you've looked at porn and you cant have a wank at bethel. I'd love to meet this person who is being approved for volunteer status. He deserves a medal... pinned to his huge balls and permanently erect penis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItgN-SmKSVk

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Ken Cook's Biography

by Iamallcool in

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https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-january-2019/new-member-governing-body/ .

pale.emperor

Just read it. That's gotta be the shortest and least informative bio I've ever read. The other GB members got at least 2 pages worth of story.

No story of how he met his wife, who his parents were, any struggles he experienced. Nothing.

Also, it's actually kinda sad. Both he and his wife have devoted their youth to the cult and been moved from pillar to post regularly.

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Ken Cook's Biography

by Iamallcool in

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https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-january-2019/new-member-governing-body/ .

pale.emperor

It is strange, no latino, asian or african member of GB. Only white, male and to much food.

Well there is Ken Hird. You remember Ken? The one who told us all that "scientists say the brain capacity for a woman is much smaller than a mans. This shows that she is just not equipped for the role of headship."

He doesn't say who these "scientists" are, when this was said or cite the research (if there is any). He forgets that they used to say that about black people.

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Explain Your Avatar

by new boy in

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i know this thread has been done before.

however maybe some of the new comers might like to know.. my avatar is the cover of my first novel "your crazy life.

".

pale.emperor

Mine is the Roman emperor Augustus.

My name "The Pale Emperor" is twofold:

The Pale Emperor was a moniker given to Constantius Chlorus Roman emperor from 293 to 306. He was the first emperor to openly claim that there is no god. He suffered from some sort of blood disorder which gave him a pale complexion.

The Pale Emperor is also the title of a Marilyn Manson album. I got into Marilyn Manson about the same time I started to wake up from the cult and this album in particular was a comfort to me.

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It's My Birthday Today

by pale.emperor in

today is my 34th birthday.

or, my 3rd birthday that i've actually acknowledged seeing as i was raised in the cult.. i woke up this morning to my 4yo running into my room and wishing me a "happy birthday daddy!".

i got a card from my ex-jw brother and i bought myself a birthday gift - a new 50mm lens for my nikon camera (photography is a hobby i took up since leaving the cult).. i dont know about you guys, but birthdays is still something i have to make a conscious effort to acknowledge and enjoy.

pale.emperor

Today is my 34th birthday. Or, my 3rd birthday that I've actually acknowledged seeing as I was raised in the cult.

I woke up this morning to my 4yo running into my room and wishing me a "happy birthday daddy!". I got a card from my ex-JW brother and I bought myself a birthday gift - a new 50mm lens for my Nikon camera (photography is a hobby I took up since leaving the cult).

I dont know about you guys, but birthdays is still something I have to make a conscious effort to acknowledge and enjoy. It has no "feel" (thanks Watchtower). Same deal with Christmas. My daughter is the only child in my entire family that's ever celebrated birthdays and Christmas and still cant quite get her head around the fact that I never did it as a kid.

I do wonder if today jolts any memories for my uber-JW family?

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Tag teams of Cart Sitters

by days of future passed in

one sunday, we took our dad out for lunch.

since it didn't open till 12:00, we were going to have to kill time.

this restaurant is situated with other businesses around a small park and when we parked, we noticed there was a cart to the right in the park.

pale.emperor

I've recently seen a few who dont even have a cart. Just standing there holding a magazine to their chests cover facing.

It looks very odd.

If I didnt know who they were I still wouldn't stop, it looks like they're activists selling newspapers.