Posts by ctrwtf

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Christmas music

by Are you serious in

today i made a classic christmas music station on pandora.

it's great being able to listen to this type of music at this time of the year without my conscience bothering me or in fear of being killed over it😁.

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ctrwtf

Love it St George. They are just too articulate when they get to "pumpkin." Personally I'm not a huge fan of pumpkin so I'd rather have f%#ckin pie.

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Christmas music

by Are you serious in

today i made a classic christmas music station on pandora.

it's great being able to listen to this type of music at this time of the year without my conscience bothering me or in fear of being killed over it😁.

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ctrwtf

Check out Brenda Lee singing "Rockin Around the Christmas Tree."

I swear to god she sings, "later we'll have some f>#kin' pie and do some caroling"

I get a chuckle every time I hear it.

Can't help but love the holiday tunes!

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If mathematics teacher made a mistake, would it mean mathematics itself is wrong!

by venus in

many people point to the irrationality in the depiction of god by the religions and their scriptures, hence jump into the bottomless pit of atheism.

in either camp, god is not a factor because religion is only a means that misrepresents god, hence religionists themselves are atheists (literally, those who live without god).

it is like saying there exists no earth because you found out your friend who taught earth is flat is wrong; or it is like saying mathematics itself is wrong because you found out your mathematics teacher made a mistake.

ctrwtf

Religion is a belief. Mathematics are facts based on reality. I call false equivalancy.

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Convention “Highlights” - bwhahaha!

by Muddy Waters in

jw
friends

taking a walk down memory lane at those looooonnnnngg, tedious conventions... .

(boy, they weren’t kidding when they spoke about being long-suffering and having endurance!).

but what were some of your convention highlights, or lowlights, from back in the day?.

ctrwtf

Okay, another Dodger Stadium survivor here. I distinctly recall having strep throat and being made to sit until the sessions ended at 9PM. Also the Padre Stadium 1984 Temple of Doom Assembly. It was beyond hot, then thunderstorms, then people literally passing out due to the heat and humidity.

Can't recall any spiritual "nuggets" that meant a damn. I do recall being made to load an 18 wheeler full of cantaloupes so that they could sell the half canataloupe filled with vanilla ice cream. Actually, that was the best thing about the whole sorry event.

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Faded for almost 10 years and still getting random calls

by ctrwtf in

jw
friends

hi all, just wondering if anyone is in the same boat.

wifey and i dropped off the face of the jw planet almost a decade ago and still get 3 or 4 visits a year mostly when we are not dressed or expecting visitors.

it's really annoying because we are both wondering why they don't get the hint already.. we don't want to move because we really enjoy where we live and both have careers that keep us in the area.. i've asked politely that they stop calling but like the "godfather" they keep "pulling me in.".

ctrwtf

Hi all, just wondering if anyone is in the same boat. Wifey and I dropped off the face of the JW planet almost a decade ago and still get 3 or 4 visits a year mostly when we are not dressed or expecting visitors. It's really annoying because we are both wondering why they don't get the hint already.

We don't want to move because we really enjoy where we live and both have careers that keep us in the area.

I've asked politely that they stop calling but like the "Godfather" they keep "pulling me in."

I guess you could use our experience as an example of the dubs tenacity, but I seem to remember the elders' book counseling the bros to lay off at a certain point. It's just surreal that in the 21st century we have to put up with this BS.

Any thoughts or advice are welcome....

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Hugh Hefner died a few weeks back but no post on it. Interesting.

by Still Totally ADD in

jw
friends

i bring this up because like me i sure many of the men who was kids in the wt cult got their first taste of what a nude women looked like.

it was the adolescent male sex education for most of us.

one friend i had who's dad was a elder told me they always had playboys in his house because his dad subscribed to them.

ctrwtf

Saying you were sexually repressed because you couldn't masturbate to porn and have casual sex is vomit inducing. Most people look at HH as guilty of objectifying women for profit and think of him as disguising hedonistic behavior with "cool" at the expense of the dignity of women.

The reality is that women living at the Mansion were regularly drugged and raped often times by HH himself if not another of his high profile guests like Bill Cosby. His life and the sycophants that idolize it are a waste of humanity.

This is one aspect of the ex-jw community that is offensive. Just because a religion, even a cult, takes a dim view of casual sex doesn't make the teaching worthless.

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Tom Petty has passed away

by sir82 in

http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a12766936/tom-petty-critical-condition-cardiac-arrest/.

sad..

ctrwtf

NYTimes writes that reports of his death are premature...........

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Not A Day Goes By Without Me Thinking About Watchtower

by pale.emperor in

although i consider myself completely "cured" from watchtower brainwashing, guilt tripping and propaganda, i realised today that there's not a day that goes by without me thinking of the cult we left.

i think of my former family and what i'd like to say to them, what i'd try to explain and how i'd say it without them switching the "ignore" button and running away.. today on my instagram account my little step-brother "liked" a picture i posted.

i didn't even know he was still on my friends list.

ctrwtf

Just have to look at all those that post here regularly for years to realize that it's hard to shake off what the cult has done to you and your family. I faded 9 years ago.

Having said that, counseling is a wonderful tool that can help you gain perspective and lessen the pain.

Best to you...

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