Posts by Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho

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"To whom do you belong?"

by stuckinarut2 in

prompted by one of our fellow posters- jrjw who started a thread asking how to remove "kingdom melodies" from our head, this song title came to mind!

(sorry for the earworm everyone😉).

it got me thinking.

What else is there to the so called "Truth"

by jdash in

first of all, i want to say thanks to all of you guys who gave me advice on my first post.

it really helped and i will try to use all of it.

now, i been doing research on what is false about the jdubs.

I hope you don't mind, but I saved a copy of that final email you sent your mother. It was just so powerful and beautifully written. Thank you so much for sharing it - it means a lot, and it was beyond sincere. I loved it.

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9 days to go

by Jrjw in

9 days to go until i hand my d'a letter in.

its extremely short, as in one sentence long.

i'm not giving them a reason coz i don't need to coz it's my life and my choice and i don't have to answer to the boe or gb.

Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho

@PPPS: "In the event of my death, I do not wish to be remembered as having been one of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Was going to add that you do not wish for your children to be proselytized to, but then I remembered you share a child with your ex who is a JW. Did I get that right?

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Freedom of information

by NeedToKnow in

i’m in australia so i wanted to know if it’s possible to obtain information on the companies that the wbts invests in currently in the us?

is there a legitimate site where this information can be found as i prefer to look it up myself than just go by what other people say.

that would be no different than running my life according the the wt and i’m done with that..

Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho

Here's one legal document from WTBTS about their investment activity from the New York government Website:

http://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/Common/ViewDoc.aspx?DocRefId=%7B57614A3F-7101-408A-8B25-B3499530DB5A%7D

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The Boyfriend Pillow! - The Governing Body's worst nightmare!!??

by stuckinarut2 in

https://www.boyfriendpillow.com.au/.

with all the focus on the new anti-masturbation vide telling all bethelites not to sleep inappropriately with a pillow, surely this has to be the very item that will send the gb into fits of despair?

?.

Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho

@jwleaks That pillowcase looks a little snugly fit. Must've been designed by those flamin' 'omosexuals.

"No. It's not appropriate, brothers."

I tell you what, though - that pillowcase design is perfect for bed wetters. Super absorbent with a thirsty cotton design. Tony will lap that piss right up.

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"To whom do you belong?"

by stuckinarut2 in

prompted by one of our fellow posters- jrjw who started a thread asking how to remove "kingdom melodies" from our head, this song title came to mind!

(sorry for the earworm everyone😉).

it got me thinking.

Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho

Taaaaaake siiiides with Je-hooooovah

Maaaake him your de-liiiiiiiiight

Heeeeeee'll ne-ver forsaaaaake yoouu

Waaaaaaaalk on in his liiiiiiight

Telllll, tell the great tiiiiiii-dings

of freedom and peeaaaccccce...................

Sorry, @stuckinarut2. Just thought I'd return the favor.

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Lack of young people in the congregation?

by IAmJustMe in

jw
friends

been baptized for two years but being in the truth for longer.

one thing i have always noticed is the lack of young people in the congregation.

does anyone feel the same ?.

Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho

Hey @IAmJustMe. It is true that the organization seems to be holding onto mainly the older generation. This is largely in part to Generations X, Y and beyond having a sharper aptitude for analytical thinking and a wealth of information at their disposal on the World Wide Web. Many of us on here have fearlessly undergone an examination of our faith and have come to the heartbreaking conclusion that the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society is not who it claims to be :(. For these conscientious reasons, we have taken a step back from meetings. This may be a contributing factor to the missing demographic of younger ones you are noticing. We're right here :).

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australian of the year.

by zeb in

jw
friends

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-25/quantum-physicist-named-2018-australian-of-the-year/9363206.

Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho

Awww, everyone's a winner....

Except you, Geoffrey Jackson. You're f*cked.

Better luck next year, you butterfaced sphincter.

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The Preaching Method Has Flip-Flopped Again

by pale.emperor in

im currently reading a book called jehovah's witnesses: portrait of a contemporary religious movement (https://www.amazon.co.uk/jehovahs-witnesses-portrait-contemporary-religious/dp/0415266106).the researcher is a social scientist, was never a jw, who studied with the witnesses solely to write this book.

his research has been quite thorough and objective which is commendable.he mentioned in the book how rutherford didn't want his colporters (pioneers) giving their own sermons or bible interpretation, but instead he had them going door to door with his records.

(i have some converted to mp3, they're very boring).

Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho

JW proselytizing then and now...

Same, same but...

...

oh, hold on.

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The "Imperfect Men" Argument

by steve2 in

one of the most common "defences" of jw organization is that "the brothers" are imperfect yet still strive to follow god's word.

"sure, they make mistakes," so the argument goes, "but so did god's people in the past, including in bible times.

" the key point is their readiness to keep studying god's word and learning from their mistakes.".

Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho

I'll never forget what @doubtful1799 once said to me when I complained about the "but they're just imperfect men" argument. He said something to the effect of:

"That's the thing. NO ONE is asking them to be perfect. We're just asking them to be accountable."