Posts by Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho

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Another enlightening reason why I don't go to meetings

by joe134cd in

i was informed by my jw father tonight that the reason i don't go to meetings is because "of a guilty conscious".

i just done an eye roll and walked away.

i just can't make this stuff up..

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If that were said to me, I would have said, "I suppose that's an easier reason for your mind to digest than the actual truth of why I no longer attend."

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JEHOVAH - The biggest racist in history!?

by stuckinarut2 in

many people like to boast about “jehovah being loving and impartial toward all”.

there are even scriptures that say words to that effect.. however, if we look at just his actual conduct and actions , and not accept the words supposedly written by his apologetic “bible writers”, the facts tell us something else!.

firstly, he chose one special nation and race of people.

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Rejoice cos God's tent is.... Disintegrated by a cat 5 truth storm

by Normalfulla in

just had to share... a former friend of my wife's, has just left our house, unbeknown to us, her and her husband have been inactive for about a year and a half, they have pre teen boys too.

she reached out to my wife as she had heard that we were apostates etc and needed someone to talk to.. .

after her father dying she was in a bad place mentally and emotionally and reached out to her cong for support, apon receiving 0 she turned to the bible for comfort only in her raw emotional state to realize that jehovah was a murderous unfair god and then her wheels of rational reasoning started turning.. she questioned things and was outspoken about things and attracted elder attention... long story short she wanted to connect with a friendly ear and she splurged she's never going back, the bible is all bulls**t and it's a cult, despite not knowing most of ttatt we all shared experiences and watched her eyes boggle at (stuckinarut... the first euphoric high) the un scandal, beth sarim, ray franz, 607, arc.

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Thank you for that fine experience, brother Fulla. May the universe's continued blessing be upon you and your wife as you both continue in your dedicated service to rationality.

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Early 70's JW POP Music: All Over, No wonder. By: The Great Crowd

by I quit! in

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going through a box of old records in my garage i came across this 45 by the great crowd.

it was given to me in the early 70's when i was living in crestline, ca.

i had no way of playing it because i haven't had a turntable in years so i googled it and found this link.

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When Pillowgate came out, I had this song stuck in my head for the next few weeks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X2tVfq67FY

I feel like hacking into Bethel's audio/sound system and change the elevator music to this.

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Endure or Enjoy??

by stuckinarut2 in

have we ever noticed how witnesses are constantly being told that life is something that needs to be "endured", rather that "enjoyed"?.

life is always so tough, so hard, so difficult in "these last days".

"persecution and trials abound".

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"WORLD CONDITIONS..." You know when a JW uses those two words successively that the conversation is about to get real dark. Someone hand me a Pez dispenser of Prozac, already.

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Do you miss that initial "high" ??

by stuckinarut2 in

do you remember the first time you found out "the truth about the truth"?.

yes, it was confronting, shocking and life altering.

yes it was hard to deal with.. but, along with that, many have said that they experienced a sense of thrill, euphoria, or joy when realising the facts about the religion that held us captive mentally and physically for so long.. it was liberating to learn some of the controversial teachings etc.

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Me contemplating Googling the Watchtower:

Me after watching a John Cedar's video:

It was then that the eightball of validation, reassurance and sanity I craved so desperately coursed through my veins. The adrenaline and surge of blood pumping through my heart felt like hot lava.

When I was waking up, I thought I was losing my mind. The world didn't make sense. The walls were closing in...

And then I took the plunge and researched online. Yeah, it did cause the floors to tilt briefly, but thanks to places like this forum and the friends I've made along the way, the landing has been a soft one. I'll never look back. #besthighever

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Famous last words spoken by every jdub at one time or another

by nowwhat? in

"oh i'm not going to worry about it, armageddon will be here by then!".

-including me.

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"I'll get around to doing it* in the New System."

*having children, finding a husband/wife, going on a trip, learning a new language, pursuing some classes in the arts, asking an ancient worthy about an obvious f*ck up/inconsistency that betrays the Bible's supposedly infallible nature. Basically living their life and flexing their own thoughts.

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Cancer in Animals

by Normalfulla in

we were taught sickness and death is a result of the sin inherited from adam and eve, so why do animals get cancer?

they are supposedly still as big j intended, so therefore cancer is a creation by the big fella himself?.

just an exercise for one's who believe in the whole bible story thing.. (not me)... any others anomalies you can think of ?

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Homosexuality in the animal kingdom.

In the instance of giraffes, homexuality is MORE common than heterosexual activity. Bulls, rams and sheep are pretty homo, too. And nearly 20 per cent of the Mallard species of ducks voted for same sex marriage also. There are some female pigeons who will cohabitate a cosy nest, lay their infertile eggs and attempt to incubate them together. I don't know - maybe they should try IVF. Then there's the harsher version of surrogacy practised by the male Black Swans; over a quarter of the males will simply mate with the female just to start their own family. And once she lays her egg, he and his partner will chase her away (I'm guessing they're more off a buff kind of gay) so they can raise their baby swan on their own.

If gayness is so unnatural and detestable to Jehovah God, why is it so rampant in the... erm, NATURAL world?! Too bad we don't see those sorts of nature appreciation videos at the conventions, using them as praise for creation. I'd totally sit back and watch some hot Leviathan on Leviathan action.

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