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  The Faithful and Discreet Slave / I am also Muhammad

  by Brownboy in

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  www.thefaithfulslave.com

  the faithful slave of jehovah god, and jesus christ

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  Whoever made that website has to go back to Web Site 101 class.
  
  Although it is technically possible to have the web browser squish a 2000 x 3008 image into a much smaller frame, it is a classic, begineers, retarded mistake.
  
  Click here to see how RIDICULOUSLY HUGE this image is: http://www.thefaithfulslave.com/13013.gif.
  
  That file is 2611.95 KB (2674639 bytes). For those on dial up, it will take several minutes to load the page, because it is downloading this HUGE picture... and then using the browswer to size the picture down to a reasonable size.
  
  I hope the host of that web site charges a premium for bandwidth. Then this will become financially painful for the site owner.
  
  Then again, the pathetic use of massive picture files is not the only thing that shows the site operator doesn't have a clue! ;)
  
  ~Quotes, of the "could fit all 100 pages of my site into the space occupied by that one huge picture" class
  
  Edited to add: if you click http://www.thefaithfulslave.com/13013.gif, don't forget to then click on the resulting picure, because most web browsers automatically "fit to page" giving you a false sense of the full massive size of the pic. But if you click on it, it will expand to is full 2000 x 3008 glory.
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  Telling someone you've known a long time that you were a JW

  by comment in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  tonight i was out having dinner with a friend/colleague i've known for five or six years.

  the conversation turned to religion: first religion in politics, then his general distaste for religion, and then his lack of a religious upbringing.

  there was a lull for a moment, and then i said "it was pretty much the reverse situation in my household.

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  My experience in this area: most (maybe all?) of my friends know about my past, but that's becuase many of them were with me during my exit.
  
  I make a point of *NOT* telling peple about my past; I feel weird about it too, and I don't know why either. My wife sometimes embarrasses my by bringing it up into conversation with friends that don't know, and that bothers me: I then have to take great pains to explain that I am NO LONGER a JW.
  
  ~Quotes, of the "It got weird, didn't it Frau?" class
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  My Mom is so upset she is skipping meetings!

  by Quotes in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just got off the phone with my mom.

  my mom has been a jw since converting in her teens or early 20s; she is now at the age of "senior discount".

  a lifetime in the religion, by choice.

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  Neo,
  
  I too am hoping others here can confirm the "Learning Center" thing.
  
  Anyone?
  
  Anyone??
  
  Anyone???
  
  As for Galations 5. Yes, in my opinion, they are causing "divisions, sects". Espectially with the "Order of Special Full-Time Servants". It seems that all JWs are equal, but Bethelites are more equal than others (to paraphrase Animal Farm).
  
  *** Galations 5:19-21 ***
  
  19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, and they are fornication, uncleanness? divisions, sects, 21 envies, drunken bouts, revelries, and things like these. As to these things I am forewarning YOU, the same way as I did forewarn YOU, that those who practice such things will not inherit God's kingdom.
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  My Mom is so upset she is skipping meetings!

  by Quotes in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just got off the phone with my mom.

  my mom has been a jw since converting in her teens or early 20s; she is now at the age of "senior discount".

  a lifetime in the religion, by choice.

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  Thanks Jez, you're right. I've got to (continue) to take it easy.
  
  I've been spoon feeding her for a few years now:
  
  

  • Told mom about UN thing
  
  
  • Mom's response about the UN thing
  
  
  • Discussed my Quotes web site
  
  
  
  • Talked about the fallout from my not being permitted to attend my sister's wedding reception

  
  
  Thanks for the reminder, I have to take it slow. I'm working against 45+ years of indocrination.
  
  ~Quotes, of the "happy happy" class
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  No more TM school review?

  by toreador in

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  thats what i heard, is it true that there is no more theocratic ministry school review?

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  classicist said:
  
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  When I did it, I always realised how little I knew about JWs 'unique' interpretation,
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  All those years ago, I just thought I was stupid. I got great marks in high school, but always did poorly on Written Review. Now I realize, my problem was I was not nearly dumb enough to accept their flawed logic.
  
  ~Quotes, of the "he he heh.... you said oral" class
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  Theory of Gravity wrong???

  by cyborgVision in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://quotes.watchtower.ca/gravitation_and_electric_energy.htm

  thank you quotes for bringing this up, i've never read such a bullsh** in my life.

  those people up in writing dept.

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  cyborgVision, You're Welcome!
  
  This just shows you: eBay can yield all kinds of valuable things, even when you are not expecting it.
  
  When I mentioned this article to my mom on the phone this evening, she said "When was that? 1932? Well, come on, you can't blame us for getting that wrong way back then".
  
  My response: "Mom, it was 1932, not 1532. We've had Einstein's Relativity since 1905. Whoever wrote and published this article was full if [bovine excrement]."
  
  ~Quotes, of the "revealing a pattern of equine excrement" class
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  *Tears*

  by Krystal in

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  2. friends

  i am 20 years old and i left the organization when i was 17. there are of course many gorey details which i will not get into right now... but i just wanted to say how happy i am to have found this fourm.

  as many of you remember, we were always instructed not to read anything about jehovah's witnesses that wasn't written by the organization.

  well, that instruction stuck, and this is the first time i three years that i have dared to even look.. needless to say, i found some very disturbing information.

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  Welcome Krystal.
  
  Yes, it is hard at first; they really do/did have us trained like Pavlovian dogs.
  
  If you are nervous about reading about JWs from outside sources, try reading about JWs in their own words: it is still condenming to them. I have a collection of Watch Tower Society quotes here: http://quotes.watchtower.ca/.
  
  Again, welcome!
  
  ~Quotes, of the "trying to not love bomb" class
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  Seeker4 Facing DFing - Seeks advice!! Lawyer??

  by Seeker4 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some of you may remember me, seeker4, from several hundred posts 3 to 6 years ago.

  i recognize some of the names in today's forums, and maybe some of you remember me.

  don't confuse me with seeker - i'm s4.

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  These elders are MORONS (sorry to say that, I know they are your old friends).
  
  Think about it: if you had put your thoughts into writing and written a formal DA letter, you'd have been DA's 10 years ago. But you *HAVE* put your thoughts into writing; you *HAVE* said, in writing, in an open and public forum, no less, that you are a skeptic and athiest. And yet these morons still feel they have to "deal with" you???!!!???
  
  If you join the army, you have "DA'd yourself by your actions".
  
  If you vote, you have "DA'd yourself by your actions".
  
  If you are caught hanging Christmas lights, you have "DA'd yourself by your actions".
  
  But, apparently, in your case, if you openly state in written publications that you do not believe in god, YOU ARE STILL A MEMBER THAT NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH.
  
  Who knows if it is the gung-ho CO, or the soon-to-be-ex-wife, or someone else pressing this issue, but the elders are trying to create a tempest in a teapot. All they have to do is look at your published words, and conclude that you are "no longer a member". Anything more than this is just a witch hunt.
  
  ~Quotes
  
  P.S. Seriously, one thing that may make you change your mind: surrepititious tape recording of JC can provide you with plenty of material for your journalist career.
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  Our Mouthy/Granny needs us.........

  by morty in

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  2. friends

  i just got a pm from mouthy/grace/granny and she is not feeling up to par these days..... her arthritis and diabetes is acting up..... can you please send her a special prayer or thought her way..... we all know she well worth it..... .

  hope you get well real soon...... .

  love morty..... i have thoughts being sent to you granny and i hope you feel better real soon......

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  Grace, dear Grace....
  
  My thoughts are with you.
  
  Can you feel all that good-old-fashioned radiant wave of ease and happiness coming your way???? I'm sending it with a (((((( hug ))))))))
  
  ~Quotes, of the "Loves Granny" class
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  My Mom is so upset she is skipping meetings!

  by Quotes in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just got off the phone with my mom.

  my mom has been a jw since converting in her teens or early 20s; she is now at the age of "senior discount".

  a lifetime in the religion, by choice.

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  Thanks Purps, my mom *IS* cute.
  
  I've said it before, and I'll say it again: if ever there was a good JW, who was really trying to do the right thing and spread "the gospel" and avoid the book-publishing-cult" side of the religion, it is my mom.
  
  I just don't know how much more she can stand before she realizes she is the only one bailing water out of the Titanic, while the Watchtower band plays on and the elders rearrange the deck-chairs.