Posts by silentbuddha

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A very dangerous thing happen to us two weeks ago. It could have meant our life.

by Still Totally ADD in

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two weeks ago mrs. add and myself was driving home from shopping on a side street when we came upon a man laying on his back with his arms spread out in a t formation.

with no one in site we pulled over our van to help this person.

mrs.add went for her phone to call 911 and i got out of the van to see what i could do.

silentbuddha

I feel for you and your wife. Sorry this happened to you. Situations like these are the reason I tend to just keep moving right along when things happen because it is to easy to end up in a bad situation when trying to help someone else.

About 8 years ago while my wife, 3 other friends and I were in field service there was a woman broke down on the side of the road on a busy street at 10 in the morning.

The brother driving pulled over to help and when he popped the hood her shithole man friend gets out the passenger seat and put a gun to the brothers stomach and told him to tell everyone in the car to give up their money... we all got robbed and some scared because of lowlife thugs taki mb g advantage

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WT gives up on making disciples! No joke!

by nowwhat? in

yep, taps out, throws in the towel, waves the white flag!

in today's watchtower it basically said don't expect any results due to widespread apathy and opposition.

but you can still bear fruit just by going through the motions of being regular in field service.

silentbuddha

Does anyone have the title of this article? It is difficult to navigate that atrocious site.

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WT gives up on making disciples! No joke!

by nowwhat? in

yep, taps out, throws in the towel, waves the white flag!

in today's watchtower it basically said don't expect any results due to widespread apathy and opposition.

but you can still bear fruit just by going through the motions of being regular in field service.

silentbuddha

What watchtower is this?

13

Mosquitos....

by DATA-DOG in

i’m watching a discovery movie about the mosquito.

scientists tell us that mosquitos are the most dangerous creature on earth.

nothing kills more than the mosquito.

silentbuddha

There was alot of standing water after the flood.................

Insects and arachnids are vicious creatures and we should be glad they are so small otherwise we would all die the most horrific of deaths

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How would the Borg view IVF?

by purrpurr in

specifically if an unwed woman decided she wanted a kid without the hassle of dating/relationship /trying to get pregnant etc and just got a sperm doner with ivf?

surely it's not fornication?

the whole process is far removed from sex.

silentbuddha

Disfellowshipped... that looney watchtower about it woke up my wife

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new JW Online Bible Study Lessons

by neat blue dog in

has anybody seen the new online bible study yet, just posted yesterday i believe?

it's the first thing you see now when going to the home page.

the online bible study lessons on jw.org are free, have no obligation, and are easy to use.

silentbuddha

This is actually a pretty major development...

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Nothing in life is stable as a Jehovah's Witness...

by silentbuddha in

at least in hindsight it would appear so.

i remember as a small kid not making friends because ultimately they were going to die.

i never saved anything because money would be useless in the new world.

silentbuddha

I remember that cheap ass brown paper that they use to arrive by mail. It was like fucking onion skin...

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Nothing in life is stable as a Jehovah's Witness...

by silentbuddha in

at least in hindsight it would appear so.

i remember as a small kid not making friends because ultimately they were going to die.

i never saved anything because money would be useless in the new world.

silentbuddha

At least in hindsight it would appear so. I remember as a small kid not making friends because ultimately they were going to die. I never saved anything because money would be useless in the new world. I never made plans for the future, etc...

Even as an adult witness those things were still in the forefront, but even as a pioneer you knew one slip up and you were no longer on the list. Bethelite... 90 day review, then 9 month review... then everyday thereafter you had to be on your best behavior or you would be kicked out. For god's sake, even if you were put in a nice room at Bethel you had to consistently live in fear that someone who had literally 1 day seniority more than you would bid on it and kick you out with a week.

As an elder, you see a nipple on the internet and your whole life is destroyed...

You literally live your entire life waiting for something and all the while thinking what if I haven't done enough. It is a constant state of worry, a constant state of fear, I almost wonder how people can continue to put up with it. Obviously I can think that way now that I am no longer in, but Jeez that shit is horrible.

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Why didn't I leave back then???

by silentbuddha in

sunday my old bethel roommate came up to visit me.

he left a couple years ago and he wanted to catch up and reminisce.. while we sat back remembering crazy things we saw take place at bethel he reminded me of a creepy instance with bro.

swingell.. it was a saturday morning and we decided to actually go get breakfast.

silentbuddha

Which reminds me of another old adage: "If you meet OrphanCrow on the road, kill him."

ROOOFL

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Why didn't I leave back then???

by silentbuddha in

sunday my old bethel roommate came up to visit me.

he left a couple years ago and he wanted to catch up and reminisce.. while we sat back remembering crazy things we saw take place at bethel he reminded me of a creepy instance with bro.

swingell.. it was a saturday morning and we decided to actually go get breakfast.

silentbuddha

sparky1

was it just me or did it seem that brothers who were known as "heavy" often curse and do things that would shock people just for the fun of it. I remember Br. Sydlik use to use foul language on a regular basis as well.