Posts by rmayer32

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public talks

by Realist in

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who comes up with the topics?

and are these elders allowed to say whatever they think is appropriate?

rmayer32

Standard Robotics is all that is expected. No surprise there

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tho i have lurked, this is my first real post.. i was doing "personal research" for the last 5 years, tho was helped along recently when i was deleted as an elder because i work for a company owned by a disassociated jw.

there is no real definitive info in print, other than the infamous 9/15/81 wt, but the co held a mini-crusade and got me axed.. nothing personal,.... just business.

rmayer32

Obviously they aren't just happy to shun people that are DF'd or just happy controlling everyone in the cong.. so to add to everything else they tell you you can and can't do they need to tell you where or where not to work.

Dumb Bastards!

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Shepherd #3 - To Shun or not to Shun

by Amazing in

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young, brother b: as noted in story number two, many shepherding visits, maybe the majority, are one-on-one sessions where an elder talks privately with an individual, often someone in the elders book study group, and just as often with jws that an elder simply decides for personal reasons he wants to try and help.. the case of brother b was one of these latter situations.

i met he and his family when i first became a jw in the late 1960s.

brother b was about 8 years old at the time.

rmayer32

Sad indeed. On the bright side though at least he was smart enough to stay away and you eventually broke free as well. Something good came out in the end for both of you that way.

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Modesty in Dress and Grooming - May KM

by expatbrit in

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ok you slutty and independent slobs, pay attention.

how many instances of loaded language and mind-control techniques can you spot in the following article from the may 2002 km?

whoever gets the most wins a brown suit from goodwill.. modesty in dress and grooming- km may 2002.

rmayer32

After I DA'd and was in the Navy I always wondered what they would think If I went to a meeting when I was on leave in full dress uniform.. hehehehe Always wanted to do that just to piss em off but never did. Ah well... One thing for sure they wouldn't be able to call me a slob..LOL

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happy witnesses?

by Realist in

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i attended sunday meetings at least half a dozen times.

what i noticed is that the witnesses seem to be very happy people.

is that true or just a fassade?

rmayer32

Thinking back in my old KH, I think some of them were probably happy people, but most of the ones I knew on a deeper level were not as happy as they'd have you think.

It's sad because they're just doing the robot thing, putting on the good face because that is what the Org tells them they should do.

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answering the door nekkid...

by Angst in

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i remember several times in the past knocking on doors in the ministry and some bodacious babe would answer the door naked, semi-naked, or extremly suggestively dressed.

how many of you guys/gals has this happened to?.

i think i'm going to answer the door naked the next time some witness sisters show up at my front door....lol i can't wait.

rmayer32

Damn.. If I had naked babes answering the doors when I was in I may have stayed longer!

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Running into JWS

by WildTurkey in

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i ran into a jw couple last night at wal-mart, when i saw them i thought damn, i wish i would have seen them before they saw me.

but anyway we talked for a few minutes, and i was trying real hard to think of a reason to get out of there.

as i talked to him, i could tell he was dying to ask me, why i stopped going to the kingdom hall.

rmayer32

In the 13 years I've been out I have only lived in that area for 2 years of it. Before moving to my present location where I thankfully don't run into anyone I know now other then 1 that came to my door a month ago..LOL I ran into a girl I went to school with and her husband at a restaurant. Now when I first DA'd back in 89 she wasn't married and was a friend of mine and he was DF'd himself. Funny thing is I didn't notice them right away but I looked over and caught them staring at me and looking uncomfortable..LOL I couldn't get over how people I hadn't seen in over 10 years could get such an uncomfortable look on their face just by the site of me. So I smiled at them and thought to myself how pathetic the entire JW thing really is.

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leave me alooone.....PLEASE!!!!

by Angst in

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i was born and raised a witness.

baptized at 14. pioneered after high school and was accepted to bethel when i was 19. got booted from bethel on my 21st b-day because someone exposed me for underage drinking prior to my 21st b-day.

after i left bethel, nothing was ever the same, and my eyes began to be opened and i started seeing more clearly.

rmayer32

My mother used to do the same to me for a time when I left. It was funny because I was in the navy for 10 years after I did leave the JW's but for about the first 4 years she would have elders from where I lived come and stop by trying to get me to go back.. Mind you I lived in Virginia at the time and she in Iowa..LOL I just ignored it and when I spoke to her never mentioned it and it eventually stopped. Funny part is she must have seen something at some point as she hasn't been to a meeting herself in over 6 years now..LOL A few years ago when I first left the military and came back to my home town I got a couple of visits from an elder that I knew since I was a kid. Nice guy, didn't push.. but never came back after I told him I wasn't coming back.

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Slight slip of the tongue at yesterday's meeting

by TheOldHippie in

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concluding remarks after the watchtower study, by the study conductor,.

"therefore, we all really appreciate the happiness and security we can enjoy within jehovah's united nation .... errrrhhh - sorry, i mean jehovah's united organization!

"

rmayer32

Now that is the funniest thing I've ever heard the dumbasses say! Everyone probably thought the Devil took over for a minute..hehehehe

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Reasons why we hate JW's (as an org)

by ashitaka in

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my first reason is the fact that i was being controlled through the jw social structure, and having to fight to do anything....even whether to wear a tie or not.

the preoccupation with appearance was so debilitating; that was all i was ever concerned with.

and, as i'm not attractive, good in sports, or a conformist, i had very few friends.

rmayer32

#3 The gossip and slander that is commonplace among JW members worldwide shows a lack of love and sickness at the heart of the organization.

Amen to that, I will never forget growing up as a teenager and seeing all the gossip and kliqs going on. It was ridiculous among the teens and even worse among a lot of the adults. It was just another thing that though not a subject most of the time myself for them, (there were times I'm sure) it certainly was a helping factor in driving me out.

The one thing I hated more then any other though was the constant change of doctrines and predictions which a lot of times didn't make much sense to begin with but then they'd revise it and it made no sense.. Or at least made no sense if you read it from anything other then the Watchtower that is..