Xanthippe

Joined

• started 104 topics
• posted 4,713 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by Xanthippe

• 
  18

  do not keep account of the injury?

  by Addison0998 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have a long time “friend” around my age, she and her husband are big sheeple who have been raised to practically worship elders and view their as police angels.

  anyways, they recently arranged to have a meeting with the elders to ask for their blessing pretty much to go to a wedding of a relative of hers who is not in the best standing, (she just recently got baptized and her husband was recently reinstated) anyways, the elders told them of course that it was their choice, but warned them that every time they ask for the elders advice on something, it is recorded whether they heeded the advice or not and looked at for things such as ske school, which is a goal they have to do together.

  and of course they advised them not to go so they didn’t, especially since they want to go to the ske school, and i guess they only accept people who let people have full control of their lives.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Xanthippe

  Thanks Freddo, I googled NVM and saw it could mean nevermind but I thought it can't be right because it didn't fit the context.

  I've honestly never heard of this SKE, mini Gilead school. Things on here still surprise me.
• 
  18

  do not keep account of the injury?

  by Addison0998 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have a long time “friend” around my age, she and her husband are big sheeple who have been raised to practically worship elders and view their as police angels.

  anyways, they recently arranged to have a meeting with the elders to ask for their blessing pretty much to go to a wedding of a relative of hers who is not in the best standing, (she just recently got baptized and her husband was recently reinstated) anyways, the elders told them of course that it was their choice, but warned them that every time they ask for the elders advice on something, it is recorded whether they heeded the advice or not and looked at for things such as ske school, which is a goal they have to do together.

  and of course they advised them not to go so they didn’t, especially since they want to go to the ske school, and i guess they only accept people who let people have full control of their lives.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Xanthippe

  SKE, NVM?
• 
  64

  2018/19 new light

  by Ray Frankz in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi guys, long time without paying a visit to this site.

  today i returned to check a 'gossip' that is running around in brazilian exjw forums.. they are stating that is almost certain they will make a big change in their doctrine maybe this year yet in the annual meeting.

  they say people in warwick were commenting on this.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Xanthippe

  Brothers, for some time we have noticed some among us have speculated when Armaggedon will arrive. Some impatient and indeed weaker ones have suggested 1879, 1914, 1925, 1975 or even 1994.

  Time and time again the faithfull slave have made it clear that nobody knows the day or the hour. So we need to search our hearts and ask ourselves, are we today of the 'nobody' class? We here in Bethel certainly are of the 'nobody' class. Are you?
• 
  31

  Why not extend your child's life and take the consequences?

  by I_love_Jeff in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jehovah's witnesses & blood transfusions.

  if your son or daughter were badly burned, he or she would require regular whole blood transfusions.

  as a good jehovah's witness, it is your duty to refuse this procedure and watch your child die instead.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Xanthippe

  What the hell???

  That made me smile. How is the JW teaching any different from 500 years ago when religious dissenters were tortured or burnt to death because better to die now than burn in hell forever.
  
  
• 
  50

  Financially Are You Doing Better Than a Year Ago?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this isn’t a usa question.

  is your financial situation better or worse or pretty much the same?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Xanthippe

  The same as last year, but next month I have to apply for my own job for the third time in about eight years. Central government has drastically cut funding to local authorities so I will probably have my working hours cut again. They say this will be the last time. Ha!

  I'm in the UK, still one of the richest countries in the world but I'm annoyed that tax payer's money is funding new nuclear weapons. Depending on who you read Trident is going to cost between 50 and 200 billion pounds! So we have to cut funding for disabled people and libraries. Fear is running my country.
• 
  34

  Jehovah’s Witness dating rules

  by Addison0998 in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i’m sorry that i talk about dating a lot, i know it is probably very annoying, but you don’t have to read it.

  but did anyone else have the most difficult time dating as a young jw?

  me and my boyfriend have been dating for a year in half, we are in our early 20’s, and we are still not allowed to hold hands, cuddle or kiss.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Xanthippe

  My sister married a guy who didn't want sex with her at all. She ended up so desperate she had sex with a stranger. She was the one publicly reproved not him. He might be gay or asexual, not marriage material, not to a woman anyway. Of course being a JW she didn't find out until they were married. She's been miserable with him for over forty years. Don't do that!
• 
  64

  The Longest Goodbye Of John McCain

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  can you believe it?

  this funeral arrangement goes on and on and on.

  if the people loved him so much he would have been elected president.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Xanthippe

  Strange the way the US honours even the politicians who didn't make it. We really don't honour politicians at all in the UK. Soon forgotten.
• 
  10

  Twelve days in Spain -- Nary a JW Cart in Sight

  by Room 215 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just concluded a twelve-day holiday in spain... seven cities in twelve days -- and not one sighting of a jw cart..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Xanthippe

  Spain... seven cities in twelve days --

  Cool, sounds like a great holiday. Where next?
  
  
• 
  46

  Bumped Into One Of My Best Friends On The Carts This Morning

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so this morning i'm walking to my office and there's the jws on their carts outside as usual.

  and old sister, a brother in his 20s and an elder i instantly recognized from my jw days.

  one of my best friends of about 20 years.. i genuinely just wanted to say hi as i havent seen him in 3 years.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Xanthippe

  But I'll know for next time that no matter how close we were to a JW, even if we we're related - they just dont want to know. -PE

  The trouble is they're so invested in it all being true. If it isn't they've thrown away an education, a good job, probably married the wrong person because they had to marry only in the Lord. They've given up birthdays, Christmas, parties, dating, experimenting with sex. They've worn themselves out for a stupid, meaningless cult and their whole lives are a waste of time if you're right. So you have to be wrong, bitter, a bad person.
  
  
• 
  46

  Bumped Into One Of My Best Friends On The Carts This Morning

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so this morning i'm walking to my office and there's the jws on their carts outside as usual.

  and old sister, a brother in his 20s and an elder i instantly recognized from my jw days.

  one of my best friends of about 20 years.. i genuinely just wanted to say hi as i havent seen him in 3 years.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Xanthippe

  You did good PE. A really human response. It takes great courage to be real in the face of this fake religion.