Posts by FedUpJW

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Female JW parking "attendants"

by neat blue dog in

i was shocked recently to see on social media a couple pictures of jw sisters at a convention working as parking "attendants".

i put that title in quotation marks because they still don't get the official attendant badge like the male parking attendants do, only the reflective vest.

has anybody else heard of this .

FedUpJW

so close to the car next to yours that your car party had to exit via the sunroof!

Or as I had to do when I took my elderly parents who were both handicapped to the Big Hoopla in 2014...made us park one-half mile (US) away from the building in the middle of a field! Every single designated handicap parking space in the lot next to the building had been taped off and reserved for...YOU GUESSED IT...the big wheels on the CONvention!!

Probably illegal, and these days I would photograph it and file a complaint with the American DOJ for an ADA violation.

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Holy spirit

by mrssauk in

what is the difference (if any) between being guided by holy spirit and being inspired by holy spirit?

is it just semantics?.

FedUpJW

As much wood as a woodchuck could chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

36

The 'IN' families

by punkofnice in

one thing i don't miss about being a jobo, is those families that ruled the congregations.. i've seen how the elders protected their own using our old friend, nepotism.. eg.

the son of an elder that stole a car and was prosecuted but 'let off' because it was kept secret and all his relatives were elders in the same congregation.

it certainly went on when i was an elder but i wasn't one of the 'in' crowd.

FedUpJW

I don't think you have the full story. Unless you were on the Judicial Committee there is no way you could. Confidentiality is of paramount importance, and he cannot foll Jehovah's Holy Spirit. No one can!

First of all, the word is FOOL (you should know that from looking in the mirror!) not FOLL.

And second, if someone claims there is not nepotism in congregations they are either naive, or they are a liar! Which are you?

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JWTALK Bob Comes Up With A Classic

by AverageJoe1 in

the guy everyone loves to hate, bob, has come up with a classic:.

redefining the concept of "critical thinking" when it comes to jws.. he quite correctly states the need to use critical thinking when reading the bible, yet we all know that pimi jws don't have the first clue what "critical thinking" really means, especially on a thread fawning over how great the gb are and guessing who will be presenting the next jwb!.

the link to the actual comment is:.

FedUpJW

Never thought i'd say this, but i think i hate Bob just as much as Tony Morris.

Bob, JWHess, and Trottigy all should be dropped out of an airplane at 30,000 feet with only two chutes and let them figure out who would sacrifice themselves for the other two.

18

News spot for JW convention - keep barf bags ready

by days of future passed in

i could barely stand listening to it.

watching the jw pushers at the same time was too much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgix-5pfwf4.

FedUpJW

My thoughts exactly. Why is that tub-o-blubber not booted for gluttony? He surely cannot have a genuine metabolic disorder!

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Do You Think President Trump Is Doing a Good Job?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i think he is.

if you don’t want to put reasons for your yes or no, it’s ok. .

your vote,please?

FedUpJW

Anyone who can protect the children must be good.

It must be true, here is a picture of it.

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second letter from a supposed friend

by chellechelle in

jw
friends

dear michelle, .

just one qucik letter to let you know i miss you.

like everyone else i am concerned for you; but dont worry im not going to lecture you.

FedUpJW

but dont worry im not going to lecture you.

If t hey had an ounce of intelligence that is where they would have stopped writing.

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Spiritual "Protection" - a Menace on Psychological Development

by Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho in

not quite a week ago, @lost in the fog created a thread entitled: do you have this illness?.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5187824140681216/do-you-have-this-illness.

in my year of being on this forum, i have browsed many a disillusioned thread of ex-jehovah’s witnesses expressing similar symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder when detailing their awakening - my own story included.

FedUpJW

Jehovah’s Witnesses have been groomed to possess inherently lazy thinking abilities.

So very true! I saw first hand evidence of that over on another site where the Dubbies spout off mindless drivel about everything they are told with never a thought about it. And anyone that expresses a different thought is pretty well dog-piled on. Even a very cautiously worded comment about being "confused" by the pretzel logic of the overlapping generation get private P.M.s galore. "Brother, you must not think so much! The governing body has it right. We just need to wait on Jehovha!"

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So what would "Perfect Life" REALLY be like?

by stuckinarut2 in

i wonder sometimes just how jws try and comprehend what perfect life would really be like if "adam and eve" had not sinned?.

how would we live?

what would the realities be like?

FedUpJW

Of course, none of them had ever been on a horse.

Or had to clean up behind it! Sounds like their paradise would be pretty shitty!

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The urban legends we heard as JWs!

by stuckinarut2 in

how often have we heard some sort of sensationalist urban legend as jws?.

here is an example i was told as a kid:.

the experience of a sister who knocked on a door and was greeted by a big fierce looking man- intimidating and mean.

FedUpJW

The one I heard was about a C.O. who in the early 1970's was on his first tour of duty in Kentucky (USA). He stopped in a barber shop in some out of the way Holler for a haircut when he very first arrived. When he was comfortably seated the barber's voice changed to something out of The Exorcist and the barber growled, "You killed our children at the flood, now we are going after your children!" The claim was that the barber did not know him, or that he was a JDub. So how could the barber make that comment except by the aid of demunz.