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Posts by Scully
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55BUM WITNESSES
by The Searcher incan anyone save me the stress of listening to the self-appointed faithful & discreet slave for 3 hours, and give a clue as to roughly at what point in the proceedings was the derogatory term 'bum witnesses used, and by whom?
i'd really love to extract that comment and send it to a weakening witness, to highlight the judgmental arrogance and name-calling being displayed.. many thanks in advance folks!.
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What to be for Holloween
by Found Sheep intwo years ago i was an angel, last year a cat.
i am working that day so i need to be "modest".
yes they let us dress up it's kind of fun.
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Scully
Wear a medical officer uniform from Star Trek.
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How to break up a "friendship" with a JW who is (still!) trying to convert me
by Sofi inok, so i never had the courage to tell this people i was df'd a long time ago... just kept "studying" here and there because i felt lonely and they were so persistent.
last time i saw this woman, we had a heated argument (was more like a monologue) where i told them why i think the wts is wrong on the blood subject.
she is still sending me texts about when is she going to see me again to "study" (bringing in the "closer": a regular pioneer we both know).
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Scully
Start celebrating holidays, beginning with Halloween.
You don't even have to go whole-hog with ghosts and witches and pumpkins. I simply had seasonal decorations: a bale of hay, some decorative gourds and some colorful corn around our front entrance and the gossip went WILD within the Congregation™.
For Christmas, don't do lights or a tree, but put pictures of snowmen and snowflakes all over your house. Again, seasonal decorations, but nothing overtly from False Religion™.
In springtime, you can do flowers and baby animal pictures instead of Easter stuff.
In the summer, if you live in the USA, decorate in red-white-and-blue, without using the American Flag. I live in Canada, so I had red-and-white everywhere rather than having a Canadian flag - I even made sure my flowerbeds were in red and white, so I could say confidently that I was just going with a red and white theme - it had nothing to do with Canada Day.
Your JW Friend™ will start questioning what you're doing, and perhaps accuse you of celebrating holidays. You can counter with the fact that you are enjoying the seasons and then you can get offended that she's trying to tell you what to do in your own home, with your own money and impose her Conscience™ on you. That works every time. She will start withdrawing, and unfortunately that means your daughter may lose her friend too, but there are tons of other children who will be lots more fun for your daughter to play with.
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Don't hold your breath waiting for an apology.
by stillin inthis is true everywhere but it seems especially true with the witnesses.
they seem to feel that since god forgives them, you should too, so you end up with these pathologically rude, crude people.. "get over it" is what my wife says if i tell her about some incident where i couldn't believe my ears.
but i have to remind myself that she is also like that.. but she's right, too, because who wants to spend the rest of their life as a victim?
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Scully
Oh, yes, and you must always be careful so as not to Stumble Your Brothers, but if they do something that Stumbles you, just get up, dust yourself off and fagettaboutit.
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Wow! Things have moved on!
by Oneoutallout inthis is only my second or third post.
my previous posts were under the username piglet.
i couldnt remember my log in details so i have now changed my username, which i feel is more relevant now anyway.
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Scully
That's great news, congratulations!
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The internet should be in an open place in your house!
by hoser inno internet in the bedroom or office as per suggestion of the watchtower.
this keeps your husband off those online dating sites and porn sites.
the only flaw in this is when you go grocery shopping and he is all alone in the house..
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Scully
One of my JW family members wants to get a Kindle or similar device so they can download the magazines and have them all handy for the meetings. I'm debating whether I should give them mine and teach them how to load all the magazine PDFs onto a mini-SD card.
Of course, I'd also include a lesson on how to download other items on it too.
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The internet should be in an open place in your house!
by hoser inno internet in the bedroom or office as per suggestion of the watchtower.
this keeps your husband off those online dating sites and porn sites.
the only flaw in this is when you go grocery shopping and he is all alone in the house..
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Scully
Yes, they want to be able to catch you when you sneak a peek at Apostate™ websites.
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Passing a resolution a painful experience
by stillin ineverybody knows it's going to pass.
nobody ever asks if possibly that much money for the circuit overseer's whatever isn't a bit too much, or whatever else the congregation is being asked to agree to.
then the call to raise your hand if in favor of doing the "right thing.
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Scully
DoC:
The only way to vote against their resolution is with your checkbook.
DO NOT put any $$$$ in the contribution boxes.
I agree with this wholeheartedly. Money is one of the ONLY things the WTS understands.
This sort of thing is nothing new. When I was a newbie here, I transcribed a letter that I'd written (anonymously of course) to the BoE of the Congregation™ we were in almost 20 years prior. Found an Old Letter
This was the ONLY Resolution™ I'd ever seen at a KH where it was almost evenly split between the Yes and No votes - it was passed on the plurality of THREE votes.
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Head coverings yet again in the latest KM
by life is to short inmy husband just gave me the latest km the novermber 2013 and it yet again has a question box on head coverings.. question box "should a female publisher wear a head covering if she is accompanied by a male pubisher at a doorstep bible study?".
it says "when a female publisher conducts a reagular, scheduled bible study and a male kingdom publisher is present, she should wear a head covering.
(1 cor 11: 3-10) the july 15 2002, issue of the watchtower page 27, explains: "this is a prearranged session of teaching where the one conducting the the study actually presides.
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Scully
Why would a Sister™ even need a head covering if she is following the command to "go and make disciples" which makes no distinction between male or female? This doorstep bible study thing must be fairly new - it's the first time I've ever heard of it.
I hated the oppression of women in this cult. They put a fair bit of window dressing on it to make it seem palatable but it still was crap we were forced to swallow.
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Is John Barr's funeral talk at odds with New Light?
by Splash injohn barr served in the gb and died in dec 2010 at the age of 97.. in his funeral talk and the accompanying eulogy tract that was printed, is the final sentence:.
"without a doubt, he slept for but a moment in death and has now received his heavenly reward and his father's approval - all he ever wanted!".
given that the new light about being approved and appointed over all things is now a future event linked to the gt trib, was it correct to teach these things about brother barr at his funeral service?.
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Scully
That was almost 3 years ago. When Old Light™ was Current Light™, which has since been replaced by w2103 7/15's New Light™. It was okay then. Maybe he did a Bart Simpson and slid under the garage door as it was closing. lol