Posts by road to nowhere

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Do any of you ex JW`s ever feel ashamed or embarrassed to admit you were once a JW? To your now friends / associates ?

by smiddy3 in

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i ask this now because i have been living in this town for the past 14 years and the circle of friends i have now i have never let on i am an ex jw.. i`m talking about 30-50 people at least.. not that the subject has ever really come up , but i think they would be shocked / amazed that i was a ( i hate this word ) a "devout" jw for 32 years going around knocking on peoples doors trying to convert them to the religion .. yet every now and again i get tempted to.. how say you ?.

road to nowhere

Was reluctant even when fully in. I guess there was always a nagging doubt about pushing the "wonderful god" schtick.

Mom let us trick or treat, birthday parties (others), no xmas. Thanksgiving was a family reunion. Dad was not part of the good ol boys club and kept quiet.

In the 50s and 60s thing were more lax. At least we played with worldly kids, watched fireworks on 4th. Solo dating was allowed and we did get into heavy petting with no consequences. (Dont tell)

My best friends mother took me under her wing and gave me my first legal beer, introduced me to family xmas traditions like decorating the tree.

WT was right about the flag, military and some things but not by righteousness but rather just for the controversy. They misused the "my country right or wrong" as being in lock step instead of realizing we have a common allegiance to our home.

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So let's discuss the framework of gods plan for a paradise earth

by nowwhat? in

so after jehovah kills 8 billion people "for not knowing him'" he is going to resurrect 100 billion humans because " they didn't know him" .

the 8 million jw's will be tasked with educating these ones.

that's 1 jw for every 12k resurrected ones.

road to nowhere

Supposedly the 8 billion didnt listen, tge 100b never had the message.

All the infrastructure will be preserved and run on leftover lithium batteries.

Meanwhile, the 8b will grow to 9b while we wait. I always wanted to be a grave digger

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Is the jab required to attend meetings ?

by zachias in

my wife has begun to attend meetings at the kh.. do the wt ask if attendees have had the jab?

anyone know?.

thanks.

road to nowhere

My area is not included so far. When it does I will hide behind old age if I can. It may come down to the " parts" I am assigned, just like it is only then that I don a tie for zoom

Excluding unvaxxed, newbies, children will put a hitch in recruitment

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False members numbers

by asp59 in

is watchtower faking there member numbers?

i live in europe.

for the last 15 year's probably 25 person i knew or more were df, pimo, left by own will, inactive.

road to nowhere

We are nagged into reporting. When I missed, the secretary filled in the blanks. As for counting time, is time spent on this forum counted as return visits?

One thing, mormons have jobs and educations. Even my family has been given a bit of their charity by happenstance, so the Bishops storehouse is an actual functioning thing.

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Alec Baldwin Shot a Woman Dead

by Simon in

so alec baldwin shot a woman dead on set and seriously injured another man.. what do we put this down as?

a tragic accident?

maybe ... except that implies no one was to blame.. the more you find out, the more it seems that this was due to negligence and lack of attention to safety.

road to nowhere

From what I glean, live ammo is forbidden. Various blanks are easily recognized by the crimp ( but no mention of any markings on the head), realistic looking dummies have a bb in place of the powder so you can hear the rattle.

As for cannons, in Canada probably the military is the only allowed. In the US you can have one that will shoot solid projectiles, but not explosive shells.

Maybe the correct assessment is an amusement park. We trust that the rides are inspected instead of looking ourselves

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Is the jab required to attend meetings ?

by zachias in

my wife has begun to attend meetings at the kh.. do the wt ask if attendees have had the jab?

anyone know?.

thanks.

road to nowhere

Locally the hospitals are over run ( according to news) no mention of the massive population increase factor. We do not have meetings yet. BUT the gossip is that those without vaccinations, masks, isolation are being disobedient to the GB.

An elder told me he does not want to go back. It is usually the rest of us that say that

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US Government Insurrection Attempt

by Simon in

so now we know the russian dossier was a fraud, the whole "russian collusion" was a hoax, and we know it was funded by the clintons and promoted by the dem's media allies.. given that this was the basis for an actual attempt to remove the elected president of the united states, this was an attempted insurrection.. clinton is guilty and should face charges.. given that they did this, does anyone still believe that they wouldn't commit some lesser, election fraud, crimes?.

if so, you still haven't learned anything.

"fool me once" and all that ....

road to nowhere

Let Mr. Spock have a go. It is logical that what is called white supremacy is a construct to maintain order and safety. The rejection of said norms leads to chaos and the extinction of the species.

The party of Biden calling anyone a puppet is ludicrous

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US Government Insurrection Attempt

by Simon in

so now we know the russian dossier was a fraud, the whole "russian collusion" was a hoax, and we know it was funded by the clintons and promoted by the dem's media allies.. given that this was the basis for an actual attempt to remove the elected president of the united states, this was an attempted insurrection.. clinton is guilty and should face charges.. given that they did this, does anyone still believe that they wouldn't commit some lesser, election fraud, crimes?.

if so, you still haven't learned anything.

"fool me once" and all that ....