grumblecakes
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My first post: Pet Peeves from my JW past
by BarHarborBarbara infirst post here: longtime lurker but hesitant to take the leap.
my story is pretty much like everyone elses with little variance, but i thought id add a few details that especially tormented me when i was in.
im sure these are familiar, im afraid this is a bit of a rant.. --paradise: the constant chatter about a perfect world when most in the hall were not even slightly interested in taking care of the earth now.
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grumblecakes
WHOOOOO!!! Amen BHBarbara!!!
(Grublecakes claps wildly and cheers)
All sooooo true. Are you out of that JW hot mess or are you fading or what?
Welcome aboard, big hugs from Grumblecakes!! [[ ]] !!
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The Ray Franz Movie
by RayPublisher inbeen wanting to talk about this for a while... three years ago on this forum my friend cedars brought this up.
let's do it!.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sykaxxpyos.
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grumblecakes
Think about some great, documentaries, many do not come anywhere close to having a "broad audience", they just have to be interesting.
Right off the top of my head,here's a few great examples:
Exit through the gift shop-had no idea who Banksy was before and i had zero interest in graffiti art. Saw it anyway, LOVED IT.
Dear Zachary-do not know the family, never even heard of their case, but dear god, how poingient and well made. Their story will stay with me.
Toynbee tiles (i forget theactual name of thisdocumentary, but holy f**k thats a great, weird story)
As viewers, we dont always need to bepersonally touched by something, we just need a great story and a little intrigue. Ray franz`s story has both.
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The Ray Franz Movie
by RayPublisher inbeen wanting to talk about this for a while... three years ago on this forum my friend cedars brought this up.
let's do it!.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sykaxxpyos.
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grumblecakes
Ya know...im thinking really the audience is not as small as we think.
Most people have at least heard of jehovahs witnesses. Those really familiar would love to see this film.
Those somewhat familar may beintriguedi.
Those not-really-familiar-but-they-came-to-my-door...just may be curious ("yeah, what the f**k is up with those guys?! Expose on a cult? Hell yeah ill watch") enough to watch.
When i think of all the weird little indie films or special interest docs ive watched...yeah if you market this right, youll get viewers.
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A suggestion for Fading Dubs. STOP SINGING!!!
by DATA-DOG inwhether or not you realize it [ many of you do ], words have power.
think of the power of the human voice.
think of a beautiful song, or a symphony.
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grumblecakes
Hmm, ive never sung, only lip synched the whole time, but only cause im very self concious of my terrible voice.
I never closed my eyes during prayer, just looked down. I didnt know we had to close our eyes. Thought there was no specific rulefor it.
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the circuit assembly
by thedog1 ini am off to the circuit assembly tomorrow.
not really looking forward to it as it is the first one i will go to after finding out many things on this forum.
since the last assembly i have read coc, in search of christian freedom, and some of the gentile times reconsidered.
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grumblecakes
Take Nyquil tabs with you. Youll either sleep or relax so much you wont give a f**k.
I did that once, quickest assembly ever!
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FUNERAL OUTLINE
by freeatlast36 ini knew it.
march 28, 2014 at 9:57pm.
nobody seemed to notice that i wasn't sitting with my immediate family.
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grumblecakes
As an active witness, i couldnt bear ti attend my moms "memorial" due to this specifically. Its awful.
It does vary a bit depending on the person giving the talk. I once heard abeautiful well balanced memorial talk for a sister, he was a pretty exceptional guy tho.
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Female JW's....No hierarchy here....
by snare&racket indespite jw's lying to outsiders about there being no hierarchy in the religion, we all knew there was plenty.. i love that in the real world, by enlarge equality is something we strive for and seek.. that aside, focusing on this forum in paticular, isn't it refreshing to see that the opinion of females, of the youth, of everyone... is as valid and equal as everyone else.
i hated the sexist, ageist, authoritarian rule of the jw's when i was a member.
so females of the forum, how does it feel to have a voice post wt ?
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grumblecakes
You roclk S&R! way to put youself in someone elses shoes. You restore my faith in humanity a bit.
For all lurkers wondering, like 98% of women in the borg hate this s**t and die a little inside every time it comes up at meetings. You just dont dare ever show it!
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Who are the real WT puppet masters ?
by cookiemaster ina few days ago i posted my estimations about how much the wt actually makes a year.
you guys were all really helpful and provided a lot of useful info.
a good estimate would be 2-3 billion dollars a year.
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grumblecakes
Flipper-agreed
Adcms-whoa!!!! Thx for that video!
Phizzy-yeah, ive observed the same evolution of a man rising in the borg.
apog-do you still want to believe/be a jw? Just trying to understand where youre coming from.
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Ok, now I know why you atheists get so spittin' mad at some believers.
by Julia Orwell incuz they feel like they're banging their heads against a wall.. i don't really fall into the category of atheist or believer, but i'll go where the facts lead me.
that generally leads to atheism, and is why atheists end up getting mad and therefore rude at believers: they will lay out facts, raise questions, play devil's advocate, and reason in an evidence-based, structured way.
i've seen it many times before on this forum.
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grumblecakes
Amen!!!
The more i read your post, the more i think we sh0uld be friends IRL. (also LOVE futurama). Lololol!