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been their, done that
by olongapo joe in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
ok, i was never baptized, raised jw from one yr old till 15 yr old, never really believed, joined u.s. navy at 20 yr old.

i used to think(still do) how much the jw organization was like the military!

to advance, you have to hit certain marks, ( for the military you need high marks in physical fitness) (( could that be field service for jw's?
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Are you A comments/like junkie?
by olongapo joe in
1. jw
2. experiences
i admit that i am, i started a thread on my youthful drinking, that went absolutely nowhere.

so here i am looking for some love.

i have spent hours on this site reading others experiences (real or imagined), i question some of john aguilars( i did not comment on johns post, just mentally thought it sounded a little far fetched) and notice when others question how he is always in the right place at the right time, he seems to stop commenting.
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Should I stay or should I go?
by olongapo joe in
1. jw
2. experiences
hello all, i love reading all of your experiences, and trials and tribulations ( isn't that very jw'ish)?

while most of my life experiences have almost nothing to do with jw's, as i was never baptized and never believed( in the bible) past the 5th grade, it makes me feel good to contribute a post or two here, i tend to go off on subjects that are probably not very jermaine to the main subject of this site.

i do really enjoy all of your comments and the time and effort simon and the other moderators spend to make this a truly inspiring site.
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Do todays Jw's care at all about Russell and the pyramid?
by olongapo joe in
1. jw
2. experiences
just wondering, as i will be visiting active jw family in ohio in a few weeks, do you think it will be worthwhile dropping it into a conversation, about the wtbts pyramid near his grave, or try some other topic to try and wake them up.

i was never baptized and don't really care if they get upset or not, but it is only a day trip from ohio to pittsburgh, and thought it would be fun if they denied it, and then drove their to see it for ourselves.
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Booze boy, the middle years.
by olongapo joe in
1. jw
2. experiences
in some of my earlier post, i mention how prevalent booze was (and still is in my life).

now, the only thing this has to do with jw's, is, that, at the time, both my parents were (still are active jw's).

a quick rehash, at one yr. old, my parents become jw's.
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Would you kill for the org?.......YES I WOULD!
by olongapo joe in
1. jw
2. experiences
so, a few years ago my jw parents, my non jw sister and her husband, and myself were discussing religion and jw beliefs.

my parents of course defending the jw's, the rest of us, against jw's ( it may not have been specifically against jw's, maybe just religion in general) anyway, things are getting a little heated, and i finally ask my pops, if the watchtower bible and tract society told you to go out and start killing muslims, would you do it?

yes i would, was his reply, to which i say, then your not any different than the radical muslims killing in the name of religion.
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Booze Boy, The Early Years
by olongapo joe in
1. jw
2. experiences
someone commented on an old post, "jw's attract a lot of misfits and alcoholics" yep, fits my family to a t. booze was at every family reunion, party, picnic, you name it, if my family was gonna be there, there was gonna be lots of booze.

my pops was cheap (he dropped out of school in the 9th grade, so only worked low paying jobs) so to save money on beer, he and my uncle decide to make some homebrew (this is in the early 70's, before all the beer brewing kits you can get now).

they got a recipe from some old codger, dug up an old 30 gallon crock from god only knows where, and commences to buying cans of malt, bags of sugar, cases of empty bottles, a hand operated capping machine the whole nine yards, oh, it was a big operation, yep, were gonna save a bundle on beer!.
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The Demons were messing with me last night!
by olongapo joe in
1. jw
2. friends
so said my pops one morning.

we were visiting my sister in eastern tennessee and the night before after everyone else went to bed pops was watching tv when all of a sudden and completely on it's own the tv changed to the tonight show, holy smokes!!

must be demons cause pops didn't change it!
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A little wine for the stomaches sake.
by olongapo joe in
1. jw
2. friends
one of my pop's favorite bible quotes.

as a youngster as soon as i could open the refrigerator, the old man would say "bryan get me a beer", and i was rewarded a drink or two from the can, 50 years later, i am an alcoholic, good news is i realize i am an alcoholic and am working on it.

actually hope to replace the booze with weed, as i can get violent with booze, but just chill with weed.
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New here, never baptised (thank god)!
by olongapo joe in
1. jw
2. friends
just signed up and wanted to introduce myself.

i had 1 x-mas and 1 birthday before both my parents joined the jw's around 1966 or 67 being 1 year old i don't remember them (the holidays), to this day holidays are nothing to me (thanks jw's).

i never really believed the bible or jw literature.