Posts by scratchme1010

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Humourous reactions to beards worn at the kingdom Hall

by UnshackleTheChains in

is this the reaction you get when you walk into a kingdom hall sporting your new beard 🙄.

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Tattoos In the Kingdom?

by Cold Steel in

with tattoos becoming ever more popular in today's culture, i couldn't help but wonder what happens when people with ostentatious tattoos seek baptism?

are they admitted?

many don't have the money to have them removed, yet i can't imagine they'd be allowed to do pioneer work.

I echo that. In the early 2000s when in USA Christianity wanted to be cool, they started showing people with tattoos in church as a way of saying that it was ok. With the JWs and in certain cultures, they may take a different approach.

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Laws in the 1000 year kingdom?

by CitizenofEarth in

hello there.. tried to bring this up with my family.

didnt go well - they cling on to the utopia that the org paints, so i am gonna put this topic to your attention.

i would love to hear what you guys/girls think about this - god or no god i find this interesting.

scratchme1010

What do you think it will be?

Way back when I was a JW, I answered that question stating that the way their god thinks is pretty much laid out in the bible, so I figured it will be the same "thou shall not..." that you find there.

Of course, now to me it's all garbage of the worst kind, so who knows, who cares. None of what they can come up with matters at all (in terms of logic or knowledge; in terms of the decisions that they choose to make based on that crap, that's a different thing).

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Elders as Shepherd and teachers

by Rattigan350 in

after the meeting this week and the song and parts about elders, something occurred to me.

the elders don't teach as shepherds.. when nathan confronted david.

he didn't make an accusation stating that jehovah informed him of what david did.

scratchme1010

The elders don't teach as shepherds.

Those people have no leadership skills, no education background, some don't even have basic people skills, few have some higher education, and they are to talk and act exactly as they are told.

What could they possibly teach to anyone, that is, what valuable thing could they teach to anyone?

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Apposers Dismythed and my published comment.

by Thisismein1972 in

http://dismythed.blogspot.com.mt/2012/06/are-jehovahs-witnesses-destructive-cult.html.

above is the link to this blog that is fuelled with so much hatred it's unreal.

i commented on this bloggers posts, and told this bloggers how distasteful this bloggers posts are, i never expected it to go public, as this blogger will only post what he/she thinks os acceptable.. this blogger has asked me to show evidence of his/her hatred, only for this blogger to use the age old psychological trick of projecting onto the accusers.

scratchme1010

I am with David_Jay. I'm not sure why people simply make the assumption that everything in the internet is posted by sane, rational or educated people. Engaging in attempts against them is just futile and unnecessary, not to mention that standard already tired (yet always reliable) free speech argument.

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One of My BIGGEST Regrets as a JW Was How I Accepted Dealing With Disfellowsipped Ones

by minimus in

jw
friends

looking back at it, it was shameful to treat human beings worse than a way we would treat a dog!

ignore people, treat them as dead...,it's so awful.

😞.

scratchme1010

Looking back at it, it was shameful to treat human beings worse than a way we would treat a dog! Ignore people, treat them as dead...,it's so awful. 😞

The good thing about humans and relationships is that some may be mended. I felt exactly the same way about they way I treated some disfellowshipped people. Later I saw them and some I was able to talk to and let them know that the WT attitude and practice of shunning is something I no longer believe in. Some, sadly were still in "JW mode" and felt like they shouldn't be talking to me, and one person told me to stay away from him because he was planning on going back.

So don't feel bad because in the end, you may not be able to salvage anything, and also, some people are in fact assholes, disfellowshipped or not.

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what is the craziest book the dubbers ever published?

by dogon in

so i was wondering what book is the nuttiest they ever printed?

i know there are several in contention for first place but which is your vote for no 1?

also if you don't mind post a bit of what is in the book you pick to show why you picked it.

scratchme1010

Thanks, Village (I don't feel comfortable using the rest of your name).

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Character assassination verse the bullet?

by Chook in

would you as person in a terrorist siege denounce christianity ( even if you were not christian ) and pledge an oath to allah so save your arse from a bullet to the back of your head ?.

scratchme1010

Would you as person in a terrorist siege denounce Christianity ( even if you were not Christian ) and pledge an oath to Allah so save your arse from a bullet to the back of your head ?

What makes you think that terrorist means non-Christian?

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jw conversations

by zeb in

jw
friends

i have mentioned i have bi-polar.

as part of my strategy against this is to endeavour to be positive and around positive people as much as i can.

that is avoid negative conversations and negative people.

scratchme1010

Thank you for sharing, zeb. I'll stay away from you as I tend to be very negative. I care, though.

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2017 Convention Video To Be Shown Regarding The 1975 Failure

by pale.emperor in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go3arnnsfkk&feature=youtu.be.

no mention whatsoever that it was watchtower themselves that strongly hinted towards this date.

instead they blame those who "put their trust in a date, not jehovah".. let's recap... .

scratchme1010

Ok, I personally don't need further proof of how full of --it and how much those idiots at the WT's GB have no spine to admit that they made a mistake. To me it's well established that they will always attempt at looking good that way (personally I'd have more respect for them if they admit to being wrong, but that's just me).

So I'm not surprised that they keep coming up with whatever contrived crap they can think of to explain away their stupidity as they blame their victims for them.

I feel so bad for those who are still brainwashed by them and want to stick with them for the wrong reasons. Sadly, that's good enough for many who still want to look for any reason to stay with them. Old formula that never fails and keep their people at bay.

Disgusting.