Posts by piztjw

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Just one story of how this religion treats people.

by Crazyguy in

this is a story about an old friend many years ago a girl about 18 that was in her last year of highschool when one of the boys in her school took a liking to her.

knowing she was a jw and probably told by her that she wouldnt date him because of this he feigned interest in the truth.

he started a bible study with one of the brothers in the hall and of course was on her like white on rice.. .

piztjw

A woman I know, married twenty some years, four kids. Her non-jw husband cheated on her repeatedly. When she finally had enough and threw his ass out and filed for divorce he suddenly "saw the light" and started studying "da troof" with the eldurr that the woman worked for.

When he got baptized he told the eldurr that he wanted to make up wit' her. He played on the kids feelings with bigs ideas of the grandest KH wedding ever seen.

She wanted nothing to do with him, and said so. So in good christian manner the eldurr fired her. Her ex refused to pay court ordered CS. She had a home and four kids to try to support without any help from the eldurrs or their jealous wives. In desperation she caved in and re-married the azz-a-whole. He promptly quit meetings, moved in with his girlfriend and was df'd. She never did get any help.

So typical of them, don't you think?

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knockout game, what the freak!

by unstopableravens in

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piztjw

I reacted/posted about the two quotes as I have not reacted...

So let me get this straight...Your REACTION to their thoughts on the thread was NOT a reaction...but rather a REACTION. Are you perhaps an eldurr? Or are you a politician?

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knockout game, what the freak!

by unstopableravens in

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piztjw

How are you judging my reaction?

Perhaps the same way YOU are judging their proper reactions?

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knockout game, what the freak!

by unstopableravens in

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piztjw

.45 ACP with a CWP. They had better be sure I stay down, permanently, if they ever target me! I refuse to be a victim.

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BEARDS: Why JW men don't have them

by 00DAD in

i know this has been dished over before, but when i was doing some research i discovered a couple of interesting points.

as far as i can find, there is only one wt article that implies that jw men should not have beards.

*** w75 8/15 pp.

piztjw

Papua New Guinea (a country in which I recently lived for a total of eight years, and thus had ample opportunity in which to observe 1. what is local custom, and 2. what the WTS stand was.)

according to the WT$ local customs are to be ignored by anyone who is a "christian", as quoted in the 09/15/2013 WT:

But does this mean that as long as long as there is no clearly stated law from God, we can just follow the ways and standards that we are brought up with and that are common in our area? There are at least two important reason why that is not so for Christians.

Emphasis mine. It has nothing to do with customs, or what people perceive that jw's preach at. It is all about CONTROL. How many hoops can we make you jump through? How high can we get you to jump? How much of what makes an individual unique can we stifle in the interest of uniformity and sameness?

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BEARDS: Why JW men don't have them

by 00DAD in

i know this has been dished over before, but when i was doing some research i discovered a couple of interesting points.

as far as i can find, there is only one wt article that implies that jw men should not have beards.

*** w75 8/15 pp.

piztjw

Van Amburgh's mustache would have gotten him a back room meeting in my town. I know I got chastised for mine being wider than my mouth, and being longer than the top of my upper lip. I guess a "Hitler" 'stache would have been appropriate?

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WTS overboard w/suggested presentation

by doinmypart in

the nov 2013 km contains an article that is ridiculous in its level of minutae.. they focus on the word "because".

they tell jws to use the word "because" when explaining why they're at the homeowner's door.

writing department, you wrote an article on the use of the word "because"?

piztjw

not once did I ever use a suggested presentation as I was and always have been much more intellectually advanced than the outline provided

In the town where I live there is a pretty much half-witted MS who thinks he is getting brownie points or something by making stacks of photocopied KM presentations. Good lord, doesn't he think that if someone wanted to carry the talking orders around they could take it from their own KM? Of course he figures and salivates over every last word from "the slave."

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Service Meeting Part about Sisters Wearing Head Coverings

by TTATTelder in

this week's service meeting had another part about women wearing head coverings.there's already been a post about it, but i would like some thoughts from the forum on the scripture referenced.

11: 3-10. i want to focus on verses 4-6. it says this (nnwt):.

"4)every man who prays or prophesies with something on his head shames his head; 5) but every woman who prays or prophesies+ with her head uncovered shames her head, for it is one and the same as if she were a woman with a shaved head.

piztjw

Was this meant to be taken literal???...

Well if it were to be taken literally, then why not take verse 15 literally?

15 but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her instead of a covering .

If they want a hat, or whatever because of the earlier verses, then this would be saying that a womans hair is the covering. They cannot have it both ways!

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Why do we dress up for Meetings? - This weeks Cong Bible study

by KateWild in

because the gb say so, and they are guided by hs.. anyother offers from the brochure?

kate xx.

piztjw

BECAUSE

If we didn't dress up it would make Jehovah sad. Our worship depends on WHAT we wear...not what is in our hearts!

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New Article on BEARDS and Attire of Jehovah's Witnesses

by jwfacts in

i have had requests to add an article about beards and jehovah's witnesses.

it is interesting that there is virtually no statement that says a witness cannot have a beard, yet universally they do not have beards.

i have scoured quotes from all the threads on jwn, all references to beard on the cd watchtower library, and copies of elders letters that i have.

piztjw

Years ago a serious injury required surgery. As a result I was in a neck brace/collar for nearly three months. As such I could not move my head or neck, could not shave...even if I had wanted to. Guess what? Two weeks after my surgery one of the eldurrs made a point to "lovingly" chastise me for having facial hair and showing disrespect for Jehovah's house by attending a meeting with...a...GASP!...BEARD! There, "must be someway brother that you can manage to ignore the surgeon's instructions and remove the brace to properly scrape the hair off your face. You don't want to stumble someone do you?"