Posts by William Penwell

i must say that although a search on the web will bring you lots of great anti-jw stuff(thier own fault because they only have 1 official website) the number of people actually trash talking is quite small and its mostly ex-jws and some still in the org.

William Penwell

Talking to "worldly" people about Jdubs and it was never a big issue for them. They really never gave the Dubs a second thought let alone bother to persecute them. Most often then not the Dubs bring it on themselves. As a good friend of mine told me about the time her father politely asked the Dubs not to call on their door and this Dub woman had the nerve to stick her foot in the door. She said her father said to her, "if you don't want to lose it, you better take your foot out of the door".

I recall myself going door to door as a kid and after being asked politely by the house holder they were not interested and the Dub would still keep talking until the person at the door would get fed up and abruptly tell us to leave. Looking back on the way some Dubs can be so pushy, I can hardly blame some for being so nasty.

Will

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Lucid Dreaming Thread, and is it for Christians?

by VM44 in

someone posted a thread about lucid dreaming recently, and, of course, i can not find it again!

(simon, when are you going to get the site's search function working again?).

lucid dreaming is where one "wakes up" while still dreaming, and one can be "aware" of what is going on within your dreams.. sounds interesting, doesn't it?.

William Penwell

A subject of great interest to me. I recall as a kid being able to contorl my dream state but as I got older I seem to have lost that ablity. I just bought a book a few months back on how to have Lucid Dreams. I read a bit of it but kind of went away from it for now. Hopefully get back into this fall. I am sure there are internet support groups for this. If anyone has come across such sites I would be interested also.

Will

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144,000 on The Simpsons

by sixsixsixtynine in

in last nights episode of the simpsons, homer goes to see the movie "left below", and subsequently becomes obsessed with the rapture.

when they show an equation he's working on to determine when it will come, one of the numbers is 144,000!.

do any other religions besides the witnesses and adventists use that number?

William Penwell

There has been a couple of references to the Jdub on the Simpsons. I recall the time Marge said "I was so bored the other morning I invited some Jehovah's Witnesses in just to talk to and they snuck out when I went into the kitchen to get some Ice Tea"..

Will

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What GB members will be alive in 2014?

by VM44 in

here is a list of governing body (gb) members who are alive today.. which of them do you think will still be around in 2014?.

carey w. barber (1905-).

john e. barr (1913-).

William Penwell

Now we need to have a pool going here on which GB memeber is going to die first. Odds on favor to kick off first has to be Barber.

Will

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Attracted to a Jehovah Witness

by AJNG99 in

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i am new to this board.

i am not sure where to post this, so i'll give this place a try.

don't ask how i stumbled across this board.

William Penwell

Unless your willing to convert to his religion, forget it. If you were to get serious, he will expect you to marry him under the condition you will have to become a JW. If this is not for you then run like hell....

Will

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Another marriage bites the dust because of JW beliefs

by unbeliever in

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i know very few people who have been successfully married where 1 spouse is a witness and the other is not.

i know there are a few examples on this board.. a couple that i know irl have split after nearly 25 years of marriage because of the stupid shunning shit.

one of their 3 children got df'd 6 months ago and that is when everything fell apart apparently.

William Penwell

In the eyes of the other good dubs, it will be all the non-believer husbands fault that the marraige broke up.

Will

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Elder says: Young People don't want to flip burgers to pioneer

by truthseeker in

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i approached an elder last week, and asked him if the society was against higher education because of the comments brought out in the drama.

he said the society disapproves of higher education.. .

he privately told me he disagrees with the view the society has on education - he said it should be a personal choice.. .

William Penwell

I would still be flipping burgers if I listened to the WT.

Will

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Sport and JWs!!!

by zagor in

just wondering what your experiences are.

were you "encouraged" not to devote time to personal exercise, gym or sport in general?

i remember this one time co gave a talk how "we do not need sport" then he proceeded to explain how walking up the stairs in field service was exercise enough for our legs, then how we didn't need any stretching exercise as making gestures while explaining the bible verses would do the job, and so on.

William Penwell

When I was about 10 I went to the local park with a neighbourhood friend. He was on a softball team and the team was practicing that day. When I was a kid I enjoyed playing softball and was not too bad of a ball player. The couch tried to encourage my brother and myself to play but I would not allow myself to just enjoy the moment as of the Jdub guilt feelings. It is sad of the rubbed childhood of many of young Jdub youths.

I remember one sister being discouraged from getting massages ... others sis's thought it was immoral to have a man touching you

That reminds me of the time I met a massage therapist that my ex was working with. I was telling this therapist about my bad back and she said that I should try some massage therapy. Well my ex had a fit as if I wanted to have sex with the woman. As in some of my other posts, you know my ex was the biggest prude going. Unfortunately I could have used a massage but there was no way as long as I was married to that bag.

Will