Posts by Alligator Wisdom

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Any current Good Standing JW, posting here?

by NotaNess in

i was wondering if there are any current regular posters here that are still active , but are mentally inactive and don't believe all the bull anymore, and are just going through the motions to keep their life with friends and family together.. i realize this might be a posting that will probably get 0 replies, but.......

Alligator Wisdom

I'm in and considered to be in good standing.

Trying to be a true Christian while filtering out any man made traditions and rules. It works for me. I'd be the brother in the congregation that always talks about Jehovah and Jesus while constantly cracking open the Bible to encourage and upbuild others. You never hear me saying "FDS" or "Organization" in my conversations.

No wonder why many in the congregation say they feel refreshed when talking with me. The elders and the other hand can't get a hold on me.

True Christian freedom makes the elders nervous. Perhaps even jealous. Mind you, I was even appointed an elder, TWICE. I declined both times.

Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)

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A few tidbits of knowledge from my congregation

by TooBad TooSad in

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when one comes to the realization that the wtbs is not even close to being the true religion,.

sitting thru the mind numbing and butt numbing meetings can be painful and unbearable.

thru them by laughing to myself at what is said from the platform and from the audience.

Alligator Wisdom

Lately I've been hearing this remark from the ones in the congregation: "We are living at the very end of the final part of the last days."

Geez, how close to the end can you get?

Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)

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Where do you like to sit on a plane and why?

by Crumpet in

i'm trying to decide where i want to sit on the plane to dallas - i can choose online 24 hours beforehand but am not sure where is best for comfort, quiet, service, view.

is there anyway of predicting where any babies might be so i can be as far away as possible from them?.

https://www.britishairways.com/travel/managebooking/public/en_gb?eid=104504&source=mmb_tab_ob.

Alligator Wisdom

Any seat to your liking, BUT choose in front of the wings. In front of the wings mean in front of the engines. Tremendous difference in noise reduction. Of course if you have headphones or earplugs during the trip, then it wouldn't matter.

That is one major reason why first/business class is in the front of the aircraft. The other reason is for expedited disembarking upon arrival.

Choose bulkhead seats otherwise if you are in economy. It's more than just legroom. It doesn't give you the feeling of being cramped in. Plus you can get up anytime and move about. Window or aisle doesn't really matter to me if I'm sitting in a bulkhead seat next to an exit.

Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)

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If most men decided to wear a beard today, would the JW's follow?

by JH in

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the jw's will say that in jesus time, it was ok to have a beard because it was their custom back then, and today jw's should not have a beard because it's not our custom to have one today.. since the world is ever changing, it will continue changing, and beards might come back and be popular once more.. it's only a cheap excuse on their part, because they will never accept beards, even if every man wore one today..

Alligator Wisdom

A few years back, a brother in my congregation had his privileges revoked because he grew a well trimmed goatee. It looked nice and was fitting for him. Several in the congregation complemented him on it. I did. He looked distinguished, like Shaun Connery. However, the elders were uncomfortable with it. This brother shaved it off after about 6 months after the constant hounding and guilt trip the elders gave him.

Not long ago the circuit overseer had one elder shave off his mustache. This elder was the only male in the congregation to have one. I assumed that the circuit overseer said that it made this elder stand out and that it wasn't necessary to have one.

The New York Yankees have a policy about beards in their organization. If you had one, you wouldn't get hired. If you grew one, then you would get fired. Mind you, this is corporate policy that their employees must adhere to. The WTS has the same mindset. A company can stipulate such, but aren't the JWs a brotherhood/family instead?

Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)

To answer the question of the post, for the most part NO. But if you are in a congregation with a liberal tendency in a small rural area far away from the general populace in a developing country that are accustomed to beards, then perhaps.

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Lets take full advantage of the 1935 WT blunder.

by yesidid in

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it has occurred to me that we xjws may not be taking full advantage of the 1935 gaffe and admission in the may 1 watchtower.. after all this is not just a change of doctrine, it is an admission (although they probably dont realize it), that in 1935, rutherford, their second president made a presumptuous , blasphemous announcement on behalf of jesus christ.

he said, without any authority to do so, that christ had stopped taking people into his kingdom.

rutherford actually took it upon himself to stop people entering the kingdom.

Alligator Wisdom

Side note:

I brought up this subject several times to different ones in the congregation. The response I got was just about the same for each person.

With a glazed look on their face they said, "This shows we living at the very end of the final part of the last days."

WHAT?????

Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)

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When is the Special Talk?

by tinker in

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my son invited me but i lost the email.

he is giving the talk...yikes!.

Alligator Wisdom

It's only a "special" talk because it's a new outline (#168).

After this weekend, it'll be thrown into the pool of other outlines and will be given again as a public talk in the congregation in about a year or two.

Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)

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Were You Looked Down In The Hall Because Of Age, Gender, Race, $$$, Etc????

by minimus in

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were you discriminated against for any reason in the "christian congregation"?

Alligator Wisdom

anyone that had some means was considered suspect, less than whole-souled.

Right!

Even though I went to college and was working at an elite company for many years, I still went to all the meetings, auxillary pioneered at least twice a year (while I doubled the national average each month for the rest of the year), several duties as MS (I declined eldership twice), showed hospitality, gave rides to the meetings/assemblies/conventions to the elderly in the congregation....etc.....

.....and there were many that still found the straw in my eye!

Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)

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