Oubliette

Joined

• started 96 topics
• posted 7,450 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by Oubliette

• 
  32

  It came in today's mail

  by Virgochik in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it came today, the dreaded envelope containing my personal copy of "return to jehovah" from my elderly, desperate mother.

  it included a small note asking me to read it over and to let her know what i think.

  she got it at her assembly.. firstly, i'm angry that she continues to push her religion on me, given that i stopped attending meetings over thirty years ago, and very offended that she assumes that i still want to be a witness, which is her choice of religion, not mine.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Oubliette

  HMTM: Oubliette, You are getting stuck in the religion.

  Um, no. That's what the OP is about.
  

  HMTM: A good father or mother puts their children before themselves.

  Don't tell me, tell Virgochik's mother!
• 
  24

  Org is going to appeal!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the english woman who has been awarded 275,000 compensation for being abused by the ministerial servant paedophile, will now have to wait while the org fights to keep hold of its precious money, by appealing the court's decision.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33201010.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Oubliette

  Well that was predictable!
• 
  32

  It came in today's mail

  by Virgochik in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it came today, the dreaded envelope containing my personal copy of "return to jehovah" from my elderly, desperate mother.

  it included a small note asking me to read it over and to let her know what i think.

  she got it at her assembly.. firstly, i'm angry that she continues to push her religion on me, given that i stopped attending meetings over thirty years ago, and very offended that she assumes that i still want to be a witness, which is her choice of religion, not mine.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Oubliette

  HMTM, Put her before yourself.

  I agree with everything you wrote except putting the mother before herself.

  That's the problem with this religion. It makes people deny themselves.
  
• 
  27

  when you were a JW what did you do with your fortune cookie?? LOL

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  someone who is not familiar with jw none sense would think, are you.

  serious, a fortune cookie.

  is there a scripture that say you will be destroyed when.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Oubliette

  Wasanelder Once!

  That's PFF.
  
• 
  27

  when you were a JW what did you do with your fortune cookie?? LOL

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  someone who is not familiar with jw none sense would think, are you.

  serious, a fortune cookie.

  is there a scripture that say you will be destroyed when.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Oubliette

  I read the fortune for fun. They never say anything bad, but they were always so banal.

  The cookies were usually not very good either.

  
  
• 
  32

  If you were put in charge of the Governing Body tomorrow...

  by FusionTheism in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  if you were somehow magically put in-charge of the governing body tomorrow, by jesus, with the rules being, you could not teach anything that would be considered outright apostasy and you could not teach anything that would be considered to cause doubt about god's existence... (so as not to arouse suspicion).

  what "new light" or "clarified understandings" would you introduce first?.

  and which later on?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Oubliette

  You say "put in charge" but then you put conditions and restrictions on this hypothetical role that make it impossible to do anything.

  That being said, every GB that has come along has apostatized from the last. So your "what if" is a fail from the start.
  
• 
  24

  Has anyone had a jw hack into their email/tablet/phone etc to spy?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i note stillin has had a recent problem with this.

  i also know of two cases were an elder went through a brothers phone to get dirt on him.

  and another were a sisters email was hacked into to get dirt on her.. in both cases apparently it was for their spiritual protection (!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Oubliette

  Dude, if anyone went snooping through my phone, computer or anything, I'd put them through a wall.

  WTF, if they don't respect boundaries then teach them to.
• 
  33

  Why are JWs so against debate

  by enigma1863 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if the jws follow proverbs 27:17 they should not be afraid of any tension or friction.. in order for iron to sharpen iron you need pressure, tension friction and a bit of heated debate..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Oubliette

  Because they'd lose. Duh!

  Let's review: It's a cult!

  
  
  
• 
  32

  It came in today's mail

  by Virgochik in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it came today, the dreaded envelope containing my personal copy of "return to jehovah" from my elderly, desperate mother.

  it included a small note asking me to read it over and to let her know what i think.

  she got it at her assembly.. firstly, i'm angry that she continues to push her religion on me, given that i stopped attending meetings over thirty years ago, and very offended that she assumes that i still want to be a witness, which is her choice of religion, not mine.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Oubliette

  I take it you're not DF'd or DA'd, just faded, ... 30 years = an extremely long fade.

  Why does this irk you so? You need to get to that.

  Suggestion: Say, "Thanks mom!" and ignore it.

  Invite her to lunch or dinner and talk about other things. Every time she brings up "all things JW," simply say, "That's nice," and change the subject.

  Take control of the frame and stop letting your mum's religion get to you.

  It only controls you if you let it.
• 
  21

  BOE May 27, 2015 Re: Kingdom Hall and Assembly Hall Construction Worldwide

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  thanks stayedaliveafter75 !.

  http://imgur.com/a/ccnus.

  pdf download from google or mega..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Oubliette

  God needs money ... again!