Posts by WingCommander

no, i did not stop studying because i believe the jehovah's witnesses are a 'cult', i left due to the minor beliefs that i hold that remain separate from the organization.

i called my elder who is still an amazing man and great counselor, affirming that i do not wish to continue my studying.

WingCommander

This OP thread smells like......

Bull-Fuggin-Sheet!

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THIS IS IT Tony Morris Identifies King of Norht

by scotoma in

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this is the announcement we have heard “about” but now it has been released to the whole world.

its in the 2nd of a three part serries about the jw annual meeting (oct 2018).

to minute 52. .

WingCommander

Same shit, different decade. SMH.

Smells like.........bull-fuggin-shit!

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Letter to my sons, why I left WT -- 1975 and lies were reasons

by FatFreek 2005 in

several months ago i wrote a letter to two of my sons, still jw.

the letter is 41 years belated.

i am now 78 years old so this was a bucket list item.

Damn.......your son's would have to be brain-dead zombies to not shed a tear after reading that. I'll be 40 this year, and even I remember most of what you are talking about. The early 1980's were pure WT Gold when it came to printing End-Times apocalyptic bullshit, and the 1914, Generation, etc WatchTower covers are proof of it. I can't believe you didn't focus on that a bit more.....as they were young men in the early 1980's, and probably remember it very clearly as well. They are in their 50's? Well then, they've seen the "evolution" of this weird sect into a full-blown cult. You'd have to have shit for brains to deny it at this point in time. Who knows what your letter might stir up in their brains. Good luck.

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Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?

by minimus in

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so much is said regarding men , in a negative way.

shaving commercials are now lecturing us as to how bad we really are.

men should be less masculine.

WingCommander

"Toxic feminism" has pussified the entire world. Real men of the Greatest Generation would be laughing their asses off and grimacing in disgust at what this planet has turned into. Snowflakes and safe places? GTFOOH!!!

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Discontinue unproductive bible study - jw broadcasting

by Gorbatchov in

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https://tv.jw.org/#en/mediaitems/latestvideos/pub-ism_2_video.

interesting video explaining how to end a bible study.. watch the kind of uber behaviour of the witnesses: make a choice or we leave.... so hard, so not christian.

no love for the person.. g..

WingCommander

How about another perspective?

Maybe it's not so much about wasting the JW's time, as much as it is the fear the potential recruit (AKA: Study) will actually be SMART, and decide to fact-cheque and research what the JW's are telling them, OUTSIDE of JW-approved sources?

We're hearing more and more about this on the forums: JW's, even "Lifers" that have been woken up because their Study decided to look outside of the JW-approved liter-a-trash and go onto Google. Then, the appalled Study shares the info with the JW and demands some answers. Well, the JW of course has to research this matter for themselves in order to clear it up. Imagine the JW's surprise when shit don't add up!! Sometimes, the "awoken" JW then goes and starts telling close JW friends, more liberal Elder types, etc.

I see this as a control tactic by the Governing Body to keep JW's moving. The more time the JW spends answering a thinking-person's questions, the more likely they are to fall upon the multitude of free information on Google.

Remember, pretty much everything the WT HQ puts out now is not pro-active, but RE-active. As-in, they are reacting to what they are being told by the CO's reporting back to HQ from the field.

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I Am Still Here! Another Birthday look back at one helluva lifetime

by TerryWalstrom in

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when the doctor pulled my screaming body out of mom all those 7 decades ago, i landed in a post-wwii world.the world of 1947--compared to today's world--an alien planet.. the world i live in today has nothing in common with the world in which i grew up.. there were no cell phones back then--there were black telephones with a dial-tone and an operator who placed your call.

everywhere you found telephone booths!

a call was a nickel.where did all those telephone booths go?i dunno.where did my whole world go?i dunno.. tv sets were huge boxes with tubes and small screens.

WingCommander

Happy Birthday!!!

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RBC... something I heard this weekend and I want to confirm

by StarTrekAngel in

i have not been around much or even cared to dig into jw land.

i been working on moving to a new place and leaving behind my old jw past, even the neighborhood where it all happened.. but something i heard this weekend had me thinking.

my mother in law has a small, run down wooden home near the kh where we used to attend.

WingCommander

Would YOU want to lodge in some hoarded up dump? No? Than what exactly makes their "demands" out of the ordinary? Seems like a legit, appropriate request to me. Don't want to house volunteers? Don't offer up your place. A wood shack doesn't sound very comfy to me. Just sayin'.