Posts by happyout

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SOJ explain how your conscience allows you to post on Apostate site?

by LyinEyes in

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i am really curious as to how you will answer this soj,,,,,,,and any other active jw's who post here, even read here,,,,,,,,,because when i was an active witness,,,,,,,,i was taught that reading any apostate material was wrong.

i didnt even watch a tv show that talked bad about the jw"s for fear it was an apostate program.. i know if you are caught soj, posting here,,,,,,you would not have been reinstated( you were right?

), so did you tell the elders you post here?

happyout

LyinEyes,

This question has been asked many times by many people to SOJ, and s/he never responds directly without some kind of garbled "I'm brave enough to defend the truth" message. I wish s/he could understand that's the problem many on this board have with him/her. We all know there are lurkers, and I have no issue with them, even the most faithful dub, if they can just explain how their conscience allows it. To me, it seems the height of hypocrisy, kinda like someone who smokes cigars lecturing someone who smokes cigarettes.

Happyout

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The Society's response to my letter regarding my dad's suicide

by cruzanheart in

well, i finally got a response to my letter, and it only took them almost three months!

models of efficiency, they are.

actually, big tex and i think they had to run this through the legal department.

happyout

Nina,

You and Big Tex are such an encouragement to me, I hate that you have to deal with this kind of thing! People who have never been in the borg can't understand how people like me can harbor so much anger, resentment and sometimes outright hatred for it when I've been out for so long, but this is why. This seems like nothing but an attempt to establish their "care and concern" in case you decide to bring legal action, or air your situation publicly. I'm so sorry that they treated you like this, you are a total sweetheart. Maybe your Dad's spirit can haunt those suckers in New York. Wouldn't that be great, Bethel being "demonised"?

Good luck to you, and

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO NINA AND BIG TEX!!!

Happyout

44

Political Compass Test

by Aztec in

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friends

i'm sure this has been posted before but i really enjoyed it.. http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=1.

i think like the dalai lama...lol!

economic left/right: -3.62. authoritarian/libertarian: -5.33.

happyout

I love this stuff.

Authoritarian

Left

Right

Libertarian

I appear to be in good company.

Happyout

42

Question for SwordofJah

by happyout in

given that your wts has frequently warned its members to stay away from the internet, and that bad association spoils useful habits, why is it that you persist in posting on this site, which is quite obviously populated by those that are disfelloshipped, disassociated, or, at the very least, spiritually weak?

if you lived near one of the more vocal posters would you willingly be seen by your body of elders having a conversation with them?

or, is it the ease of anonymity that allows you to be such a hypocrite and flaunt the rules of the organisation you pathetically claim to follow?

happyout

Good going SOJ!! You just proved my point. You said apostates are evil, and you see it from this site. YET HERE YOU ARE!!! What about all the "quit mixing in" and "do not even speak a greeting so such a one" admonitions you regularly receive from the WTS? You, apparently, think you are above their guidance, and therefore you disregard their direction. That makes you JUST LIKE US!!! So get off your high horse, you hypocrite, and accept that you are what you are supposedly preaching against. You are someone who thinks you are above the direction of the society, and if you went to your body of elders and told them you were here, at the very least you would be reproved, and then if you insisted on staying you would be disfellowshipped.

How do you think your God feels about your disobeying his earthly organization???

Happyout

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Spying On Your Kids

by rocketman in

on last night's installment of 20/20, there was a segment that dealt with parents who use modern technology to spy on their children.

one dad used a gps installed in his car to track the movements of his daughter.

another dad installed spyware in his computer and monitored the e-mails and im chats of his daughter.

happyout

As a parent, I reserve the right to do whatever I think is in my child's best interest. That will definitely mean monitoring ALL internet access, and my son will NOT have a computer in his room. He will have one in a central location where anyone can walk by and see what's on the screen. This is a recommendation from law enforcement, and one I am happy to follow. I doubt I would ever install a camera in my home, definitely not in his room, he gets dressed in there, and that leads to too many privacy issues. However, I would have no problem going in his room and looking around if something caught my attention, or if I felt there was something going on I needed to investigage. On average, I do think children have too many liberties, and I think that it has been a huge detriment on our society. As Yeru stated earlier, if the Columbine children's parents had been more active in looking in their children's rooms, a tragedy could have been avoided. And believe me, parents frequently think their kids are "normal" when in actuality they are into alcohol, drugs, and worse. I am my son's mom first and foremost, and I will do that job to the best of my ability, even if it sometimes makes me unpopular.

Happyout

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Did You Stifle a "Gift" That You Could Have Grown Because You Were A JW?

by minimus in

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friends

i see a lot of talent here.

those that love music, poetry, literature,etc.......do you feel that if you weren't a witness, that you could have grown in your talent or "gift"?

happyout

Yes, I definitely had (have) talent in the performing arts area. I took acting classes, was in several plays and one commercial, and sing. However, these were not deemed to be theocratic pursuits, so after I graduated high school, I was really not encouraged to pursue any of those fields.

Of course, as far as acting, it's never too late, and when my son is older, and our finances are more stable ( it could happen), then I plan to apply for a commercial agent and see what happens.

Happyout (not giving up on her dreams yet)

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If You Had A Choice!......

by Mecurious? in

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friends

okay, here's a question for everyone.

if you had to choose between:

living forever, but not allowed to have power, fame or fortune (please ignore the obvious contradiction) or...

happyout

I would take living forever ONLY if my loved ones lived forever too. It would be horrible to continually lose people throughout eternity.

Hey, I don't have to drink blood, do I ?

Happyout

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Is there a book (magazine) by the JW's, How to have sex do's and don't

by run dont walk in

how pathetic must their sex life be for the strict jw husband and wife ???????.

did the society ever publish a book / magazine on what you can and can't do ???????.

i read the mormon one on masturbation at "the only collection of jehovah's witness jokes on line" f--k, i laughed for a week.

happyout

They can't have such a book, they would keep having to revise it. "It's up to your conscience" becomes "it's morally reprehensible" ( I swear they are the only group that uses those terms), and the like. Plus, it would be a really short article right now "missionary position only, no hands touching the genitals". Talk about an anti-porn book!

Happyout

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You just can't win .......................

by integ in

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with staunch jw's you just can't convince them to even take a look at the possibility they may not be the all encompassing " truth".

at least on the surface, they will not admit that everything is not perfect.

maybe deep inside they have some doubts about certain things, but their pride will not allow them to ever change, it seems.

happyout

My mom and her friends always say "Where else would we go?" meaning that since they know all other religions are false, they can't leave the "truth" and go back to false religion. Such muddled thinking really tires me out.

Happout

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Friends of the other sex in the JW's

by JH in

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friends

how is it seen if a single adult brother sits right next to a single adult sister at the kingdom hall?

rumours get going, right?

one thing i never liked in the jw's was that you just couldn't be good friends with people of the other sex.

happyout

My best friend from elementary school through high school was a guy. No one seemed to care until he got his driver's license, then suddenly it was a big deal that we hung out together, and drove to school together. It honestly never occured to me to think of him as anything but a brother until some nosy sisters starting telling me he would make good husband material. In all our time together we never kissed, touched, nothing of that nature, and yet, the older people started giving us a rough time. Talk about a tempest in a teapot!

Happyout