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  Part 3: The October Surprise!

  by Amazing in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  part 3: the october surprise!

  jws were very eager about world events peace and security: the worldwide pronouncement of peace and security has been a prophetic mantra of the jw religion since before i became associated in 1968. and now, at long last, it was finally upon us!

  true, 1975 had not brought armageddon, just as 1914 did not bring it either.

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  Oh boy, that bus ride musta been FUN!!! You must have been about as comfortable as someone sitting on a cyclone fence
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  2nd KH visit pending - suggestions pls

  by BritBoy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know the last post i did on this subject was a real fire starter... however that said, i am starting to plan my follow-up visit!

  suggestions as to what nerves could be touched this time please!!.

  as a refresher i touched on these:.

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  Hey BB! Ignore all the people who are telling you to grow up, I know that you are just in for a laugh, and what a fine way to get back at the Society for all those insanely boring wasted years, is my opinion.

  1. Ask if you can handle the microphones, then shove them violently into people's faces. (Somehow I doubt that they'll let you...)
  2. Stick your hand up in the Public Talk.
  3. Stick your hand up during a 5 minute Theocratic Ministry School talk. (Hehe, watch the young brother sweat!)
  4. Start saying your Rosary out loud in the front row during the meeting.
  5. Bring worry beads and knead them constantly and loudly.
  6. Wear a giant, bright red Mexican hat and a blanket.
  7. Take along a few very young children who have just reach the crawling stage, and let them go in the hall for lots of lauhgs.
  8. Wear crotchless pants and a silver G-String. (I've actually seen people dressed like this in Johannesburg...Good Lord)
  9. Wear a Gay Pride T-Shirt.
  10. Wear a Sarong.
  11. Stick a large, prominent Colt gun into your pants and make sure that it sticks out enough to identify.
  12. Take a notepad, highlighters, and other stationery and pretend to scribble furiously and underline stuff during the meeting, then when it's over, shout out: "Was that it? I'm not done yet!!!"
  13. Put your feet up on the seats in front of you. Bonus points for putting some poor sisters head in between them, and even more bonus points if you do this whilst barefooted.
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  There's no gossip like a JW

  by target in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i recently admitted to a jw back in wisconsin that we no longer go to meetings.

  i told her that we have not disassociated but we do not think of ourselves as jws anymore.

  i had been close friends with this person since 1974. .

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  Well it isn't surprising, considering they have zero to do besides go to meetings and try to make new converts.
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  Who Draws The Line and Why?

  by hillary_step in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i wish to present three situations that are true to life and open up a discussion on these different scenarios and how would would personally act toward them.. 1) a 75 year old person has been a jw for the past 40 years.

  most of their friends are jws.

  they look forward to the fellowship at the meetings and though the congregation is far from perfect, they are pleased with the fact that they have a purpose in life.

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  I've never personally experienced anything like this, but my feeling is that if you want to remain in a fairy tale world, then hell, it's your life, buddy, enjoy it while it lasts.

  Like some others have said above, humanity DOES have a problem facing reality a lot of the time, and organized religion is often one way of doing this. Deluding oneself with impossible visions of a "Paradise Earth", and not dealing with real-life problems such as poverty, hunger, and other human rights crises is very, very wrong.

  Humans are humans because of our frontal lobes - if you don't use them, you are beneath my contempt People who indulge in fairy tales and ignore hard logic are pitiful, but often they are beyond the ability of ANYONE to help (as might even be the case with these people hillary mentions).

  However, the most stupid, unsalvageable people of all are those who KNOW that the Troof is a giant lie and ocntinue to co-exist in it, and even promote it's causes. I can't believe some people would actually do this, for any reason whatsoever.

  Many people do have families and support networks in the Troof that they will miss terribly (thanks to that laudable practice (sp?), shunning) if they were ever to leave, but that's no excuse. I would rather lose ALL of my family (figuratively - if they all had to die I would make some sacrifices, but here I'm just talking about shunning) and friends than live a lie again the way I was forced to a few years back. I'm just not built to handle it.

  I would rather be a free cocroach than a lion in a cage.

  Just my 0.02$!
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  More ridiculousity!!!

  by 2SYN in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  taken from alanf's website, section "the society tries to censor the net":.

  pregnancy is only considered "strong circumstantial evidence" (!

  ) of sexual immorality, while the word of two witnesses is definite evidence.

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  [a] http://www.geocities.com/osarsif/elderbook.htm[/a]
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  More ridiculousity!!!

  by 2SYN in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  taken from alanf's website, section "the society tries to censor the net":.

  pregnancy is only considered "strong circumstantial evidence" (!

  ) of sexual immorality, while the word of two witnesses is definite evidence.

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  Yes it was, for emphasis! I thought his site was really good! But changed it now to something else...
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  More ridiculousity!!!

  by 2SYN in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  taken from alanf's website, section "the society tries to censor the net":.

  pregnancy is only considered "strong circumstantial evidence" (!

  ) of sexual immorality, while the word of two witnesses is definite evidence.

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  Taken from AlanF's website, section "The Society Tries to Censor the Net":

  Pregnancy is only considered "strong circumstantial evidence" (!) of sexual immorality, while the word of two witnesses is definite evidence. (page 111)

  Oh, puh-leeeeze! I had to read this about 5 times before I could stop laughing. If the WTBTS makes any more rules as ingenious as these, it will collapse in on itself like a dying star PRETTY SOON.

  Isn't this just the most hilarious thing you've ever read?

  Oh BTW AlanF your website is fugging awesome, it's one of the best anti-JW websites I've ever had the opportunity to visit...very meaty and interesting.
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  why choose jehovahs witnesses????

  by master chief in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was wondering what appeals to most about choosing to become a jw so i would like to leave you with some questions to answer (and yes this is serious q1.was it due to family q2.due to depression or loss of a loved one q3.looking for a purpose in life q4.everlatsing life q5.drugs or alcohol or mental illness q6.lack of bible understanding q7.easily persuaded q8.needed friends well thats alll 4 now i am just trying to find out what religious people have in common, because i seem to notice alot of religious people i know seem to have the same personality traits such as depression,mental illness,weird,very boring,insane,narrow minded,and you know the rest i guess?

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  I'm with you, Ianao. That's EXACTLY how it is. You're pretty pissed off about this, aren't you?
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  Is there a god module in the brain!!!!

  by master chief in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i recently read that certain patients who have damaged their brain in an accident or even had epelectic fits etc have for the first time in their life had a religious experience due to a certain region of the brain being sought of activated which deals with divine experiences or god.

  some have even written in depth writings about there visions some have also claimed to be called by god so this made me think about abilities like maths,language,taste etc these are also preset into us arent they otherwise how else could learn to do these things so then are we preset to worship god.

  aha so we are sought of like a computer with software programmed into us,so if so do we worship through free will or through a preprogrammed god module ????

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  I think it would be wrong to put that sort of thing into a small box and categorize it, because it varies dramatically from person to person.
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  Is this the year the WT Falls?

  by Jim Dee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in the last 6 months the following has happened.

  un involvement rocks the society.

  leaks from the elders school.

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  Hm, if the entire world becomes a StarbucksMcDonaldsBurgerKingMicrosoftAOLTimeWarner franchise, then the WTBTS is screwed.

  I still hold to my original point - there is just too much FUGGING momentum within the Society, too many people who are truly brainwashed - they are so deeply programmed that they couldn't leave even if they wanted to. They are trapped. Their minds are their own beautiful prisoners. Very sad I'm glad I got out in time.

  Hehe - isn't that funny, the Dubs are urging people to get into the Org in time, but I'm glad I got out in time!

  That momentum won't just disappear quickly, because the Dubs are also breeding. In fact, they EXCEL at breeding. So many Dub families have children that it is a sure fact the Org will probably be around in some form until I am dead in about 60 years if I lead a more healthy lifestyle than I do now.

  In conclusion, the WTBTS is sick, but it is very convincing to people who WANT to believe in something.