this is so frustrating - just wanted to vent a bit.. .
my younger brother, who has been "inactive" for about 8 years, has decided that everything wrong about his life is due to his not being "right with jehovah".
arrrrrrgh!!!
Mike, that really sucks...
My brother and sister both did the same thing. When life started giving them lemons they thought it was because they left the borg. So they went back and their life still sucks, but now they can at least blame Satan. (barf!) poor fools
when i came (in the mundane sense), over this board, it was thrilling to find others who had the same viewpoints, insights, and completely opposing shitty religious fairy tales.. after lurking and now, posting, i have to put a clock by my pc.
no more than half an hour a night.
(that is why i jump in sometimes, and get folks angry...).
very
as i was growing up in the troof.
there were sayings used over and over again to control my behaviour.
the biblical on bad associations spoil useful habits and another on just because everyone else does it doesnt mean you have to do it to, would you jump off a cliff just because other people do what were the sayings that bugged you?
Advertise, Advertise, Advertise (gaaag!!)
as i was growing up in the troof.
there were sayings used over and over again to control my behaviour.
the biblical on bad associations spoil useful habits and another on just because everyone else does it doesnt mean you have to do it to, would you jump off a cliff just because other people do what were the sayings that bugged you?
"pay more than the usual attention"
"the good news"
putting everything in the form of a question like "wouldnt it be wise to follow the fine example of this christian sister blah blah?"
or "should we not also strive to be like......?"
.
i stumbled on to my wife km and started to read it,wow thers alot of crap in there huh,but there was one topic about your dress atire,i cant believe that some people could have a gang of freaks locked away in a building tell them what not to wear such as faddish or trendy fashion ,are jw's so mentally weak.
if there are any jw's here attending meetings wake up and smell the coffee your wasting your life.. tron.
Yeah, I wore a skirt that was slightly above the knee once , (just once!!) and damned if i didnt get counselled by the elders that very night! (ugggh!) why dont they realize that they are being just like the pharasees? my brother had cornrows in his hair, and they told him to take them out because it would "stumble others"
SUCK EGGS!!!! hahahahaha
Shamus, you crack me up! wish you had been in my hall! lololol
i have read here in some posts that one of the new releases this year is a brochure, "look!
the beautiful country!
", containing maps.. when it was released, does anyone know if the speaker mentioned how much better the maps in the brochure were than "worldly maps"?.
OMG.....wordly maps???? What a bunch of idiots.....what's next? wordly street signs? wordly traffic signals?
They are soooo out of control... someone make them stop... im going to puke...
a friend and i were chatting tonight and he got on the subject of jw movie themes.
what if wts took over the film industry, what kind of movies would we see (using previous movie titles.
) it was entertaining and i knew you guys could come up with some good ones.. ted jarez and the chamber of secrets.
LMAO!!! How funny, I am just sitting here laughing so hard...
How bout these:
The Talented Brother Ripley
Some Like it Leukwarm: (therefore i will spit you out of my mouth)
O Paradise, where art thou?
A Beautiful, Brainwashed Mind
Fast Times at Brooklyn Bethel
Good Will Shunning
as americans, we have a day to celebrate our country's independence.
what will you do on the 4th??
?
BBQ with friends. It's my first July 4th celebration. Do we buy gifts, stuff a turkey, or what?! I think you Barbeque a turkey... right?... hehe LOL.... this will be my second year. There's a fireworks celebration on Lake Union, so we'll be out getting drunk on our boat, tooling around and annoying all the bigger boats. BTW.... everyone... i live in washington state, not wyoming... i cant change it my profile... oh well.
where would jehovah's witnesses be if they couldn't blame all their problems on the devil?.
maybe they would be forced to confront --- finally--- their own foolishness!.
case in point: i had a nice chat with sister a. in which i expressed my deepest sympathy for her tired daughter,.
Metatron....... Satan is making you write that!! hehe
a while back we had a fairly sucessful posting history on stereotypical witnesses.
how about stereotypical elders.
i will start the ball rolling with two:.
Brother Spy-- He's the elder that tries to find out stuff about people in the congregation. He likes to make unannounced visits to your home if you have missed more than two meetings. Watch out! he may see you out and about with "wordly" friends and call your parents before you can run home! He's also the one that takes everything the watchtower says, takes it one step further, and enforces it on everyone else.
