Posts by ohnightdivine

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elder emails me after nearly 6 months... myresponse

by losingit in

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just letting you know that today's meeting is cancelled.. it's been a while since we have seen the girls - if we need to change something so they can attend and or make their bible study - please let me know.. hope we see you at the meeting soon.. bro brown".

my response.... "simon,.

please remove me from your email contact list.

ohnightdivine

Nice..

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DEC 2013 WT Article - Slave for Jehovah - warning: ranting ahead

by ohnightdivine in

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this morning's wt study almost made me vomit, stand up, pick up my bag and rush to the door.. of course it never happened.

instead, i was able to make some nice drawings on my tablet and notepad.. if you replace the name jehovah with watchtower, or the governing 8 men, it would really make sense.. what's up with all that nonstop guilt-mongering about education and having a decent job?!.

most people look down on the uneducated, and i remember, when i didn't have a job, nobody cared!.

ohnightdivine

Exactly. They are essentially mocking most people who work for companies. Apparently, working for the Borg overtime using computer or presenting ideas via slides is not harmful??

Faithful Witness, yes they do dress up beyond their means. Dressing up to impress people is not just among the 'worldly' that they despise.

I really regret wasting my gas to attend today's meeting. If I had read the article in advance, I would've known better.

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this week's wt study

by thedog1 in

i conducted the wt study tonight on higher education.

i wondered what the reaction of the bros and sis would be.

there was no deviation from the idea that a university education is not a good idea.

ohnightdivine

I wanted to vomit while listening to the article. Sorry I posted a duplicate thread just a while ago, by the way..

I just can't understand how he WT can feel so good about making people guilty about being educated and having decent work. If I got no food or money or health, would the 8 guys up there help me???

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DEC 2013 WT Article - Slave for Jehovah - warning: ranting ahead

by ohnightdivine in

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friends

this morning's wt study almost made me vomit, stand up, pick up my bag and rush to the door.. of course it never happened.

instead, i was able to make some nice drawings on my tablet and notepad.. if you replace the name jehovah with watchtower, or the governing 8 men, it would really make sense.. what's up with all that nonstop guilt-mongering about education and having a decent job?!.

most people look down on the uneducated, and i remember, when i didn't have a job, nobody cared!.

ohnightdivine

This morning's WT study almost made me vomit, stand up, pick up my bag and rush to the door.

Of course it never happened. Instead, I was able to make some nice drawings on my tablet and notepad.

If you replace the name Jehovah with Watchtower, or the Governing 8 Men, it would really make sense.

What's up with all that nonstop guilt-mongering about education and having a decent job?!

Most people look down on the uneducated, and I remember, when I didn't have a job, nobody cared!

Now, having a corporate job is evil?!

Someone even commented that "business people may think that being dressed up and giving presentations is cool, but we know it is not". What the heck. The pinnacle of misjudging people. Wow.

And during the ending prayer, the elder prayed for the ELDERS, THE MINISTERIAL SERVANTS, AND THE PIONEERS. No one else. See, this just confirms the hierarchy and how they think of themselves as elite, and the rest as nobodies.

So farting tired of all of this crap I'm exposing myself to.

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My Story

by Brother Mike in

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my story is long, heart stopping, tragic, and puzzling.

since i posted what was said to be my last post, i received a private message which sparked my attention about the watchtower.

immediately i did research, and have found not only proof from outside sources, but the watchtower openly admitting it.

ohnightdivine

Dear Bro Mike,

This is the time to love yourself more, forgive yourself more, and take care of yourself more.

Prayers from the other side of the world.

We are always here for you.

OND

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JW Instagram Bragging

by kneehighmiah in

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browsing social media and all the pictures of jw friends out in the freezing cold this morning.

the captions read "service despite the snow.

" others take pictures of the temperature display on their car showing single digit temps.

ohnightdivine

Haha.... some are worse offenders than the "worldly" people I know.

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Interview with an Apostate: Julia Orwell

by Julia Orwell in

tell us a little about yourself and your family.. i have a husband and we've been married nearly three years.

no kids.. were you a born in or a convert?.

convert- converted from atheism in my teens.. are your parents / family jws?.

ohnightdivine

We have similar background, Julia. Only that I still have not found a husband at the kingdom hall! LOL

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Could we quantify how many posters their are from different nations ? Would you like to know ?

by smiddy in

maybe its just me , i`m just curious as to how many people on this site are from australia as i am .

how many from germany , italy , zambia , etc.

etc.. do two or three "countries " seem to dominate the threads ?

ohnightdivine

It would be great to know the breakdown per country based on visitor stats. Please, Simon, could you show this information? I hope to see other visitors from my country if there are any...

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How Jehovah's Witnesses benefit those humble enough to study the Bible with them.

by Stand for Pure Worship in

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excellent material can be found within the reasoning book, page 328, para.2, 3. occasionally, i see posters make presumptuous comments like, "all you need is the bible", or, "i'm born-again, so there's no need for spiritual assistance from another christian", or,"i'm saved", or my favorite, "jesus talks to me directly.

" on one hand, i can't be overly critical of such ones because they do attempt to read and understand the bible on their own.

(acts 17:11) not to mention they're generally peaceable folks, just self-misguided when erroneously believing that they can go it alone.

ohnightdivine

This is not an insult, just a mere ovservation. From reading the tone of SFPW's various posts, SFPW is a woman in her early twenties with much to prove about herself. I hope that life experience over time will humble her.

I do have similar observations, though she could be in her late twenties or very early 30's---still the "idealist" type of JW.

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JWS moving into the 2010s: GREATER FOCUS ON "PUBLIC' VENUE PREACHING

by steve2 in

increasingly, jw.org and its print publications show lots of pictures of witnesses preaching one-to-one to "interested" passersby in public venues in contrast with fewer pictures depicting the door-to-door work.

sure, d-t-d is still the organizatrion's mainstay activity - but clearly it pushes at every opportunity the need for the rank and file to "go" public.. this push could be a two-edge sword: there is obviously a hard core of witnesses whose dispositions draw them to this type of social outreach: they almost rush out to do this public-venue work, prefering it to d-t-d. but i'd hazard a guess that for the bulk of those in local congregations, the public-venue witnessing would be a total turn off.. to date, in new zealand, i have seen no evidence of jws doing this public venue witnessing - despite the huge push on jw.org and in the publications.

kiwis just don't seem inclined to put themselves out in public places - or if they do, it is in a kind of very muted way (i.e., almost out of sight and unobtrusive).. this site has shown that in a few places, including mexico, at least a few of the more publicly zealous witnesses are doing the public work big time.. is the public venue preaching happening elsewhere, such as asia?

ohnightdivine

I'd rather hand out bills for real estate projects out in the sun than stand there looking like a fool with these ragazines.