Posts by talesin

i am supposed to be worried that the third century church set up a parallel festival with the winter solace to try and get pagans to convert to christianity but they pull crap like this ?

Well, it's only fair to give the young people 'something' -- at this time of year, they are on school holidays, and after all, seeing all the worldly people participate in Satan's disgusting holidays! They need to know that there can be FUN in being a Witless!

(just kidding, of course, but there is a grain of truth in that - they want to give them a little sumpin-sumpin, because it's hard watching the whole rest of the world having a great Xmas, when you are not allowed - and it's the young ones who are leaving in droves)

Bloody hypocrites!

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Why continue to suffer??

by Tigerlove in

jw
friends

i occasionally come on this website because i have my eyes on a particular user.

because of that, i end up reading a lot of people's post.

although very interesting and hurt breaking, a lot of them are very strange.

talesin

For me, there was no 'choice' - this is BULL, I am outta here. So, no family, and a hard life (what with my health problems, being on my own and uneducated wasn't easy), which I have never regretted! My freedom was worth every lonely minute, every mountain I had to climb alone, it was WORTH IT.

For some people, especially those who have children, it is a different kind of choice. Will their spouse divorce them? Will they lose their CHILDREN to the pedo-infested Watchtower society? And, having known nothing else since birth, with no education, no friends, and no way of 'relating' to anyone who is not JW, leaving is a scary thing to do.

Did you know that the Watchtower teaches them they will have nowhere else to go? I know someone (my only relative who still speaks to me) who is in 50s, disabled, and grew up a JW. This person said to me, "the brothers don't bother with me, now that I'm in a wheelchair, my friends don't come visit, but where else would I go?" That is drilled into JWs from birth, and it's a hard script to unlearn.

It's sad. Yeah, some people don't have the cojones, but for the most part, I think that it's important (for me) to put myself in their shoes and feel empathy for their plight, instead of scorn. xx

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The Watchtower & Communist Propaganda

by Watchtower-Free in

a new youtube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9wmtskwfik.

talesin

Happeanna - this is, for lack of a better term, an 'apostate' video, comparing JW illustrations to the Maoist and Korean propaganda. It's not from the JW site. Just a heads-up. : )

Excellent vid - it looks like they 'studied' the Chinese propaganda techniques, and then copied them. Gah! Not even an original thought since Russel (and even he was an Adventist to begin with)..

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First time here

by BarelyThere in

okay so here goes...this is my first time on here.

i'm lost and confused and am feeling very hopeless.

i was dfed in september and i am still wrapping my head around everything.

talesin

Hi, and welcome! Yes, you will find support here. Take a deep breath, and know that you are not alone. (deep breath,,,,,,, ahhh!) xx

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A Big Hello From Mouthy/Grace and.....

by label licker in

jw
friends

a special message to her daughter, ann marie if you are watching this site.

your mother is eighty-eight now and her memory is going fast.

please call her, ann marie.

talesin

Ann Marie, if you or anyone who knows you or your mother Grace, please call her. She is just a person with a big heart, who loves everyone. xoxo GG, love you always and forever! <3

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The Left And Islam

by Bangalore in

the left and islam.

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talesin

All these trendy liberal-Left tosspots do themselves no favours whatsoever ...

Yes! You've hit the nail on the head. This is the media's latest "trend for the left" - this is a false, blanket statement that does NOT express the views of the majority.

Israel has many faults, does many things wrong, and should be called out on those bad things. But it really is a beacon of democracy among Arab lunatics.

Au contraire, in my experience. Israel is ruled by the military - a democracy? ahahahaha! Let's talk turkey. I have a very close friend who visited Israel as a 20-something - the moment he passed through immigration, he was conscripted - you are a Jew? you are visiting here? you MUST serve in our army! Yeah, he was shot doing border patrol ... just another Canadian Orthodox Jew that wanted to visit the 'homeland'. There is much about Israel that is just wrong. The world needs to know. No black and white here - many shades of grey, I admit.

tal xx

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Kevin Smith on Prince (2013) .... verrryyyy in-ter-esting! I think the jWS

by talesin in

... may be rotting his brain with the jw crazy.

: ( so sad for this great artist to be engulfed by the jw - the crazy is so apparent.

*sigh* always loved prince, but the jws have really done a number on his head.

talesin

... may be rotting his brain with the JW crazy. : ( So sad for this great artist to be engulfed by the JW - the crazy is SO apparent.

*sigh* Always loved Prince, but the JWS have really done a number on his head. And of course, Smith is his usual hilarious self!

Thoughts? Other crazy vids about celeb JWS? It's crazy, how they change people. WOW, I miss you, PURPLE ONE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhcParuzpc

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If YOU had to make the decision, would you respect a JW relatives wish to refuse a blood transfusion?

by nicolaou in

a few years after i quit the meetings my mum needed her medical directive signed and witnessed and she asked if i'd do it.

i was surprised to say the least!.

i think she was just angling to include me and maybe find some lever to get me involved again.

talesin

Hell, no! I'm not gonna kill anyone unless they deserve it.

Martyrs for the WTBTS? Not on my watch!