Posts by Pete Zahut

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2017 Convention Video Remember The Wife Of Lot

by pale.emperor in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0qpoelk2r4.

the dad in this is a total douche.

i dont know if the videos have become more judgemental and culty in the year since i left - or maybe im just noticing it more?.

Pete Zahut

I watched the video and stopped a few seconds after the JW husband went into a closet/office and gave the new bible study a bible. I knew I wasn't going to be able to stomach this video as soon as they once again started indulging and reassuring the JW audiences' foregone conclusions about the ill mannered and unsavory "worldly" people they must accommodate as they martyr themselves in order to do "God's Will". They even stopped the story in order to reminded the guy to take off his shoes in their oh so sanitary JW household. The actor even had a (fake) 5 o'clock shadow to subtly remind JW's that only bad guys have facial hair.

These videos are way too "on the nose" for me to even stand watching for any length of time. Even the most indoctrinated JW will notice the obvious pandering to the JW audience that takes place in them and will surely realize that the picture perfect world and theocratic banter that is portrayed, is a far cry from their own lives and the lives of any other JW they know. Hopefully over time, the credibility of the organization will be lost to them.

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Please tell me: what is a relationship with the "person" Jehovah like?

by Maryo in

does anyone out there know of any jws that have talked about what their personal relationship with jehovah was like?

for example, hearing his voice, a certain feeling?

an intellectual understanding?

Pete Zahut

“Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for non-smart reasons.”1

52

Gas or Electric Stove

by just fine in

jw
friends

i am getting new appliances.

i have decided on black stainless for the finish.

the house is stubbed for gas and electric for the range.

Pete Zahut

This thread reminds me of a joke I heard.

A man equipped with a parachute, jumps out of an airplane.

On the way down, he pulls the rip cord and discovers it isn't working and begins frantically struggling to fix it.

As he plummets downward toward the earth, he sees another man in the distance who, for some reason is flying upward at a rapid pace.

As the two pass each other, the man with the parachute shouts " HEY MISTER...DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT PARACHUTES ??? "

The other man shouts back " NOOO.....DO YOU KNOW ANTYING ABOUT GAS STOVES??"

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Jehovah's Witnesses target Manchester after terrorist attack

by jwleaks in

the location is outside the arndale centre, manchester, after it was evacuated.

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Pete Zahut

Seems to me that after a bombing, a carts like these, manned or unmanned, would not be welcome. Who's to say a terrorist disguised as an innocuous JW with a literature cart, wouldn't just slip into a crowed area and set off some kind of explosion.

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Did you ever have a discussion with an apostate that helped your journey out.

by jwfacts in

there seems to be a number of different ways that apostates try to get jehovah's witnesses realise they do not have the truth, ranging from subtle comments to aggressive attacks.

do you have any that looking back helped you finally leave.

some of the methods include:.

Pete Zahut

It seems to me that the "rabid apostate" approach scares people off and even a JW's with serious doubts of his or her own, can be intimidated or shocked back into their safe little rut of cognitive dissonance , after an encounter with an apostate.

To me the best way is to quietly raise questions, not demand answers or put them in a position of having to defend anything, and let them know where to go for answers or another point of view.

It seems like a lot fo Apostate encounters with JW's are vindictive in nature and about the Apostate venting his or her frustrations rather than out of a true concern for enlightening anyone. I was far more inclined to look into the questions and doubts I had, on my own once I knew where to look.

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Roger Moore

by karter in

jw
friends

r.i.p roger moore one of the best bonds ever.. karter..

Pete Zahut

Nobody does it better...

Makes me feel sad for the rest.

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The New terroists That The World have To Confront What is the Answer ?

by smiddy in

this latest attack in manchester u.k. targeting a venue attended by mainly children and teenagers who go to a concert by their favorite singer and then to be attacked by a terroist has to be the last straw... surely ?

22 dead at last count mainly young girls enjoying a concert of their favourite singer ?

and at least 50 others suffering injuries ?.

Pete Zahut

I often wonder what would happen if the worlds media would agree to stop reporting protests, bombings and similar events, on all media. It seems to me these folks are trying to make a statement and get attention and that's exactly what they get, worldwide coverage within seconds, every time they pull one of these stunts.

The trouble is, sensational news and graphic video draw the eye of the public toward the products being advertised between each story. Money always wins out in the end.

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Southern California USA Congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses On High Alert

by JW GoneBad in

circuit overseers, elders, ministerial servants, pioneers and rank & file are stressed out over an ex-jw (kevin) who has visited nearly 20 congregations (orange county) and has high-jacked the opening prayers and done some effective witnessing before he is escorted to the back door.

and everything is caught on video!.

kevin is also visiting numerous jw cart locations from the los angeles area to orange county and giving a most effective wiitness at each location and they're all on video.

Pete Zahut

I noticed that in the videos I watched, the kingdom halls he visited were practically empty. I wonder if that's the case now in most places?

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Brought my non-JW wife to Kingdom Hall for a wedding

by keyser soze in

my brother got remarried to his ex-wife over the weekend.

they had been married for 15 years, but divorced in 2011. they decided to give it another try, because they have 3 kids together, and the dating pool is very thin for jws in their 30's and 40's.

we didn't want to attend, but since i was invited, and they were kind enough to attend our wedding, we decided to suck it up.. the most interesting part was the way my wife responded to the whole ordeal.

Pete Zahut

She also found it amusing how many times the speaker used the phrase "Jehovah God" during the talk. It must have been 10 to 20 times.

I Always hated that expression "Jehovah God".

Why follow the name Jehovah with the word "God"? There's not that many Jehovahs running around out there that they need to clarify who they are referring to.

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Jackson's rose colored watch only cost $399, don't use it as an argument.

by Bad_Wolf in

i looked up that watch and see it for $399.

https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-watch/apple-watch/rose-gold-aluminum-pink-sand-sport-band?afid=p238%7csit8pgwuv-dc_mtid_1870765e38482_pcrid_138112194227_&cid=aos-us-kwgo-pla-watch--slid--product-mq142ll/a&product=mq142ll/a&step=detailunsure if the original gold cost a lot more or not, but if told somebody that rose watch is 17,000 and they see it's $399, it'll look like an 'apostate lie'.

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Pete Zahut

$ 399,00 is still a lot of money to spend on a watch, for a "Minister" who makes videos telling children to give him their money instead of buying an ice cream cone.