Pete Zahut

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  Funny ex-jw memes

  by Apostate Anonymous in

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  backstory:.

  so my born-in cousin who recently left the org is looking to start an ex-jw / group instagram based in socal.

  he asked me if i had any ideas for a photo that can used for the instagram page and this is what i made for him:.

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  Blood Transfusion Permitted

  by Nevuela in

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  i just overheard an anointed acquaintance on the phone with a friend of hers who has just had surgery for cervical cancer.

  among the snippets of dialogue i heard on my end of the line, these ones stood out:.

  "you lost a lot of blood?

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  Pete Zahut

  My father had only studied with the JW's when he died from not taking a blood transfusion. The attending nurse was a JW and said to us (the family) " Why is he doing this....he's not baptized ?? I certainly would'nt refuse blood if I wasn't a baptized Witness".

  It seems that many JW's figure that God isn't interested in non JW's. They are exempt from obeying "Gods laws" because they're gonners at Armageddon anyway.

  JW's are willing to use the blood fractions of non JW's who donated their blood even though they view donating blood as a sin.
  
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  Why Do JW Speakers and GB Members Sound So Robotic?

  by minimus in

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  everyone sounds like they came out of stepford wives.

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  is this supposed to be the way witnesses are to speak?

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  The JW speaker is merely an instrument or vessel and no undue attention is to be drawn by him lest he detract from the glory of God and or even worse, outshine the Governing Body's speaking abilities.

  Uninspired JW speakers become talking heads who speak the unoriginal and embarrassingly repetitive thoughts and words of other men whom they've never even met.
  
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  What Do You Think Will Be The Next Big Change In The Watchtower?

  by minimus in

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  i think there will be a change in the 144000 belief.

  too many witnesses think they have a heavenly hope.

  maybe 1914 will be discarded too.. what is your watchtower prediction?

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  Just a guess but I'm waiting to hear that for "simplification purposes" and because of the need to dedicate more time to the "ingathering work", they've lovingly disbanded the Liaison Committee. The real reason of course would not be because of "new light" but would be because of the possible legal responsibilities they could have to answer for by having such a committee in place as part of the systematic process that the organization uses to lean heavily on JW's to influence them to refuse blood transfusions.

  If that happened, they could save face by simply not talking about the blood issue anymore and people would be left on their own to decide where they stand on the matter.
  
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  Elders' new direction.

  by lastmanstanding in

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  there's been a change.

  a rather big one.

  and the kevin bunkers of the world beware.. jw elders no longer need to "turn the other cheek".. in the governing bastard's desperation, they have given a new directive to elders.

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  To me, if an apostate struck someone, he or she would deserve whatever happened afterward.
  
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  Movies that make you cry?

  by new boy in

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  there have been many but i had a total melt down at the end of sophie's choice.

  i hadn't cried in years before i saw that movie in in 1982. i was still very much a jw at the time.

  i have no idea where the pain and sorrow came from, maybe it was the fact there are things people have gone through that we have defied all reason logic.

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  My Mom had just died of cancer at 57 when the movie "Steel Magnolias" came out. I remember loosing it during the graveside scene where Sally Field's character who had been stoic up to that point, breaks down and looses her composure. Fortunately the scene ended perfectly with some much needed laughter.
  

  https://youtu.be/njmzcD4eY94
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  Dreading the new system of things

  by Addison0998 in

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  was i the only one who secretly dreaded the new system of things a little bit when i was a believing witness?

  of course i felt very guilty, because of all the sick and heartbroken people who needed a perfect world to live in.

  but there are a lot of nice parts of life i was going to secretly miss.

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  Looking back, I didn't have any specific thoughts on what the "new system" would actually be like or what I would literally be doing for all eternity. Those thoughts were overshadowed by my dread the great tribulation and my hope that it along with all of it's unavoidable horrors, would never come.
  
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  Hidden Doctrines

  by jhine in

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  " religions do not volunteer their most offensive doctrines to newcomers ".

  the above sentence was posted on another thread as part of a quote taken from jwfacts .

  l commented that this was a sweeping generalisation of the kind often made about all religions .

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  Pete Zahut

  I don't know about intentionally hidden doctrine but It seems to me that unlike the JW's, other religious groups wouldn't disown you or treat you as if you are dammed to destruction at Armageddon because you disagreed with a certain doctrine once you discovered it or understood it better. As far as I can see, they don't intervene in a persons relationship with god the way JW's do.

  I can't imagine the leaders of any other religious group coming to the hospital to make sure one of their members didn't take a blood transfusion or reporting them after spotting them coming out of an R rated movie for example.
  
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  The Biggest Issue Is Not Guns—It Is Mental Health!

  by minimus in

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  crazy people shoot up places and kill people.

  take away guns and they will find knives, poison, bombs , etc.. seriously, there are a lot of mentally unhealthy people!

  they need professional long term help..

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  Among other things about gun ownership that is worrisome is the fact that someone who is mentally stable today and eligible to own a gun can become unstable next month or next year and still have the gun at his or her disposal.
  
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  Bohemian Rhapsody

  by cofty in

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  2. entertainment

  been to see the new film (movie) tonight.

  outstanding!

  brought back lots of memories.

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  Pete Zahut

  I saw A Star is Born and was probably expecting too much because of all the hype I already heard about it and was somewhat let down (somewhat). I suspect the woman sitting next to me would strongly disagree as she would begin sobbing from time to time leaving me to wonder what it was that I wasn't seeing.

  Even so, I have to say Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga Gaga did a good job overall and will likely win awards for their performances. The music was good but there were a few times when I wished they'd have finished the song they were singing before cutting to another scene.
  

  A few of the scenes were slow and the story got lost a bit. Bradley Cooper seemed at times to be mimicking Chris Christopherson's performance of the same character in the 1976 version but I didn't care, he was doing a good job of it. Thankfully Lady Gaga didn't mimic Barbra Streisand's overly permed hairdo from the 1976 version of this movie....that would have been a deal breaker. Andrew Dice Clay played her father and his performance was a welcome departure from anything else I've seen him in. I guessing he'll be nominated for something.

  Looking forward to seeing Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman.