Posts by Pete Zahut

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Does Anyone Remember Mr. Coffee

by new boy in

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the apostate that hung around bethel back in the early 1970's.. i talk about "the frog" and "lady margret" in my book but knew nothing about "mr. coffee".

any help please.

new boy.

Pete Zahut

Yes, I remember Mr. Coffee. He kinda reminded me of Danny Devito. One day as we were all filing into the 124 building for lunch, he was out there as usual shouting his face off. This time a neighborhood lady was walking by with a little ankle biter type dog on a leash. All of his shouting must have startled the dog because he started barking and biting at Mr.Coffee's heels. Much to the delight of the crowd of Bethelites on the sidewalk, Mr. Coffee hopped around trying not to get bitten.

If you listened to him closely you realized that he was using phrases that individually made sense but none of them tied together into any kind of specific point other than he was really mad at the Watchtower. The rumor I heard was that he was thrown out because of something that happened between he and sister Knorr (pffft...of course ) his advances toward her were spurned etc and he got the boot.

Where else would you see such a sight like that other than at a JW Assembly. I don't think any other religion provokes such reactions from it's former members.

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My disturbances about the world...

by nowawake14 in

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friends

i was at the store and i saw this young black girl.

i swear she had to be 13-14. she was preg!

and huge!

Pete Zahut

I was at the store and I saw this young black girl.

I'm curious as to why you mentioned her race. Would your reaction have been different if she'd have been of another race?

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Bottlegate Revisited

by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

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friends

hilarious,enjoy.found on reddit.

this should set the mood for the weekend !.

zing.

Pete Zahut

Kilts worn by JW's must be at the mid point of the knee or lower - Tight Tartan Tony

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National Siblings Day

by neat blue dog in

as has been mentioned, jws on social media seem to go overboard for the whole sibling day bandwagon, like they're so thrilled to participate in a holiday of sorts that hasn't yet been explicitly forbid that it's pathetic.

so, it's okay to honor your brother and sister on a certain day, but it's wrong and pagan to honor your father and mother on a certain day, something that the bible specifically says to do?

has anybody ever called them out on this, or seen someone else do it?

Pete Zahut

This trend for JW's to make a big deal out of "sibling day" is odd since many of them that I know, are unable to talk to one or more of their siblings due to their having been disfellowshipped or having left "the truth".

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National Siblings Day

by neat blue dog in

as has been mentioned, jws on social media seem to go overboard for the whole sibling day bandwagon, like they're so thrilled to participate in a holiday of sorts that hasn't yet been explicitly forbid that it's pathetic.

so, it's okay to honor your brother and sister on a certain day, but it's wrong and pagan to honor your father and mother on a certain day, something that the bible specifically says to do?

has anybody ever called them out on this, or seen someone else do it?

Pete Zahut

Facebook Comment to my JW Brother:

"Happy Sibling Day my Brother... I honor you today and every day (except Fathers Day) cause' that would be pagan" LOL!

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Why do some JWs love seeing others get disfellowshipped?

by Tameria2001 in

i'm not sure how many in the organization is like this, but there some jws who love seeing others get disfellowshipped, and my father-in-law is one of those.

he became a jw because he loved the idea of being the head of the household, and lording it over his family.

as a jw he is very hypocritical, my husband would tell stories of how they would celebrate christmas until his mother-in-law called him on it.

Pete Zahut

Other than when someone who had repeatedly wronged others and had finally gotten their comeuppance, I never saw anyone actually be glad when others got disfellowshipped.

What I did see were certain ones who had very little authority or power in their own lives and consequently reveled in the extra virtuousness and the small bit of (Watchtower sanctioned) power they were able to experience when they shunned someone once they had already been disfellowshipped. I remember those who would go out of their way to be seen by a disfellowshipped person just so they could walk by and ignore them or those who 'd make a big show of scurrying away horrified, snatching their children up out of harms way when a disfellowship person came into their presence.

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So I've been warned about whether I should reveal my feelings of a Deity

by HiddenPimo in

all i have to say about that is that i agree with the following quote attributed to marcus aurelius:.

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Pete Zahut

The ideas quoted sound reasonable to me and to add to it I'd say that if the God of the Bible does exist, surely he must know how confusing and or unclear his message to mankind was written in places and he would likely be forgiving to anyone who did their best to live a "good life" even though they didn't belong to a certain religion who claimed to be his one and only chosen group.

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Who Resurrected Jesus?

by snakeface in

one of the heresies of the wt is denying the divinity of christ.

during this "memorial season" they say that jehovah (god the father?

) resurrected jesus.

Pete Zahut

If you no longer believe, good for you, we respect that. All the same, you should be respectful enough not to interject or attempt to hijack a thread by stating your personal opinion and not adding to the OP conversation.

If you no longer believe, good for you, we respect that.

Who is this we that you seem to be representing and who are you to not only reprimand those who with good intention have answered a question posed in another individuals post but then proceed to accuse them of attempting to hijack a thread that's not even yours?

It seems to me that it is you who has successfully hijacked the post by stating your personal opinion rather than adding anything to it.

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Who Resurrected Jesus?

by snakeface in

one of the heresies of the wt is denying the divinity of christ.

during this "memorial season" they say that jehovah (god the father?

) resurrected jesus.

Pete Zahut

There's no way to actually prove anything about Jesus or his resurrection

To me it's like being taught from childhood that the characters from the Lord Of The Rings trilogy actually existed and then siting passages from those books to prove that they did.

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Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch

by UnshackleTheChains in

i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

you can't write this stuff.

right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..

Pete Zahut

1 Cor 10:23. "All things are lawful but not all things are advantageous. All things are lawful but not all things build up. No one should seek his own advantage but the advantage of others."

Tony M. isn't doing anything "wrong" or illegal in my opinion but it does seem more than a little ironic that a man in his position, would risk "stumbling" someone or creating a controversy by possibly being seen entering a liquor store and purchasing a large quantity of expensive hard liquor. Weren't they always warning us to avoid at all cost, stumbling anyone or bringing reproach on the organization, even if it meant inconveniencing ourselves ?

Luke 17:2 " It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble."

I'm guessing he went all the way to New Jersey in an attempt not to be recognized by someone from Bethel or by someone in one of the local congregations there in Warwick. "If " that's true, then he knew his actions were questionable.

Regardless...I still maintain that there's a secret "Speakeasy" there at Bethel and all of this came about because it was Tony's turn to stock the bar.