Posts by Pete Zahut

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2 Gallons of Coffee

by Solzhenitsyn in

that is how much coffee me and another elder went through as we camped out all night until 7 a.m. outside the home where suspected jw fornicators we're staying.

little did i know what a powerful contrast that would prove to be when as an elder i was faced with another case involving the allegation of severe child sexual abuse.

we disfellowshipped the couple based completely on circumstantial evidence of sexual wrongdoing because they simply "stayed the entire night".

my story...

by Nikki collins in

many of you have asked about my story, so here it is.

it's a bit long lol.

however i still loved jeremy but because he wasn’t a witness i knew i could never be with him and have my family.

Pete Zahut

Thanks for sharing your story. I hope it helped you to write it down and get instead of having it rattling around in your head.

I know you couldn't fill in all the details but in view of what you did provide, tne thing I noticed is that you seem to have bounced from one circumstance to another and gotten involved with people and obligations etc quite quickly rather than having a period of time where you were settled and your life was stable and you had peace.

You are in the middle of a divorce, have just moved, lost your family, been disfellowshipped and I imagine you've likely changed jobs as well. Do you think it might be wise to set aside a year to be just you on your own where you can sort out who you are and where you want to go from here before getting anyone else involved?

I know when you're feeling that you've wasted your life and you're lonely it would be tempting to want to make up for lost time by trying to straighten things out quickly and or run back to the familiar by taking up with your old boyfriend. It seems to me you'd be better off not to fall into your old pattern by keeping your life simple and avoided getting involved with someone else until you're sure you are making decisions that will be good for the long haul rather than fill the void in the moment. You don't want to be in this same position again in a few years.

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Do You See "The Elephant In The Room" At This JW Regional Convention?

by JW GoneBad in

someone posted this image on their facebook page of a recent jw rc showing a rather petite group of baptismal candidates.

notice there are nearly 75 seats (5 rows) reserved for the occasion.

by my count...it looks like between 17 to 19 were baptized...with total attendance of 6,000. the youngest among them looks like between 9 and 11 years old.

Pete Zahut

Just when things were about to get far too serious, someone took it upon themselves to lighten the mood.

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

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If You Could Tell A Prospective Jehovah’s Witness Something What Would It Be?

by minimus in

jw
friends

any words of wisdom?

?.

Pete Zahut

If you were about to purchase a new car ( ie: Ford) and the Ford dealer warned you not to look at other vehicle makes or to read about or believe any information about Ford vehicles unless it came from them, you'd likely be very suspicious. For fear that they were trying to hide something, you might even make of point of going out and doing exactly what they said not to do.

If you were to be that careful about the purchase of a car, why would you not thoroughly research from outside sources a religion that you're about to join and hear what others have to say about it, especially if you believe your eternal life is at stake?

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Do You See "The Elephant In The Room" At This JW Regional Convention?

by JW GoneBad in

someone posted this image on their facebook page of a recent jw rc showing a rather petite group of baptismal candidates.

notice there are nearly 75 seats (5 rows) reserved for the occasion.

by my count...it looks like between 17 to 19 were baptized...with total attendance of 6,000. the youngest among them looks like between 9 and 11 years old.

Pete Zahut

I remember how nervous I was when I got baptized at 17....it was a really big deal to me. In view of that, I feel sorry for that one young boy sitting all by himself...kind of a lonely occasion for him it seems.

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Brand New Shoes

by APieceOfShitNamedTate in

jw
friends

i'm debuting these at the meeting sunday.

all the other brothers will be jealous of me, and all of the sisters will want to date me with a view to marriage.

don't try to talk me out of it.

Pete Zahut

Does your Kingdom Hall have Cockroaches cause them shoes are what ya' call "Roach Killers"... you trap them when they run into a corner and get em' with the point of your fancy shoe. Round toed shoes are too short to reach into the corner.

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Virginia Beach Shooting Victim a JW

by RubaDub in

i didn't see it mentioned here yet, but this week at morning worship in bethel it was mentioned that one of the women shot and killed in the virginia beach shooting was a jw.. rub a dub.

Pete Zahut

So heartbreaking to read the Father's words about his daughter and to image the kind of pain he must be in over this senseless occurrence. What a person is, often shows on their face and she looked to be lovely woman.

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According to the Old Testament aren`t YHWH God and the then Nation of Israel guilty of War crimes by today`s standards? ?

by smiddy3 in

just going by memory here with regard to the "old testament' when god promised the land he chose for the jews ,flowing with milk and honey ?.

their is no record in the bible of god ever giving an option to all the nations that already lived their to move on and he would compensate them at a new destination.?.

apparently without warning he just charged up the israelite`s for war with these nations to evict them from this territory that they had resided in for who knows how long.. not only that ,they apparently spared no one in their conquests killing man,woman and even dashing children to pieces ,and not feeling sorry for anyone.. don`t people think that this is a bit barbaric ?.

Pete Zahut

Biblical accounts such as this make it easy for JWS today to “ dehumanize” the rest of the non JW world so they can feel positively giddy at the thought of them all soon being destroyed.

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kingdom halls

by inbetween09 in

this weeks meeting features a video about maintaining kingdom halls.

it mentions a few times, how kh belong to jehovah, and are dedicated to him.. anybody ever wondered, if they belong to jehovah, how come, they are being sold all the time?

can you give something to jehovah and then take it back?

Pete Zahut

....and Jehovah told us that he wants us to sell his Kingdom Hall, keep the proceeds and he wants you to keep sending us additional money. He told us that a faithful sheep follows instructions without asking questions or needing proof even if what they’re being instructed to do seems suspicious.

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Pale.Emperor Summons Some Demons

by pale.emperor in

remember when we were jws and all loved to hear demon stories?

and then there was always that paranoid person that would shut us up "in case they're listening"?

and the resident crazy every congregation seems to have that claims to have been possessed at some point?.

Pete Zahut

You could have saved yourself all that trouble by looking at the millions upon millions who celebrate halloween every year and nary a demon is encountered.

P.S. You might want to be careful of smoking anything wrapped in paper that contains potentially toxic/ carcinogenic ink and bleaches.