Posts by Pete Zahut

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JWs celebrating New Year's?

by neat blue dog in

there are a few active jws i know (separate, in different areas) who basically celebrate new years, having a party to watch the ball drop, posting about it on social media, one even saying literally "happy new year" .

but most other jws seem to not want to point out the elephant in the room.

has anybody else seen this, or ever seen it turn judicial?

Pete Zahut

The JW's I knew who got together on New Years Eve and did the count down etc, were also the ones who would hold a formal "Oscar" party on the night the Academy awards were given out in Hollywood. This was also a bit "iffy" but no one said anything about it (to anyones face at least).

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This is an absolute classic

by joe134cd in

this is an absolute must see for any exjw.

so we'll done and absolutly halerious.

enjoy peeps.

Pete Zahut

Those who swoon with surprise over JW organization having its own department for handling these sorts of arrangements reveal their own remarkable naïveté.

Very naive to think anyone is swooning over this however I'd have thought that the Legal Dept. would have handled the intake of donated properties but obviously there's enough of it going on to justify having an entire separate department dedicated to this. I'm a former Bethelite myself and my Sister in Law works in the Legal Department and this is news to me.

(Now...where are my smelling salts??)

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Days of Elijah by US Marines U-tube

by smiddy3 in

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friends

for all the newbies and lurkers who have been indoctrinated that jw`s are the only ones who know and use the name of jehovah/.

and i don`t know how to put it up here ,oh well i tried .

Pete Zahut

Interesting.... like JW's who claim to be different from the world, the Marines also sing praises to Jehovah by watching videos prepared for them by their leaders and by reading lyrics shown on a flat screen television mounted on a wall in front of their meeting place.

Who knew??

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Another silly Bible story...brought to you by the ''old and tired Moses''

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

exodus 17:8-16 new international version (niv)the amalekites defeated8 the amalekites came and attacked the israelites at rephidim.

9 moses said to joshua, “choose some of our men and go out to fight the amalekites.

tomorrow i will stand on top of the hill with the staff of god in my hands.”10 so joshua fought the amalekites as moses had ordered, and moses, aaron and hur went to the top of the hill.

Pete Zahut

I wonder why God didn't send in an angel or two to kill off the Amalekites the way he did in Egypt when all of the first born Egyptian children and livestock were killed in one night.

Then again, I'm probably using foolish human reasoning.

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This is an absolute classic

by joe134cd in

this is an absolute must see for any exjw.

so we'll done and absolutly halerious.

enjoy peeps.

Pete Zahut

I watched the video and came away with a few thoughts:

Wow....there is actually an entire department dedicated to handling the estates donated by JWs ??
This was an obvious joke but I suppose something like that could happen to a family member who was dependent upon properties or funds donated to the Watchtower by another family member.
The people on the phone were extremely patient and kind.
The video to some degree undermines the legitimacy of those who have serious complaints against the Watchtower.

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Grief

by dogisgod in

having been raised in the troof i have no idea how to grieve.

it seems to never leave.

time helps but it is so horrible for so long..

Pete Zahut

This is what I know about dealing with grief:

It's natural to grieve so don't fight it.
Instead of non stop grieving, set your grief aside and have a designated but limited time each day when you allow yourself to dwell on your grief.
During that time, write down your thoughts, ideas and plans so that they won't be rattling around in your head the rest of the day.
Expect 1 month of grieving for every year that you were involved with the subject of your grief.
Don't make any important life altering decisions while you're still grieving.
Don't put off doing the things you like/want or need to do until you feel better. Do these things anyway until you do feel better.
Have a list of 3 small things you want to accomplish for the day and congratulate yourself even if you only get one of those things done.
Remember your feelings come from thoughts you are having. You have control over your thoughts and emotions.Your feelings are only as real and as important as you decide to make them.
When it comes to grief, time will be your friend and your coping skills will be much stronger from then on and grief will not be quite as troublesome to you in the future.

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Are the G.B.members really good business people ?

by smiddy3 in

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friends

if i was an author of a book i think i would be over the moon if i was guaranteed a sale of around 5 million or more books for my work.. the jehovah`s witnesses have over 8 million members plus relatives that are fringe dwellers who come to the memorial once a year ,.

so what a gold mine they have been sitting on as a publishing house .. why didn`t they keep publishing books for the faithful ,they could have even upped the price , and the faithful would have paid especially in prosperous country`s in the west.. they could have milked this venture for years to come as the faithful would have bought anything they would have published .. and their prophets (profits) would have soared ,literally and figuratively for many more years to come ..

Pete Zahut

Why didn`t they keep publishing books for the faithful ,they could have even upped the price , and the faithful would have paid especially in prosperous country`s in the west.
If the GB were good business people they would stop shunning so that people would leave and they could sell more kingdom halls off

I'm sure that some current JW's would claim that these seemingly bad business moves on the part of the GB and their willingness to continue getting rid of members by DF-ing them is proof that they aren't in it for the money.

A few years ago the GB were horrified by anything related to the internet and shuddered at the very idea of JW's having anything to do with it. Now they are enthusiastically embracing it via their own website and by providing internet service in the Bethel residences and offices. I have the feeling that their connections with the outside printing world led them to the conclusion that they needed get on board the cyberspace band wagon before it was too late. They realized that they could bring in just as much money with far less effort by providing "virtual" spiritual food rather than a physical product.

I'm half expecting to hear one day that they'll convince the flock that loyalty to Jehovah and supporting his organization involves having a monthly subscription to their website just like they used to have for the magazines.

They could provide "special" insights or topics for discussion each month that would be covered in the upcoming meetings and only those with subscriptions would be privy to it via the Kingdom Hall WiFi using their ipads. The really righteous families would be encouraged to have a subscription for each member of the family, just like they used to encourage us to do with the magazine subscriptions.

A mere $1monthly subscription from each JW would bring them 8 million extra each month or $96 million per year without having to use a single drop of ink or sheet of paper. That might just about cover the law suit settlements that seem to be happening lately on a regular basis these days.

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Christmas arrogance

by stillin in

one of the witness rebuttals that is used to belittle the christmas holiday is the one where they say that people reduce jesus christ to being just a baby in a manger, whereas the witnesses recognize him as a mighty king, a much more accurate and current way to view jesus.

a baby in a manger is a sweet sight on any day, it's true, but more is going on than meets the eye in the case of jesus.

this particular baby is the first baby to have been born without an earthly father, the immaculate conception.

Pete Zahut

@ Myelaine Yep....to me this seems like more of the same skewed human logic where daisy chained bible verses are stretched to the maximum in order to force them to marginally apply to modern day situations.

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Christmas arrogance

by stillin in

one of the witness rebuttals that is used to belittle the christmas holiday is the one where they say that people reduce jesus christ to being just a baby in a manger, whereas the witnesses recognize him as a mighty king, a much more accurate and current way to view jesus.

a baby in a manger is a sweet sight on any day, it's true, but more is going on than meets the eye in the case of jesus.

this particular baby is the first baby to have been born without an earthly father, the immaculate conception.

Pete Zahut

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Question for PIMOS but all welcome

by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

so once pimo how do you deal with going to the meetings, ministry, social getotgethers, conventions assemblies?.

for one you know it is all off key,.

two your 2 hours or more so just wasted (not counting the time getting ready,travelling etc).

Pete Zahut

When I was fading there was one particularly obnoxious "Sister" who would always say in a loud voice

"Hi Pete....we've missed you...where have you been ? "

She did this one Sunday after the meeting so I nudged her gently with my elbow and said jokingly

" Well I've miss you too Mary but you know, if you'd show up to the meetings once in awhile we'd see each other more often " ..

Everyone nearby chuckled and she laughed uneasily but never said that to me again.

My strategy was never to explain myself or seem apologetic about anything. If questioned, I'd give them the blankest looks I could muster and act as if I had no idea why they would be concerned about me or asking me such things.