Pete Zahut

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  Expect 90% of pimi's to go down with the ship here's why

  by nowwhat? in

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  i have been feeding my very pimi brother tidbits and clippings of all the csa issues coming to light the last five years and all the org's business dealings of hundreds of closed halls congs dissolving etc.

  and reminding him of all the failed prophecies etc etc.

  although he would listen and acknowledge.

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  Pete Zahut

  In for a penny...in for a pound. May as well keep going now that we've come this far. Better the Devil we know than the one we don't know...it all winds up the same in the end.
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  Corona beer sales vs coronavirus ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. social
  2. current

  i`m just curious as to whether the corona beer sales have plummeted since this coronavirus has spread in different parts of the world .. it wouldn`t surprise me if sales had a nose dive since this outbreak and just wondered if anybody has any information concerning this ?.

  word association plays a big part in many peoples lives..

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  Pete Zahut

  Didn't a rock band called The Knack have a hit song back in the 80's called "My Corona" ?

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI2TSpnn4T0
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  Illustration in todays WT

  by road to nowhere in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  quick glance.

  the guy working the cart has a skinny suit.

  i assume they stage things so where did the sports car come from?

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  Pete Zahut

  
  

  #1. "Tell me again why we need two carts full of these pamphlets, which by the way, no one is taking and remind me why we don't have any bibles on our carts even though we're supposed to be spreading gods word rather than mans?"

  #2. "Some random guy just came up and handed me this Hip-Hop C.D that he made. He was so hot, I forgot to give him a Pamphlet LOL"

  #3 "Don't be too sad about not having any children or grandchildren. Paragraph 6 in this 1972 Watchtower Bound Volume assures us that the New System will be here before too long and we'll have all eternity to have a family"

  #4 "No seriously...has anyone ever told you that you look like an older Prince William?"

  #5 "Well my Dad is an Elder and he said to tell you that you might be related to a monkey but we certainly aren't."

  #6 Try to relax honey....I know the end of this wicked system of things could happen tomorrow but still, it's ok that we took the kids on this fun Saturday outing instead of out in the life saving ministry.
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  Please help

  by Dano3456 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my wife and i are not religious nor do we want to be.

  we are very set in our spiritual beliefs.

  we have worked with a jw who's family have been like a part of our family for 6 years.

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  Pete Zahut

  I just need to figure this out and I appreciate all the advice

  Yep...this doesn't sound like and emergency by any means but obviously something is going on that triggered you to make your original post asking for our help. It's good that you are paying attention to your inner voice because on some level you already knew what everyone has told you. Don't ignore your inner voice. Proceed with the friendship if you choose . To be forewarned is to be forearmed. From this point forward, you'll have a larger view of what may be going on and can then act accordingly, if need be.

  The occasional gentle hint here and there may be all that's needed in this case.

  You: (smiling) I couldn't believe it...the other day 5 year old Bobby asked me who made the world. I was surprised that he's thinking about things like that already and I'm glad he mentioned it to me.

  JW: Why's that?

  You: Children can sometimes get the wrong idea or be frightened when they're exposed to things they're not ready to understand yet. I think big picture topics like that should be addressed on a need to know basis and it's best coming from the Childs parent. I'm sure you probably felt the same way when you were raising your kids.
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  Coronavirus / Covid-19 - The canary in the coal mine

  by JimmyYoung in

  1. social
  2. current

  is anyone prepping by buying food that has a long shelf life?

  i have been messing with it for years.

  buying fat free powder milk, bullion cubes, rice, beans dried, and other things that has a shelf life of 25 years.

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  Pete Zahut

  We live in earthquake country so we keep flats of food out in our garage such as canned vegetables, fruits, tuna, soups, spam, condensed milk, dried beans, rice etc. A lot of food comes in milk carton type containers now and it's good for over a year. Each year when we set the clocks back for Daylight Savings time, we change our stockpile out by putting the stored food into our regular food pantry rotation and replacing it with new stuff.

  We have a water purifier and camp stove we use for camping and fuel for the stove stored in a heavy duty container out in a shed that gets chased out each year.

  All this might last a couple of weeks but who knows what will happen after that. I suppose in a real long term disaster, anyone who appears not to be starving will be a target for the "have-not's" to prey on but I don't want to go down that road and think about obtaining a weapon.

  As well as food, try to get hold of hand-sanitizer and some face masks (at least N95 rated)

  Good idea and I was thinking I'd adding pain reliever like Advil and First Aid supplies and a bottle or two of Whisky to my stockpile. It would be good to have extra medications one might use but they'd need to be stored correctly and changed out before they expire.
  
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  Please help

  by Dano3456 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my wife and i are not religious nor do we want to be.

  we are very set in our spiritual beliefs.

  we have worked with a jw who's family have been like a part of our family for 6 years.

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  Pete Zahut

  They will absolutely try to “inculcate” (their word) your kids with their “life saving”beliefs and they’ll feel good about it and even keep track of the time so they can report it to the organization at the end of the month.

  I’m sure on some level they care about you but getting you to become JWs is their first and foremost motive in going the extra mile for you.

  You could mention to them that your kids are asking you religious questions lately and if they happen to ask them religious questions, they should refer them to you rather than try to answer them themselves.

  Remember, they wouldn’t have allowed anyone to share their religious views with their children or take them to another church and would have been incensed at anyone who would have done so. You could remind them of that if they take issue with your request.
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  Name one POSITIVE thing you took from your experience as a Witness

  by geodude in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was thinking about this at work the other day, and realized the one positive thing i can truly credit the jws with: .

  i have no fear of public speaking.

  i was a shy kid, fat, clumsy, with crooked glasses and worse teeth, who wore hand-me-downs in one of the wealthiest counties in all of america, who sat still while classmates got up to salute the flag or recite the pledge of allegiance.

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  8 day 12 per day assemblies taught me as a child how to go somewhere else mentally when I faced anything that was hopelessly daunting.

  I learned how to speak publicly and had no problems as long as someone provided me with the topics and the words to say and no one asked ME for my own opinion.

  I got good at seeking approval from authority figures.
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  Evil Wind Chimes

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember going door to door in the late 60's with my mother as a 5 or 6 year old.

  one time she caught me looking at the wind chimes on a porch.

  she told me they had pagan origins, were evil, and were somehow connected to demons.

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  Pete Zahut

  Yep...in terms of having Pagan/Demonic origins, wind chimes were right up there with "Dream Catchers", "Rabbits Feet" and eating "Lucky Charms" breakfast cereal (they're magically delicious) and for god's sake don't say "bless you" after someone sneezes.

  As a kid I used to wonder why all the neighbors and kids at school weren't demonic passed maniacs.
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  Joan Osborne - what if god was one of us song

  by Jeremiah_Weed in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  anyone remember being all in?

  getting a weird feeling listening to this song?

  wondering if you were somehow being worldly or sinning letting it play when it was on the radio?.

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  Pete Zahut

  Yeah.... to me that song always had a lonely empty kind of vibe to it.

  What if God was one of us

  Just a slob like one of us

  Just a stranger on the bus

  Tryin to make his way home?
  
  
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  TV actress Ja'Net Dubois has passed away.

  by NoAbuse in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  she was very active in the 1970's then kind of faded away.

  i remember her mostly as "weezy" on 'the jeffersons' but she also played the mother 'mrs.

  evans' on 'good times'.

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  Pete Zahut

  You're right. It's been a long time since i've seen an episode.Dubois played Helen Willis that lived across the hall.

  Yeah and since we're just making stuff up, let's not forget she also played the part of the "The Fonz" on "Happy Days" and First Officer Spock on Star Trek. She used to attend the same Kingdom Hall as I did back in the 70's.