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  In Memory of Puternut

  by Nosferatu in

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  after reading the news about puternut, i decided to compile some of his posts into one, so we can all share in his memory.

  there are many ups and downs listed below, but i ended it off with a post he made to all of us who helped him during his difficult times.

  puternut is starting his life over, because i had nothing left, and needed to move on.

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  For Christians...Is It Just Me or Am I Losing My Mind

  by XJW4EVR in

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  i just ended a three week sabbatical from attending my usual christian fellowship.

  going back last night, i was struck by just how superficial and shallow the worship service was.

  it was almost as if the worship leader was trying to manufacture joy in the believers.

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  The "Happy Holy Music" can be a bit much to deal with, at times. I despise the enforced, audience participation aspect of today's Churches. Keep getting the feel that Jesus is looking down saying, "I wish they would just, tone it down, a notch. It's begining to feel a little insincere." Everybody put your hands up!!!, put your hands up!!!, Somebody, anybody, everybody, screeeeeeeaammmmmm!!!!!." Oh would you just take that shit back to the club, please!!!
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  Do you still pray?

  by Layla33 in

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  i was wondering about this the other day before i went to sleep, out of habit and my spiritual beliefs now, i spoke to the spiritual realm above and asked for guidance and protection.. i remember my journey of leaving the jw "borg" (a new term i have picked up here - i like it!

  ) and at first i refused to pray at all, and then i wasn't sure i wanted to or not, and then i developed my own sense of the higher power above and spirituality and every night before i sleep, i feel blessed to have another day of life, to do it all again.

  even on days when i am not having such a good day, i take time to ask the higher realm for strength and direction.

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  Still praying, to this moment. Have, what appears to be an even closer contact with "The One Who Would Be God". I have a closer connect and more realistic relationship with the Creator. Jehovah, or whoever, I believe, reads the hearts of we mortals. He knows who's being good and who deserves grace and mercy. What amazes me from time to time is the desire of God, to continue to bestow mercy upon me. For that, I am eternally grateful.
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  was anyone actually proud and happy to be spreading the word(ministry)

  by looloo in

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  2. experiences

  i can only think of one person who actually seemed to have "joy in her heart "on the min when i studied , and even the dubs used to hate being put with this person, it all seems so obvious now that it has nothing to do with a love for god , but doing whats expected of you

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  I believed that it was the only work to be done, on the entire planet. Every other endeavor for us, as human beings was close to being pointless. I was in a work that had the capacity to turn individuals around and in the end, ultimately save thier lives. Everlasting life, not the mere temporary moments we receive on this side of heaven. I was as strong a believer as could be found. And I believe that's the type of person the WTB&TS society was/is in search of, as regards new employees, new recruits, volunteers. Those who have this mythical, glorified, outlook as regards the disemanation of Watchtower Bible & Tract Society, propaganda, Bible Truths.
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  if a married elder "came on " to a worldly lady

  by looloo in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  what would happen ?

  if he was really sorry about it would he get a telling off by his fellow elders or what ?

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  It must be like any other worldly profession, I imagine. Vieing for compettition would seem the natural course, to hand that brother his head. They don't want to become like he is. Diseased of morals, mind & spirit. I saw the elder that I hated the most, during my JC, who may've not had a favorable vote in keeping me in the fold, later on down the road in life, on the outside looking in.

  He had a huge family, a wife who may not have been well, and as I looked at him, from a distance, I never noticed anything. Then he did the Bearded Witness thingy, at me and I realised, "Oh Shit, He's been thrown out to the wolves, as well". I never really liked the guy, but I recognised he had guts to take on such an awesome responsibility of leading his family, as well as the Congo. He encouraged me, however, once we were both on the outside, to love the woman I was with and never let anything come between us. I don't know, to this day, if he was trying to encourage me, or, in reality, himself.

  I cried over that brother, right there on the spot. Even though I at onetime despised him in my hours of ignorance. I wonder, often, of the sanity the brother may have left. He was a, from the ground up, Witness, and has never really known any other life.
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  if a married elder "came on " to a worldly lady

  by looloo in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  what would happen ?

  if he was really sorry about it would he get a telling off by his fellow elders or what ?

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  Things You HATED About Being a JW

  by minimus in

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  there were a few things that i hated about being a witness.. i love music and live concerts.

  quite often i'd have to play my music privately or hide an album cover for fear it might "stumble" someone.

  i hated worrying whether someone was going to somehow get "stumbled.. regarding going to concerts, it seemed that certain artists only came to town on a meeting night and i'd miss the shows.. what did you hate about being a jehovah's witness?.

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  Trying to pretend my intrerest in a sister was purely for political reasons, not because I had the hotts for her. Trying to act like I didn't have the Hotts for her only made me look silly and childish. Also hated hearing the harping of "Those in the Organisation, who were there, only to steal, rob and destroy our sisters." I could never get beyond feeling I was some sort of Psycho-Sexual Leech of a predator because I desired the thing that was normal for man. A good Wife.
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  TOP THIS for a speeding ticket...

  by zeroday in

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  two california highway patrol officers were conducting speeding enforcement on i-15 north of the marines air station miramar.

  one of the officers was using a hand held radar device to check speeding vehicles approaching near the crest of a hill.. the officers were suddenly suprised when the radar gun began reading 300 miles per hour.

  the officer attempted to reset the radar gun, but it would not reset and turned off.. just then a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the radar had in fact locked onto a usmc f/a-18 hornet which was engaged in a low flying exercise near the location.. back at the chp headquarters the patrol captain fired off a complaint to the usmc base commander.. back came a reply in true usmc style: thank you for the message, which allows us to complete the file on this incident.

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  Hoo-RAH!!!!
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  Vertigo / How did you handle it?

  by prophecor in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i was under the assumption that i was having a stroke, or a heart-attack.

  i called out, like a five year old, for my mother.

  when i finally mustered the courage enough, to go to the hospital, i found i was suffering with an ear infection that took away all of my balance as i was like a bottle of oil that was constantly being spilled on the floor.

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  Thanks Mouthy. Thanks, too, for Gracing us with your presence. Pun Intended.
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  Two years out of the org for me. What I have learned & accepted about life!

  by jambon1 in

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  if i had written this a year ago, i would be writting different comments about my observations.. yet, that is the pivotal point for me.

  that is the reason why i could never have remained a jw.

  my point?

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  Thanks Slaint. I've heard 'em say in the KH. Being one of Jehovah's Witnesses, isn't for everybody. I struggled hardto get beyond that as I knew it was the only true religion on the Earth. And now, I see what they were talking about. Though I don't believe they throughly understood all that, that statement itself, entailed. It's not a religion for those without a closed mind. If your mind isn't closed from the begining, you can just about forget making any headrows in the Kingdom Hall. If you a wanderer, a question asker'er, or a curiosity seeker, your life in the Hall is doomed from the begining. Freedom has it's rewards, but is filled with the most awesome of responsibility. Enjoy yours wisely.