Posts by dubstepped

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My Personal Atheist Manifesto?

by dubstepped in

so, i have a guy that is emailing me after listening to my podcast series "this jw life" about my life story before, during, and after being a jw.

this guy happens to be an elder and pioneer serving where the need is greater.

i love this guy.

dubstepped

I don't think anyone is asking you to be impressed. I'm also not as impressed with everything as I make it sound in the emails, but you can't ring a guy's neck if you don't have your arm around him first. You can't just go in guns blazing. Yeah, he's one of those people that truly isn't a faithful JW while those of us that were got slammed in the end.

My goal was to have as kind a discussion as I could with the guy, to find good qualities in the guy. What you call playing fast and loose I call having his own mind on things. It is a good quality that could lead him out. For many of us that left it was the questioning of things and desire to make them different that led us out. That quality isn't all that's needed, but I commend him for having it. That doesn't mean it's all good, few things are all good or all bad in all circumstances.

I could certainly pick this guy apart, and there's personal stuff not included that he told me that I could post but wouldn't. It just wouldn't serve any purpose to do either.

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My Personal Atheist Manifesto?

by dubstepped in

so, i have a guy that is emailing me after listening to my podcast series "this jw life" about my life story before, during, and after being a jw.

this guy happens to be an elder and pioneer serving where the need is greater.

i love this guy.

dubstepped

Good point, humbled, about how you wonder how he is when he gets squeezed and has to be on a judicial committee or something. When the going gets tough, I wonder how he responds. Like you said, he's hiding who he is when talking to me.

Wow, I'm just impressed that you read all of that, lol.

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Upcoming Newsweek article on the JWs?

by Whynot in

i haven't confirmed whether it's true.

someone shared this on social media https://www.instagram.com/p/bjfidvsjvlo/.

the cover won't be released in the usa instead bernie will be on the cover.

dubstepped

Ugh, it actually kind of makes them sound like sympathetic figures. I guess they are in comparison with the Russian government. Not an article that I'd share on social media or anything. The stupid comments underneath make my head want to explode.

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Upcoming Tidal Wave of Media Onslaught targeting Jehovah's Witnesses ahead...

by TerryWalstrom in

at least three media venues have undertaken the daunting task of unpacking the insidious dark side of jehovah's witnesses' organization.1.

douglas quenqua is a writer based in new york.

his work has appeared in the new york times, wired, redbook, and cnbc.

dubstepped

It seems like things are really building and it's good to see. More people are being inoculated against them and every time it happens someone wakes up too.

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Upcoming Newsweek article on the JWs?

by Whynot in

i haven't confirmed whether it's true.

someone shared this on social media https://www.instagram.com/p/bjfidvsjvlo/.

the cover won't be released in the usa instead bernie will be on the cover.

dubstepped

Lol, JWTalk is the place to go for reasoned, well thought out replies to any number of important subjects. It's where I go to get the facts on any relevant topic really.

Those people are nuts. I can't believe I was a member there at one point in a last ditch effort to find somewhere I belonged. I spent most of my time questioning what they were saying and getting in trouble for speaking up, lol.

Armageddon is just around the corner. Sure, make enough right turns and eventually you're just going around in almost a circle with no end, but that way if it ever happens then you can say you were right.

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jw dad invited me to the KingHall next Sunday!

by JunkYardDog in

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i said i'll go, just bring me the wt study for next week.

i'll study and test it.

and every time there is a lie, i'll stand up speak up and expose the lie in the wt study.

dubstepped

Dawg, you're wasting your time fighting me. I'm not your enemy here. I don't care if you call Bethel or not, and although I personally wouldn't waste my time yelling at people that don't care, if you do then knock yourself out. Maybe you shake someone up there.

My comment was simple on purpose, record this KH activism that you say you're going to do. You're muddying it up with all of your insecurity and defensiveness. Just record the damn thing so we can all enjoy it. I think we'd all like to see how it goes in real life. You put out an interesting thing that you are going to do, so I'm interested in it like others here. It's not my type of activism, but it takes all types, so go do it and share it here. Maybe you inspire someone else to do the same.

And finally, I never asked for your credit nor do I need it. I also never accused you of bullshitting. You went there yourself.

I'm sorry the dubs have taken so much from you. You seem like one hurt person. I hope you find peace someday. I'll leave your posts alone. You can't seem to handle my comments. If you did some activism in the past that you put out there and that helped people then that's great man. Your original post had nothing to do with that. I made a simple post. You took it elsewhere.

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Receiving so much hate recently....

by stuckinarut2 in

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friends

well, as you all know, my wife (unstuck) and i are not df or da.. we just stopped attending several years back after my "apostate" online activity was found by a nosey employee of ours while she was working in our office (long story if anyone wants to know - it would have to be another thread).

we never met with any elders - no congregation judicial activity occurred (as we would never consent to do so anyway).

so our policy has been to be the same kind, loving, normal people we have always been.

dubstepped

Sorry man, you two don't deserve it as people, they just think you do because they're so mislead. They truly can act horrible. We disassociated and I certainly didn't try to keep friends, and somehow I just stopped running into them even though I used to all the time when we were out. I think it was Jehovah's rich blessing.

Anyway, once it starts like that you can bet it will spread like wildfire. Nobody talks about other people like dubs do. I like the quote that great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, and small minds discuss other people. JWs are notorious for their gossip.

You've got friends here, and I love that you have a few in real life there.

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jw dad invited me to the KingHall next Sunday!

by JunkYardDog in

jw
friends

i said i'll go, just bring me the wt study for next week.

i'll study and test it.

and every time there is a lie, i'll stand up speak up and expose the lie in the wt study.

dubstepped

Don't tell us, show us. Get that video rolling as you do this stuff, or wear a voice recorder.

In fact, since you like to do this, why wait for an invitation. Go show 'em what's up anytime.

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Sometimes it's the little things....

by dubstepped in

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i'm listening to a podcast where a former elder describes how another elder conducted the watchtower study about hyperbole.

the elder called it hyper-bowl.

soon the whole congregation called it hyper-bowl.

dubstepped

Lol, my thread about how easily humans follow unquestioningly, especially in a cult, has turned into how weird JWs say words or how uneducated they are.

I can't remember the Bible name now, but my friend was supposed to give a talk on one guy and he gave it on another guy with a similar name. Many of us noticed, but the school conductor was clueless. Then again, he'd have people work on pro-NOUN-ciation, so that shows what we were dealing with. That elder was one of the three to go over my baptismal questions. I thought I failed because I put the answers in my own words and he couldn't grasp them and would correct me word for word out of a publication. He was dumb.

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My Personal Atheist Manifesto?

by dubstepped in

so, i have a guy that is emailing me after listening to my podcast series "this jw life" about my life story before, during, and after being a jw.

this guy happens to be an elder and pioneer serving where the need is greater.

i love this guy.

dubstepped

"Catholic" JWs, I like that. I wonder if I knew dubs while I was in that had such differing beliefs and their own little created corners of the world that revolved around their independent JW mental status. I can kind of see how if one can make it what they want, not what it is, then perhaps it's easier to believe (after all, it's your own personal version) and stay.