Posts by BONEZZ

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Embarassed at school for being a Witness - Did this happen to you?

by Witness 007 in

when they played the national anthem everyone stood up...except afew of us witness kids who stood out like a saw thumb....a brother two rows ahead of me had a teacher physically drag him to his feet as he struggled to explain himself...i would sweat like a pig as others pointed and laught and told me off...from then on i would hide in the toilet till i heard the anthem finish then come out.. then theirs birthday holidays, sex education, religious studies which i wanted to do since i would be a star but i was banned by my family.. do you have an embarassing hide like a rat in the toilet moment..

BONEZZ

What a great thread...remembering all of our good times in school.

I started out in elementary school trying like hell to do the right thing and stand up for my beliefs (actually my parent's beliefs). But after several times of going to the pricipal's office, sitting in the hallway, library and being ridculed...even getting to sit in the corner of the classroom with a dunce cap (yeah I had one real old school teacher)...I finally learned it was better to try and go with the flow. That brought on TONS of guilt!

There were times when I would break down and participate in holiday activities or "mouth" the flag salute. Then I would go home and study the Paradise Lost book with mom and see all those kids getting swallowed up at Armageddon...talk about scared all the time. Most of the time I was the only JDub in the class so I didn't have to worry about getting busted but the guilt was enormous. Luckily by the time I got into high school the '60's were in full swing and it was popular to be anti-establishment. Most of my high school class would ignore the flag salute, if they even began the day with it.

I maintain we FILE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST THE WTBS FOR MENTAL CHILD ABUSE...yeah I know...Good luck with that.

BONEZZ

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Self -Employed or Otherwise Gainfully Employed - Gas Prices Eating You Up?

by flipper in

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last night at the gas pump i had a verbal , emotional outburst , swearing to no one in particular - just the gas pump , until i saw 2 guys at the island down from me - so i figured i'd let it rip !

frustration over these insanely rising gas prices finally took it's toll on even -keeled mr. flipper !

i started my rant , wanting these guys feedback , " what is it with these #ucking gas prices ?

BONEZZ

Mr Flipper - (DO NOT READ THIS, as it might make your day worse...sorry.)

Don't forget that in a couple of weeks we'll look back and say,..."Gosh remember the good ol' days when we were paying just $4 bucks a gallon."

-BONEZZ

PS. We ain't getting screwed anymore...we is gettin' gang-banged!

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New book: Keep Yourselves In God's Love: Chapter and appendix on blood

by truthseeker in

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here is a scan of the chapter on do you value life as god does?.

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BONEZZ

STAY CLEAR OF BLOODGUILTY ORGANIZATIONS

My favorite chapter heading!

A self-condemnation if I ever heard one. Maybe just a Freudian Slip!

-BONEZZ

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Fred Franz' Anti-Governing Body Gilead Talk...Help, Please...

by Confession in

for those of you familiar with the talk mentioned in my title, i'd like a bit of help understanding what franz was trying to convey.

yes, i know it seems to have been as a result of the ongoing discussions about whether or not to take full control of the wts away from the president and give it to the governing body.

but i'm still not sure how he thought his points were doing that.

BONEZZ

Is there a copy (written) of that talk anywhere on the web? Thanks.

-BONEZZ

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Are You a Closet Apostate Weenie?

by Farkel in

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you count 10 hours per month but havn't even mentioned your beliefs to a non-dub in years.. you underline your study articles at random and write fake notes in the margins.. you smoke joints to get through meetings, field service and assemblies.. you're secretly banging an elder's wife.. you stuff monopoly money in the contribution box.. you keep your eyes open during prayer and giggle.. when everyone else says "amen" at the end of a prayer, you whisper "what bullshit.".

you have a copy of crisis of conscience in a box buried in your back yard.. you play with an ouija board and watch smurf cartoons when no one is around.. you think "thriller" was the great music video ever made.. you read comic books in the kingdom hall bathroom during meetings.

when questioned about your long time spent in the bathroom, you whisper "i'm constipated.

BONEZZ

Oh terrific. Now that my "weeniness" has been exposed I suppose my buns are next.

-BUNEZZ uhh i mean BONEZZ

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Hello everyone! New here. Born into it....ugh.

by Lady Zombie in

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where to start?.

i thought about typing out a nutshelled life history but changed my mind.

suffice it to say, i was born into "the truth," attempted suicide at 14, "lost my faith" at this time, beat into submission into carrying on as usual, endured a horrible marriage and equally horrible divorce, and am more or less still in it (appearances only!

BONEZZ

Welcome from another "born-inner"

-BONEZZ

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Where does the society come up with this?

by mkr32208 in

i keep hearing that adam was 30... how the $#^%^ do they know?

more celebrated scholars work that out for them?

BONEZZ

I beleive I'd heard that it correlates with Jesus being 30 when he got dunked...you know a perfect guy replacing a perfect guy...the "New" & improved Adam or some such crap. They sit around and speculate and then expect everyone to just swallow their garbage with no proof.

Then again, maybe he had some sort of Paradise I.D. card. I remember the pic in the old Paradise Lost book with the guardian angel at the edge of Pair-o-dice kicking their sorry asses out...He probably said, "ok you two let's see some ID...we gotta call from headquarters about a couple fitting your description who are wanted for pilfering fruit...yep just as I thought...get the hell outa here and don't let me see you trying to sneak back in."

AND...why isn't there a whole chapter about A & E trying to get back in and get some of that life-saving fruit. I can see it now...."PARADISE BREAK-IN"....now showing on FOX. One lousy cherub with a flaming sword at one spot...come on...they coulda snuck around the backside...maybe got some reeds and swam under water up to a spot where they could get out undetected. Didn't this dude live to just under 1,000 years and there's NO reference to him ever trying to get back in...Hell, I'd be like Wiley Coyote trying every trick in the book.

Maybe an episode where Eve trys to seduce the flaming sword guy while Adam sneaks in... or maybe they commandeer a raging elephant and try to crash the gate...sorry it's early and I'm rambling ...again.

-BONEZZ

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Mr. Flipper & Son Hear, See, and Get Footprints of Bigfoot on Pack Trip

by flipper in

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so, the long awaited trip began for my son and i to return to the same place he heard a bigfoot a year ago in the forests of northern california.

the trip started out unfortunately for us to be a 7 mile hike instead of a 2 to 3 mile hike in to our base camp , as huge snow drifts covered the road , making it even inaccessible for 4 wheel drive, so , with packs on backs we hiked over 50 ft long snow drifts on places on the trail.

even snow was covering one creek near the lake we were destined for .

BONEZZ

Nathan..LOL, kinda looks like a mini Yoda.

Mr Flipper...sorry didn't mean to hijack...back to BF. growing up I spent summers in Hayfork (small Trinity county town) and remember the old-timers scaring the hell out of us kids with their BF stories...don't know if they believed everything they told us or were just trying to scare us. there was a lot of BF "activity" around that area as well as Humbolt county.

-BONEZZ

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Mr. Flipper & Son Hear, See, and Get Footprints of Bigfoot on Pack Trip

by flipper in

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friends

so, the long awaited trip began for my son and i to return to the same place he heard a bigfoot a year ago in the forests of northern california.

the trip started out unfortunately for us to be a 7 mile hike instead of a 2 to 3 mile hike in to our base camp , as huge snow drifts covered the road , making it even inaccessible for 4 wheel drive, so , with packs on backs we hiked over 50 ft long snow drifts on places on the trail.

even snow was covering one creek near the lake we were destined for .

BONEZZ

Nathan...Didn't you see any Lemurians while living in Mt Shasta? They're all over the place.

-BONEZZ

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Interesting Phenomonena: "Weak" JWs Are Now The "Strong" Ones!

by minimus in

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years ago, the "weak family" were the ones that always were nice jws but considered "weak in the truth".

they still went on their vacations, might've sent their kids to colleges, had plenty of "worldly" friends and so forth.

but if they had to make a stand, let's say on the "blood issue", they'd rather die than accept a transfusion!

BONEZZ

Minimus...

I can see that a lot...and some variations of it. I think the borg relies on the young ones NOT knowing the old light and the old ones to carry on their warm and fuzzy rendition of the "old days." A lot of those old ones you mention probably have so much of their lives invested they don't even want to consider the possibility of the WTBS being false. They have ruled out things like 1975, regurgitating the WTBS version of those days.

Then there are the "hangers-on" like I was. Born into it, but something just never connected for me so I never made the troof my own (i.e. dunked)...but of course I felt it was my fault. they had the truth...I just wasn't worthy enough to carry the JW banner. I remember coming to their defense many times. I was probably a lot like a self-professed "JW simpathizer" who frequents this board. Not good enough to become a card-carrying JDub but by gawd defending them to the death, which just might give me an outside chance at Armageddon.

-BONEZZ