Wasanelder Once

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  Masters of the art of Reverse Snobbery

  by stillin in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  they create their own measure of what "success" is.

  the reward for their endeavor is, at best, a sense of accomplishment at the end of an otherwise worthless life.

  but in real-world terms, the things that pass for actual success are looked down upon as stupid, like shoveling coal to keep a sinking ship's engine running.

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  To them success is letting your child die for lack of a life saving blood transfusion. Enough said.

  Ok everyone, finish the review:

  "Let's review, its a ...."
  
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  I was quite tolerant of this guy until now

  by never a jw in

  1. social
  2. current

  president trump is definitely a demagogue, a populist, and not a great extemporaneous speaker, just to mention few of his more conspicuous flaws.

  however, i was going along because "it's the economy stupid".

  now that has changed.

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  POTUS likes his name attached to everything, buildings, steaks, ties etc. I wonder how he'll feel when the he has a worldwide recession named after him? Winning!
  
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  What does shunning acomplish?

  by poopie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well in order to shun someone you must dehumanize them much like what occurred in slavery.

  dehumanizing someone now allows you treat them worst then an animal.

  and now you can justify ignoring them there not human anymore.

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  WT shunning has the undesired effect of creating hordes of double agents. (Undesired by the Org.) People who don't give a shit about being a JW, they only want their rights to family inclusion and a place in polite society with their friends. It is a farce that hurts the Watchtower more than they know. How many have you known who only came back to have family association and then faded into subtle apostasy? I've read of many on here.
  
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  Not going to say a word

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-0p-5x2g4w.

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  They forgot to mention the danger of "Pillow talk". Once you go down that road there's no coming back.
  
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  Can anyone name a single incident when bethel has fed the poor ever ?

  by Chook in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  charity is lacking from the house of god.

  i remember reading once about some young pioneer sisters who needed emergency accommodation and where turn away from brooklyn because they weren’t special pioneers.

  charity begins at home..

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  “Otherwise, some may associate with us only for personal advantage.”" What the hell do they think all these converts are there for? For the personal advantage of not being slaughtered by Jeheebie in the big "A".
  
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  A spy's life is a lonely one

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i have been awake since about this time in 2013, so about 5 years.

  and the craziest thing about it is that now, no one, and i mean no one know's i am an apostate.

  meaning, that i don't believe the jw minds set/beliefs at all, and no one knows it.

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  Every day that passes is one less to live. If you are content with the situation then just put up with it. If it is not satisfactory then I would make a plan to ease out. There are hard choices to be made, but what would you do to capture your days back and live them honestly? I feel for you. Good luck.
  
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  Akward moment.

  by poopie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  have a buddy that's disgellowshi and an uber driver and he is shunned like crazy.

  recently he picked up jw that was forced to say hello and greet him akward..

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  It's just business. What if their emergency room doctor was DF'd? Tools.
  
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  Is he interested?

  by Sunnybear in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i met a wonderful man on match.com several months ago.

  on our first date, there was amazing chemistry and we ended up having sex.

  it was not planned, it just happened.

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  "I love you. You are my best friend. But I don't think a marriage would work between us. I don't want to ruin what we have by making this a relationship."

  Ruin what? His guilt free sex romp. You are the cow and he doesn't want to pay for the milk. Once you investigate JW's you will see that it is a controlling cult, not unlike Mr. Wrong. Wander off.
  
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  Younger Witnesses less fanatical or fundamental

  by optimisticskeptic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am a born in jw for over 30 years now and have been in various positions in the organization.

  now i'm guessing most of us recognize that older generations tend to be more fundamental and less reasonable when it comes to their outlook and beliefs.

  i find this to mirror the differences you see outside of the organization as well (older people less tolerant of other religions, newer technology, lgbt, etc.).

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  Well, maybe. They don't seem to mind Trump having sex with any woman that stands still for over a minute.

  At least he gets a pass on grabbing you know what.
  
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  Deliberately Avoiding the "G" and "L" words in their Videos

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  now that we have had a "sneak" preview of some of the videos for the upcoming 2018 jw regional conventions, we have opportunity to stand back and ponder their content, including their use of language - or in this case, their avoidance of certain words.

  in this post, i focus on what i think is a "quaint", if not peculiar, avoidance of certain words that seems to have become a jw organization practice: they avoid use of the actual words "gay" or "lesbian" in any of the videos - even in people playing the roles of being gay- or lesbian-friendly.

  a case in point is the preview of the video featuring the jw woman purchasing an item in a store where wrist bands are given away with purchases.

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  Gay is a lifestyle, homosexuality is a sexual preference. To attack "Gay" is to attack a movement. I think they want to emphasize their view of a biblical prohibition of same sex acts without the political fallout of attacking a movement. Its all about the orifice, baby!