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Me And You, And Auntie Lou too.
by Englishman inwould it be ethical for me to give a close relative a good hearty shove to distance them from jw`s?.
a close relative of mine, lets call her auntie lou, has been a devout witness for over 50 years.
now when i say devout, i mean a blind, unquestioning obedience to the wtbts.
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So Who Wants To Be Married To A Doormat?
by Englishman inin her book the surrendered wife, california housewife laura doyle advises married women to submit to their husbands in all circumstances.
she says that the man should take absolute control in every imaginable situation, and that the woman should be passive, always giving way to her husband.
she should give her husband all of her salary, and if she gets a little bit back to spend, well, she should be very grateful to her lord and master for his kindness.. over on h20, pro-witness poster flair claims that women need discipline just like children do.
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LIAR LIAR LIAR!!!
by Englishman incan someone please tell me why pro-witness posters frequently tell other posters that they are lying?
xandit has just done it to focus -who`s post was well researched and informative - friday on h20 does it for a pastime, as do most of the pro witness brigade.. i have to say that, in my experience, people who shout "liar!
" have usually turned out to be persons who`s own truthfullness can often be called into question.. calling someone a liar is, in my book, a dire insult, and will result in a challenge to pistols at dawn if that particular form of abuse is ever pointed in my direction!.
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So What Tipped You Out, Then?
by Englishman incan you remember that distinct moment in your life when you suddenly knew that your time as a jw was truly over?.
for me, that moment came several years after the removal of my privileges in the congregation when i admitted to having known my then fiance in a way that was not fitting for a ministerial servant.. i was quickly stripped of my 2 servants jobs, group study conducting, pioneer status, public talk giving and praying in the kh.
i was also forbidden to ever be alone with the lady concerned.. about 15 months later i was assigned a public talk, after 30 minutes i dried up.
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More JW Labels.
by Englishman inwhen i was a kid and being forced to sit through hours of jw gobbledygook at the kh, i was always disconcerted by the "witnessy" language that was in use.. looking back now, i can see that having a private language, a language that only makes sense to the in crowd, is just one way in which devotees are bound into jw life.. i`ve recently been intrigued to come across some new and previously unknown phrases.
this occurred during a lively dicussion with a jw who felt that it was ok to talk to me as he had his very own "private pipeline to jehovah".. i`d just finished telling him how pleased i was that i had bailed out prior to 1975, when he said the following (in bold) phrases which he used over and over again:.
let me tell you, young man, that i am a servant of the most high god jehovah!
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House of Commons: JW`s Fraudulent.
by Englishman inthis article appeared in todays "the times": .
friday march 02 2001 .
gummer attacks jehovah's witnesses .
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For My Dad.
by Englishman intoday, the 28 february, is 17 years since my dad died.
every year, on this day, i speak to my jw mum on the telephone, just to say hello mum, i know this isn`t your favourite day.. every year that passes, she tells me that, every morning on this date, when she wakes, she tells herself that today is just another day, there is nothing special about it.. well, today i told her that today was special.
the sun and earth were in the same place, the season was the same.
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Is There Something Sinister At The KH?
by Englishman inever since i departed the jw`s, i have pooh - pooh`d the idea of satan, devils, demons, witches and warlocks and laughed at jw paranoia re smurfs and demonised objects etc etc.. just recently, i have had some thoughts as to why jw`s are so obsessive about this subject, suppose that:.
what if the jw religion were itself of satanic origin?
consider the facts:.
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Seargeant Bilko a WT President?
by Englishman inchag and i were having a chuckle recently about how god was starting to resemble charlton heston, (or maybe it was the other way around), so i thought: which famous personages do the past presidents of the wtbts resemble most?.
charles t russell...........charles darwin.. judge rutherford............w.c.fields.. n.h.knorr...................phil silvers.
(sgt.
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JW Hate Mail!
by Englishman ini received this email today.
obviously someone can`t come to terms with the fact that so called "apostates" have a better life and better morals than jw`s!
subj: how dare you .