Posts by flipper

there were times when you were sick or definitely under the weather or perhaps you were exhausted physically and or mentally, and you were still required to go to the meetings!

even during inclement weather you had to go.

Oh yes, do I ever remember going to meetings because of being obligated ? You bet I remember. My folks got into the Witnesses before I was born so yeah, I had no choice the first 18 years of my life ! I was tired due to attending school and having to stay at meetings until 9:40 P.M. and get home by 10:30 P.M. or 11:00 P.M. due to my dad's elder commitments - yeah it got old in a hurry. One reason my mom let me sleep through meetings on the floor as a little boy. ( Yay mom ! ) Or attending those gawd awful 6 day conventions at Dodger Stadium sitting in the sun all day from 9 : 00 A.M. in the morning until 9 : 00 P.M. at night was like abuse ! The only saving grace was getting a grape flavored snow cone at lunch time ! For a 9 or 10 year old it was like torture- literally.

Then back in the 1980's when I got older raising my kids up in it I had to pay $ 400.00 per weekend to $500.00 just to eat and get hotel rooms for my family to attend these wacky JW conventions - all the while as my then JW wife who didn't work secularly but pioneered- guilted me to donate more contributions to " Jehovah " to show "appreciation " for the " fine spiritual food " we allegedly received from the WT Society.

And it goes on and on . Having to rush to meetings to open the magazine counter and change out my clothes at work into meeting clothes just to get to meetings on time to do my " responsibilities " - then after the meeting rush to my jobs change back into my work clothes at 10:30 P.M. and work all night while my " brothers & sisters " went back home to their families sleeping like normal humans. Can anybody say " felt like a hamster on a treadmill syndrome " ? These are the things I remember from years ago being " obligated " to attend these meetings. It robbed the joy and spontaneity out of my life. Not much fun. I'm so much happier now

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Leah Remini Scientology series might tackle Jehovah's Witnesses in season 3

by jp1692 in

i've seen comments by some on leah's expose on scientology: aftermath.

she actually won an emmy for this show.

rumor is that she might take on jehovah's witnesses in season 3. .

flipper

All I can Say is " Go Leah " yes ! Bring it on baby- I'm ready for this JW cult to be exposed. It's caused so much suffering and division in my family over 65 years . WT leaders need to be exposed and pay for the pain and crimes they have allowed

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Does Morality Exist?

by Fisherman in

some people believe that stealing, lying and killing, is not moral.

some people don't.. does morality exist?

if so, prove it..

flipper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tPaKLJNPFE

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Why the NFL Protest Is a Massive and Insulting Failure

by freemindfade in

i think everyone has the freedom to protest, they also have freedom of speech, these are two fundamental things that make america amazing.

but thinking rationally about what is going on with the nfl, therefore, i have an unfavorable opinion of the league, and the players, not their right to free speech, but their motive and execution of it.

constitutional freedom to protest ends at the workplace door too.

flipper

What Orphan Crow said- I totally agree with. People get so hopped up about the taking a knee thing- but people don't seem too concerned about a world leader like the president of the United States calling it's own citizen's " sons of bitches " in a television public speech. Can anybody tell me here where you've seen other presidents of the United States DO that in modern history since the media has existed ? I mean come on. And don't tell me it has nothing to do with the reason the " taking of the knees " happened. It does.

What gets lost in translation here is the " Trump apologists " make excuses for Trump's sociopathic behavior which SPARKED and STARTED this freaking hassle in the first place instead of looking at Trump as the CATALYST, the spark igniter that lights the wildfire. There's a thing called " cause and effect ". There is no action - without an opposite reaction.

So I imagine that if I called Trump a malignant, narcissistic bitch who has the social skills of a pissed off orangutan - that would be cool and nobody would be upset- right ? It's the same thing with Trump calling the North Korean leader " Rocket boy " or " Rocket man " or whatever. This president is constantly trying to ignite people one against the other. He thrives on division and controversy , thrives on driving a wedge between ideologies and thought processes. All the while shrugging his shoulders at a microphone passing the buck saying " who me " ? Then blames other people for the conflagration he began. He's like a guy in a bar who goes up to another guy gently slapping another guy's face to provoke a fight - then says " what are you gonna do about it ? " .

I've had about enough of him to be honest. If somebody in congress doesn't start duct taping this man's mouth shut- he's gonna get us into a 3rd World War or create civil dissension the likes of which we haven't seen in some time. Oh wait- he's already done the latter. Had to voice my opinion and free rights to speech here as a concerned American citizen who often wonders who this imposter is in the White House. Feel free to shoot me with your words. I really don't care at this point- I have pretty thick skin and a justice streak deeper than the freaking ocean. I can only hope that Robert Mueller finds the dirt on this president so we can get him out of the White house

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1st it was happy at bethel now it also appears in the KH

by joe134cd in

https://youtu.be/lfddxzipzga.

flipper

" We're so happy they're selling our kingdom hall ,

and we might have to travel so far ,

We're so happy Babylon the Great will fall ,

but we'll still put our head in a jar ,

We're so happy for our spiritual food ,

we don't have to feed ourself ,

We're so happy that we're never rude

we just put our brains on a shelf ! Yeah, we're happy ! Yeah ! "

To be sung to the tune of " Happy " . Sorry, I couldn't restrain myself. Just the songwriter coming out in me

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Leah Remini and Scientology show

by blownaway in

i have been watching leah remini's show about scientology.

as she interviews people i see that i was right many years ago when i said this is a lot like the jws.

they do not go after people quite the same way but they sure are very similar in how they run their org.

flipper

BLOWNAWAY- Good thread. My wife and I are watching every episode of Leah's Season 2 shows right now. It's exactly like the Jehovah's Witnesses with the shunning and cruelty towards those who exit the cult. It is incredible that in a so-called " free " society like the United States that cults like the Jehovah's Witnesses and Scientology can even exist. The sooner these cults get eliminated - the better