It might be permissible in the letter of the washtowel to celebrate or at least observe a birthday if one doesn't make a big deal out of it. However, there is always the "brazen conduct" rule, which can mean anything can get you disfellowshipped. Even eating that ice cream cone instead of donating it to the washtowel could become "brazen conduct" if the hounders hound you about it once, and you do it again after.
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Are Birthdays now OK?
by rickroll ini see so many old and young dubbers on fb who are wishing each other a happy bday.
when i was in the cult it was a huge no no.
is this a doctrinal change or is it just a bunch of dubbers who are bending the rules?.
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Dress and Grooming: Sisters In Stilettos?
by Deltron3030 ini attended several meetings, and i was shocked at how some of the jw's dress.
is it just my area (tennessee), or is it a widespread problem?
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No very high heels makes sense, if only because of the problems they make. They are miserable to walk in, they create stability issues (especially on stairs and other uneven surfaces), and they can damage carpets. Mostly, they are a tripping hazard and they are bad for the feet. Wearing more modest heels with broader points, or flat shoes, makes more sense because they are safer, more comfortable, and are better for the feet.
The other rules make no sense. In hot weather, nylon stockings are miserable. And in bitter cold weather, having nylon stockings under a dress provides no protection against frostbite or other cold weather problems. As for cosmetics, some of them can create health issues because they are toxic, but otherwise there is no use for rules against using them. Just good old-fashioned common sense--such as what we had for thousands of years before Judaism, and later Christi-SCAM-ity and islam, infested people's brains.
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Review: 2019 Regional Convention
by neat blue dog inso here's some random highlights from the convention this year:.
in a couple of videos, they promote a very negative attitude about bettering yourself and taking career opportunities.
for instance, in one video a boy is either getting a college offer or at a job fair, i can't remember exactly, but first he imagines getting better off financially, and then he turns around and imagines losing his money and losing his nice car.
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WTWizard
Not work toward wealth or a decent career? That, to me, sounds like communism. What about getting wealth and taking care of it or putting it to good use, buying good stuff that doesn't come from Walmart, and taking care of it? You can buy decent tools with this money, and with those tools you can learn to take care of it (to me, that is one of the few items that is even more valuable than silver, which you can also invest in).
And, what about those who pursue a career, do a good job, and do not get fired? Even if you do get fired later, at least you have a platform to launch another career or continue this one at another firm. Skills are developed, and those skills can translate to furthering your career, starting another one, or even taking care of yourself. Can you do that pious-sneering?
Human ideas can and do change. This is why you need to cross-reference things. Your ideas may be only part right--and part wrong. Part of the process of learning from others is learning from their mistakes. Can you do that when you are forced to abide by ideas that the Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger imposes? And, when they do not work, you still have to abide by them until they themselves change them. This is not how to learn from the mistakes of others.
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AM3 sighting
by neat blue dog init's not much but anthony morris the turd had what i believe is his first official post-whiskeygate sighting, in a jwdotorg article that mentioned him giving a talk at a convention.
getting quite a paunch there!.
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WTWizard
For this slimebag, it is booze and fine food (paid for out of your kids' ice cream money). For most of the other jokehovians, it is too much fast, good-tasting poison. How often you see people stopping at McDonalds for lunch to keep their time going? I have seen that too often, and doing that too often can ruin your health. It can make you fat, it can make you metabolize cholesterol poorly (leading to higher serum cholesterol) and make it go rancid in the blood (causing many problems), create inflammation, and even ruin your liver. All to keep your time going.
Yet, this parasite eats too much regular food (paid for with your fun money), gets no exercise, and then bans the jokehovians from exercising under the guise that your time is for field circus. Driving around for calls (and sitting for studies) and standing (or sitting) at carts is not my idea of exercise. To exercise, one should walk or do other steady physical exercise or yoga for at least an hour a day (and yes, it can be broken down is sessions, and walking that extra 100 meters to the store by parking at the outer edge of the parking lot, or going to several different stores instead of Walmart, does count toward this). As does walking the short distances to close-by stores instead of driving, or riding a bicycle on shorter trips.
I can only hope this thing ends up with liver problems and diabetes. Maybe, if it has to suffer from medical conditions, it will not be able to come up with stupid ideas. And, we can always glorify its suffering as "joke-hova doesn't take care of you" and "you are suffering because you are tying into bad energy--the bible". And, if they are stupid enough to put me in his position, out comes the exercise (including yoga pants where appropriate), and away goes the excess booze and drugs. And no more pious-sneers going to McDonalds for lunch every day--I would put warnings in some of the rags that this stuff, consumed every day, leads to health problems that are preventable. (And, eventually, no more bibles or qurans--or other books designed to enslave the whole population).
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Awake Jan 8, 2005 - mentions the closings of some Catholic Churches, and the reason given by the WT
by nonjwspouse inwhile i was looking for the article that mentioned neurolinguistics, i read throug and found this little nugget.
oh how hypocritical ( not suprisiing) but still sickening nontheless.
the entire article talkes in twiisted ways.
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Church closings are quite normal. The world is, unfortunately, saturated with these trash holes. What this means is, for every church opening, another church is going to close. And, this is happening within the cat lick church--and many members are turning to other denominations (or Islam, which is the same thing effectively). The washtowel omits that detail--how many of those cat lick churches close because the demographics change or people simply try another version of xianity.
And yes, the washtowel is losing a few of its own churches (even if they are not called churches, they still use that filthy bible). They go around bashing the cat lick church for losing members (without mentioning whether other churches are being opened to take the place of the ones that close, or whether they are simply becoming protestants or muslims). And check the date--2005 is already 14 years out of date. How many of those leaving the church in 2005 have found another one or returned, say in 2017 or 2018 and are more devout than ever. Is that happening within the washtowel?
I would like to see the whole xian platform, islam and all, completely and totally destroyed at the source. All religions stemming from Judaism need to go, since they are all built on the same lies and promote and advance communism. And that goes double for the washtowel, which additionally boasts that they are not like these other religions but are as bad or even worse in so many ways.
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07 21 2019 Blondie's First Thoughts (Study WT May 2019 pages 14-19) COMFORT FOR ABUSE VICTIMS?
by blondie inblondie’s first thoughts review 7-21-2019 wt study (may 2019, pages 14-19 (comfort abuse victims!?).
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-may-2019/comfort-victims-of-abuse/.
excellent general website: www.jwfacts.com .
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WTWizard
And I suppose they are too busy looking for those who are worshiping the sun, doing adult fornication including homosexuality, or questioning the Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger to do anything useful about this. These are criminal, not judicial, matters. And this includes all forms of abuse, including the form that affects absolutely everyone as part of the structure of the religion--spiritual abuse.
And, if I hear "That is part of the Sacrifice that we must offer to god", that will permanently turn me off from that god--joke-hova. That thing is always demanding all sorts of sacrifice, and this includes sexual sacrifice as well as slaughterings and spiritual sacrifice. All with the goal of enslaving the whole earth, which is something I simply will not accept. Want to accept "The Sacrifice" in any form? That will (not can, will) ultimately lead to Noahide Law for all (and no Internet, either). It will (not can, will) lead to total enslavement and eventual extermination of the whole human race, one race at a time until the reptilians can claim this planet as their home. That is what these sacrifices are going toward.
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Why Are People Licking ,Spitting On Food And Contaminating??
by minimus inlately it seems to be the popular thing to do.
spitting and licking food and drink is supposed to be funny??
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This is nothing new. I can remember when some stupid idiot bought a bottle of Tylenol and put cyanide in one of the capsules, and put it back on the store shelf. Someone later bought it and died from cyanide poisoning. Since then, there is supposed to be tamper evident packaging on all food and drink, and all supplements and medication. This is why you have that inner seal on your vitamins and aspirin pills.
Seems that the ice cream cartons that were tampered with were not sealed. Someone could have just as easily put poison on the ice cream and put it back. Had the companies that make this stuff learned from the cyanide in the Tylenol incident, they would have put plastic film on the carton, so they would only be able to lick the plastic and not touch the contents under it. That would prevent most of these incidents from being serious.
But, the sheer stupidity of posting videos of yourself doing this on the Internet is going to make you a target for jail. You will be caught, since someone is going to see that video that will have you arrested, and any jury will have access to these videos during the trial, making it almost impossible to be acquitted. At least they didn't do that during the Tylenol with cyanide incidents--though several copycat incidents happened with that that ultimately led to the tamper evident seals on our packages. Now, if only they would do that with all our food and drink (bonus: A good seal helps the product stay fresher in storage longer.)
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Manhole , Manpower , Policeman...Unacceptable Words In Berkeley California
by minimus inoffensive politically incorrect words.🤭.
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It is spreading worldwide, and before long every word will offend someone. Even words describing a common vegetable (hint: it is a legume that forms long green pods, and is also offensive because Mexicans are too embarrassed to be identified through this nickname). How long before every venue has to be moderated to ban anything that resembles the truth? Fact is, the truth is highly offensive--to those living by the lie.
Good thing I am trying to pick up German. I doubt there are enough people around here that understand that well enough to be offended when I use these "political correctness" words (which are becoming even worse than standard swear words) in German, along with regular swear and insult words. They want to make sure everything I say goes along with their Noahide Law and Dark Ages agenda? Better hope you have access to a good German dictionary. And the same goes for Brother Hounder.
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Have you ever gotten a straight answer? If yes, what was it?
by Tenacious inthe light continues to get brighter, yada, yada, yada.. but, the bottom line is the watchtower claims everything comes from jehovah.
books, magazines, videos, assemblies, to jw broadcast, to gb appointments, to dramas, even the music and sophia and caleb.
heck, they would claim jehovah provides the toilet paper if they could.
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They give joke-hova credit for what they really should credit their own efforts, the efforts of other humans, and science. Isn't that also what they did the last time we had a Dark Ages? And I think it is why we had a dark age--which is what we get when science is thrown out and joke-hova, allah, or jesus gets credit for anything instead.
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Worship should not EVER be this way
by nowawake14 inwho has time to study all these books?.
who has time to stick to an endless routine?.
and who the hell has time to be paranoid about apocalypse when you could just go off and have a drink while laying in the sun?.
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What about religion that actually goes along with science, and encourages genuine scientific progress (even if it goes against the Agenda to stifle humans)? Science is supposed to be fun, not drudgery--if it is drudgery, it is because it has the same communist lies embedded in it (that have to go) that Christi-SCAM-ity has. And I noticed that studying the LIE-ble is one of the most tedious pieces of trash I have ever read.
Advance genuine science, you advance true spirituality. I noticed that more (before everyone around me tried forcing that xian trash, and its twin communism, down my throat in every way--and later, jokehovianism). More science, more truth. I could have gone to a genuine science session and come back better off spiritually than my parents after going to a weekend church session or after coming back from a Grand Boasting Session.