Posts by JimmyPage

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Anybody else want to be friends on "Facebook"?

by JimmyPage in

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i have several friends from the board there already, but would love to have more!

pm if you're interested, thanks.

(liberals, sports nuts, and music buffs get special consideration lol.

JimmyPage

I have several friends from the board there already, but would love to have more! PM if you're interested, thanks.

(Liberals, sports nuts, and music buffs get special consideration LOL.)

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You Can Overcome WT Phobias!

by leavingwt in

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early in the exit process, it's very important to begin overcoming irrational fears.

fear of the devil.

fear of god.

JimmyPage

They claim to be a loving people, but not one of them appealed to us with love, it was all fear and destruction and death.

This is so true... a friend of mine left the borg and his room mate said "Oh well, if he wants to die at Armageddon that's his problem." No real concern or love for the guy he'd been living with, just "screw him".

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You Can Overcome WT Phobias!

by leavingwt in

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friends

early in the exit process, it's very important to begin overcoming irrational fears.

fear of the devil.

fear of god.

JimmyPage

When I first came to this board someone said that the U.N. turning on religion was an old JW myth and I was shocked into reality by that statement.

Leaving WT you have also been very blunt with many of your posts questioning the existence of God and I really appreciate it.

I greatly value you as a poster and a person!

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Church is in session: NHL Playoffs

by unshackled in

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nhl playoffs start tonight.

get your beer chilled and the wings in the oven.

the next two months or so is my church - the grueling battle for the stanley cup.

JimmyPage

Heard hockey analyst and former player Matthew Barnaby got arrested, and in a different story, player Derek Boogaard died.

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Most Overblown Examples Used at Assemblies

by What Now? in

at a recent assembly, there was a talk highlighting the dangers of higher education.

the brother used an example of a young girl who went to university, began going to bars, and ended up getting drugged and gang raped - as if this happens to every young jw who chooses to get higher education.. .

what ridiculous examples have you heard used at meetings or assemblies?.

JimmyPage

Perhaps if Jenny and her parents had taken blood transfusions they would have pulled through LOL.

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Most Overblown Examples Used at Assemblies

by What Now? in

at a recent assembly, there was a talk highlighting the dangers of higher education.

the brother used an example of a young girl who went to university, began going to bars, and ended up getting drugged and gang raped - as if this happens to every young jw who chooses to get higher education.. .

what ridiculous examples have you heard used at meetings or assemblies?.

JimmyPage

I also heard a CO recite this poem to the cong:

"A Pizza, a Party, and a Moonlight Ride"

Jenny was so happy about the house they had found. For once in her life 'twas on the right side of town.

She unpacked her things with such great ease, as she watched her new curtains blow in the breeze.

How wonderful it was to have her own room. School would be starting; she'd have friends over soon.

There'd be sleepovers, and parties; she was so happy. It's just the way she wanted her life to be.

On the first day of school, everything went great. She made new friends and even got a date!

She thought, "I want to be popular and I'm going to be, Because I just got a date with the star of the team!"

To be known in this school you had to have clout, And dating this guy would sure help her out.

There was only one problem stopping her fate. Her parents had said she was too young to date.

"Well I just won't tell them the entire truth. They won't know the difference; what's there to lose?"

Jenny asked to stay with her friends that night. Her parents frowned but said, "All right."

Excited, she got ready for the big event. But as she rushed around like she had no sense,

She began to feel guilty about all the lies, But what's a pizza, a party, and a moonlight ride?

Well the pizza was good, and the party was great, But the moonlight ride would have to wait.

For Dan was half drunk by this time. But he kissed her and said that he was just fine.

Then the room filled with smoked and Dan took a puff. Jenny couldn't believe he was smoking that stuff.

Now Dan was ready to ride to the point, but only after he'd smoked another joint.

They jumped in the car for the moonlight ride, not thinking that he was too drunk to drive.

They finally made it to the point at last, And Dan started trying to make a pass.

A pass is not what Jenny wanted at all (and by a pass, I don't mean playing football.)

"Perhaps my parents were right....maybe I am too young. Boy, how could I ever, ever be so dumb."

With all of her might, she pushed Dan away: "Please take me home, I don't want to stay."

Dan cranked up the engine and floored the gas. In a matter of seconds they were going too fast.

As Dan drove on in a fit of wild anger, Jenny knew that her life was in danger.

She begged and pleaded for him to slow down, But he just got faster as they neared the town.

"Just let me get home! I'll confess that I lied. I really went out for a moonlight ride."

Then all of a sudden, she saw a big flash. "Oh God, Please help us! We're going to crash!"

She doesn't remember the force of impact. Just that everything all of a sudden went black.

She felt someone remove her from the twisted rubble, and heard, "Call an ambulance! These kids are in trouble!"

Voices she heard...a few words at best. But she knew there were two cars involved in the wreck.

Then wondered to herself if Dan was all right, and if the people in the other car were alive.

She awoke in the hospital to faces so sad. "You've been in a wreck and it looks pretty bad."

These voices echoed inside her head, as they gently told her that Dan was dead.

They said, "Jenny, we've done all we can do. But it looks as if we'll lose you too."

"But the people in the other car!?" Jenny cried. "We're sorry, Jenny, they also died."

Jenny prayed, "Jehovah, forgive me for what I've done- I only wanted to have just one night of fun."

"Tell those people's family, I've made their lives dim, and wish I could return their families to them."

"Tell Mom and Dad I'm sorry I lied, And that it's my fault so many have died.

Oh, nurse, won't you please tell them that for me?" The nurse just stood there-she never agreed.

But took Jenny's hand with tears in her eyes. And a few moments later Jenny died.

A man asked the nurse, "Why didn't you do your best, to bid that girl her one last request?"

She looked at the man with eyes so sad. "Because the people in the other car were her mom and dad."

This story is sad and unpleasant but true, So young people take heed, it could have been you.

(Never mind that it was originally a "worldly" poem.)

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Most Overblown Examples Used at Assemblies

by What Now? in

at a recent assembly, there was a talk highlighting the dangers of higher education.

the brother used an example of a young girl who went to university, began going to bars, and ended up getting drugged and gang raped - as if this happens to every young jw who chooses to get higher education.. .

what ridiculous examples have you heard used at meetings or assemblies?.

JimmyPage

Anybody else remember this tale?

Two pioneer sisters decide to reward themselves at the end of the service year by taking a cruise. One of them has too much to drink, dances with a worldly guy, and ends up doing the horizontal hokey pokey.

The next day she gets a present from her lover. He says not to open it until she gets back home. The present turns out to be a miniature coffin. With it is a note that reads "Welcome to the world of AIDS".

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did you experience an undercurrent of demon attacks/demonic fasination and regular discusions on the subject

by exjw1978 in

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whilst/current your time within the organisation did you experience an all too familiar story telling of demons/demonic attack/certian people having more problems then others ect.

i remember it was certainly a topic well discussed during my time stories that ran like wildfire/special people within the congregation who could "touch" things and "know" if they were demonised, families having trouble ~ in particular one family within the congregation that was receiving the most trouble ~ i sense an undercurrent of demonology within after meeting discussions/ warned never to buy second hand goods ect.

overall i always sensed a fasination with the subject amongst us ????