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  Certain Expressions That Are Silly

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  what expressions get you going?.

  i like "it's all good!!!

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  Bring_the_Light

  "Chyah!" - when used in internet debates.

  "Wooo!" - when used in internet debates (for some reason I find it really sexy when girls say "woo!")

  "BOOYAH"

  .... I guess I like noisy words, Wooo!
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  Fantasizing about the end of the Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by Bring_the_Light in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm pretty new here.

  after being on my own 10 years, i'm finally coming to grips with my past (which i previously just ignored/didn't think about).

  thanks for existing everyone, its been very existential.

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  Bring_the_Light

  I'm pretty new here. after being on my own 10 years, I'm finally coming to grips with my past (which I previously just ignored/didn't think about). Thanks for existing everyone, its been very existential.

  This phenomena of hearing other people chant my own thoughts with the same amount of aggrivation and angst has me thinking about things totally different. I'm fantasizing about the end of the Jehovah's Witness religion or at least an extreme retraction which will lead to a big "BOOYAH" to race through my heart. I know everyone predicts its on the rocks, how rational is that? I really see hope for being around to watch it all come apart. More hope than I ever personally held for Armageddon coming in my lifetime.

  So, should all we Ex-JW's be preparing for the "mini-Armageddon", ready to comfort and protect the swarms falling out of the flock soon? or is it realistic to think this crap will just grind on until "time indefinite"?

  Bring_the_Lght
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  Scientific Explanation for how JW's are made....

  by Bring_the_Light in

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  .... out of otherwise normal people.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1tmzascr-i.

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  Bring_the_Light

  .... out of otherwise normal people.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1TMZASCR-I
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 05-04-08 WT Study (MARRIAGE)

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  comments you will not hear at the 05-04-08 wt study (march 15, 2008, pages 7-11 )(joy/marriage).

  review comments will be in red.

  wt material from today's wt will be in black.

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  Bring_the_Light

  Hey Blondie,

  So when I went to the Wacktower Study this morning all the "sisters" were in "giggle mode" during the discussion. "Brothers" would make all kinds of stupid comments like, " My wife always pokes me in the ribs to remind me when to listen to her." Giggle giggle giggle. Or the ever famous, " I would never be able to pick out the right tie to wear if it wasn't for my wife." Giggle. giggle giggle. If you ever want to travel back in time to the 1950's please come to this Kingdom Hall.

  brzfst

  It was those times that wore on me the hardest when I was growing up. The open display of group-stupidity.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 05-04-08 WT Study (MARRIAGE)

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  comments you will not hear at the 05-04-08 wt study (march 15, 2008, pages 7-11 )(joy/marriage).

  review comments will be in red.

  wt material from today's wt will be in black.

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  Bring_the_Light

  I listened carefully in the 80s to the counsel to remain single and pursue spiritual goals because the end was so close. In fact, the generation of 1914 was in their last years, so the preaching and separating of the sheep and goats was much more urgent than education, career, marriage, family, financial planning, etc.

  Wrong, wrong, and wrong. So now, here I am at JWD. From what I've seen in the congregation, I'm better off single... than unhappily married to a JW.

  I "got cheated on", although that's a pretty strong word what a naive innocent christian girl does with boys, leading me to lose a girl I was totally in love with. I didn't believe a god-damned word of "the truth" but I was basically planning on "faking" whatever was necessary to stay with her. Today, I am sooo glad that my first love was a Christo-skank. It left me free and clear to get the hell out of dodge. Looking at the current state of affairs with friends who failed to make their dash for the wall, I am truly blessed by Jehovah to have been fucked by the Witless that I loved.
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  Current or exJW parents: What did your congregation do for kids?

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  i'd like to know what your congregation did (or did not do) for children of various ages.. were there any playdates for your kids?

  did you have children's parties?.

  in my old hall, the elders and moms would rent a hall out and organise parties for the kids but as we all grew older we were pretty much left to make our own entertainment.. a friends congregation used to have "talent night" but this has gone the way of the dodo.. were you in a hall with very few children?

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  Bring_the_Light

  But In the eighties the elders in our hall put the kabosh on one event after another.

  I NEVER understood this. Hanging out with worldlings was VERBOTEN (German, means forbidden) and hanging out with witnesses was viewed with EXTREME suspicion, suppression, monitoring and limiting.

  There was not a single event where someone didn't have an issue. I remember a couple people actually consider skipping or severly limiting their wedding reception because they "didn't want any drama" which there inevitably would, if they let witnesses in.

  If I was a cult leader, I'd have 3 meeting a week, parties the other 4. THAT's how you keep the sheeple happy. This "depress them until they obey" strategy backfires when you're competing against a world chock full of fun vices.
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  My tomb stone

  by mouthy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  thursday i bought my stone.

  they lay it in 6 weeks.

  cost me $1 thousand 500 dollars.

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  Bring_the_Light

  "For he so loved the world, he gave his everlasting life to be a part of it."

  I need something sacriligious on my headstone, this is my pick for now.
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  My brother invites me to his graduation...may open up can of worms...(Sigh)

  by FreedomFrog in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok, my baby brother wants me to come to his graduation ceremony.

  from what my mom said, he really wants me there.

  here's the situation so far.... i know my aunt/uncle/and cousins, along with my parents and half of my old kh that i grew up with will be there.

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  How long was Jesus' (err. Jesuses, Jesusis, Jesus's) hair?

  Plant a New World Translation Bible on your kid and tell him to ask for a hair length standard from the scriptures. I don't know which verse, but I'm pretty sure the standard was stated in "cubits".
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  Surprise,surprise !

  by frisbee in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  hi guys.

  am a relative newbee and still a member of the borg, two weeks ago had 2 elders visit ostensibly to shepherd/correct me for sharing some personal study viewpoints which they heard had upset a bro and sis who had not bothered to contact me in the spirit of matt 18 although according to one of the elders this is one of the most abused scriptures in the bible , the r&f spillling the beans on each other to the boe and the elders listening to any hearsay and then confronting brothers, any experiences ?

  also i had been seen visiting my dfd daughter and son in law ( also posters here ) this resulted in my having some basic priveledges removed,assembly attendant, pioneer, regional bc helper.. i wrote a letter of concern and copied to our co who took the time to visit me and in the presence of the elders agreed that their decision was technically wrong and not a demonstration of kindness , also that my relationship with my family was not one for a general judgement but was between my conscience and jehovah, the time i might spend with them was my affair and only if stumbling was to occur within the cong might it be flagged up for further counsel.

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  Bring_the_Light

  You should check how liberal CO really is and say that the Apostate community on the internet was impressed with his loving kind regards in that decision.

  Bring_the_Light
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  My brother invites me to his graduation...may open up can of worms...(Sigh)

  by FreedomFrog in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok, my baby brother wants me to come to his graduation ceremony.

  from what my mom said, he really wants me there.

  here's the situation so far.... i know my aunt/uncle/and cousins, along with my parents and half of my old kh that i grew up with will be there.

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  Bring_the_Light

  This is my best motherly advice.

  Suck it up and go.This means alot to your brother. Smile at everyone, even if they say something less than nice. Be the gracious, loving daughter. You be the one to treat them kindly and be the better person. If they start on Bible study, meetings, etc., just thank them for their concern.

  Motherly and masculine genious advice agree on this one. Never bend, never hide, never feel shame. Shame, hiding and bending to these social distortions is their rules not ours (yours). Carry the flag of rationality proud.