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  Do you get hassled for posting here frequently?

  by sabastious in

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  most people in my life that know how frequent i post on this forum find it very troubling.

  i have often been accused of "not being able to let go.

  " i don't agree that i post here because i'm not willing to let go, i think i post here because i think this place helps other people and i want to be part of it.

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  snakeface

  Acutally, when I first started lurking here I thought to myself that "some of these people need to let go and move on with their lives." But as I got more involved in reading posts and the responses, I feel this is not the case. Some who are still in read this board. Some who post here are still in. Others, who have left, may have certain feelings or thoughts, and may wonder if they're the only one who feels/thinks that way; this board serves as as support group. Also, many of the postings help all readers to refute WT teachings and practices, which can be very helpful to those being pressured by active JW spouses and families.

  Just lurking on this board, a couple of years ago, helped me firm up my decision never to go back to the organization.
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  Would you ride on these?

  by Snoozy in

  1. social
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ungpowan4as.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnyytrrzmxa.

  i would be terrified!.

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  snakeface

  Sure! Looks like FUN! Especially the first one!

  The second one looks like a book study group, all seated and paying more than the usual attention, but maybe the person whose house it is has a problem with demons from something they bought at a garage sale and the demon is making the floor swing around to interfere with the divine education work. The witnesses don't seem to notice, though.
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  Stopping my bible study with the JW's

  by salsa girl in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this is my first post after lurking for months.

  hopefully i won't make any mistakes while typing and trying to post this so please bear with me!.

  i had a bible study with jehovah's witnesses and i stopped the studies with them a couple of years back.

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  snakeface

  Welcome to JWN Salsa Girl! All your observations are correct. Especially the gossip and slander. Even the elders and ministerial servants gossip and disclose "confidential" matters that the flock tells them in confidence; in fact they joke about it. Most are self-righteous and condescending.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 03-20-11 WT Study (SINGLENESS)

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  single christians make the most of their singleness?.

  of christians, therefore, have come to.

  singleness in youth.

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  snakeface

  LongHairGal, I've noticed in the organization over the years, many "heads of household" can never hold a job for more than a few months. They have a wife and children to support but every few months they are out of work. And I've noticed that many brothers who were raised in the truth are simply looking for a mommy to pick up their dirty clothes off the floor and cook their meals for them.

  In fact, one time I mentioned to some brothers that I hate to iron. Their reply was that I needed to get married so I wouldn't have to iron anymore.
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  Are JWs the worst restaurant customers?

  by Alfred in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  (a little background info before i ask my question...).

  my sister-in-law (non-jw), who manages a popular chain restaurant near a kingdom hall, just found out that my wife and i have recently faded, so she decided to get something off her chest the other day... you guessed it: she wanted us to know that jws are the worst customers ever!

  she then told us some really embarrassing stories about how jws would request a table for 15 to 20 people (after a sunday meeting) and then (when the bill came) some of the jws would start deliberating amongst themselves on whether or not the waiter was diligent or not (to justify the low tip he was getting anyway).

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  snakeface

  Many JWs feel that since the servers are worldly, and therefore already dead in God's eyes, that it's a waste of $ to tip them since these sinful pagans will soon be throwing their gold and silver into the streets, and their eyes will be rotting their very sockets.....

  Another habit JWs have is, if you offer to take someone out to a restaurant, they always order the most expensive things on the menu. However when they have people over to their home for a meal, they serve macaroni and cheese.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 03-20-11 WT Study (SINGLENESS)

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  single christians make the most of their singleness?.

  of christians, therefore, have come to.

  singleness in youth.

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  snakeface

  They seem to think that single people have more time than the others to pioneer.

  The truth is, singles have LESS free time, because they have to work full time to support themselves AND prepare their own meals, do their own laundry and other chores. Married brothers come home and have a hot meal waiting on the table, then they study while the wife does the dishes, and washes and irons his clothes. Both husband and wife can share in household chores and yardwork. A single person has to come home, cook his/her own meal, do his own laundry and ironing and shopping and cleaning and all other household chores.

  They also seem to think single people are lonely and depressed, sitting around crying about not having a mate.

  And, of course, they think the cure for loneliness and depression is to go out in service.
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  "Miracle Oil" ad in 1922 Golden Age

  by processor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "pastor russell's miracle wheat" is known, but has anyone ever heard of miracle oil?

  i found this ad in january 15, 1922 golden age:.

  i found a notice in june 24, 1922 new york times that "upper lubrication" of manhattan renamed itself to "upper lubrication co.", but that's all..

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  snakeface

  Look at page 830, the last page! The branch offices were accepting orders for Christmas gifts of literature via telegraph!
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  Am I the only one who felt sorry for adam and eve?

  by Joliette in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the witnesses always blame everything on adam and eve (besides satan).

  for some reason, when i used to look at the my book and bible stories when i was little, i used to feel bad for adam and eve?

  its kinda like getting mad at a baby for making a mistake.

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  Are you the only one who believes they were actual people?
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  "It will be like the days of Noah, the great Day of Jehovah will be!"

  by sabastious in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  humans were eating and drinking and marrying when the flood came and swept them all away; sounds like what happened in japan doesn't it?.

  yet on the contrary, today is nothing like the alleged "days of noah" depicted in the bible.

  the bible states that when armageddon comes it will fall upon unsuspecting victims exactly as it did in noah's day... our world proves this passage false and i will tell you why.. how many end times cults are there right now?

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  snakeface

  Good point! Good field service point - that is, to use on witnesses when they're in field service.
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  If God exists and ordered a Purge how would you react?

  by sabastious in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the reason why god killed everyone in the days of noah was because of the demons who came to earth.

  according to the story their direct presence and impact on us had a poisening effect.

  we became corrupted and god felt the need for a total purge.. that's what the witnesses say is happening today.

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  snakeface

  Imagine it's Christmas Eve. You're tucking your children into bed, and of course they're excited about Christmas. You tell them they better be good and go to sleep; then Santa will bring them gifts. But if they're bad, Santa will sneak in their room during the night and stab them, and other children will get to play with their toys.

  Isn't that sick? How different is it from the teaching that God has been standing by watching centuries of human suffering, and doing nothing about it, and that at his "own appointed time" he is going to kill all the bad people and let the good people live in paradise.?