Posts by J. Hofer

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I've been asked to give a public talk (should I)

by darth frosty in

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a friend of mine who is planing his fade, has just been made talk coordinator.

so he calls me and ask 'do i want to give a talk at his hall?

' he knows my situation and lurks on this board himself.

J. Hofer

no way i would have done anything like this after being away for 4 years. "i would have said this and that" makes for some nice day dreaming though.

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Revelation written to the 1st century churches

by maccauk11 in

im suggesting revelation was not for us today but to the seven churches in minor asia.

they 1st centruy faithful ones were waiting for the promised return of messiah, like he promised them.

he did in fact return on the lcouds to take them to heaven.

J. Hofer

it's common knowledge that john was high on mushrooms.

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by besty in

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/medical/269089/1/letter-about-blood-fractions.

above as an example - the images are bleeding over the natural width of the page.

does anyone know the maximum width to set images at?.

Have you noticed the JW child who........?

by Phizzy in

have you seen the jw child who grows up to be the ideal product of the cult from its point of view, and presumably from its indoctrinated parent's point of view?.

that young person is a weirdo !!!.

i can think of a number like this, still a minority fortunately, in that most of the ones i watched grow up either left or did not embrace the thing anywhere near 100%.. but those one-hundred-percenter kids are something to behold !.

J. Hofer

found sheep, we were (and some - or most - of us still are) weirdos. nothing judgemental about it.

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going to england

by googlemagoogle in

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i'll be off to england for a while, somewhere in the south.

anything i shouldn't miss while being there?

is it true they don't serve beer after 10:00 pm anymore?

J. Hofer

just found one of my older screen names (googlemagoogle). btw, i did go to newquay and had a few cornish blondes back then. i even went surfing. nice times. i was camping there with a bunch of JWs, some of them family, still went to a few meetings here and there but tried to fade. it's 10 years now that i consider myself an atheist.

now i'm off searching for my oldest screen name...

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Sign this petition - Investigation On Jehovahs Witnesses Religious Policy That Violates Human Rights and Abuses Religious Freedom

by TJ Curioso in

launch an investigation on jehovahs witnesses religious policy that violates human rights and abuses religious freedom.

link.

J. Hofer

not even a high precision nuclear strike would bring down the org. the only thing that eventually/hopefully brings them down is themselves and their stupid rules and teachings.

as for human rights: it's a shitty religion, but there are worse. scientology. islam. young earth creationists (although they got a few babes there.. hmmm...)

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The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

by cofty in

yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

J. Hofer

kate, if you think pelican won an argument here, you have a lot, a LOT of stuff to learn about discussions... it's kinda annoying also that you always refer to atheism as a belief system when in fact it's just exactly the opposite: NOT a belief system. you also always call atheists followers of dawkins, which is utter nonsense. while many do like dawkins, because he tries to spread reason, i don't know of anybody who'd follow him blindly just because he's dawkins. if he'd start about how chemtrails are real and dangerous, most people i know would drop him in a second.

you know, atheists got feelings too ;)

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glaring daggers.... If looks could shave.

by Captain Blithering in

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cowabunga dudes!

sat on tge platform reading the scriptures for some bullpoop q and a parroting session..

my po once said he felt physically ill seeing me give talks on the platform.

J. Hofer

on my last few talks i used to read not from the NWT but from the elberfelder bible, which was used in german speaking countries when the NWT wasn't available. the looks were hilarious. it was the same shit really, just different wording and they all gasped.

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TTATT family blow out

by redvip2000 in

for those of you who have a minute to read this, here is a report from my family trip.. i was in florida for the holidays visiting my older sister and family, along with my parents which were also visiting.. although i've had conversations with my mother about the organization, my sister and her family had no idea of my position in regards to the (un)truth - perhaps because we live far away from each other.

i knew the day was coming.... on my second day there, the whole family was sitting around bs-ing about different stuff, and as usual my mother starts with the "world is getting worse by the day" conversation, followed by approving nods and smart remarks from the rest of the family.

i then politely told them that this was not true, that in fact the world has never been better.

J. Hofer

whoah, thanks for sharing. good that you were able to stay calm, you evil apostate ;) maybe a few seeds were planted, if only they'd look up a few percent of what you told them...

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The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

by cofty in

yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

J. Hofer

or maybe the whole issue went over his head, now god is sitting in a corner crying his eyes out. maybe that's why catholics started praying to maria instead, mama always knows better.