Posts by notjustyet

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Have you ever scared the crap out of someone?

by Nathan Natas in

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the recent thread about "supernatural" experiences helped me to remember the times i enjoyed playing frightening pranks on people.. example #1: years ago the employees at a place i worked for had a 40th birthday party for one of the women we worked with.

it was a typical "somber and dark" humorous party with black balloons, black candles on the birthday cake... all meant to suggest that at 40 ife as you know it is just about over.

it's funny, but 25 years after my 40th birthday i'm yearning for those days when things were better.. ...but i digress.

notjustyet

Had an old wooden cabinet of sorts that was large enough for a 16 yr old kid to fit into. We had several of our local Jw friends staying over and we started talking about stories we had heard from the others in the past about spirit creatures, demons etc and when he left the room for a bit, my brother and I hatched a plan.

My brother hid inside the cabinet and waited a bit for us to get back into the story telling. After a bit he started scratching lightly inside the cabinet and would pause A Bit then come back a with some more each time getting slightly louder and louder each time. After he started really making some noise and rocking the cabinet a bit.

A young brother started saying rather loudly " In the name of Jesus, I command you to get out!!"

My brother hears this and stops all actions. Then the brother starts telling us that this is what you have to do,.. Blah blah, and then at the perfect time my brother really turns it up, rocking the cabinet and slamming his fist on the inner walls to give that brother something to think about.

He pretty much freaked out and we, to his relief, told hi what was going on and the he was embarrassed a bit

NJY

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My Mom Wanted To Know If I Would Ever Consider Going Back.... Guess what I said....

by minimus in

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never!!!

!.

notjustyet

I was told by a nice brother that they missed seeing us at the KH, I mentioned that there pics of us on Facebook if interested.

NJY

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Is there anything the WTS could say that would NOT be accepted as fact?

by Faithful Witness in

this is a follow-up from the recent thread from adjustments, addressing the mind control and manipulation the wts uses to threaten the jw's into unquestioning submission.. is there any statemtent they could make, that people would not question?

honestly, if you read their study articles, it is unbelievable what the people will listen to, swallow as "truth," and then regurgitate to others, as if it has always been their belief.

we visited a local kh for the september 8 & 15 lessons on new light.

notjustyet

" Is there anything the WTS could say that would NOT be accepted as fact?"

Only one thing that I could thInk of that the Jws would have a hard time accepting as fact.

WTS. " We were wrong,.. You wasted your entire lives following a bunch of old deluded dudes to your ruination, sorry Guys, it is what it is"

NJY

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Rutherford Says 1925 Was Just His Opinion

by baldeagle in

1980 yearbook pp.

61-63 france 1925a critical year.

the year 1925 got off to a good enough start, with the french watch tower magazine being enlarged from 12 to 16 pages.

notjustyet

Marked

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Could this be the Atom Bomb when it comes to waking up Someone? Could it Work?

by BU2B in

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friends

could this be the home run swing when it comes to waking up a spouse?

could it work?

yesterday i was checking out this website http://howcultswork.com/.

notjustyet

Please check out the YV show " breaking the faith". Just started 2 weeks ago here in the USA on TLC channel.

About the FLDS group,... lotsa parrellels to the jws that will surely get the info into their heads without them knowing it. In my opinion, it will wake some up.

njy

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Jamaican Branch Office Closing

by jw07 in

i'm from jamaica, montego bay to be exact.

if there are other jamaicans here, feel free to let me know.. with that said, it was announced at our last meeting (a letter was read) that the branch office (bethel) in kingston would be closing, and affairs would soon be directed from us hq.

now the branch office here is a large compound built on acres of prime real estate.

notjustyet

Knew of a brother in Montego Bay that was a Taxi driver and also I think that there was an older sister that lived at the top of a hill that owned property that was originally DeWars, I believe.

Njy

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Just got off the phone with my dad!

by Kool Jo in

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had this conversion with my dad earlier today, hes an elder...both my parents were laid off during the recession, however, they saved and lived a decent life.

notjustyet

I would bring out the sales of all the properties around the world focuing on Brooklyn and the amounts that have been taken in for those buildings. Also mentioning that all the work on those buildings were donated by brothers like the ones being laid off.

ALso mention that you had read about the Candice Conti case and the money involved etc,..how they offered up the Patterson property as collateral in lieu of the bond payment. Also Hedge funds,..

Sounds like one of his trigger issues is money.

I would work on that as his cult personality allowed it.

NJY

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Goodbye and Thank You Jw Net (Last Post)

by Brother Mike in

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friends

i would like to thank everyone for the discussions that we've all had.

after all of them i have realized, all of you have made me realized that after all of the stuff i have been through, i just need a good friend.

and regardless of how hostile our discussion could get i have felt that you have all shared something with me that have helped me.

notjustyet

“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” Carl Sagan

Check out this video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLOxgkTnLb0

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The Great Tribulation has begun....

by snare&racket in

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friends

yep,.

i dropped my ipad on the floor and it cracked like a fresh sheet of blue crystal on breaking bad.

if the hollywood movie esque crack in the glass of my favourite posession wasn't enough, as it hit and smashed, i turned from my careful aiming and accidently peed all over my prized apple device.... when it rains....it pours.. listening to opie and anthony radio show so much so as to carry my ipad with me during midnight toilet trips, now seems excessive and regrettable.. get out, get out, get out of the toilet my people.....my apple, the great, has fallen..... .

notjustyet

If it was bought in the last 90 days with am American Express card it will be covered. Son just dropped Iphone cracked screen and they are giving me all my money back which will just cover the xcreen replacement.

NJY

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Question for exjws who are now atheist..

by EndofMysteries in

this question is for athiests who had been jw's, and when leaving, had to pretty much start fresh (if most of your association had been jw's).. to help you better answer the question, here is first the reason i am asking it.

my whole life and assocation were jw's only.

when i left, it was at first being pretty isolated while making new friends/etc from scratch.

notjustyet

Just joined 2 groups in the last 2 weeks using meetup.com and searched for "freethinker" or possibly atheist etc,..

Check it out,...

NJY