ozzie,
Where ya bin? Periodic detention? Undercover missionary work? Rehab?
cheeses.
now did youse lot behave while i wuz away????
i hope unclebruce kept ya in line!.
ok, carry on.. cheers, ozzie.
ozzie,
Where ya bin? Periodic detention? Undercover missionary work? Rehab?
cheeses.
who woulda thunk?
"and if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
leviticus 20.14. sick bastards!.
This reminds me.
What is the definition of Relative Humidity?
A. The perspiration which develops on your scrotum while you're having sex with your sister/mother (god forbid!)-in-law.
cheeses.
my wife and i have been disassociated for about 2 months now.
every day in our small town we are being shunned by former friends.
one in particular annoyed me today.
Gill,
Remain positive. It will be more appreciated as time passes - remember, the ones shunning you are still enslaved - you are free from all of their weird little practices.
You will find ways to handle the shunning situation, which best suits you, as the occasion may arise.
I have no set strategy for dealing with it. I like to keep the dubs in wonder, plus I like to have a little fun with them. At times, after being on the end of a shun attack, I will will get in their face with a comment such as "Oh, I see that you are still suffering from religiously induced self-righteous hyprocrisy", turn and walk away. At other times I will return the shun, with interest, with a cursory glance. It all depends whether I can be bothered with them at the time.
At all times, remember - DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN! Maintain your advantage and never let them feel that their shunning is having any of the effect for which it is intended i.e. to make the recipient "realise the error of their ways and return to the flock" aka entrapment.
cheeses
my last meeting was memorable.
it was a saturday morning bookstudy.
i showed up a little late per usual with my coffee.
My last meeting was also memorable, as it was with two elders to let them know that I was 'calling it quits', 'resigning', 'severing my precious relationship with jah' and getting the hell away from the jws. This is also known as disassociating.
Apart from that I could not even begin to recall what the last 'regular' meeting was that I attended. (Suppressed memory perhaps?) Or, rather I should say, partly attended, as it got to the point near the end where I would go to the meeting at the start of the first song and then leave the hall to go walking and then return for the conclusion. I soon realised that I was even wasting my time by doing that. So it was time to pull the pin.
cheeses. who misses none of that crap.
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i am pretty sure this is what i am.
i would love to chat with anyone else who might want to sort some stuff out with me.. many thanks!.
I recall a poster who at one time had an image for his avatar which stated - "Born once was enough."
That about sums it up.
cheeses. of the never to be born again class.
Seems as though everyone has overlooked Braindead Fickwuts.
cheeses. choosing to exercise discretion rather than label them as braindead fuckwits.
it must be about 13 years since i went out in service.
about 15 years since i went out a couple times a month, and about 18 years since i went at least once a week.. i just can't imagine going from door to door anymore.
but to think that we all did it for quite awhile.
If the reference is to the jw preaching activity (aka door-to-door-witnessing TM) then the answer is November 1988 (sixteen and a bit years). I remember it as it had been ages before that since I had been 'out' in the 'work' and this occasion definitely convinced me that I would never trudge the streets again peddling a worthless message.
As far as community service is concerned then I have several worthwhile activities that truly do benefit others in my locality and which I try to be involved with as often as possible.
cheeses. who continues to expound the belief that the jw witnessing activity is the greatest waste of time ever devised by religious morons.
is it just me or are a lot of jehovahs witnesses just completely mannerless and lacking in social graces?.
examples....... they don't seem to say thank you for gifts or kindnesses.. i went to quite a few gatherings and burps and farts would happen without so much as a pardon me or excuse me.
i was even told once it's natural and there is no reason to say excuse me.. they will just stop in at your house if they are in the neighborhood and stay for however long without even calling or getting your hints that you happened to be on your way out.. i have met some very nice and polite witnesses but they are few and far between.. is my experience limited - has anyone else noticed rudeness, and a lack of manners and social graces?.
Because the vast majority of jws believe that their shit doesn't stink, it can only be expected that a lack of social graces and any form of manners would go hand-hand- with such self-righteous thinking.
cheeses. please excuse my apalling behaviour.
if you still go to meetings, take a good look around the kingdom hall next time you attend and think about what you are.
likely seeing.. many witnesses will sit in a half-awake mode - despite confronting a risk to life or limb in attending, because of bad weather or the sort.
of neighborhood the hall is located in.
metatron,
As usual you have provided a thought-provoking, meaningful and insightful topic. To give credit where credit is due, your posts are always a highlight on this forum and I am sure I can speak for many others when I state that you are a much appreciated poster.
cheeses. of-the-not-one-to-give-praise-unwarranted-class.
i just got hold of a copy of the jws' recent 32-page brochure keep on the watch!
i'm surprised at some aspects of it, and not at others.. i'm not surprised that it contains much of the same old clap-trap about "the urgency of the times" and "we're so close to the end now!
" -- the same nonsense they've been spouting for well over a hundred years.
SNG,
After having looked very briefly at the brochure, I believe the paragraph numbering towards the end of the publication (broken in to two articles) is for the purpose of training potential converts into the methods of the watchtower study articles. It could also be used at some 'special' meeting or study with current bible studies.
cheeses. Always deep and meaningful.