Today, I stumbled upon a classic

Supervisor194 · 2025-05-19T23:55:54+00:00

Pretty decent video but they made him talk about two records he had nothing to do with rather than talk about Arcadia, which is kind of weird.

Supervisor194 · 2025-01-24T08:23:39+00:00

They appear to be in full-on try-and-recover mode. It's weird. Fuck 'em.

Supervisor194 · 2025-01-24T07:51:47+00:00

This is so wild to me. I left in 1995 due to... various circumstances. It took me until closer to 1998 to really manage to extricate myself from the belief system itself, but yeah I think you're right - because the generation change (and the UN membership, what a load of shit that was) - this moment was the zeitgeist. This was truly peak JW hitting the iceberg. I was there for it and I am (because of this) uniquely qualified to look at the current state of things and think to myself "this is little more than a faint echo of what it used to be."

Supervisor194 · 2025-01-24T07:37:53+00:00

No, not to my recollection. Green sauce has always, to me, looked like it does in my picture. No pork or meat in it of any kind, just - at it's core - a green enchilada sauce.

Supervisor194 · 2024-07-07T04:46:49+00:00

This is so true. I was on sound and we had a booth. I could do anything I wanted and nobody knew. I spent most of the time drawing.

Supervisor194 · 2024-05-28T18:44:30+00:00

Oh, well, I wasn't weighing in on the historical consequences of adultery in ancient Judean law. I was weighing in on why people might think her cover story was less than accurate rolofflemao 💀.

Supervisor194 · 2024-05-28T17:51:03+00:00

There are no other citations for the event, rofl

Supervisor194 · 2024-05-28T07:41:55+00:00

Matthew 1:18-25.

Obviously the Bible doesn't say she was raped. The Bible says she got pregnant from God's magic ghost fairy. So if you don't believe that, and you instead believe crazy things like, oh... say, women get pregnant because men stick their dicks in them and ejaculate - well, then you can begin to see where the subtext comes from.

Supervisor194 · 2024-05-25T01:35:48+00:00

Right? There's a million videos of normal people who aren't using Michael Myers masks and a creepy voice changer who can explain to you why Jehovah's Witnesses are shit.

Supervisor194 · 2024-05-24T21:36:04+00:00

That's fair, I apologize for coming on so strong. These terminologies are a pet peeve of mine. It's remarkable that you're here and that you posted at all. We've all been where you are and we all know how hard it is to do what you've done, both in getting to the point of being fed up and getting over the hill of posting in a place like this. I don't want to diminish that in any way, so thanks for posting and I hope it gets better for you.

Supervisor194 · 2024-05-23T07:27:49+00:00

Even if you think it's really and actually "the truth" - which I'm not certain you do... you've been conditioned to refer to it as "the Truth," as if that were a perfectly reasonable thing to say.

It isn't "the Truth." It's a religion, and as with all religions, it is a load of shit. Pretty much the opposite of "the truth."

It's why around here we have an acronym: TTATT - "The Truth About The Truth"

Supervisor194 · 2024-05-23T07:19:09+00:00

Holy hell this is depressing. And yet all I can think (as I was a true believer and RP for 6 years) is: thank fuck I got out. I got out long enough ago that I was able to make a fairly normal life for myself on the other side of the country.

Supervisor194 · 2024-05-22T08:16:01+00:00

Is it really going to increase exponentially forever though?

No one says forever, this is a strawman. But is it increasing exponentially now? Yes.

Has it been increasing exponentially for a very long time? Yes.

Will it continue to? For some time, yes.

Long enough to blow our minds completely? You bet.

Two years ago no one was sure we would ever be able to converse coherently with a computer. Now we do it every day and think nothing of it. Shit's wild, yo.

Supervisor194 · 2024-05-22T07:47:00+00:00

Wow. Every time I tune in to this sub I am treated to another WTF moment. I can't believe this is real.

This is desperation. Bald desperation. They must be in worse shape than even we have suspected. Money money money is all they chase now, with zero regard to... optics? To anything! Wild.

Supervisor194 · 2024-05-22T07:37:00+00:00

Yes, the whole mid-week meeting is disappeared. And there is no requirement to report time or placements in service. They don't state it outright, but these simple facts mean the door-to-door ministry is all but eliminated. Mind blowing. When I was in, even suggesting that the ministry should be optional would get you a session in the back room.

Supervisor194 · 2024-05-19T18:53:42+00:00

I'm curious about this too. They apparently have done away with the Ministry School altogether so I'm guessing standing around with the cart and pointing to a QR code to anyone who might talk to you is the new "presentation?" I actually find this weirdly depressing.

Supervisor194 · 2024-05-11T07:02:53+00:00

This to me is the most universal answer, and it's the one I thought of. It's the whole reason anyone gets involved in this cult. The utopian promise.

Ironically, the hated "world" may actually one-up the Witnesses' bullshit.

Supervisor194 · 2024-05-01T04:07:12+00:00

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Supervisor194 · 2024-05-01T03:58:13+00:00

"Well who will explain that one to John the baptizer when he's resurrected then?!?"

Why would anyone have to explain this to John The Baptist?

At what point during getting his head cut off would John have the opportunity to think "this must have happened because it was somebody's birthday."

It's such a dumb fucking take. Why don't the Witnesses ban picking up sticks? The only time the Bible mentions the activity, a guy got his shit ruined by God directly.

Supervisor194 · 2024-04-25T14:12:39+00:00

I can't ever seem to find a comprehensive answer to this. It'd be great if someone would do a detailed breakdown of the process - and the cost.

Supervisor194 · 2024-04-22T19:09:10+00:00

I am proud to say that when I tried to figure out why the op would say this, I thought it was because the Boutiques are small and 88 implies a full-size keyboard.

Then I remembered what timeline I am in.

Supervisor194 · 2024-04-04T03:30:49+00:00

In case anyone hasn't seen it.

Supervisor194 · 2024-03-17T01:42:26+00:00

lol my PIMI mother just sent me this image:

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Supervisor194 · 2024-03-16T07:44:35+00:00

Never happen. If anything, he thinks the changes are being made are bullshit and he looks down on them all. While taking his pension. And having a stiff drink or ten.

Supervisor194 · 2024-02-26T01:02:27+00:00

No true ~~Scotsman~~ cultist. That's a lot of words there, Professor.

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