Spead sunshine all over the place, and put on a happy Faaaaaaaaaaaace
But, they're so HAPPY!
by stillin 22 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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life is to short
I too put on a happy face, I would make the comments that you never have a bad day in field service doing Jehovah's work. That this is not the real life and that we should pioneer now as we will have forever in the new system.
I told everyone I was so happy but I was dying inside. I thought about suicide almost every waking minute while I went door to door. My husband and I never had a family as he was always busy being an elder. Looking back I truly remember no happy times but I lied to myself and believed the lie. I was so depressed it was unreal and I did not know where or how to get help.
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extractor
I offered "Crisis of Conscience" to a friend & relatively new JW (5 years). His response, "Why would I look at that if I am basically the happiest I've been my entire life?"
I thought, "I don't give a crap if you're happy, I care if it's 'The Truth', but apparently you don't."
I have no clue if he's happy or not.
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OUTLAW
Jehovah`s Witnesses are Happy because..
We tell those S.O.B.`s to be Happy!!.
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LostGeneration
Interesting response Extractor - did he have a rough life before finding the JWs?
Sometimes I wonder about converts who just really, really seem happy as JWs. Some of course come from backgrounds involving crime or drug abuse. Do they simply need absolute structure in all areas like the JWs provide? One would hope that they could get on the right track in life without having to be involved in a high control group.
As a born in, I was always asking "what if" especially as a kid seeing everyone else celebrating birthdays and holidays. Pretty f'd up for an 8 year old to have to be wondering why he was born into the JWs instead of some other mainstream religion.
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wasblind
Good mornin'
I'm sister numbskull , I was in your nieghborhood today
and I notice people aren't as happy as Jehovah's Witnesses
They're out mowin' their lawns, goin' to birthday's and ball games
catchin' early bird specials or relaxed drinkin' tea
when they could be speadin' todays truth which is set to expire
at midnight
But if you except a personal study, I promise you'll be
happyfied amongst Jehovah's people
See how happy I am ????? My teeth are totally dry from exposure
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cobaltcupcake
Absolutely no one would have guessed I was depressed to the point of thinking about suicide every waking minute. Most people said they wanted to have a marriage as happy as our was - he was abusing me.
Right there with you, Lady Lee!
As a teenager my natural expression caused people to tell me, "You look like you're about to cry!" My mother was constantly telling me to "put a coat hanger in your mouth" ( picture it). Our family looked squeaky clean from outside too. But my father was verbally abusive. I hid in my room as much as possible to avoid him.
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Finkelstein
JWS are the most happiest when the meeting is over or the Assembly.
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extractor
Interesting response Extractor - did he have a rough life before finding the JWs?
He had a GREAT life pre-JW. He's a young man. Early H.S. had lots of friends, sports, activities, music, future plans, etc. Now?... none of the above. But he insists he's very happy being a JW. I wonder.
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transhuman68
Lots of people are happy- they live their lives in a loop; just doing the same things over and over again. It doesn't matter that it's monotonous, unfulfilling and unproductive- in the end "it's all going to work out o.k."
It's sad that people have been duped into wasting the only life they will ever live.
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