Like I am now....Gay!
How were you perceived .............. as a jw
by A Paduan 22 Replies latest jw friends
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kenpodragon
Two words ...
"Self-Righteous"
... I don't know that person anymore.
My thought
Dragon
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Shakita
One word:
WEAK.
Poor Shakita, so weak. Not making the meetings. Let's go visit her in service. Yes, that will be nice. We will visit her and show her how much we care, and then she will come back to the meetings. ...................Sisters visit with Shakita..........much upbuilding conversation, we miss you. The sisters leave. They return to the car and look at their watches. They write down on their time sheets, "2 hours--return visit" Then they go home. They will not think about Shakita again, until the next return visit, of course. Shakita is a good
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Jesus Christ
Well, not as their savior like other christian (notice the CHRIST in CHRISTIAN) religions do.
Ungreatful little snots.
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gypsywildone
Lol, about the same as Francois, only the jws thought I was a crazy trouble maker. My real friends and I had a ball!!!
Did my stint in the watchtower concentration camp from ages 13-16, but it WAS memorable :)Gypsy, the havin' another toke class
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Elsewhere
I was one of those "fine upstanding brothers" who had "so much potential for advancement"
Sit-n-spin WTS !!!
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joannadandy
I think non-jw's couldn't believe how squeaky clean I was. Perfect grades, perfect dress, perfect attitude, a friend to great and small, young and old. A sweet little christian girl. I think a lot of them thought maybe witnesses were a weird religion to be, but I was a good person inspite of it. Who knows, I think I was even a good will embassador a few times for the Dubs. I can't remember how many times people said to me "You're one of those? I never would have guessed, you seem so normal"- Hahaha!
The dubs however weren't too fond of me. I participated in wordly activities. I joined the speech and drama teams, and tried out for and got cast in lots of plays. As long as they were appropriate material, my parents had no problems with it. (However my senior year I couldn't try out for the Crucible because it was about witches--but no matter I took college classes my senior year and tried out for the colleges production of Lysistrata and got in. Apparnatly Greek comedy with overt sexual jokes is ok) Not only that I was going to college. Bad girl! How dare I get an education. Meanwhile all my friends were droping out of high school to get their GED and pioneer full time. That was far more admirable. Not to mention my greatest sin as a dub, I never took the dip. What was wrong with me? didn't I want to make the truth my own? I even had one elders wife tell me I was 18 years old, that was plenty old enough to know that this was the truth and I had better get baptized soon. Or else? I dunno it seemed a vieled threat at the time. So meanwhile while all the elders kids were smoking pot and stealing car stereos I was bad association because I was going to college and not putting in as many field service hours as the crack head elder children. Whatever...
A few dubs liked me. I even had one elder tell me I was the most articulate young lady he had ever met, and thought I was a fine example in the hall of what a fine witness one can make by attending college and applying oneself. That was weird. I don't think anyone else shared his views however. To this day he is the only elder who asks how I am doing. The rest have all written me off.
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KD
This post made me realize that I actually lived 2 separate lives. I was always interested in the bible all my live, so when I became a JW during my mid high school years, I attended meetings and was perceived as being quiet and shy by the others. Some called me anti-social at times because I did not socialize with some of the clicky groups. Outside the hall, such work after school or work after graduation, I never let anybody know that I was a JW. I still drank, swore and sometimes smoked. To the non-JW's I was a typical young adult.
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Jesus Christ
Don't worry about not getting baptized joanna. I was around 30 or so and I'm slightly more spiritualy advanced than the rest of you. That's one of the things that's always bugged me about JW's.
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LB
well I know I was approacable. I had lots of people telling me things they couldn't or wouldn't tell an elder. So some thought me great, some thought me weak, others thought me a jerk. I thought of myself in various ways too. I found myself getting judgemental and didn't like myself for that.