Posts by zimunzucz

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ladies , its not just me, is it?..

by sowhatnow in

ok ladies, has there been any documented studies on the role religion or society plays in keeping women in an economical and social disadvantaged state ?

im wondering how many other women out there in the world, who either being raised or being long term followers of a strict religious faith,with traditional family structures, have upon either divorce or death of a spouse find it nearly impossible to find a mate or economic stability , and live out the remainder of their lives struggling and either bouncing from one guy to another, being disappointed or used, or simply alone.

i have personally felt, that i, being a xjw and now divorced woman , with no acceptable work skills,[ ie: fancy resume with degrees] living of low wage part time work and barely any alimony , will simply be viewed as someone trying to get another man to support her.

zimunzucz

I was single for almost all of the 90's after my JW wife divorced me. I got pretty good at decoding personal adv's-

When she said, "must have horses", that means, must have money, land and a nice diesel PU truck.

I met my wife at a singles dance the Sunday after Xmas in 1999. I asked her to go with me to a year 2000 New years eve party. Six weeks later I asked her to marry me, she said yes. She was 45 and had never been married- she is a real lady- shy until she gets to know you. Being a divorced man, I had to win her heart. It will be 15 years for us this fall- and we have a teenage daughter who makes us a real family- we adopted her when she was a toddler. I think I am the only parent in her school who is on SS.

PS- I stopped mentioning I had been a JW years before that- it's the kiss of death on a date to talk about that wrong detour in life.

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ladies , its not just me, is it?..

by sowhatnow in

ok ladies, has there been any documented studies on the role religion or society plays in keeping women in an economical and social disadvantaged state ?

im wondering how many other women out there in the world, who either being raised or being long term followers of a strict religious faith,with traditional family structures, have upon either divorce or death of a spouse find it nearly impossible to find a mate or economic stability , and live out the remainder of their lives struggling and either bouncing from one guy to another, being disappointed or used, or simply alone.

i have personally felt, that i, being a xjw and now divorced woman , with no acceptable work skills,[ ie: fancy resume with degrees] living of low wage part time work and barely any alimony , will simply be viewed as someone trying to get another man to support her.

zimunzucz

I'm going to tell you what will probably work- you will find a husband. It's up to you next.

Go to Williston, ND for a 2 week trial. The place is packed with men working the Baaken shale oil fields.

Many of the service jobs pay $15-$20/hr, too. Find a job in a place that has a steady flow of people, like a restaurant.

The men make good money and many of them are well to do ranchers, but they have no one to love. I see a large number of hale and hearty looking men in the Dakotas looking for a relationship on the POF website- set up a profile before you leave and see what happens ( make that area your home in your profile). On Craigslist, you can find jobs that include housing- very important! Next, get a cheap cellphone and set it up with a Dakota phone number, just in case you need to talk-

The unemployment in that area is under 2%. which means , if you are walking and breathing with some work experience, you will get hired.

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A difficult yet necessary decision

by Brother Jeramy in

the past five weeks have been perhaps the most painful in my life as a witness.. some months ago a young man (i'd say in his late thirties or early forties) began attending meetings at my kingdom hall.

he had just moved to my area from another state.

he had disassociated himself from his home congregation many years back, when he was 20 years old and going through many of the typical trials and temptations most young men experience.. two of the elders met with him initially, and they later shared the details with the body of elders.

zimunzucz

A selfless act, as you describe it. I recommend you join the Catholic church after you leave the KH. I see a calling there for you, brother Jeramy. They place a high value on selfless actions, charity, fasting and penance

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A difficult yet necessary decision

by Brother Jeramy in

the past five weeks have been perhaps the most painful in my life as a witness.. some months ago a young man (i'd say in his late thirties or early forties) began attending meetings at my kingdom hall.

he had just moved to my area from another state.

he had disassociated himself from his home congregation many years back, when he was 20 years old and going through many of the typical trials and temptations most young men experience.. two of the elders met with him initially, and they later shared the details with the body of elders.

zimunzucz

So, if I understand this right, you are leaving the KH, because a schmuck (his standing with the elders) got backhanded by the elders for having the impertinence of asking them to speed up his reinstatement process? The WT-org is a cruel taskmaster, always has been, always will be.

Why not leave over something that directly affected you or over a false doctrinal issue- and then make public statement about it?

The elders did that guy a favor- they likely sensed that he wouldn't be able to unlearn ( in 3 or 4 months) his old (now incorrect) WT dogmas and would have made trouble for them down the road, ie, "that's not how we used to do it, that's not how the generation was taught 20 years ago". It's not repentance they needed from him, no, it was 9 to 12 months of continuous brainwashing at the KH.

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Where Is The Jehovah's Witness Zeal?

by minimus in

jw
friends

it seems to me that the religion is nearly dead.

or dying.

very little pulse exists for the organization.

zimunzucz

JWs need a date to have zeal. Stay alive until 2025 has a nice ring to it- - gotta see if the writing dept can come up with something new-- the boys are really good-- ( 2025 will be the Jubilee year of 1975- so it's Biblical)

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so how disobedient are you?

by sowhatnow in

things religious organizations practice that are non biblical [ or what were told not to do] pray in public [jesus said go into your room and pray in secret.

jesus always went away to pray]build houses of worship store up treasures on earthjudge their fellow man and condemn their fellow man.

preach doctrines of menclaim to be gods special property and for some faiths, do not pray the prayer jesus said to pray.

zimunzucz

I have a bad habit, ie, making authority figures look stupid. JWs and Mormons get most of my attention, except I can go easy on Mormons as they will come to your home and do yard work, home cleaning repairs, etc, So, if you are needy, elderly, disabled, etc call the LDS church and ask for some help. They are really eager to help, just don't go to their meetings.

carry on, I was just talking.

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Where Is The Jehovah's Witness Zeal?

by minimus in

jw
friends

it seems to me that the religion is nearly dead.

or dying.

very little pulse exists for the organization.

zimunzucz

What will your Legacy be in life Minumus, besides being a prolific poster? I think I am leaving- this place is a major time killer-

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Need to Vent: Well this weekend is a wash, 3 days of my life i will not get back and wife is slipping in to cult mode

by goingthruthemotions in

yep, the cult fest is upon us....3 days of my life i will not get back....ughhhhhhhh.

and my wife has been slipping in to cult mode the last 2 days.....you know the look.

almost like a glazed over look with a side of guilt and a side of narrow mindedness.

zimunzucz

Lies, manipulation and schemes shouldn't be required of anybody who has learned the TTATT. If everyone in the KH stopped doing that, I'll bet they would look around and find 1/4 of their KH members have been fooling everyone about their true feelings. Enough already with being a phoney.

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WT October 15, 2015 - Don't believe Apostate Lies

by Designer Stubble in

the last article in this new wt, shows me that the organization is dealing with much information that is damaging them.

i am sure that the many recent lawsuits are being noticed by the r&f.. here are some gems from that article, titled the naive person believes every word.

we must be very selective about what we consider worthy of our attention.

zimunzucz

JWs never exaggerate, they are real Bible scholars and only follow the Bible. ha- - that is what a young adult JW girl told me last weekend at the hotel- if she only knew the quality of the people in the writing dept--

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The Confederate Flag

by Simon in

the latest controversy over the confederate flag just sums up to me the state of dysfunction that exists in american society.. in summary: a white supremacist nutter shoots 9 black people dead in a church.

he's clearly inspired by the messages of others which the confederate flag is often a symbol of.. it seems like a no-brainer to remove it.

not only isn't it removed, it isn't even lowered at all as a mark of respect.. and of course now there are the people who want to defend their right to have it.

zimunzucz

They interviewed a wide swath of people in my local FL newspaper. Hardly anyone saw anything wrong with the Confederate flag- even the blacks just viewed it as " old history", and not something that personally affected them today, unlike getting a good job , which has gotten very hard for Blacks since the president let in the illegals. As I see it, this flag thing is a calculated distraction, to keep the minorities from seeing Obama's failures in the African American community. Some blacks are doing OK, Like the Haitians down here, who are real workers-- they have taken over the trucking and moving jobs. I shook the hand of a Haitian man recently who was of the same trade I was."Your people fought for your freedom- you shed blood to get free- not like the blacks in America." I sometimes wonder, if the black slaves in America would have ever organized and fought for their own freedom had the Civil war never happened.

Speaking of Freedom- it appears the Federal government told Amazon they had to stop selling the Confederate Flag on their auction site- imagine that, being strong armed by a democratic government.