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  What's the most ridiculous thing you were ever counselled on?

  by micheal in

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  one of the cornerstones of jw's is counsel.

  they just love to give counsel and many times they will literally make things up just for the sake of counsel.

  i was once counselled for joking around too much.

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  My sister and I were counseled by the elders for getting too giggly during a book study.

  The elder leading the study on the Family Book had previously talked about using "proper names" for genitalia, and he even said not to use nicknames that referred to bells when talking about boys.

  He was bald, and his shiny head looked like a penis, so my sister and I started calling him Brother Dingdong or Dingaling behind his back. One look at that gleaming head during a meeting, and we would start with the puerile penis jokes and start poking each other and snickering.
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  I Am Changing The Word "Worldly" To Normal....

  by minimus in

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  instead of making the difference known that anyone not a jehovah's witness is "worldly", i think we should simply refer to them as "normal".

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  don't forget, "Nerdly" for the fence sitters, and "Wormal" JWs who lead double lives.
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  Faithful & Discreet Slave - NEW LIGHT

  by Black Man in

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  ok........has anybody been hearing rumors about new light on the faithful and discreet slave teaching?

  i recently talked to one of my ex-bethel buddies and he said that an adjustment has been in the works for awhile now and that the new light for the fds will be that they will receive their appointment before the great tribulation and that they didn't receive it at 1918-19 as previously taught.

  their works (global preaching work, worldwide growth, etc) up until the point of the great tribulation will show that they have been faithful and discreet in caring for the lord's interests and worthy of "official" appointment before the end comes.

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  all these flashing lights flickering on and off... its like a disco in here.
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  If You Could Take "It" Back, What Would "It" Be???

  by minimus in

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  anything that you've regretted, that "if only" you could take it back, you would??

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  All the rotten, critical, hateful things I said to people when I was deeply immersed in JW-ism and convinced that i was right.

  Years of drug/alcohol use =~~
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  Which songs do you members over 40...and then members under 40

  by berylblue in

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  which songs do all of you over 40 feel are must-listens for those of every age?

  conversely, i really would like to know what the younger ones here think are the must -hear songs for every generation.

  without my daughters in my life, i don't get to hear the better offerings of the new artists.

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  Ani DiFranco: 32 Flavors

  This is a great song about being an individual, being different, thinking for yourself.

  Hem: Rabbit Songs

  I just got this CD and absolutely love it! A mix of folk, country & bluegrass.

  Some old favorites of mine, typical cry-your-heart out chick music

  Eliza Carthy: Angels and Cigarettes

  Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes
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  What Makes A Person A Potential "Apostate"?

  by minimus in

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  the more i think about things, the more i believe that i have been, as the society likes to say, "courting sin".

  for years, i've questioned internally, the policies of the watchtower, the teachings, the directives of co's and do's and the overall "attitude" of jw's.

  mind you, no one would have ever thought that i didn't believe this is without a doubt the "truth".

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  A love of reading and critical thinking ability.

  Smart people join groups like JWs for emotional reasons. It's not lack of a brain, more like hole in the heart, or some sort of void within. People can be intelligent, do well academically, etc. but still have an emotional blind spot when it comes to personal beliefs.
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  My two week consulting trip to Bethel (the beginning of the end) Part 5

  by seven006 in

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  i knew i had a bright mind, i had been told that my whole life.

  she hated going out in service but since i hated it myself we didn't go do the door to door work much.

  i look back now and i can't believe how controlling and un-loving that religion had made me.

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  You're a wonderful storyteller, honest and compassionate.

  Now I have a sudden urge to do buttock-enhancing-exercises.

  this is also a terrible tease - cough up the end already!
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  My Wife & I Went To A JW "Wine Party" Tonight

  by minimus in

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  there were approximately 25 people there and a few from our hall and no one questioned us about anything, the entire night!

  as i was leaving, one of our friends asked me if she would see me at the kingdom hall again.

  i answered, "if you see me, i'll be there".

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  You're the man, Min! I always love a good one liner.
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  When JWs Knock on Your Door....

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  what are your most successful methods for dealing with their visit?

  do you prefer to "blow 'em off"?

  or do you attempt to dissuade them from their inanity?.

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  I asked them to add me to the Do NOt Call List. I had to ask them twice, and I was kind of short with them the second time. I knew they wanted to get into it with me, but I cut them off and closed the door. I don't want to argue, and if I invited them in I'd be too tempted to do or say something I'd regret.
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  JW emotional probs and Borderline Personality Disorder

  by Phantom Stranger in

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  i have seen many posts here about addiction psychology and its relationsship to jw's.

  this is an interesting area... and i tend to be a bit sceptical simply due to the "trendyness" that addiction psych is experiencing.

  i personally see links to low-intensity borderline personality disorder (high-intensity seems to lead to self-mutilation and suicide attempts, the latter of which we have all heard about).

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  beryl: thank you for having the courage to talk about your disorder. I was diagnosed w/ BPD a few years ago. I also struggled with an eating disorder in the Borg, and my arms are also scarred with slashes, cigarette burns, etc.

  I had always dismissed BPD as a "wastebasket diagnosis" for neurotic women who didn't fit in anywhere else. After reading Jerry Bergman's book, "Jehovah's Witnessses and the problem of Mental Illness" I realized how personality disorders can develop, an the JW environment is a key contributing factor.

  THanks for posting the article, Phantom.