Ok, I haven't thought about this in a long time, but when I was a kid I absolutley hated going the meetings. One night at the meeting, boared to tears, I took the point of a pencil and scratched the inside of my nose when my mother wasn't looking so it would make me sneeze. It worked, and I kept doing it. After about a dozen sneezes and my and faking cold symptoms, my mother cut the meeting short and took me home. Sadly, this only had a one time use. I wasn't allowed any pencils after that. Oh God, I hated those fking meetings with a passiion. It is in my opinion child abuse to make a little kid sit through 2 hour meetings like thise at the KH, twice a week like that, not including the book study meeting and feild service every week.
Steve Lowry
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Things You Did When Bored To Tears!
by serotonin_wraith init's been 8 years since i had to go to a meeting so i've forgotten alot of what i did myself, but add to the list what you did if you were a child made to sit still and in silence through the meetings and assemblies.. .
i went on amazing journeys with the power of my imagination!.
*recite entire music albums in my head.
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Steve Lowry
"Before you start your hike on the Appalachian trail, be sure to read "A Walk in the Woods," by Bill Bryson. Informative and hilarious!"
OK, I've been reading online about this book, since your kind suggestion. I gotta go and get a copy of it today! Thank you for the idea Parakeet!
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What "Awoke" you from the Watchtower's grip?
by JH in.
in my case, i was very generous with those in need in the congregation, because i had a good job, but when i lost that good job, no one gave me a helping hand.
they just didn't care about my financial well being.. also the years went by and it was as if we were getting further and further away from what they previously prophetized.
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"I didn't agree with their teaching that being gay was a learned behavior."
Yea, I just love how people like to take the easy option "out" of this issue. "Oh, he/she must have experimented and that's what made them Gay!".
Of course as long as its a decision, well then, that clealry shows its up to the person just who they are going to be attracked to! Yea, people just wake up on Tuesday morning and say to themselves, "Oh gee, I think I'll just be gay from now on." Right, its a choice. Look, I'm straight, but anyone with half a brain stem (and i qualify) should realize all on their own, that they are attracked automatically to someone else, or not. What's so difficult to understand about this basic process? No one says to him or herself, "Oh, I think I"m gonna be attracked to oh say, THAT person." It either happens or it doesn't. It should be rather obvious at this point in time that all people aren't born the same. You are who you are, and ya better like it what you were given. I'd like to believe that if someone realized they were Gay, that God would change them straight, if they asked Him for that. Like would He give them an extra leg, if they were born without one? Prolly not. Well, I guess anything is possible with God, as I do believe in Him. I dunno though. That's a tough one for me. But at least I got enough brain cells left to realize this is not a choice. I mean damn, come on now.
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What "Awoke" you from the Watchtower's grip?
by JH in.
in my case, i was very generous with those in need in the congregation, because i had a good job, but when i lost that good job, no one gave me a helping hand.
they just didn't care about my financial well being.. also the years went by and it was as if we were getting further and further away from what they previously prophetized.
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1975's coming and then going REALLY helped me to make my decision. Even then, it took till' 1979 to make the break. I was then married to a JW and had all JW friends. I will never forget the night I decided to leave, to never come back. I was sitting there, and a wave came over me form my subconscious, I suppose. I got up and walked to the bathroom where I splashed some cold water on my face. I looked at my reflection in the mirror and said the following; "This isn't who I am. I am not a JW". I walked back to my then wife, told her to find a way home, and I walked out, never to enter another Kingdom Hall. The only other time I have felt such a surge of exhilaration was when I drove a car all by myself for the first time. Both times (leaving the WBTS and driving),I realized I could go anywhere and do anything I wanted. I will never forget that sense of freedom of those two spectacular events of my life. I have never regretted my decision to leave the watchtower Society in the twenty-five years or so since I left. PS, I wish I had an interesting story to recall like Eddie! Really loved reading your story Eddie. Happy endings make for pleasent to read stories. Thanks for sharing. -
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Why some won't leave the Watchtower
by JH inname as many reasons as you can why some won't leave the watchtower organization, even though they know something is wrong.
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I think it all comes down to one thing. Fear. Fear is the great mind killer and it has been my enemy all my life. What helped to break the Watchtower shackles though, is that I have way to independent of a spirit to have continued on as a slave.
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All dressed up and no cash to go. After being on the job for twentyfive years (have 27 as of this June), I get six weeks vacation time (as well as twelve floater days). But alas, I have child support so I don't have much money to go anywheres'. LOL. Never been a big lets go somehwere on vacation kinda guy, anyway. Maybe a day trip someplce thats fun, and then back home again. I used to have tons of projects to do around the house and tackled those things during my vacation weeks. But, uh, the X got the house. At first, this kinda bugged me. But after not having to mow the lawn for the last eighteen months or clean out gutters and junk like that, I don't mind not having it too much. Yea, she can have the house.When I retire, I would like to dedicate my life to those things I never got to do in my working years. Some of those things are; Hike the Appalachian Trail (the whole freakin trail, I mean). See the Grand Canyon. Go back and see the Titans. Visit Cananda. Definately see Alaska. I got twelves year to to go to retirement, and if I sacrifice now, I should prolly be able to do these kinda things. Thanks for letting me dream a little this morning.
Steve
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Heard today: "Wow, why's it so long?"
by Elsewhere inthat's right, i was at frys browsing around to kill some time and while i was in the computer section i saw a kid and his dad looking at monitors.
the kid apparently had never seen a crt monitor before.
damn... makes me feel old.
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Steve Lowry
I was at a Publix the other day and used my debit card to pay for my food. After I slid my card thru and punched in my password code, I fell into in a kind of mind freeze waiting for the total, when I was suddenly brought back to the planet when the seventeen year old cashier asked me,"Are you gonna want cash back?". To which I smiled and said, "No, thank you". To which she replied, "Well then, could you please hit the NO button, for cash back?". But her eyes and facial expression said the following, "Well then, do you think you could use one of your brain cells to hit the damn NO cash button back, so I don't have to ask another numbnuts moron like you today to hit the fking stupid button?". It was all over her face. Guess I desreved that one. LOL!
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I fired the Watchtower Society
by LeftBehind ina lot has happened since i last posted.
i was caught associating with my apostate brother at my own house.
we were eating together.
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So, you you fired the Wacthtower. I really like this headset. Excellent. This shows you have taken control of the situation and you will not be a victim, which how the cultic groups stay in control (by keeping former members in the victim mindset). Only victims can be controlled. I personally believe that most former JW's eventually get to this point, where they simply refuse to be manipulated anylonger. For me, it came very quickly. Not that I'm any smarter than anyone alse, its just that I was born an independent spirit and it goes against my 'grain' to allow others to tell me where, how, when or what to do. Well, good for you that you won't allow anyone to manipulate you any further from the Watchower group. Its your life. You put your food on the table, and it's your life to do with as you please. Yes, very good for you, indeed!(BTW, to my friends here on the forum. When you respond to a troll, you may offend him or insult him, but in the end, any attention he gets here is better than what he is getting elsewhere and he will return for more. Such persons are loosers, and aren't worth a keystroke.)
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I hate going to the meetings!
by slimboyfat ingot to shave, got to dress, got to sit through crap, got to answer up and smile and greet.
it is 6.30pm on a tuesday night... here we go again.
why do i have to go to the meetings!
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'It is sad that there are so many faithless people here. But the meetings are for our good. Sure it is difficult, but what alternative is there? Another Duh."
Spoken like a faithful JW. Or, rather a rat stuck in a maze, "Sure its bad, but I can't find my way out!" There are a plethora of possibilities or alternatives to your current experience. But you have to be willing to explore them, which may mean thinking for yourself and taking the risk of failure here and there. With freedom comes the responsibility of making choices. Ya make some good ones and you succeed, bad ones and ya fail. When we fail, ah, that’s where/when we learn. But you can't learn about 'alternatives' very well in a vacuum, ala the Watchtower Society.
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I hate going to the meetings!
by slimboyfat ingot to shave, got to dress, got to sit through crap, got to answer up and smile and greet.
it is 6.30pm on a tuesday night... here we go again.
why do i have to go to the meetings!
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"I am not an active Witness and I still go to meetings."
So, you're not even a JW, and yet you still feel you have to go to the meetings even though you don't want to? Man, you're gonna make a great Witness for the Watchtower. Your not even a JW yet, and already they got you guilt tripped out. LOL! Take my advice and stopped going now! You'll never have the intestinal fortitude to not go to the meetings after you become a JW, if you can't stop now.