Posts by MissFit

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Reflections on 1 year WT Free-breaking the chains...
by MissFit in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi everyone.. i just realized that it has been over a year since i discovered this site and started to recognize i was shackled by invisible chains.

i am still in the process of chipping away on those chains.. i posted on another thread how these threads here are like little time capsules.

the moment, the emotions, the attitudes are all there frozen.. .
MissFit

Holiday season is coming up. I used to dread it. At work I used to have to walk a thin line. We do a lot of programs for children and like to incorporate current events. So holidays come up... Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas.

I always participated but would feel a little guilty like I was compromising.

Or I would feel guilty for not feeling guilty.

Now I can enjoy my work. We try to include everyone so we keep religion out of it but focus on traditions and seasonal things.

No guilt...Priceless.
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I hope I'm not stumbling you, she said as we sipped drinks at the track...I
by MissFit in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have a sweet jw friend.

she is elderly and had heart problems and is hard of hearing.. she is a tiny thing and very loving.

she is a convert and had been "in" for around 20 years.. she came "in "after her divorce.. we started hanging out together a couple years ago when i called her for a ride to the meetings.. .
MissFit

Yada yada: she is in her 80's. She was converted around 25 years ago.

She has a love for Jehovah but she seperates him from the congergation. She believes her faith and reliance helped her with her fight with cancer. Her faith gave her strength.

She told me once she didnt agree with the brothers on everything. That Jehovah is the one that will Judge.

I think it is important that we do not generalize and lump all JWs together.

She does what she thinks is best and if it doesnt make sense she rejects it.

She knows she can talk to me and I wont repeat.
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feeling sad
by berrygerry in
1. watchtower
2. medical
the past number of months have been traumatic for myself and my family.. the fascist practices of the wts have wreaked monumental harm to us all - with 3 members hospitalized for suicide.. researching past events brings one to the overwhelmingly sad story of bethany hughes, and her parents lawrence and arliss.. (arliss was featured years later on a dc for her courage through their ordeal.).

larry did what any normal, loving father would do.. try to protect his daughter.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocex1eu5v6u.

it is doubly sad knowing personally one of the wts lawyers involved, and his relatives who have left the wts despite the harsh consequences.. sometimes, i wish there were a "dante" hell.. .
MissFit

((((((Berrygerry))))))) I am so sorry you are going through tough times.My thoughtsv are with you.
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the flood, mammoths, elphants, and food.
by Crazyguy in
1. watchtower
2. bible
my question is since it looks as though mammoths were alive after the flood and we know elephants are then how much food was needed to feed just these four animals for the time they were on the ark.

also was the ark, 500 feet long, big enough to hold the amount of food needed for just these 4 animals.. .

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MissFit

Poopsiecakes: same here.
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I hope I'm not stumbling you, she said as we sipped drinks at the track...I
by MissFit in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have a sweet jw friend.

she is elderly and had heart problems and is hard of hearing.. she is a tiny thing and very loving.

she is a convert and had been "in" for around 20 years.. she came "in "after her divorce.. we started hanging out together a couple years ago when i called her for a ride to the meetings.. .
MissFit

I had Sunday lunch with my friend at the track again.

I think she doesnt want to bump into "the friends" and she knows there is a very slim chance we will run into them there. Plus they have great margaritas. 😉

If anything I am the stumbler. She always teases me of leading her astray because I never turn down a good margarita.

I provide her with nonjudgemental , fun association. I dont challenge her faith or her obvious reluctance to associate with " the friends."

She has never asked me why I dont go anymore. She knows I never felt like I fit In.

We enjoy each others company. I wouldnt trade those Sundays for the world.
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What makes a "good Jehovah's Witness"??
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so, i have been thinking...what is the formula or recipe for the "perfect jw"?.

here are a few points i thought of...please feel free to add!.

always dress in the jw manner...no variation in clothing / hair styles / facial hair.
MissFit

Don't forget any hardships you may experience is a test from Satan.

What ever you are doing is never good enough.
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My evening at the pub - how many ex-JW's do you think there are?
by berrygerry in
1. jw
2. experiences
so i'm having a pint and talking to the owner and his gf.. she's talking about her line of work - leads to my family history - and that my wife is in a strange religion.. the owner snorts, and says very disdainfully that his ex was a jehovah's witness.

i said bingo.. then the barmaid pipes in about her grandma and all of her aunts and uncles were witnesses, and were all out.

but the grandma has witness siblings, so went back after 20 years.
MissFit

Many just feel unworthy and are waiting for their death at judgment day. I spent half my life as a walking dead person.
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FOR SALE: Gloom, Doom, and Persecution.
by Coded Logic in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature - it is the spirit of a spiritless situation.. .

it's really sad that jws only ever see the bad things in the world and are either unable or unwilling to acknowledge that now is the safest and most prosperous time in all of human history to have ever lived.

within the last hundred years we have gone from the wright brothers first flight, to setting foot on the moon, to curiosity exploring another world.
MissFit

Great points.
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What makes a "good Jehovah's Witness"??
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so, i have been thinking...what is the formula or recipe for the "perfect jw"?.

here are a few points i thought of...please feel free to add!.

always dress in the jw manner...no variation in clothing / hair styles / facial hair.
MissFit

BU2B: and make sure you do all of the above with a joyful giving spirit. Remember we are the happiest people on earth. ( don't forget to take your medication)

Wait on Jehovah to get rid of the pedophile.

Above all do not bring reproach on Gods organization by going to the authorities.

God's spirit appointed elders will take care of everything.
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What makes a "good Jehovah's Witness"??
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so, i have been thinking...what is the formula or recipe for the "perfect jw"?.

here are a few points i thought of...please feel free to add!.

always dress in the jw manner...no variation in clothing / hair styles / facial hair.
MissFit

Stay away from anything related to the supernatural...

Watch what you say out loud...Satan will use your desires against you.

If you suspect demons, go through your house and burn any suspect item. Don't forget to say Jehovah over and over.

Make sure you know who the exemplary ones are in the congergation and avoid anyone spiritually weak...Except for CO visits, Memorial season and when you are pioneering.

Call on Spiritually weak members when you need to finish up your time for the month.

Remember anytime you say Jehovah's name to worldly people...including unbelieving family... you can count time.