Posts by berrygerry

although i haven't called myself a witness in almost 15 years, i'm still married to one (which has it's own set of challenges and is fodder for a completely different post).

i haven't spent a lot of time on forums with other ex-jws either, but thought i would throw this question out to you all because it's something i still struggle with.... particularly for those of you who were raised in or were in the religion for many years - what has it been like for you to navigate the work world?

i would be a 3rd generation jw on one side of my family and a 4th generation on the other side -- the hardest thing for me has been just knowing how to act and behave, especially among co-workers.

berrygerry

This religion messes people up:

http://www.exitingthejwcult.com/p/if-you-are-going-to-see-mental-health.html

Read Bonnie's book. ( more than once.)

http://www.amazon.com/EXiting-JW-Cult-Handbook-Witnesses/dp/1508477132

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"Just around the corner." The dumbest song that I have ever heard..

by DATA-DOG in

i'm at my quasi-thanksgiving dinner with relatives.

i hear a haunting sound from another room.

"is that a children's song?

berrygerry

rebel8
Thankfully the bros are the stronger vessels, so they will have to do the manual labor with the hoes.

(Courtesy of Canadian humour - note - Simon moved here for the spelling.)

https://youtu.be/PpY8JqwhJCQ

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"Just around the corner." The dumbest song that I have ever heard..

by DATA-DOG in

i'm at my quasi-thanksgiving dinner with relatives.

i hear a haunting sound from another room.

"is that a children's song?

berrygerry

We are all Amish now.

My first thought, too.

The Amish are living in paradise now.

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My life ... and how JWD came to be - Part 5

by Simon in

my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 1. my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 2. my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 3. my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 4. i swear, i thought it was only a couple of years at most since i wrote part 4 of "my life and how jwd came to be".

i re-read it after someone posted to it and brought it back on active topics and it was kind of prophetic in a way ... well, i had the 5 years part right if nothing else:.

it would be nice to visit the site (or whatever one is around then) in 5 years time to let people know how we're doing and find only a few of the same people still around.

berrygerry

Was there a part 6?

(It would be great to read a post of your Dad's story)

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Turkeys ... to brine or not to brine (recipe)

by RubaDub in

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being that time of the year when you can buy turkeys so cheap (most jw's i know but at least a couple) or in some cases food stores give one away with a purchase exceeding some dollar amount, i was just interested in any interesting recipes.. we usually do the brine thing (3/4 cup salt to 1 gallon of water, a few packets of chicken bouillon, some random additional spices, dry or fresh as desired).

cover the turkey completely and then let it soak overnight ( we usually do about an hour a pound).

not a real precise recipe but it does, in our opinion, make for a much more juicy bird without the typical dryness that often happens.. depending on the size of your refrigerator, it may take some gymnastics to get a big pot with a turkey in it.

berrygerry

I did the slow roast method, and was simply stunned with the result.

170° F (Yes Fahrenheit) - 1 hour per pound.

Uncovered.

I basted as often as I could (butter and seasoning).

I also turned the oven up for the last hour to crisp the exterior.

Google it - it's awesome.

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How does an elder become an elder ?

by Drwho in

i was never a jw , so have millions of questions .

please, how does an elder become an elder and how much trust does or should a jw put in an elder .?

simon.

berrygerry

Demonstrated belief that the Watch Tower Society has been exclusively chosen by God as his earthly organization.

Commitment to do whatever WT says. Appointment first as a Ministerial Servant for a period of years.

After proving commitment, appointed, usually not before turning 30 years of age.

Expected to trust them? With blind obedience.

Should one trust them? Absolutely not.

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I think Watchtower online library filters results it does not like.

by NikL in

i was trying to find that scripture that talks about recognizing a false prophet.

in the watchtower online website, i did a search for the words false prophet and filtered it for scriptures only from the bible which brought up zilch in the way of results.

i did a google advanced search for the same thing and it brought up the scripture i needed which happens to be deuteronomy chapter 18:20-22 which reads... 20 “‘if any prophet presumptuously speaks a word in my name that i did not command him to speak or speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die.+ 21 however, you may say in your heart: “how will we know that jehovah has not spoken the word?” 22 when the prophet speaks in the name of jehovah and the word is not fulfilled or does not come true, then jehovah did not speak that word.

berrygerry

Seriously, if Google is so much more intuitive than their own search it's still the way to go.

WT search is much better than it used to be - not very good, but quite good. (Plus, you can now search only Bible, or books, etc.)

It used to suck badly, and I always used Google

( eg.: https://www.google.com/search?q=false+prophet+site=wol.jw.org )

An elder criticized me for using Google instead of WT's search. Yeeesh.