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  Name Things You Can Get Counseled,Reproved or Disfellowshipped For

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since the jw religion is sooooo restrictive, it is good to think about just how wacky this cult is.....for example, you can get counseled for buying a 2 door car as opposed to a "pioneer" car (4 door).

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  about that 2 door car vs. the 4 door for service....

  when I was 16 my Dad bought me the car of my dreams ( from when I was old enough to know what a car was)....it was a Chevy Malibu convertable; cherry red with a white interior; bucket seats ,floor shift and a 350 engine to boot ( this was when gas was .55 per gallon) it had 2 doors....not exactly a good service car.

  I was a full time pioneer at age 17 and I kept the car. This was not viewed kindly by the local body of elders; but since my father was one, I was never "spoken to".
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  Name Things You Can Get Counseled,Reproved or Disfellowshipped For

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since the jw religion is sooooo restrictive, it is good to think about just how wacky this cult is.....for example, you can get counseled for buying a 2 door car as opposed to a "pioneer" car (4 door).

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  talking to, or being seen with Minimus.....

  ...guess they got me
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  If You Could Rename The Jehovah's Witness Religion, What Would You Call It?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jehovah's witnesses might sound like a harmless name for a religion but we know better!

  knowing what you know now, what would you rename this cult??

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  Fundamentalist religion #101; addendum ongoing...
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  Do Your Neighbors Think You're Nuts?

  by prophecor in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you socialize with your neighbors?

  everyone knows how we as a religious group only socialized with each other, then when inside the hall, we only associated with a select few, those who were deemed worthy of our association.

  now that you are out, or in varying degrees of staying within the borg, are you allowing yourself to get out and mingle amongst those in your community?

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  when I was a kid and my entire family were JWs; we were known as "the communists" on the block because we did not salute the flag and did not participate in Halloween.

  There was never more than a polite "hello" to the neighbors; never any socialization beyond that.

  Now, as a "grown up" with my own family and home ( and definitely NOT a JW by choice) ; my wife and I have a very social arrangement with all of our neighbors. In fact we have great neighbors.

  How unfortunate for all fundamental beliefs; Jehovahs Witnesses and others like them, who limit themselves and shut out the world around them.
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  For those of you who are "sure" Michael Jackson is innocent. Would you.....

  by avishai in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  would you let your kids stay over at his house?

  in his bed?

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  whether he is innocent or not IS NOT the point --in my appraisal.

  I would never let my kids sleep over anyones house I did not know and trust personally. The fact that he is (was) a grown man and they were kids is just ludicrous; questionable for the parents involved. One cannot help but question THEIR motives for even allowing such an arrangement.
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  Seeker4 Facing DFing - Seeks advice!! Lawyer??

  by Seeker4 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some of you may remember me, seeker4, from several hundred posts 3 to 6 years ago.

  i recognize some of the names in today's forums, and maybe some of you remember me.

  don't confuse me with seeker - i'm s4.

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  seetker 4

  I an sympathize with your situation; I had a simialr one 22 years ago.

  In my case, I brought a harrassment suit against each individual elder ( not the WTBTS). As my lawyer said " when they realize that they can legally have the house sued out from over their heads they will leave you alone.".... and they backed off. Watchtower let them know that they were on their own and offered no support to them except to say "leave him alone". I have never heard from them since.

  Good luck in your situation. I suggest you work out the "kinks" with a therapist. It was a good move for me to pursue two years of therapy. It left me level headed and free ( alomost) from all of their brainwashing.

  Your involvement in the media as a professional journalist is a powerful tool which you should use to your advantage in exposiing their viciousness toward those who do not choose to remain "braindead" to the world around them and life in general. An expose about your experiences as they happen would be of interest, I am sure, to the general public.

  good luck, you have all of us on this forum giving support,

  Frank
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  How did you react when you left WTS?

  by ljwtiamb in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm interested in your first rebellious act after 'getting out': homosexual sexadultery / fornicationklink your champange glass in a toastgrow a beardcurse (the really good words!

  )go to churchdrugssmokingholidays / birthdaysoral / anal sex (with or without mate)blood transfusionfield service without filling out not-at-home slipsother (explain).

  are you still involved?

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  on an emotional level I was experiencing what my therapist labeled "culture shock". I had to relearn many social skills.

  I was the only 21 year old virgin I knew of.

  I made up my mind to get as much experience in that department as possible ( hetero, that is). I never felt guilty and never looked back.
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  Sunday (4/10) is Special Talk!!!

  by TheListener in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yeah i know it's a regular yearly thing.

  but i wanted to make my post exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

  well, it's that time of the year again.

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  ...more bull$hit....they just keep piling it higher and deeper. This is the same old "carrot" ; but a new crop of listeners.....
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  Something funny I heard on Howard Stern

  by TweetieBird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was listening to howard stern this morning and robin mentioned that someone approached her with the watchtower.

  she told the jw that she was not interested, he asked her if she had ever read the watchtower.

  she said yes, he asked her what she thought about it and i loved her reply...she said that she thought that she never wanted to read another one.

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  ...hilarious

  Only those of us who have listened to the Howard Stern show fully appreciate the humor....
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  The perfect dress

  by happyout in

  1. social
  2. humour

  guys have nothing on women when it comes to getting even.

  jennifer's wedding day was fast approaching.. nothing could dampen her excitement.. her mother had found the perfect dress to wear.

  to the wedding and would be the best dressed.

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  very funny; I lived this story at my wedding.

  My mother in law and my mother had the same dress; we discovered it at the rehearsal dinner the nite before the wedding when my mother wore "the dress" .....and it showed up ( in a larger size) on my mother in law the next nite at the wedding.

  ...my wife really did not care