Posts by franklin J

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Celebrating my birthday...

by Jankyn in

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hi, all.. i celebrated (yes, indeedy, right down to cake and singing) my 45th birthday on saturday, and i learned a few things in the process.. my partner, who is appalled that i never had a birthday party or presents as a child, decided to make my birthday a week-long celebration.

each day, i had another gift--little things that she knew i'd like, like a box of almond roca, a little plastic moose (i love moose-s), and a book about natural ways to get the slugs out of my garden.

and each day, she made up a little poem about how glad she was that i was born.

franklin J

Happy Birthday!

Isnt it fun?

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Do You Look Down On People Because They Don't Agree With You??

by minimus in

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when i read some comments here, it seems that some can be so full of themselves that if they are disagreed with, they will mock, castigate, or be elitist with their condescending opinions.

very ''jehovah's witnessy".

franklin J

well, Min,

the way I see things now; it would not be the FIRST time that I got it all wrong.....chuckle

I try to keep an open mind these days.....

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just introducing myself

by adri2 in

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i never did become a jw but i did associate with them for a few years by attending meetings, going house to house, and all that fun stuff.

anyway, i have so much in my mind that i cannot possibly say in one post.

basically i saw/heard many things during my association with jw that i just didn't agree with or just made me wonder if they were truly teaching the "truth", which i have recently come to the conclusion that there is no truth.

franklin J

welcome to the forum,

Frank

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As A JW.....what did u have most trouble refusing?

by ScoobySnax in

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i had the nights out on the beer with my "worldly" and sometimes witness mates having trouble turning them down.......i think that was probably my fall.

i could never resist a night out on the raz, trouble is they just happened night after night after night....etc.. beer beer beer.... .

"i had the most trouble refusing to abstain from drunken nights".

franklin J

the trouble I had was that I wanted MORE out of life than going door to door.

I knew that the world was a much bigger place than the Watchtower Society and its silly prerequisites for "life"....and my downfall was the fact that I could see that there was a whole new world out there; like an open oyster; for me to take. So I took the opportunity to leave..... NO REGRETS

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I'm thinking of going back

by Smoky in

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over the weekend my cousin came to visit from mi, and her husband (elder) started to do his shepperding thing with me (have not attended meetings for over 1 year), and made a compeling argument about how the holy spirit is given by god only if you attend meeting and go to field service...etc, etc.

and the whole "faith and works" issue.

it was a different angle that i have never heard before, about me being a "instrument or tool" of god...blah, blah, blah... anyhow, it got me thinking about going back...especially when things are not going to well for me right now... (he said its because i left jehovah).. how can i convince myself that this is not true?

franklin J

smoky,

a lot of good advice to you on this thread; no need for me to repeat.

You have to do what is RIGHT for you....good luck

Frank

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DID OUR PARENTS REPLACE BIRTHDAY OR CHRISTMAS GIFTS WITH ANYTHING ELSE?

by diamondblue1974 in

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what about it...i know for me i got gifts throughout the year but i didnt get as many as my friends did on their birthdays etc....what about you...do you or did you replace b/days and christmas gifts or celebrations with anything else whilst being a jw and in particular anything as personal....

franklin J

Yes. Looking back at that time, my parents were very generous with me as a child and always bought me whatever I wanted or asked for; and always giving me spending money. My father even bought me the car of my dreams when I turned 16.

In retrospect; they spoiled me. As a parent; I am not so generous with my kids.

Now that none of us are JWs, my parents response to this free spending was that they always felt guilty that I did not have the holidays they had growing up.

...makes sense to me. I hold no grudges against them.

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Can You Spot A Jehovah's Witness???

by minimus in

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are you able to tell if someone is a jw just by looking or listening to a person?

what are the give away signs that make you just know that they're a witness?

franklin J

yes, is not very hard.

They usually are beyond the "clean cut" image. Most people where I live flaunt the "clean cut" image as an expression of an affluent lifestyle ( think of all those "Ralph Lauren " commercials ) . But the JWs have a decidedly different look.... cheap vinyl bookbags say much.

Due to the low economics of which the religion endorses; most worshippers look like the "low end" of the economic scale.

Once they open their mouth it is a dead giveaway because they have so much "bravado" about their message. Namely that they THINK they have the answers and you dont.

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