SoJo16

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  WALKING DEAD fans - Was that a JW at the very end of the latest episode?

  by Zoos in

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  2. entertainment

  did you see the last episode?

  that nicely dressed, freshly-shaven young man that came out from behind the trees at the very end and said:.

  i didn't mean to interrupt.

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  My love for this show definitely has its roots in watching for the end of the world.
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  I just wanna know WHY ! ! ??

  by brandnew in

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  2. friends

  i just wanna know why...after a thousand dang years, jehovah would even want to think about lettin go of the dude who started it all....satan.

  why?..

  like a thousand years is a long time, and people are supposed to be gettin perfect n stuff during this time, and the earth is supposed to be gettin all perfectionized.... so satan can f- - - it all up again?.

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  Because even after surviving Armageddon and cleaning up the Earth, you're still never going to be free.
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  Seriously, Why Can’t Jehovah’s Witness Women Wear Pants?

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i found this.

  http://jwvictims.org/2014/02/05/seriously-why-cant-jehovahs-witness-women-wear-pants/.

  seriously, why cant jehovahs witness women wear pants?.

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  HuffPo had an article in 2013 about Mormon women staging a 'wear pants to church' Sunday. Guess no sisters would dare coordinate such a bold protest.

  For the longest time after leaving, I refused to wear a skirt or dress. But over the last couple years, my hate for skirts has diminished, especially for maxi dresses that flaunt the girls! Who cares if I'm not particularly modest...nobody lives forever.  
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  No knowledge of settlements, and no curiosity, either

  by SoJo16 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i spent this last weekend with my mother, who is still in.

  the local newspaper ran a headline about child abuse by a priest, and she made a comment about the priests abusing kids again.

  without missing a beat, i said 'haven't you all been settling a lot of child sex abuse claims yourselves?

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  i spent this last weekend with my mother, who is still in. The local newspaper ran a headline about child abuse by a priest, and she made a comment about the priests abusing kids again. Without missing a beat, I said 'haven't you all been settling a lot of child sex abuse claims yourselves?' She responded right back 'not that I'm aware of'. In the moment, I decided to leave it at that...maybe it will be enough of a tease that she'll Google it. I wanted to be super careful not to challenge her so much that she shut down.

  it's amazing how much my feeling towards her have changed since this site and all of your comments helped me realize that I don't dislike her...I love her. It's her religion I can't stand.
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  'Big Eyes' Movie is the story of art couple Margaret (an XJW) and Walter Keane

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. friends

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/04/tim-burton-big-eyes-new-movie-margaret-walter-keane-amy-adams-christoph-waltz_n_3013705.html.

  tim burton 'big eyes' movie tells the story of art couple margaret and walter keane.

  tim burton, a filmmaker known for his own brand of ghoulish cartoon characters, is taking on the world of wide-eyed artist, margaret keane, in a new movie aptly titled "big eyes.".

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  Saw the movie today--several references to JWs. Kind of makes me want an original Keane.
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  If Your JW Parent Died Would YOU Go To The Kingdom Hall For The Talk?

  by minimus in

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  i would like your thoughts, please..

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  My mother had all her JW friends at my non-JW grandmother's funeral, and then a post-funeral gathering at a JW's home. My sisters and I, who were born-in but left or faded when we went to college, had to deal with our grief in front of all the witnesses, which was very emotionally difficult and stressful. of course all the witnesses we had grown up around decided they could forgo the shunning for a few minutes and speak to us which was exquisitely uncomfortable For us, and probably them, too.

  I was so angry and distraught over that experience that I did not attend my witness father's funeral a year later.
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  Watchtower 'Experts' on Being Gay?

  by jw07 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  have you seen this article?.

  the watchtower is trying to be experts on all things having to do with human sexuality.. repressing sexual desires, gay or straight only creates more problems.. http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/ask/pressure-to-be-gay/.

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  The only way to avoid fornication is to get married. So in all the states where same sex marriage is legal, if two same sex brothers get legally married, can't d'f them for fornication.
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  US-Cuba diplomatic breakthrough: Obama and Castro agree to thaw relations after prisoner exchange

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  who'd have thought it possible?

  but that's a headline this morning in the canberra times.. us-cuba diplomatic breakthrough: obama and castro agree to thaw relations after prisoner exchange.

  date: december 18, 2014 - 5:37am.

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  I'm thinking about going for a hot holiday in February before the travel ban is lifted. Canadians who've been always say the best thing about Cuba is no Americans. Doesn't seem like there are any legal consequences nowadays for americans who do defy the travel ban.
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  How did you feel when you got baptised? Seriously....

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so recently, several over-righteous ones in the cong were discussing "how amazing it felt when they got baptised".

  statements like "how awesome did it feel as you got raised back out of the water?!".

  or the classic "i felt so close to jehovah as i came out of the pool"!.

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  I was so excited about my pretty dress and the big dinner after. I was 11. being super nervous while waiting in line. Having to let my hair air dry because I hadn't brought a hairdryer.
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  It's all coming back...

  by SoJo16 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i joined the board this month and holy cow, are there ever some interesting points of view here.. a bit about my background: my dad was an unbaptised born-in who nevertheless went to vietnam and college where he met my mom.

  mom was lutheran, but dad told her the only religion he was interested in belonging to was the jdubs.

  they married in the early 70s and were both baptized.

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  SoJo16

  Hi Everyone!

  i joined the board this month and holy cow, are there ever some interesting points of view here.

  A bit about my background: My Dad was an unbaptised born-in who nevertheless went to Vietnam and college where he met my Mom. Mom was Lutheran, but Dad told her the only religion he was interested in belonging to was the JDubs. They married in the early 70s and were both baptized. I came along in 76. I got baptized a month before my 12th birthday. My mom was really 'encouraging' me to get baptized, and I think I realized that my doing it so young and being such an exemplary little sister would improve her status in the congo, since Dad only ever advanced to mic carrier. In my early teens I hoped to go to Bethel, but the elders told me Bethel had no interest in single sisters. Soon after, I was chided by an elders wife for daring to ask a question of an elder about a point in the daily text. After those experiences, I started to realize just how sexist the organization was. I started living a 'double life' and planned my escape to college. I was disfellowshipped for smoking cigarettes just before I left for college, and I was pretty much on my own until my sister disassociated herself five years later. Went to college about an hour away from my Midwest town, because there was no way I was going to stay in my hometown and run into witnesses all the time. Stayed in school a long time figuring out what to do and eventually went to law school. While in school, married a Canadian and emigrated to Canada in 2005.

  I haven't darkened the door of a Kingdom Hall since I was disfellowshipped. My mother doesn't shun me completely, but I almost wish she did because I find it tough to maintain a genuine relationship with her. I hadn't really kept up with changes to JW beliefs since I left, and thought of myself as a perfectly well-adjusted Ex-witness and atheist. Then recently the hubs started looking into pagan beliefs and witchcraft, and I was freaking out with disapproval about how it was demonized and I didn't want it in my house, and he wondered where this complete wall of disapproval I was putting up was coming from. And then of course I had an ah ha! moment. I know who taught me to worry about things being demonized! Reading through all the posts this month, I think I was probably carrying around a lot of guilt too about having left without realizing it.

  anyway, as I noted before, I find this board a crazy and wonderful place, and I've decided to be a bit more challenging to my mom when she makes comments about how bad things are in this system of things, or asks me if I still think about Jehovah. instead of trying to change the subject I'm going to start asking her questions, like maybe about how she feels about all the child sex assault claims the WBTS has settled. I'll keep you posted on how that goes.