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  it took me twelve years to find him...

  by LuckyNun in

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  2. experiences

  when i was a teenager, i had it bad for a brother.

  it used to kill me, because we liked the same stuff, but he was on the spiritual track, headed for bethel, and i refused to get baptized.

  we used to argue while we were out in service, and we had a real love/hate relationship.

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  not like that!
  I have a man whom I love very much. not going to ruin that for a decade-old crush.
  I'm just going to hug the heck out of David when I see him. platonic hugs, not sexy hugs!
  contrary to JW belief, a man and a woman can be friends without fornicating all over the place.
  that's what I was referencing with the "and you know what THAT leads to..." comment.
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  So, You've Been Known To Proposition Complete Strangers For Sects

  by SixofNine in

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  ....you might have been a jw if....

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  LuckyNun

  oh, god! I miss those Muff'n Eggs!
  
  let me add one...
  
  
  you've sat in the Gold Cup room of a racetrack or the balcony section of a music venue, having never actually seen a horse race or a rock concert.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  someone you've just met mentions their hometown and you say, "Oh! We used to go up there for Circuit Assemblies/District Conventions!" and they give you a worried or blank look.
  
  
  maybe I should amend mine to, "you know you were a bad teenage JW if..."
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  im curious where is everyone from?

  by brokenfairy in

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  i am originally from the fort worth/grand prairie area....just curious as to where others have come from?

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  I lived in Pontiac for a while; my male friends and dyke friends used to rave about Big Al's. It's in Peoria, right?
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  im curious where is everyone from?

  by brokenfairy in

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  i am originally from the fort worth/grand prairie area....just curious as to where others have come from?

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  I'm from the Belvidere/Rockford, IL area. Oh, the stories I could tell...I really need to write a book.
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  it took me twelve years to find him...

  by LuckyNun in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i was a teenager, i had it bad for a brother.

  it used to kill me, because we liked the same stuff, but he was on the spiritual track, headed for bethel, and i refused to get baptized.

  we used to argue while we were out in service, and we had a real love/hate relationship.

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  LuckyNun

  when I was a teenager, I had it bad for a brother. it used to kill me, because we liked the same stuff, but he was on the spiritual track, headed for Bethel, and I refused to get baptized. we used to argue while we were out in service, and we had a real love/hate relationship. half those religious debates should've ended by me kissing him and shutting him the h*** up. he went to Bethel, and I gave up. I ran away from home and tried my best to forget about him. twelve years go by, and I get an email from a classmate-reunion website. it's my man, and he's OUT!!! oh, what might have been. if I hadn't given up, and stuck around for about six more months, he would've been back from Bethel, all disillusioned and ready for the real world. yeah, Bethel made him get out of the religion. doesn't that crack you up? I'm hoping to visit him soon, and when I see him, I'm going to give him all the hugs I couldn't give him when we were both in the religion...because you know what HUGS lead to!!!!
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  Fathful Slave Class...Commisssioned????

  by integ in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i heard in a talk recently that the faithful slave class was "commissioned" by jehovah to give us our food at the proper time.

  my question is; where does it say that in the bible?

  i am aware of the obscure reference to this "class" in matthew, but is there anywhere in the bible that actually says they were/are commissioned?

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  LuckyNun

  they can make up anything they want. they now have so much material to work from. it is true because they say it's true, and they can prove it by referencing you to one of their earlier publications where they say it's true because they say it's true.
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  SOSC 125 (The Lucky Nun Returns)

  by LuckyNun in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have chosen to study children (now adults) of jehovah's witnesses for my anthropology class.

  it's a subject near and dear to my heart, as most of you know if you read my livejournal.. .

  i would like to investigate how children who are raised in the jehovah's witness religion deal with loss of a support network if they leave.

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  would you like to expand upon your answers? I'd love you to be a part of my Anthropology paper, but I need more than just yes/no or very short answers. feel free to be longwinded, I don't mind. that goes for anyone who wants to participate. you can email me at [email protected]

  I purposefully did not make one of my questions, "Why were you disfellowshipped?" because I realize how traumatic it is to go before the elders. However, some of the reasons for being disfellowshipped can be downright ridiculous. When I sent in my proposal, the teacher asked me to include that question. I will leave it up to you. I have no room to judge anyone, and i will never meet you guys in person. I also have to keep this anonymous due to the nature of this project. So, if you feel like telling me, go ahead. Or you can make it very general. This is supposed to be something even people who've never dealt with the witnesses could understand, so I have to spell a few things out. But a general statement, like adultery or caught smoking, or seducing a promising young MS in the library reckless conduct will do.
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  SOSC 125 (The Lucky Nun Returns)

  by LuckyNun in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have chosen to study children (now adults) of jehovah's witnesses for my anthropology class.

  it's a subject near and dear to my heart, as most of you know if you read my livejournal.. .

  i would like to investigate how children who are raised in the jehovah's witness religion deal with loss of a support network if they leave.

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  I have chosen to study children (now adults) of Jehovah's Witnesses for my Anthropology class. It's a subject near and dear to my heart, as most of you know if you read my LiveJournal.
  
  I would like to investigate how children who are raised in the Jehovah's Witness religion deal with loss of a support network if they leave. The religion severs ties with those who leave, whether by their own choice or by disciplinary means (if by disciplinary means, the term "disfellowshipping" is used).
  
  The question I hope to answer with this interview study is "How do people cope with having to choose between contact with friends and family and contact with the rest of the world?"
  
  I will be interviewing six people who either left the religion as young adults or were disfellowshipped. I will try to interview three people who were re-instated as Jehovah's Witnesses, and three people who chose to not come back.
  
  These are the questions I have prepared:
  
  1. Were you born into the religion, or did your family join later in your life?
  
  2. Were you baptized, and if so, what was your main motivation for being baptized?
  
  3. Did you leave of your own accord, or were you disfellowshipped?
  
  4. While you were in the religion, who would you have considered to be your support network?
  
  5. Did you have friends or family outside of the religion before you left?
  
  6. How significant was the role of religion and worship in your family's life?
  
  7. If you were re-instated, what was your main motivation for coming back to the religion?
  
  8. How did being raised in the religion affect you as a person?
  
  9. Have you joined another religion, or have you decided against any organized religious group?
  
  10. Once you left, were you able to maintain connections with friends and family within the religion?
  
  I'm hoping these questions are neutral enough that a JW in good standing would feel okay about answering them, maybe even consider it an opportunity to witness. We'll see. I don't have an agenda, here. I just want to know what motivates people to do the things they do.
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  Kingdom Ministry....."What will you do with your free time?"

  by integ in

  1. social
  2. humour

  1) with summer just ahead, what plans have you made to increase your share in praising jehovah?

  family heads who are entrusted with their families spiritual welfare, will do well to encourage their mates, and children to make the most of any extra time they may have away from the workplace.

  by increasing their share in the ministry.

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  LuckyNun

  *applause*

  that's $*#@&$* awesome. if I still went to the meetings, I would totally sit by you, so we could make fun of everything around us.
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  question

  by LuckyNun in

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  2. friends

  when i'm relating these wonderful stories of my past, am i allowed to use the real names of people i once knew?

  like when i named the jerk who showed every teenage boy in the congregation the police report from when i was raped?.

  another thing.

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  LuckyNun

  when I'm relating these wonderful stories of my past, am I allowed to use the real names of people I once knew? like when I named the jerk who showed every teenage boy in the congregation the police report from when I was raped?

  another thing. I tried to PM someone, and I wasn't allowed. and all of my inbox messages have slowly disappeared. is this due to limited storage space?