Posts by Nocturne

In my case, I got baptized because I was guilted into doing so, and because I got sick of people constantly asking me when I was going to get baptized. Sad thing though, I was one of the oldest to get baptized in my congregation (I was 14) while the majority of them got baptized between 10-13. I have one friend though who got baptized when he was 18.

I think they encouraged the young people to get baptized to pad the numbers at the end of the year. Adults are hard to convince and take years, a kid you can push into it in one day.

That is so true. I knew someone else in my old congregation that was pushed by his mom to get baptized when he was 13. The thing is, the person who was studying with him told the elders that he wasn't ready for baptism yet, but the elders gave him the go ahead to get baptized anyways.

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At what speed are you comfortable driving on the highway?

by JH in

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here in canada, it's maximum 100 km/h or 62 mph.

thats not fast enough for us quebecers.

we like driving atlest at 120km/h or 75 mph when the conditions are perfect.

Nocturne

I got a freakin' ticket this week driving 134 km/h on the highway . It's ridiculous since most cars cruise at 120 km/h, and the conditions were nice, with no cars around. I'm off to traffic court in a few months from now.

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Well....it's that time of year again.

by Nocturne in

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that's right, we're in district convention season, and of course that means it's been a year now since i left the dubs .

at the second funeral, it was for a relative of mine who also went to my old congregation but it was held at a funeral home.

alot of dubs from my old hall showed up, and of course the most embarassing moment was when this older sister in my congregation came up to me and started saying out loud: "oh my son, why did you leave, why did you leave?

Nocturne

That's right, we're in District Convention season, and of course that means it's been a year now since i left the dubs (time goes by way too fast). Right now all my old friends are probably getting ready for the big event, hoping to meet they're potential mate. Obviously, I've already gotten my invitation to go (if i went, would i be allowed to wear a name tag??) but i've already declined. Besides that, and the memorial, my mom has been very quiet to me about the whole dub issue which is always good. But it's not like i've had no exposure to the dubs in this time. I've had to go to two jw funerals, and everyone who's been to one knows that it sounds more like a public talk than a funeral service. For the first funeral, I swear, if I would have heard the word "resurection" one more time I would have snapped.

At the second funeral, it was for a relative of mine who also went to my old congregation but it was held at a funeral home. Alot of dubs from my old hall showed up, and of course the most embarassing moment was when this older sister in my congregation came up to me and started saying out loud: "oh my son, why did you leave, why did you leave? Please come back, Jehovah misses you". At least the funeral talk was better. It wasn't given by an elder, but by a MS who actually knew my relative, and it wasn't full of jw doctrine.

So pretty much, in the past year I've encountered over half my congregation at some point in time....sometimes in strange settings. Like this morning, around 2am i was walking towards my car to head home, and as I'm crossing the street, I recognized the car that was waiting at the intersection. The guy inside looked at me, called out my name to get my attention. It was one of my buddies from the old congregation. He was always nice, he isn't baptized, and was just studying. We had a quit chat in the middle of the intersection and before i had to go since his light was going to turn green, he asked me if I needed a ride somewhere, I said no since my car was only a 2 minute walk from there (it was really nice for him to offer)

Although I'm quite happy to be out of the WTS, I will still miss those DCs because something funny always happened.

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Just finished uni after 4 1/2 years!!!

by JW83 in

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i started uni doing a ba the year after i left the dubs.

then i got pregnant & married, & still continued ... i have just finished my honours year in history - i did a thesis on why the dubs were banned in australia during ww2.

talk about full circle!

Nocturne

Congratulations JW83!!!!

A university degree is such a great accomplishment, and you should be proud of yourself. Enjoy your time off from all that studying, and good luck on getting accepted for your Ph'd.

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ARE JW SISTERS ALLOWED TO CARRY COFFINS?

by steve2 in

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recently i was amazed to read in another thread that jw females are not even allowed to walk up and down the aisles counting those in attendance.

the poster said jw women literally "don't count" - a brilliant play on words.

i guess i had never thought about it before, but it got me wondering about all the behind-the-scene work jw females do, but their invisibility in the public arena.

Nocturne

the classicist is right, no coffins go inside a KH. they are particular about not giving outsiders the impression of being like the condemned Great Harlot also known as christendom.

I disagree. When my uncle passed away, they had his funeral inside the KH, and he was exposed there. When i went to another jw funeral, but this one at a funeral home, i was told that the only reason the service wasn't at the KH was because the coffin couldn't fit through the door.

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So I'm at the meeting tonight.............

by JV in

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i'm looking through the new awake magazine (great article on shoplifiting by the way) and this older sister comes and sits beside me.

she started talking to me about this great little piece in the magazine about fish or something that should be on my dinner plate, something that i don't really care about, then she turns to me and said and i quote " where else but jehovah's organization can we learn such things?

i sat there with a dumbfounded look on my face thinking " are you kidding me?

Nocturne

Chia, as a girl is it hard to find a decent "brother" ? For me it seems like there is a alot more girls than guys kicking around

From my observations, i would say there are more girls kicking around, but it depends on your congregation. In my old congregation, there were actually more guys then girls (and this current batch of teenagers are all chasing the same girl, it's quite funny) but in the surrounding congregations it was a different story. I once had an older sister tell me that in the other congregation, i wouldn't have problems finding myself a wife even if I had no teeth !!!

But back to the original topic of this thread, last year when I was still going to meeting, at this particular book study studying the book "Draw Close to Jehovah" (I think that's the one), they were going over the creation of the universe. Anyways, the whole study is just listing numbers like the number of stars in our galaxy, and the estimated number of galaxies that exist, nothing too in depth. Anyways, the bookstudy conductor goes "See brothers and sisters, aren't we thankful for the Faithful and Discreete Slave to provide such a wealth of knowledge. This is very difficult material, the sort that they study in university physics courses." I had to contain myself from bursting out laughing. If that was what they covered in university physics courses, i would have gotten a better mark . Let's just say that was one of the last bookstudy I attended

Nocturne (of the permanently traumatized from physics class)

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The Dateline piece...

by OldSoul in

i just saw the dateline piece.

i have been trying to avoid watching it because i already knew how hard proof of the allegations is to come by, and knew just as well what kinds of emotions it would bring up in me.. .

if any jw has not seen it, try to find a copy to view.

Nocturne

If anyone wants a copy of the dateline video, I have it and I can send it to anyone who wants it by email. I also have the CBC's Fifth Estate dealing with the same issue here in Canada, but that file is to big to send by email, but i'm willing to do a direct p2p through MSN messenger or yahoo messenger for anyone who wants it.

Edited to Add: I didn't see Blondie's post.....silentlambs.org is where you can get all videos that were made by different networks on the child abuse problems with the organization

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Thought from tonight's meeting

by jula71 in

just a thought from tonight's bible reading that kinda hit in a funny way.

in all my years i've never heard this scripture used like this.

*** rbi8 1 samuel 21:12-13 ***

Nocturne

I've never heard of anything like this, but it truly sickening .

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BOAHELL

by jula71 in

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boa and mayor, the dream ........

Nocturne

This concept of Boahell intrigues me.....