Posts by greenhornet

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How Would You or Did You Leave The Organization??

by minimus in

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by choice, with a little help from the elders, faded slowly, disassociated????

how'd you get out?

greenhornet

I am a single parent. My daughter was living with me at the time. It was the Sunday morning rush to get to the meeting. We were a little late so we just sat in the back room were the noisy kids were. There were no seats in the back. So we just sat in the back room trying not be noticed. Just then the attendant said we could not sit in the back room he found seats for us at the very front row. I felt like every one was staring at us and she felt very uncomfortable. After 5 minutes I whispered to her are you hungry? Go ahead you go to the car first and I will meet you there in 5 minutes. Took off my tie had a good breakfast at a restaurant and never went back to the gossip city again. That was over 10 years ago. I did the cold turkey thing, They started coming by for years but no one was never home. (that's strange). Now I have a big do not disturb sign on the front door. I guess they got the message. My kids got there keys and they just come in. That's the way it should be. GH

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Why, why can't a girl start the lawn Mower?

by restrangled in

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ok, my husband is in bed, there is just enough light to mow the lawn.

the gas tank has just been refilled, and there is fresh oil.damn it, i have primed it as required, and have pulled and pulled and pulled the stupid string.. why cant the damn thing start with out a guy???

my husband is now asleep and the damn lawn is 5 inches tall.. god help me!!!!!!!!!.

greenhornet

What will happen you will get it started and just as you start cutting your husband will wake up and take over. Its a guy thing it happened to me when I was married.

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Disgusting comment re: education from Tacoma 2007 District Convention

by Justitia Themis in

this is from saturday afternoon program.

the speaker first starts with what he called the "alphabet soup" of degrees....a.a., b.a., m.a., ph.d., etc.

; he said they were nothing more than "sheepskins on the wall.

greenhornet

This also disgusts me! I work At a Hospital and clinics. I see the PHD Doctor from some of the most famous college's of the nation on the walls of there office. Yes very impressive!. These are very good people dedicated to help mankind they even take an oath and live up to it. What kind of spew comes out of the talks of the assembly is just ridiculous. Hello there Brother assembly speaker you might be the one D.E.A.D if you get no one to help you from a person with a doctors PHD!!!!

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Last Night an Elder called me,,,,but

by orangefatcat in

i didn't answer the telephone, i just didn ' t feel like getting all riled up as i have enough on my plate right now.. it was the same elder who showed up at my bedside while i was recently in the hospital.

i told the hospitals administration years ago to take my off the jw list for visitations.

so i was quite shocked to see this guy.

greenhornet

This is one way to handle phone call you do not want. http://howtoprankatelemarketer.ytmnd.com/ Warning strong content but funny

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Video from 2007 Convention

by kwr in

this is only a few minutes long, but i thought people might be interested in viewing it.

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http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=33bf935e94036b41979b&page=8&viewtype=&category=mr

greenhornet

Thanks for the video. But it made me sick, after one minute I had to stop it. I also noticed the place was half empty. When I was a kid they were packed!

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Packing ?

by rwagoner in

just curious if any other xjw's carry concealed weapons on a regular basis ?

because of my work (job that pays the bills) and my business (will pay the bills somday) i got into the habit shortly after leaving the dubs.

now i am a solid supporter of a law abiding, qualified citizen's right to legally carry.

greenhornet

Now I understand the club of concealed carry. I was stoped for going 10 mph over the limit. The officer come up to me, and I handed him my drivers licence and my concealed weapons permit. He went back to his car and came back. We started talking guns. So we argued about Glock verses Springfield's XD. Nice guy. Last winter a very aggressive man came up to me wanting money. I said I have no money for you. He said yes you do. I then shouted back off! showing him the handle of the XD 9mm. He got the message and ran off.

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How Did Being Referred To As A Brother Or Sister Make You Feel?

by The wanderer in

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how did being referred to as a brother or sister make you feel?the term brother always reminded me of being in some militant or holy roller religion.

during my tenure as a jehovahs witness, i brought it to the elders attention to refer to .

me by using my first or last name when addressing me.

greenhornet

A few weeks ago, I was eating in a restaurant about 120 miles from home. I used to go to the "meetings" in that small town. I bumped into 3 elders and two of them introduces me to the 3rd elder as this is brother **** from **** cong. Only if they knew! It kinda gave me the creeps this brother thing..20 years ago I was working at a JWs house and kids and the mother always called me brother ***** and brother all the time. I finally said my name is ***** (first name)please call me that.

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NEW policy! NO LIT for EX-JWs!

by MinisterAmos in

it's official; they read the letter tonight that puts forth the new procedure.

if you find an expelled person in the field or are studying with one, you are no longer permitted to give them lit.

presumably the elders make a decision if an expelled one is regularly attending meetings, but only they can give them lit.

greenhornet

Did Jesus say "come and get life's water free?"

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Lurkers! How do you put up with it?

by PopeOfEruke in

i just cannot understand how any one in their right mind can read the experiences here concerning the wachtower society's false claims, lies, trickery and deceit, and the example shown by the so-called "elders" in treating the flock with disdain and cruelty, and still stay a jehovah's witness.. lurkers, how can you do that?

do you simply dismiss all the evidence?

have any of you experienced such evil acts personally and still stay connected to the jw's?.

greenhornet

With me it was stab in the back, I called there 911 and it got worse!

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with the summer DC's coming up, how far do/did you have to travel?

by ?me? in

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just wondering, i was trying to figure out where the conventions were in the upper northwest of the usa and how far the montana, idaho, dakota witnesses have to travel?

it was fun to get away for a weekend when i was a teen, but now as an adult, i would rather go have fun in a cool city.

for me: first couple of years, drive 2:15 hours to the convention city-------------------------- next 5 years.

greenhornet

I have no idea when or how. Last time I went was like 13 years ago.