I hope and pray that my DH will someday see that the WTS is nothing but a man made organization trying to control their members. It is encouraging to me to come here and see how many people have realized this, so even though he is still blinded by the "Truth" he has been taught his whole life, I still hope someday he will be free from their mind control.
Posts by tika
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62What Are Your Goals in Posting on JWD in 2008 ?
by flipper inwell, happy new year to all of you, my friends here on jwd !
it should prove to be another rockin' and rollin' year here on jwd !
so, what do you hope to accomplish or take away in a beneficial way from posting on this board in 2008 ?
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What book are you reading right now?
by Wordly Andre ini am reading buried alive: the terrifying history of our most primal fear, it's really cool
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tika
The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen
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Will Carnivorous Jehovah Establish A Vegetarian New World?
by TMS ingod jehovah has had a preoccupation, if not an obsession with meat.
although cain worked hard to produce an offering of vegetables, it was rejected because it was not meat.
priests were instructed to save certain cuts of meat for jehovah, the fatty portions.
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tika
Sorry to digress a little, but this thread just makes me think of my observations of the eating habits of the JW's I know. They have no regard for their physical health... it's almost like, "hurry up and feast on anything you want... the end is near!!" I know other people besides witnesses have food issues, as I've had my own , it just seems like a prevalent attitude in my MIL's family and congregation anyway. Now many of them suffer severe health problems because of this. I think it's kind of funny because they pride themselves on generally looking younger than the rest of the population of people their age. I have sat at the table of a couple of elders who could inhale food with such force I was frightened for my own personal safety....Haha.
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MIL is a JW
by tika inmy mil who was raised a jw and raised my dh a jw is always doing something to get attention.
i don't invite her over or to do anything anymore because when we do all she whines about is how no one ever wants to call her or do anything with her.
how annoying, who would want to spend time with someone like that!
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So sorry for your loss Snoozy, I can't imagine losing my husband. I can relate to trying to cater to MIL, I used to try but after hearing all the comments she makes about me behind my back, I don't try anymore!!
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What's OK/ What's not... CONFUSING!
by tika inmy mil who is an active witness, just made each of her kids and spouses a huge tray of christmas cookies wrapped with red and green bows and delivered them christmas eve day.
what would the elders think of this?
i get so confused as to what's ok with them and what's not ok. it all seems very contradictory to me and they basically make excuses to do as they please, but criticize everyone else for say, letting their kid watch harry potter.
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My MIL who is an active witness, just made each of her kids and spouses a HUGE tray of Christmas cookies wrapped with red and green bows and delivered them Christmas Eve day. What would the elders think of this? I get so confused as to what's OK with them and what's not OK. It all seems very contradictory to me and they basically make excuses to do as they please, but criticize everyone else for say, letting their kid watch Harry Potter. My husband (who was raised in the Kingdom Hall and never baptized) is a Lord of the Rings freak, but yet criticized the Harry Potter books and movies that my 11 year old son enjoys. Seems like a double standard to me. Anyone else have any examples?
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MIL is a JW
by tika inmy mil who was raised a jw and raised my dh a jw is always doing something to get attention.
i don't invite her over or to do anything anymore because when we do all she whines about is how no one ever wants to call her or do anything with her.
how annoying, who would want to spend time with someone like that!
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tika
Thank you all for your replies!!
Lisa, that is a great idea, curtail all the negativity!! I like it.
Momzcrazy, I know you are right, it is hard for me to be a scapegoat, it give my MIL the chance to run her mouth about me behind my back, I can just hear her now...
"Oh, my poor boy won't go to meetings because his evil wife won't go" she doesn't have the nerve to say it to me or my DH, but she makes biting comments to his brother in front of my dear SIL, and has made similar comments about her in front of me (to my DH) so I usually give her a dirty look and she shuts up, but my DH does not understand why I don't care to be alone with the woman. She is very two faced and I have told him it makes me uncomfortable to be around her because she acts differently when he's not around. My SIL has the same issue with his brother, they try to force us to call their mom and spend time with her, they just don't believe she is that bad, yet neither of them wants to call or spend time with her. My MIL gets so jealous when my SIL and I do things together... she thinks she should be invited along, HELLO, SIL and I have alot in common, we're married to brothers, we have boys the same age, we are about the same age... plus we both have an annoying MIL, haha.... I just don't understand why she can't spend time with her own friends. The last time we did invite her and step FIL over she whined about how no one ever invites them over, so why would we!!!
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Have you come to grips with your mortality? Do Jw's ever?
by AK - Jeff inin post-jw life, it seems to me that acceptance of this basic fact of life, the reality that we will die, is a healthy thing to do.
yet, i believe that most jw's cling to a hope that armageddon will spare them death, even when they see death at the doors.
they have never prepared themselves for the reality, and when it becomes inevitable, the pain of that realization must be intense for some of them.
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I think that is why my JW MIL acts like such a PITA, she is starting to see Armegeddon my not make it here before she dies so she is trying to crawl up our behinds and make up for all the time she has wasted running around to meetings and door to door instead of spending time with her children. Now me and my SIL have to deal with her guilt and I don't think that's FAIR! (sorry very annoyed today with the IL situation, haha!)
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MIL is a JW
by tika inmy mil who was raised a jw and raised my dh a jw is always doing something to get attention.
i don't invite her over or to do anything anymore because when we do all she whines about is how no one ever wants to call her or do anything with her.
how annoying, who would want to spend time with someone like that!
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Thanks momzcrazy, I know my husband should call his mom and go see her more but I got tired of bugging him to call and go see her. I figure if her own kids can't stand her, well something must be wrong that I don't know about other than the obvious. Yes, my Dear Husband when we first got together 7 years ago did not tell me right away that he was raised JW. He waited until I made a joke about them one day and then broke the news. He convinced me to try some studies and meetings when we first got married which I did because initially I didn't see the harm of it. The more I learned the more uncomfortable I became and it was mostly their views on little things that bothered me. Never mind the tediousness of the meetings and studying, no wonder my H was brainwashed being raised in this religion. When I decided I wanted no part of the JW lifestyle, my H was disappointed but didn't press the issue. He defends the religion to me but yet he doesn't go to meetings because he says it is too difficult with a non believing spouse. I have told him several time that if he believes they preach the TRUTH like he says he does, then he should go to meetings. So, I am left feeling like it's MY FAULT he won't practice his beliefs when the real reason is probably more like he doesn't want to do everything they require! Thank you everyone for your comments!!
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MIL is a JW
by tika inmy mil who was raised a jw and raised my dh a jw is always doing something to get attention.
i don't invite her over or to do anything anymore because when we do all she whines about is how no one ever wants to call her or do anything with her.
how annoying, who would want to spend time with someone like that!
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My MIL who was raised a JW and raised my DH a JW is always doing something to get attention. I don't invite her over or to do anything anymore because when we do all she whines about is how no one ever wants to call her or do anything with her. How annoying, who would want to spend time with someone like that! She was diagnosed with diabetes so now she shoves as much sugar in her face as possible and whines because they can't get her medication right (kind of difficult when the person does NOTHING to help themselves) This Christmas she decided to bake us 18 dozen cookies and bring them over with green and red bows all over the wrapping. I wonder what they would think of THAT at the Kingdom Hall?
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12-21-2012
by tika inhello everyone, i have not been on here in a very long time... i have been seeing alot on the internet about 2012 lately, and am wondering what, if any .
significance the witnesses are putting to this date if anyone knows?.
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Hello everyone, I have not been on here in a very long time... I have been seeing alot on the internet about 2012 lately, and am wondering what, if any
significance the witnesses are putting to this date if anyone knows?