Posts by tika

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huge announcement after the Watchtower study on the 27 of April?

by Dogpatch in

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there will be a huge announcement after the watchtower study on the 27 of april.. for what it's worth, this was just sent to me anonymously.. randy.

www.freeminds.org.

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tika

Sounds like a ploy to boost attendance if you ask me.

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I'm always right....ALWAYS! and you are wrong!

by odie67 in

my husband tells me that i act as if i can never be wrong, i always have an answer for everything...everything!

....that i'm always pointing the finger at the next person and that i also have the "i'm a victim" attitude.

he thinks it's my upbringing as a jw.

HI O67, I am glad to see from your previous posts you are enjoying the comraderie we share... welcome! Regarding your question, I have experienced this with my husband, although I think it's a combination of him having such and overbearing, controlling and intrusive mother as well as being raised JW. He has never been baptized and does not go to meetings but he still insists they are the only true religion. In other areas of our life, I can tell you that when I have an idea, say for instance how to decorate the house, he always has a better idea. I usually go along with him just to keep the peace, but it is very annoying and I have started challenging him on things that mean alot to me. I will say to him, "why do we always have to do everything YOUR way? Just because my ideas are different doesn't make them wrong or inferior." He denies being that way though....

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JW funeral this WE

by tika in

ok, (r u there, toth, cuz i'm gonna rant again, ha-ha).

so my h's great aunt (mil's aunt) died after a long illness, she was 85, seemed to be a nice lady but i only knew her from the kh.

my h knows how i feel about going to the kh for any reason and is not forcing me to go.

tika

Thanks for asking, I will pm you.

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Hey everyone! Listen to this!

by Sebastian Melmoth in

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howdy ho all you fine folks in jwd land!

i thought you all might enjoy this little incident that occurred about six years ago when i was sixteen and newly baptized:

it all happened one night after a theocratic misery school and disservice meeting, during which, i carried one of the microphones.

tika

I find it odd that he would tell you to play sports and workout. My H was raised JW and he was not allowed to play sports, is it different from one cong. to another? I work out almost everyday at my local Y and my H's JW have showed their disdain for my hobby. Apparently they don't have any desire to take care of the bodies they have since the world is going to end soon, they should probably devour all of the HoHo's and twinkies before they become perfect humans, Haha. But I digress, I think the elder kind of liked what he saw SM, and maybe was disappointed you didn't encourage him!

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The Jehovah's Witnesses are jealous right now

by free2beme in

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i was watching how in texas the people of that sect mormon religion are actually getting stronger in their faith, with what is happening, and not weaker.

being a former witness, we know that the one thing witnesses want more then anything is persecution.

they are practically begging for the world to turn on them, like they did this cult in texas and i would just bet they are jealous this is happening to these people and not them.

tika

I have been watching them on the news all week, and I'm thinking of doing my hair in the "TEXAS RANCH BUN" for JW funeral I may or may not attend on Sunday, LOL! Seriously though, I was thinking about this today, those freaks got nothin' on the Watchtower, IMO because all of those people live on the compound. JW's are out in the "real world" so the brainwashing has to be much more relentless since they are not seperated from the rest of us.

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JW funeral this WE

by tika in

ok, (r u there, toth, cuz i'm gonna rant again, ha-ha).

so my h's great aunt (mil's aunt) died after a long illness, she was 85, seemed to be a nice lady but i only knew her from the kh.

my h knows how i feel about going to the kh for any reason and is not forcing me to go.

tika

That's great advice Gopher, I am just worried I won't be that nice. I feel like if I go my instinct is going to be to shun them the way they have my disfellowshipped SIL and since she is not going and it is her aunt I don't feel obligated to attend except for my H, and he probably would rather me not go if I cannot be nice (FAKE) to these people. It has really got me worked up and I wish I were not letting it ruin my whole weekend. We are going to the comedy club tonight and I am going to try and have fun.

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I Found this on YouTube--Maybe Some Want to Participate

by jamiebowers in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbpqlpgpb5m

tika

I checked out the professor's video also which was interesting.... it looks like there are alot of people out there who could use some support!

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Your JW Relatives Have 2 Personalities - Cult & Authentic- See the Change

by flipper in

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in steve hassan's book, " combatting cult mind control" - one of the points that assisted me the most is understanding that all cult members have a " cult " personality which turns on when defending their faith, and they have an authentic, non - cult personality they were born with- the personality they had before being programmed by the jehovah's witnesses or any other " cult".

how is this dual cult/ authentic personality manifest ?

hassan mentions in his book that, " one moment the person is speaking cultic jargon with a hostile or elitist know-it-all attitude .

tika

Yes, I noticed it last night in my DH when we were arguing. Acutally he kept his "cool' while I got pretty angry. Not recommended since they are trained to be even more zealous when facing adversity, in this case my temper, ha-ha.

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I ATTENDED A JW FUNERAL YESTERDAY---WOW!

by Terry in

back in 1959 i became best friends with a fellow who was instrumental in my becoming a jehovah's witness.

yesterday i attended his mother's funeral.. from the time i was 12 years old i became a part of johnny's family and got to know his mother, jennie, very well.

in fact, she was more instrumental in convincing me there was intellectual merit to the reasoning process of consulting the bible and drawing jw conclusions than any of the arguments johnny and i had.. fast forward a bit.

tika

Wow, Terry thanks so much for the post, since I have a JW funeral this Sunday afternoon it came at a great time!

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JW funeral this WE

by tika in

ok, (r u there, toth, cuz i'm gonna rant again, ha-ha).

so my h's great aunt (mil's aunt) died after a long illness, she was 85, seemed to be a nice lady but i only knew her from the kh.

my h knows how i feel about going to the kh for any reason and is not forcing me to go.

tika

Ok, (r u there, TotH, cuz I'm gonna rant again, ha-ha)

So my H's great aunt (MIL's aunt) died after a long illness, she was 85, seemed to be a nice lady but I only knew her from the KH. My H knows how I feel about going to the KH for any reason and is not forcing me to go. My BIL is however making his wife go even though he doesn't agree with the religion, he pretends to in order to appease his nagging mother. I really don't want to be around all of the "OHHH, we miss you soooo much, when are you coming back" BS but I will probably go so as not to leave poor SIL by herself with the witlesses. Also, I figure if I don't go, it will give all the nags a chance to talk about me "Poor, D, his wife didn't come with him...." So, me and H had a bit of a tiff about JW's last night because he asked me if I would leave him if he went back to the KH. I didn't feel it was a fair question, seeing how I pretty much let him do as he pleases, play poker all night with his pals, go on weekend fishing trips, golf whenever he wants, etc,etc without nagging. And he likes his lifestyle. Period. I don't see him ever going back because he would have to give up all his fun, that I put up with and no one else in his past relationships would. I suspect this has all come about recently because MIL is pestering him ever since the memorial... probably telling him the usual, time is short, yadda yadda yadda, laying the urgency BS on him and all the guilt. ANYHOW, any tips for the funeral would be appreciated, if anything it will be good practice for MIL's funeral as I'm sure she will be having "A BIG FAT JW FUNERAL", ha-ha.