Posts by Purza

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Would You Go Back To A Kingdom Hall For A Funeral or Wedding?

by minimus in

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let's say one of your relatives either died or invited you to a wedding at a hall, would you go?

Purza

Oh, I can get a hug today because YOU need one. But next week, when I am really needing you to hug ME, I am once again shunned. Hell, I can't even call you on the phone if I am suicidal, because you don't speak to me. So jerk me around, only be there when YOU want to be, forget about my needs EVER being met.

This is so true Talespin. There was this boy I grew up with and he got DF'd when he was in his late teens. In his early 20s his mother died and they had a "memorial" for her at the KH. My dad told me that we were "allowed" to talk with her son because it was a funeral. You could just tell how her son perked up at the memorial when we all embraced him. We even had a gathering afterwards and he went and we all associated with him.

One week later he said called this MS and said that he wanted to start studying again and the MS said okay. Well the elders got involved and said he would have to come back (the way all DF'd people have to do) to the organization first. Totally turned this guy off. Never saw him again. Heard he was now a drug dealer.

Oh. . . the love the Borg shows. . . . (sarcasm intended).

Purza

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Would You Go Back To A Kingdom Hall For A Funeral or Wedding?

by minimus in

jw
friends

let's say one of your relatives either died or invited you to a wedding at a hall, would you go?

Purza

I have already thought about this since my parents are getting up there. My answer is NO. Not for a wedding or a funeral. My dad does not speak to me while we are both alive -- so I am sure he would prefer it if I were not there to "remember" him.

For me, there is too much emotional stress involved when I step foot inside a KH. I would rather not put myself through that.

Purza

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JWs are boxing their hobbies

by ezekiel3 in

much entertainment in the watchtower, 15 august 2004, pg 24. see the picture for the full text to learn that we can "put off every unecessary weight" by boxing up our "hobbies and non-essential personal projects.

" i wonder what's in the box.... it is interesting to see how jws are encouraged to have hobbies:.

*** g91 11/22 pp.

Purza

A hobby can even help you to advance spiritually. If you like to make models, for example, might not building a miniature ark deepen your appreciation of the strength of Noah?s faith?

Someone please tell me this is a joke. They cannot be serious. Surely there is someone writing this for the WT just laughing hysterically at what they are writing.

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I had a visitor!!!!!!

by Sunspot in

whoooeeeee!

about 10 minutes ago i had a visitor!

she was a sister that we used to pal around with, we had several dinners together and she and her husband and my husband played cards together.

Purza

That is wonderful!!!!!

I met with some old JW friends of mine last week. They are marginal JWs and we spent some time together. I really enjoyed catching up with them. I hope you are able to catch up with your friends very soon.

Purza

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How Would You / Did You Handle Disfellowshipping?

by minimus in

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friends

....as in if you personally were df'd or someone close to you was??

?

Purza

I was DF'd at 19 and reinstated at 20. My whole life (to this day) has been affected by that one year. My mother never let me forget that I brought "shame" on the family name and a lot of my friends were no longer my friends even after I was reinstated. I was talking with my boyfriend last night about something that happened in my life as a JW (after I was reinstated) and I felt a jolt of pain in the memory.

This time I refused to meet with the elders and I just walked/ran away and moved. I did not want to give "them" the power to DF me again. F*ck that.

I feel for everyone who has gone through the DFing ordeal.

Purza

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Would you Sue?

by sandy in

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friends

for medical malpractice if:.

you were sick from july of 2003 to may of 2004 and didn't even know about it because the doctors never informed you?.

and on top of that you can prove that you never even took a test that happens to show you were sick.. the doctors have a test result of an ultra sound showing i had a large mass back in july 2003. a test i never even took.. the strange thing is i was sick.

Purza

Sandy,

I would probably meet with an attorney just to find out if you have a case. If you have an HMO (like Kaiser) suing may not be an option -- you might have to go into binding arbitration. There are certain time frames in which you have to file a claim -- that is where meeting with an attorney can give you some guidance.

Best of luck to you in whatever you decide.

Purza

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More Adventures at the District Convention

by RunningMan in

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even more adventures at the district convention

well, i have once again found myself at that extravaganza of masochism, the district convention.

this year, however, since my kids were still in school, i was able to skip out on the first day, and join in for only the last two days.

Purza

Walking with Dog Brings Blessings Now and Forever ? Due to a miracle of condensation that would make Reader?s Digest envious, I have managed to summarize the entire one hour public talk in 22 words: ?The world rulers don?t know shit from shinola, but we do, ?cause God told us all his secrets. Sell Watchtowers or die.? If you missed it, don?t worry, it?s the same one they give every year.

That is PERFECT. So true. Thank you runningman for providing me with some entertainment today (work is pretty dull right now). And thank you for sacrificing yourself by attending two days of "festivities".

Purza

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Greetings from a new member!

by marked in

(edit: i probably should have posted this in the "friends" section.

if there any mods out there who could do this, it would be much appreciated.

i've been lurking here for a little while now, and decided to make my presence known.. .

Purza

Welcome marked. Glad you came out of lurking mode.

Purza

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jws are craziest

by cuddlepie in

got this from wwww.watchtower-observer.org so true is freaky.

however, in his adams versus god, melbourne broadcaster phillip adams said in 1985 that, according to us studies, "jehovah's witnesses are more likely to be admitted to psychiatric hospitals than the general population".

"according to an article in the british journal of psychiatry," he said, "they are three times more likely to be diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia and four times more likely to be paranoid schizophrenics.

Purza

I tend to believe in the mental illness stuff myself. When I was an active jdub I know I used to feel like I was going insane and Prozac actually helped me. I onced talked to a JW friend who was bi-polar and suicidal and really bad off and I told him that I had heard JW's have a higher mental illness rate. He disagreed. Go figure. . . . . whatever.

Purza

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New Nail Polish!

by patio34 in

i had quit wearing nail polish because it chips, etc.

but i happened to buy revlon's new "10-day system" for $5.99 for two bottles: the color and the top coat.. i did a french manicure and it has lasted with nary a chip or peel for 7 days now!

and i've scrubbed stuff, done dishes, washed my car and on & on it lasts!.

Purza

OMG Frannie -- that is the color I have on my toes right now (I love the name of it). It is one of my favorite OPI colors.

Purza