wow, seems like lots of jw's are getting divorced these days.
since i left the jw's 51/2 years ago i know of at least 5 couples that attended the congregation that i went to, who are now divorced.
is this getting more common where you are?
When people get married only because they want to have sex without the guilt, they often realize too late that they share no common interests, goals and even family values.
New York bethel minute - talking from experience neither me nor my ex wife had any thoughts of apostatsy, but we still ended up divorcing.
Many of us were genuine in our marriages but we just made a hasty and uninformed choice.
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there is a book advertised on this site title "jehovah himself has become king".. has anyone read the book?.
according to the authors bio he is an df elder.. any comments?
Thanks, SF, i'll do that.
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there is a book advertised on this site title "jehovah himself has become king".. has anyone read the book?.
according to the authors bio he is an df elder.. any comments?
There is a book advertised on this site title "Jehovah Himself Has Become KIng".
Has anyone read the book?
According to the authors bio he is an DF elder.
Any comments?
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did anyone have the book study group meet in your home?.
my family had the book study group meeting in our basement and it was such a drag.. some of the reasons why it sucked.. the house always had to be spotless.. my mom insisted that there was always refreshments available for after the group meeting.. some dubs used to wander into other parts of the house, including my room.. if i missed the bookstudy because i was sick, some would actually come down to my room to talk.. there were many times when little things would go missing, glasses, magaizines, books, food, you name it.. people would check out my music and books all the time.. i have long since moved out, but mom still has the book study meeting there..
Just a question - Is it still considered a priveledge to have the book study in your home - meaning that you and you family must be exlempary?
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did anyone have the book study group meet in your home?.
my family had the book study group meeting in our basement and it was such a drag.. some of the reasons why it sucked.. the house always had to be spotless.. my mom insisted that there was always refreshments available for after the group meeting.. some dubs used to wander into other parts of the house, including my room.. if i missed the bookstudy because i was sick, some would actually come down to my room to talk.. there were many times when little things would go missing, glasses, magaizines, books, food, you name it.. people would check out my music and books all the time.. i have long since moved out, but mom still has the book study meeting there..
You know all the tricks.
Unfortunately I was a little too young and emotionally retarded at the time to block effectively.
Now that I don't live there, when I visit, I always leave something out in the basement, totally untheocratic so that it can be seen.
Mom gets really upset.
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did anyone have the book study group meet in your home?.
my family had the book study group meeting in our basement and it was such a drag.. some of the reasons why it sucked.. the house always had to be spotless.. my mom insisted that there was always refreshments available for after the group meeting.. some dubs used to wander into other parts of the house, including my room.. if i missed the bookstudy because i was sick, some would actually come down to my room to talk.. there were many times when little things would go missing, glasses, magaizines, books, food, you name it.. people would check out my music and books all the time.. i have long since moved out, but mom still has the book study meeting there..
Did anyone have the book study group meet in your home?
My family had the book study group meeting in our basement and it was such a drag.
Some of the reasons why it sucked.
The house always had to be spotless.
My mom insisted that there was always refreshments available for after the group meeting.
Some dubs used to wander into other parts of the house, including my room.
If I missed the bookstudy because I was sick, some would actually come down to my room to talk.
There were many times when little things would go missing, glasses, magaizines, books, food, you name it.
People would check out my music and books all the time.
I have long since moved out, but mom still has the book study meeting there.
o.k i confess: sometimes i still wish i was in high school where i was tucked away safely away from the real world.
oh yeah, and i pick my nose sometimes.
what are your confessions?
I confess, I once skipped on on my lasts months rent at an apartment because I knew the slumlord was going to keep my deposit.
Well, maybe its because I had a hot weekend trip planned with my bosses secretary.
i realize this is totally context and culturally dependent, but the old toronto jw youth scene was quite wild during the years 1984-1994. .
one example, a group of about 40 jw kids would go up to a ski resort (usually mount st.louis/moonstone or blue mountain) over the x-mas week-end.
one year we rented out a block of rooms in a resort close to the ski lodge.
There was a huge party in NYC at a disco called "bentleys".
It was very wild loud and late with drinks overflowing.
Many of us got in trouble over this and at our next DC large parties were strictly banned.
I'll omit the details of the party to protect the guilty.
i know a girl in my hall who completely fabricates her "personal comments" during the wt study to make herself look better.
she concocts these expierences about her witnessing to class mates and teachers and even adds in a little joke or two for a ha ha effect from the audience.
i always see her after the meeting and she always got that grin like 'yeah, i made it sound good didn't i?
For the most part I kept it pretty real.
I believed most of the crap.
I did however sometimes only study part of the watchtower so that I could make at least one comment.
elders were famous for making up stupid rules with no bible base at all as an ego trip i guess, what were some of yours?
i am not talking about the stupid rules that we all had to follow, just the congregation specific silly ones.. 1. having to button your jacket while on stage (this was later changed due to all the elders having a beer gut).
2. suits only or no privledges.
Women were not allowed to where bikinis at the pool or beach.
Absolutely no Afros for men or women.
No ethnic art work.
The stars, moon, or sun could not be worn, or displayed on clothing in in art work.
No motorcycles - looks rebellious
Men should not wear any jewelry except for a watch.
