i have a psycho cousin that has decided to go back to the jw's after never wanting to be a jw even though.
now in her early thirties she's decided to join up.
i heard her say something about this.
I have a psycho cousin that has decided to go back to the JW's after never wanting to be a JW even though
she was born-in. Now in her early thirties she's decided to join up. I heard her say something about this
Sunday's WT was her favorite "to date". Very curious as to the subject matter. Can anyone let me know?
Thanks!
anybody else in the situation i am?
me and the wife go to a hall that is pretty "hands off".
i have not really been out in service for probably 1.5 years and my wife has went out maybe 3 times in the last year.
Are you in WA State perhaps?
perhaps, one of the most arrogant and contradicting behaviors of jdubs.... what is the difference between celebrating a baby shower and a birthday?...they both have ancient origins, from pagan people, including egyptians and the greek.... have you guys noticed any other hypocrite celebrations/behaviors jdubs engage in?.
Seems to me that wedding anniversaries are right in the same catagory! I know some folks here in Seattle that go all out for anniversary parties.
Seems to me you are bringing too much attention to that couple but WTF do I know?
i talked to my 83 year old pioneer mother over the weekend and she said she's going.
pioneer school for 2 weeks starting today in lynnwood, wa.
is that how long they usually are?.
I think this is the third time my mom has attended too! You're right is probably more of a social thing
than anything else for her.
i talked to my 83 year old pioneer mother over the weekend and she said she's going.
pioneer school for 2 weeks starting today in lynnwood, wa.
is that how long they usually are?.
I talked to my 83 year old pioneer mother over the weekend and she said she's going
Pioneer School for 2 weeks starting today in Lynnwood, WA. Is that how long they usually are?
I can't imagine what they could possibly talk about for 2 long weeks!!! Anyone else have any
info on "pioneer school"?
i visited my sister in a small town in the midst of the country, the town has a population of 3,000 and there's about 70 in the cong.
anyway, there was a local needs talk a few months ago about associating with family members who didn't live under your roof and no longer went to meetings.
one family of an elder dad and three sons (one an elder too, the others have stopped going) and a daughter (still going but married a 'worldly') are quite prominent and one half of a typical congregational feud.
Once again it depends on who you are in the JW's if you get in trouble associating with "inactive" JW's. My uber elder cousin in Lynnwood WA does all sorts of things with his inactive sister (inactive for 35+ years) and her husband who is a deacon in his Anglican church!!! I really don't know how elder cousin justifies it but he does. Perhaps he doesn't give all the details to the other elders when he goes on these excursions with his sister. But he's so self righteous I don't understand how he can justify it but he does.
my latest encounter with my mom has me furious and i needed a place to vent:.
i don't post alot but for anyone who has read any of my posts knows that while i have been struggling for some time, i am still an active jw working towards leaving.. anyway, i got into a car accident yesterday.
fortunately i am well enough to type this up so for that i am greatful.
Yes I have the same thing going on with my 83 Yr Old Uber Pioneer mother. (I've been df'd for over 35 years). She
tells me that it's all my fault that I'm being shunned that she "had nothing to do with it" etc. even though I've pointed out
that it's her organization and following along like an zombie. I swear she likes my nonJW
husband so much better than me because he's not a witness. Oh and she doesn't care that I might be homeless
in my old age since she's giving all her money to the WTBTS and tells me things like "well you aren't going to live
very long anyway" (since Armaggedon is "right around the corner"). What mother would say that to their
daughter? A JW that's who! Nice~
so what was said at the latest dc about disfellowshipped people and how to treat them?
i've been df'd for 35+ years and of course it's been very difficult.
my mother is a diehard jw and is 83 years old, still pioneering etc.
So what was said at the latest DC about disfellowshipped people and how to treat them? I've been DF'd for 35+ years and of course it's been very difficult. My mother is a diehard JW and is 83 years old, still pioneering etc. I called her yesterday since I had been out of town and wanted to check in with her and she was very distant and almost secretive about her whereabouts all weekend since she had been at the DC. What's the latest party line on how to treat DF'd people? Harsher than ever? Any thoughts would be appreciated!
so while making a you tube video of my dad today, i came across this in a dvd of home movies from way back, i didn't even know about it... originally shot on super 8 film, shot off screen with camcorder in 1992, with open mic, transfered to dvd in 2010 .. made to you tube in 2013.... check out the food service, without paper plates no less .. it's only a couple minutes on convention then, a little seatle conventions were a family vacation when we were growing up ... .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teslivkoak4.
Yes I remember the convention at Sick's Seattle Stadium. then it was Vancouver BC for a couple conventions (yes flush BM;s only!) and then finally Puyallup fairgrounds. What wasted weeks!
jehovahs witnesses and the curse of music.. .
i was inspired to write this after listening to a recent podcast of the thinking atheist by seth andrews.
as many of you know, seth was a devout christian who not only loved contemporary christian music but was one of the hosts of a popular morning show on kxoj in tulsa, oklahoma in the 1990s.
Well once again with the JW's it depends on who you are if you get in trouble for listening to the "wrong" kind of music. Here in Seattle I currently see the 30 something witnesses going to rock concerts of all sorts all the time. Of course this group is one of the "cool groups" so either they just fly under the radar or the elders just seem to ignore their attendance to all these events! I don't get it! They always seem to have time for these type of events but I don't think going out in service is ever a priority! HA!
Before I made my escape at 19 (I'm 56 now) all the music I listened to was scrutinized by my very devout male cousin (uber witness now) but he could get away with listening to Jefferson Airplane, Beatles, Led Zep, and various others. My mother would complain about what a waste of money it was to buy that "trash music" when I deviated from what my cousin approved of! I was able to fool her with the Eagles Albums that I bought saying it was "country rock" instead of rock and roll and somehow that was better! (Of course she never listened to them, just made assumptions!)
I was so glad to be able to choose my own music once I left without the third degree on what I wasted my money on this week! Stupid! Oh classical music was okay of course!!
