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  Stereotypes among fellow Witnesses

  by Save My Soul in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i read a great thread relating to race and it spurred some thoughts.

  it was mentioned that while a black speaker was on the platform, another brother made implied to that blacks could not have power/respect anywhere else.

  this made me think of many stereotypes in society and in the organization.

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  Save My Soul

  Long Hair,

  You are soooo right.

  I can't imagine a true religion that says it is OK NOT to educate yourself.

  How sad!!
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  Thongs and Speedos parties

  by White Dove in

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  would you host one or go to one?

  i don't mean a sales pitch party but a pool party with thong bikinis and speedos required.

  the right friends and aquaintances are most likely a must.

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  Hey bigdreaux,

  I would love too geaux to a speedo party in the N.O with Creole girls in Speedos. We could party with Reggie Bush in the dome when USC plays LSU.
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  Thongs and Speedos parties

  by White Dove in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  would you host one or go to one?

  i don't mean a sales pitch party but a pool party with thong bikinis and speedos required.

  the right friends and aquaintances are most likely a must.

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  Save My Soul

  i think speedos should be outlawed for men no matter how in shape they are. it is just so wrong. i'd almost rather see them naked. either way i'd be grossed out, but, for some reason, the speedo is more disturbing.

  The thought of men in Speedos never crossed my mind, yeah gross.
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  Stereotypes among fellow Witnesses

  by Save My Soul in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i read a great thread relating to race and it spurred some thoughts.

  it was mentioned that while a black speaker was on the platform, another brother made implied to that blacks could not have power/respect anywhere else.

  this made me think of many stereotypes in society and in the organization.

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  Save My Soul

  Well, for one, I remember always hearing about how the brothers in Japan were much more spiritual (this being of course because the per capita number of pioneers over there was much higher).

  ditto

  I remember always hearing how the brothers and sisters in the Spanish congregations were much more humble than the English. ( I say nay)

  ditto

  I remember hearing that the sisters in Germany don't shave their legs or armpits (from the ones I met, I will concede this to be true).

  mmmm, I like german. Never heard this one

  Last but not least, I remember hearing how we Americans are so materialistic, undisciplined, ungrateful, and complacent in comparison with the friends who live in "countries with hardships".

  ditto.............and those poor lads in Africa swam to the meetings and were never late
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  Stereotypes among fellow Witnesses

  by Save My Soul in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i read a great thread relating to race and it spurred some thoughts.

  it was mentioned that while a black speaker was on the platform, another brother made implied to that blacks could not have power/respect anywhere else.

  this made me think of many stereotypes in society and in the organization.

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  Save My Soul

  I read a great thread relating to race and it spurred some thoughts. It was mentioned that while a black speaker was on the platform, another brother made implied to that blacks could not have power/respect anywhere else. This made me think of many stereotypes in society and in the organization. (hope this does not duplicate the other thread)

  I grew up in a black congregation in the Los Angeles area. Many of the speakers were powerful, comments were recited and we had nearly 40 pioneers at one point. Super-duper spiritual. Once or twice a year, when a white speaker would come for a talk, the perception was he would be boring and lifeless. Prior to moving to an integrated area many miles away, I heard many stereotypes about white brothers.

  They were materialistic and did not go in service. They were not spiritual.

  They wife-swap.

  The elders are more progressive / lax. Oral Copulation would only merit private-discipline.

  The Latino brothers were considered very zealous with a great demand for more preachers, but poor, very, very poor. The men had incredible sex-drives.

  ..........interesting, but a white brother told me that was not used to being around city colored-brothers. The ones in the country were dirty and smelled.

  What were some stereotypes that you were aware of, heard or knew of????
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  Thongs and Speedos parties

  by White Dove in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  would you host one or go to one?

  i don't mean a sales pitch party but a pool party with thong bikinis and speedos required.

  the right friends and aquaintances are most likely a must.

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  Save My Soul

  Maybe I am still young (38 YO) and active, but I love nudity. Even bad nudity will make many men say, ughh, that's digusting!!.....then take another peak.

  Hey, what are yall doing this weekend?

  ...correction, maybe nudity with wrinkles.........I would only look once, but otherwise..........."Show me the.........".
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  Killing time during meeting...

  by brunnhilde in

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  i used to balance my checkbook sometimes.

  another favorite was unsticking the pages of a new bible or folding back the dogears of an old one.

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  Most of the MS and young men in good standing would FIGHT over parking lot duty.
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  Killing time during meeting...

  by brunnhilde in

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  i used to balance my checkbook sometimes.

  another favorite was unsticking the pages of a new bible or folding back the dogears of an old one.

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  Save My Soul

  I dreamed of catching a HR ball over the wall at Dodger Stadium.
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  Bringing Children Into This World

  by Mysterious in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since leaving the jws how has your opinion of "bringing children into this world" changed?.

  it floored me the other day to hear a 19 year old non-jw say she didn't want to bring kids into the world because of the state it was in.

  it struck me as a very jw thing to say, or at least something i would not expect from a young person..

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  Save My Soul

  At 18 and as a pioneer, I said i wanted 5 children and a drop dead georgeous wife. The elders said not to tell this to others because it was encouraging a bad spirit. I said that was my goal and if asked, I would say this. They were glad when I was kicked off the list, 8 months after I quit. A has been at 19 YO

  At 38, I have 4 children and everyone else that lied has been DF with at least 2 or more.
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  20 minutes....

  by Scully in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a jw i used to know died recently.

  she was almost exactly the same age as me - we were born just days apart.

  she had battled cancer for almost a decade.

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  Save My Soul

  I am active on paper as a witness. I begged my wife to have a private ceremony. No witnesses, just family. Burn me or place me in the ground, just no KH recruitment talk. I hate JW funerals. They are the worst.