just a funny memory...... my sister and i, once we reached pre-teen, were highly critical of almost all the congregation members.
we'd get home and mercilessly mock and make fun of elders, kids, you name it.
some of our fonder nicknames (warning: some may be weird, but we didn't get out much!
OMG Pureheart!!! That was hysterical
Thanks so much for those laughs. I recognized every single one of those.
Here is one of my most disliked ones:
The Droner Elder/bookstudy conductor who mumbles when he speaks and does this in a monotone. Guaranteed to go overtime at every bookstudy by at least 10 minutes.
Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. Lord Acton 1834-1902
here are photos of our tiny little christmas tree.. .
after we got some tiny ornaments, it looked more like a christmas tree.. .
marilyn (a.k.a.
That's so sweet!!! I look forward to doing something like that next year.
bw
Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. Lord Acton 1834-1902
i frequently read on this board that somebody has 'been a jw for over 25 years' and then learn that they are in fact 25 years and three days old.. i am very easily confused, in fact i actually got inside a car of similar color to my own recently and spent at least five minutes with a furrowed brow trying to force my car key into its ignition, fortunately, i realised my error before i was arrested.
so, just to humor me, can you all post how long you were/are baptised jw's?.
thank you -- hs.
Hi Hillary,
My mom started studying in 1967 when I was 3. I was baptised in 1983 at the lake placid assembly in upstate NY. I was 19 years old and was baptised on my birthday. I haven't been disfellowshipped but I am definitely never going back! I have had this resolve for about a year and a half now.
betweenworlds
Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. Lord Acton 1834-1902
hello..new to the board, though i have lurked for a while.
this is surprising because just a few months ago it would have been unthinkable.
if some even thought that i hinted in this direction, ....i dont even want to try and explain the repercussions.
Welcome,
((hugs)) Your post brought back so many of the feelings I too had when I first realized that there was something seriously wrong with *Gods* organization. The confusion, the frustration, sadness, guilt so many feelings all rolled up together. I think the psychological term for it is congnitive dissonance? I think it's when subconciously, we KNOW that something is seriously askew, but the pressure from forces outside of ourself are telling us that this is the right and only way. So our subconcious tries to adjust for the inconsistancies that it is finding. It takes a lot of inner strength to get to the point you are reaching, and you shouldn't feel guilty, PLEASE PLEASE don't feel guilty about thinking!!! It's not you that is wrong. Just remember that. The org. is SERIOUSLY flawed, from the top down, and there are so many lives that are being hurt both physically and mentally by the thought process that is imposed on the
rank and file. It is mind control, whether or not they realize it. I highly recommend reading 'Releasing the Bonds' written by Steve Hassan, and both of Ray Franzs books, 'Crisis of Conscience', and 'In Search of Christian Freedom' They have helped me greatly! I also found this quiz to be VERY helpful. * http://www.goldhammer.com/selfquiz.htm
Welcome to the board and thanks for sharing your thought!
betweenworlds
"Now that really chaps my ass" Used in annoyance
"Does howdy doody have a wooden ass?" Sarcasm at it's best
"Well slap my ass and call me Sally!" Happy surprise
"More nervous than a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs"
"Enough to gag a maggot off a gut wagon"
"Enough to make a mare bite her colt"
just for fun, i thought we could post what celebrities people may have told us we look like.
i know, i know, it's all fluff baby!
i'll be the first one to say it....i'm mainly a fluff poster.
Had someone tell me I look like Madonna once. eeeeeek!
i know this topic has been covered before but found this page to be quite interesting:.
@ http://www.creativehat.com/weddings.htm.
i have highlighted somethings i found particularly intesting.. cake.
I know this topic has been covered before but found this page to be quite interesting:
@ http://www.creativehat.com/weddings.htm
I have highlighted somethings I found particularly intesting.
CakeGuess no more cakes should be allowed at witness weddings! If they want to be so particular about pagan customs and all...
During Roman times, wheat and later, cake crumbs were thrown at brides (and grooms) to bless them with fertility. The cakes were, at first, biscuits or scones. These were made by the guests and piled high during the festivities. A clever French baker created the decorated multi-tiered cake from the "piled high" concept
also:
Flower TossHaven't been to a witness wedding reception where the flowers weren't thrown!
In a gesture of sharing the good fortune, the bride tosses flowers (a symbol of fertility and frailty) to unmarried maidens
I'm sure there are HUNDREDS of things that have *pagan* origins that happen everyday that they are unaware of. If they (the JWs) want to avoid pagan customs they should go live in a self contained walled in city and start from scratch. Everything we do now is based on something in the past. There is no way to escape it, and to try to dictate as a matter of law which customs your followers can or cannot follow is absurd. If something bothers you because it really bothers you, then don't do it! But just don't do it because a group of men in Brooklyn says you can't do it.
betweenwords (of the needs to vent class)
PS: HAPPY YULE AND MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hey, that felt kinda good.
well, i am the pot stirrer, a**hole, back-stabber, coward, et all.
it certainly was not my intention, and i did the very thing that repulses me in others.
in one sentence, i spread gossip that hurt another poster.
I too don't know the details Andee, but I do know it takes a lot of courage and class to apologize as you have done.
Well done!!
bewtweenworlds
remember going to the 3 day assembly every summer, sitting for numerous exhausting hours on end?
those were tough on me especially when i was really young and wasn't supposed to be roaming the convention center while the talks were being given.
i couldn't beleive those pricks with the "please be seated" sings.
Yup, remember the assembly days! They were 4 days for the district convention and 2 days for the circuit assembly all the time I was growing up. Taking notes, trying not to fall asleep. Staring at people across the way trying to see if you saw anyone you knew. Checking the program a zillion times, impatiently waiting for the lunch break. Getting up to go to the restroom, hoping you don't trip walking down the stairs lol! (The perils of spike heels on concrete steps) Had installing the sound system duty several times, and of course cleaning duty! yeehaw Watching people getting dunked during the break. All in all the assemblies weren't that bad I didn't think. Broke up the *normal* monotony of witless life.
betweenworlds
it has been suggested, by a man we know, that those who read crisis of conscience, are left with a feeling of despair and are "cast adrift" after reading it.
it is his opinion that the book shouldn't have been written, because it does harm to people.
i do not agree, and would like to hear from anyone who has an opinion to share, so i can print all this out and show it to him.. comments, everyone, please????
Hey Mulan,
It didn't make me feel any despair at all!! Just the opposite. As others have stated here, it just showed that the feelings I had that there was something seriously wrong with *the truth* were were well founded! After reading it I can honestly say I felt like a huge weight was lifted from my shoulders, and for the first time in a long time I felt a sense of freedom of mind. It gave me the courage to examine my spirituallity openly without fear and guilt. I owe Ray a huge debt of gratitude for this. I'm sure I eventually would have reached that point without the book, but it was an immense help.
betweenworlds
