not hating or directing this at anyone.
but if you guys hate the jw ways so much, why stick around the forum.
the internet is full of things to do.
apparently jwbloodline you are a bit slow.
as everyone is trying to point out to you this is not a site owned and operated by the society.
yes it's subject is jehovah's witnesses but it is in no way a extention of the society.
now if you are looking for a site with like minded jws i suggest you go else where cuz youre not going to find it here.
Mrs Jones
not hating or directing this at anyone.
but if you guys hate the jw ways so much, why stick around the forum.
the internet is full of things to do.
I'm just saying. Not hating or directing this at anyone. But if you guys hate the Jw ways so much, why stick around the forum. the internet is full of things to do. Why stick around here if you are disfellowshiped or just fell off. Why stick around to a place where peeps don't really want you around? .. I'm not saying i dont want you around but hey lets face it. if the shoe fits.. then ... you know what i mean?any comments?
yes i'll make a comment.
if you've read any of the posts on this board, the majority of people who come here xjws or otherwise son't hate the rank and file jws. I for one have a distaste for the society which i think is evil incarnate but i love my jw family.
Also this site isnt for jws (who are instructed by the society not to come to sites such as this), it's for those who want to leave, who are leaving, who have left, who have be disfellowshipped, disassociated (either by self or by the society), those who are and have faded, friends of jw and xjws, spouses of jws or xjws, those who were raised as jws but never got baptised...have i forgotten anyone? Please let me know.
So if you are a jw it's you who may not be wanted here not the other way round dearheart.
Actually you can stay if you play nice.
Mrs Jones
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i was at the grocery today and on my way out i found a watchtower tape, dated july 1, 2002. i took it.
mrs jones
What would happen if one of your so-called worldly associates found that tape in your possesion? Do you think they would understand that it was a remnant of your old life, or do you think they'd label you as a crazed cultist who is going to give them shit for celebrating Christmas? I've been out of the org for 10 years now and I still get people treating me like I'm a feeble minded dupe with fanatical and possibly dangerous beleifs. You need to get rid of that tape for the sake of your reputation and sanity.
Hm for one you assume that any of my so-called worldly associates would be so rude as to snoop through what little stuff I have. I know no such rude people.
Two I tell anyone who asked that I was associated with the jws as a child and not one has called me feeble minded for having that kind of association.
Three It's so kind of you to worry about my reputation but I have discovered that reputations aren't ruined as easily on the outside of the bOrg as on the inside.
Perhaps what problems you're having relating to "worldly" people are of your own making? I for one am not having those kinds of problems.
Thank you for your response
Mrs Jones
for me it would be smoking, drinking, certain movies/tv shows and my favourite music (which includes eminem :p)
yeah i would have to say my self-respect also.
physical things:
CSI - if i happened to be in a congregation that has its theocratic meetings on thursday or bookstudy
Prarie Home Companion - it comes on saturday night but i love listening to it sunday mornings and reading my paper
any "R" rated movie
sexual positions other than missionary - yeah right like i would give that up
holidays - no way jose
no more Dave Chapelle Show or Real Sex on HBO or most of HBO for that matter
would have to toss my prayer box necklace and my cross bracelet - wouldnt want to demonize or stumble anyone
any books by Stephen King - cuz they're demonized!!
oh damn i'd have to throw out my LOTR dvds!
all of my christmas and holloween decorations - out the door!
oops just went secound hand store shopping - gotta throw that stuff out too
i would have to stop associating with my "worldly" family members thereby isolating myself since all of my jw family member are in california
my fertility goddess necklace - a tosser
I know there's more...
Mrs Jones
P.S. i'm going with what StinkyPantz said - masturbation
i think the question speaks for itself?
while there is much we don't believe, there are some things we can't ignore.
anyone agree???
there are some things we can't ignore.
what things?
jehovah's witnesses do not have the cornerstone on morality.
Mrs Jones
i know there's no such word as "witnessy" but this can be a fun thread.
"logic isnt important if it takes you away from jehovah" said to me in a chatroom, one of the funniest thing I've ever heard.
Mrs Jones
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i was at the grocery today and on my way out i found a watchtower tape, dated july 1, 2002. i took it.
mrs jones
I was at the grocery today and on my way out I found a Watchtower tape, dated July 1, 2002. I took it. What should I do with it?
Mrs Jones
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never thought i'd admit it, but clay aiken's new christmas cd is wonderful...the link to listen to it online..... .
http://mp.netscape.com/audio.index.adp?mxid=1209556&refid=007190&partner=&_aolform=w597.h395.p7.
my favorite Christmas cd is "A Charlie Brown Christmas". it always gets me in the holiday mood
Mrs Jones
i grew up jw and was your average blonde, blue eyed florida girl.
i of course being a normal girl had raging hormones and was always looking around at boys.
i was a pioneer though and homeschooled, so i only met jws and was always of the mindset that i had to marry a jw.
i've posted this before but under a different name. ok here goes.
i was in my very early twenties and unbaptised...we all know what that means as far as finding a "good brother".
My mother gets it into her head to place an ad in one of those gossip mags (like weekly world news) pretending to be me, to find her daughter a nice brother.
She corresponds with the brother (i dont know for how long) and one day mother hands me a package, tells me to go over the contents, and let her know when i had finished. there were pictures of a man in a yellow shirt, red pants, suspenders, and a big beard - he looked like a scary lumberjack. there was a letter and one or two tapes.
shocked? you may ask, yes i was but actually not very surprised my mother would do something as crazy as this.
i read the letter, looked at the pictures, and listened to the tape. i even let my brother and his friend (nonjw) look over the stuff. we promptly agreed mother had lost her mind.
going over the letter and tapes i learned that my mother had invited this brother to attend our next summer convention so that we could get to know each other better.
i go to my mother and tell her i had went over everything in the package and she then tells me to write a letter and if i do i will get a new pair of open toe low pumps that i wanted from Nordstrom.
i write the letter. my mother didnt dictate what i should put in the letter so i decided to expose the lie to this brother and i tell him that it was not i who had been corresponding with him but my mother, i was not interested, and he should not come to visit me during the summer convention.
after i finished and posted the letter my mother asks if i had done what she wanted me to do. i said i did and i added that i had told the brother the truth and had told him not to come.
boy was she mad. but i got my shoes because i did what she asked and also my dad agreed.
i never bring this up to my parents, but maybe i should to understand what the hell they were thinking.
Mrs Jones
reading a topic in here, i came across a conversation regarding jehovah approved(tm) sports.
i noticed that two of the posters were insensed at the amount of ex-jws in this forum.. they started ignoring everyone else that had put their opinion in on the subject....and decided that everyone in this forum was a jw "hater".
i myself take offence to that, for i don't hate the jw's.
not a jw hater. my parents are jws and i dont hate them. come to think of it i really dont hate anyone. i have extreme dislike for a few persons but i dont hate anyone. but i do hate the watchtower organization...i think it's evil.
Mrs Jones
