Posts by loosie

curious to see if anyone else can relate to this....i've been away from jw-world for many years yet really began to have a lot of issues resurface for me when i became a parent two and a half years ago.

.........specifically, i began thinking a lot about my parents raising me and i'm just blown away at the way in which they chose to fill my head with jw teachings from such an early age.

i can't imagine ever teaching my little boy about wicked people, demons, satan, destruction at armageddon and so forth at such a young age.

loosie

I used to be scared of the picture in the Paradise book or was it the Great teacher book? Where the demons in hell had people hog tied on picthforks toasting them like marsmallows.

Yeah nice kids book

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She's back - here we go again!

by Why Georgia in

i've written about this many times here.

my jehovahs witness mother in law has decided that she wants to be a part of our life again (this week).

we have basically disfellowshipped her from our lives because she refuses to follow our rules.

loosie

Georgia,

Sounds like our MIL and my mom are cut from the same cloth. I checked out the toxic parent book from the library and took over to my mothers house for reading material while I was there. Oh boy did that piss her off. She immediately took it as an insult even though as a couple we had 3 other parents this book could have applied to. I guess her actions were obivious even to herself.

I haven't seen my mother for along time because of her toxicness. But I wouldn't let my child see her w/o me either. No tellign what she might do. Once in awhile I'll have a fantasy dream about telling the B*&^% where to get off.

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Love Bombing JWs vs JWD

by Lady Lee in

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according to the book cults in our midst by margaret thaler singer the practice of love bombing is a common practice in groups who seek to control others.

she states:.

most cults have specific plans for drawing in each recruit.

loosie

And LadyLee, we will keep talking to you even if your opinion differs from ours. amazing isn't it?

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What Did YOU Give Up For The "Truth"???

by minimus in

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did you forfeit a college education, a great paying job which would've kept you from the meetings, a career, a trade, your loved ones, a vacation, etc.

so that you could be a good little witness?

loosie

Two legs the same length and a life w/o leg pain. Actually I didn't give it up my mother made the decision to give it up for me.

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Women can't think for themselves.

by wanderlustguy in

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just got back from my brother'splace after being there for three weeks.

i forgot how the org teaches you to view women.

his wife just became the manager of a video store, and i felt so sorry for her when she was talking to him about her work.

loosie

Oh I don't know, maybe he likes more cushion for the pushin

lol @ Mrsjones

All I can say is Mmmmmmmmmooooooooooooooo. Becaue my bull, I mean husband never tells me what to say. So I have no original ideas on the matter.

lol Not really. But everything I'm thinking has all been said before.

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Birthday celebrations and customs - Are they for Christians?

by AlmostAtheist in

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i sent my birthday document (http://thebentinel.com/jw-birthdays.html) to a poster here that is at the very least a jw-sympathizer, if not a full-blown jw.

the response i got back indicated that my reasoning on it was seriously flawed and essentially any idiot with a passing knowledge of scripture and history can tell that birthdays are not something christians should celebrate.. of course, if you're not a bible-believer or a god-believer, you couldn't care less about pagan origins and all that.

but let's keep this conversation on the 'appropriate for christians' vein.

loosie

So we shouldn't drive cars or wear pants because Jesus didn't do those things.

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It Seems That My Children Are Not Trained

by Gary1914 in

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i just returned home from the kingdom hall.

i am an elder.. after the meeting all the elders were called to the back room.

i thought this was an impromptu elders' meeting.

loosie

Leftbehind Gary said

like little robots, but they are not loud or anything like that. They are just fidgety like some small children are

They aren't being loud.

Gary you shouldn't have to change your seating arrangment to please them. They need a reality check, kids wiggle and squirm. They are kids that is their job. I think those elders should provide some sort of childrens bible class. The meetings are too dull for a small child.

Any if anybody should be taken to the back room and spanked it should be those elders not your kids.

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Wifely Submission?!

by freedomlover in

okay, what i want to know is honestly how many of you guys out there were actually attracted to the jw's because of the wifely submission thing?

and girls, how many of you actually had issues with the submission thing even when in the org.

?

loosie

Good for you Finally-Free. That bro probably had small penis syndrome.

Right on Scully and Blondie. I agree 100%.

At work the men tell me they feel sorry for my husband. I tell my husband this and he asks " why in the world would they feel sorry for me, I am the happiest man in the world."

Lots of bros wouldn't date me, some said I was not spiritual enough. Which really meant she makes her own decisions and I can't deal with a wife that won't do what I tell her. My husband got the same introduction to me as all the rest did, and he kept coming back for more until I married him. Now he is happy as a hog.