i can't stand wearing suits for anything.
i wore them so much while i was a jw that i prefer to never wear another one as long as i live.
hell, i wore jeans at my wedding!.
I feel very self conscious when I dress up. I want to get back into a pair of jeans and a t-shirt as soon as I can. I actually burned most of my ties and stuff after I quit. I have two suits left, and I try to avoid putting them on at all costs.
Dustin
i don't know if this is wt policy, but our hall had a policy of assigning bookstudy groups to clean the hall.
the few times my family actually showed up (along with anyone else) that the hall was always in a disgusting state, especially the bathroom.
the woman's washroom had the most revolting smell you could ever imagine.
I always got roped into cleaning the bathrooms at the Circut Assemblies. I used to hate the smell of 500 different peoples nasty piss. Our Kingdom Hall was usually pretty clean. I usually never volunteered for cleaning it though. I figured the Circut Assembly was enough.
Dustin
as jws we heard this over and over again.
we still see this phrase used time and time again on this board.
what, exactly does this mean to you and how do you think it is applied or should be applied?.
I'm all for any reproach brought to Jehovah's name. He deserves every last ounce of reproach he gets. I like to reproach his name by purposely driving out of my way while going to the bar just to flip off the Kingdom Hall.
Dustin
let's face it...most of us were or still are a part of this org.
because we felt a need to bring some meaning or purpose into our lives.. at the beginning there are lot of things that catch our attention, seem to make sense and feel ourselves progressing as individuals.. upon studying, meditating, pioneering, reaching out for privileges, etc.
(doing everything the society pushes).
I ran into a spiritual dead end about 3 years ago. I really want nothing to do with God ever again. I wouldn't call it hate for him, more of a disgust at his lack of ability to save a world that needs him. I've really come to believe that he either doesn't exist, or just doesn't care. So i have come to display the same apathy towards him. I threw my bible in the garbage, and have tried not to look back at a God who uses guilt and fear to control us. Maybe I'm wrong, but I just feel a sense of hopelessness for the future. If God is out there I certainly don't think he cares about me. I'm now finally starting to be O.K. with that.
Dustin
hello there i would like to tell a story that will shock you.
this is how it all started... my sister at 19 was planning to marry a brother into the kingdom hall, she was not yet baptized so she was trying to keep her marriage plans a secret.
a couple of weeks from her marriage the elders of the congretation found out and contacted my mother whom we were still living with.
Are you from Wisconsin? I remember something like that happening here about 3 or 4 years ago.
Dustin
Hi Rescueme. I wish I was in Florida. Warmer temperatures = me not being sick all the time.
Dustin
new here, so, should i be crossing any lines, i ask your pardon.
recently i asked a question within another's post on the meaning of "junior, senior" statements/levels.
the response i received within that post( and thank you ) was that it had to do with the "number of posts" one has/had made.
Hi Nowino. I don't really care to much about rankings. It's just fun to meet cool new people such as yourself. It's nice to talk to people who have a commomn background.
Dustin
my experience as a jw teenager was total repression and control from my parents and i know that the majority of my friends at that age in the congregations suffered the same.. now...what's happening?!.
i come home and find a regular full time pioneer smooching with my non jw son on the sofa.. i"m reliably told that jw youngsters are in the local pub after each meeting and have to be thrown out at chuck out time.. they seem to behave in a far worse way that some non bible believing youngsters that i know.. are they finally feeling their feet and the wtbts due a huge exodus in the next few years?.
i'm slightly embarrassed at the behaviour of some of these youngsters when i'm told what they've been seen getting up to.. or am i just getting old?
I really think that the young ones in the organization are smarter now. Most of them realize the JW religion for what it is, a false hope. Why work hard to do what the elders want? Go and party it up!
Dustin
personnally, what upset me the most is all the wasted time.
i'm now 21 years old, you'll say that i'm still young but i know someone you were at the same elementary school than me and she's now in university.
The fact that no matter how hard I try, I can't get rid of the guilt and fear that nags me every day. It's so engrained in my head, even though I don't want it there. And all the bad decisions I made because I thought that's what would make god happy.
Dustin
my parents were both very strict, and i wasn't allowed any toys at the hall.
my rations included a copy of my book of bible stories, and a pen and note pad.
my parents were strict to the point of not allowing me to draw pictures, i had to "take notes".
My favorite game was staring a hole into this cute girl I had a crush on. Then every time she looked over, I would pretend I was paying attention.
Dustin
