Posts by Bumble Bee

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Did Anyone Ever Find The Meetings Interesting???

by minimus in

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every once in a while i enjoyed a public talk that featured a very good speaker.

most meetings i was thoroughly bored.

especially was i bored with the baby food pablum that was force fed to us.

Bumble Bee

Not very often. When I was a kid, it was torture. Every once in a while my mom would ask where we were in the WT and if I wasn't following along, usually got a whack. I'd have to write down every scripture quoted during the assemblies.

When I got older I was a clock watcher! Couldn't wait for them to be over, and when meetings went over time it was torture.

There was the odd brother that I did really enjoy. One CO was a young brother, and he used to be a bush pilot in way way up north - Alaska/NWT. He was interesting, and really made an effort to get everyone involved, especially the children. Other than that, couldn't wait for them to be over. There is not one thing I miss about them now.

BB

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Coming clean about what's been going on lately, I need to talk......

by Jez in

well, my sil and best friend came to this site on my recommendation (jw).

i just wanted her to check it out without judgement as we have always been able to talk about everything.

she basically was disgusted, said it was full of crap and lies and would never look at it again.

Bumble Bee

((((((((((Jez))))))))))

I'm so sorry you are having to go through this. There is not much I can say to make you feel better, sometimes the things we have to go through just plain suck!! This tells me what kind of a person you are, how far you were willing to go, and what you were willling to go through for a friend. Sadly your friend lacked the ability to do the same things for you.

BB

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25-year-old elders and 18-year-old ministerial servants

by Gopher in

at some point in the 1980's, a good number of younger men were appointed to the position of servants and elders in congregations, at least here in the midwestern usa.

before the 1980's, the required age for elders seemed to be 30, and for ministerial servants 20 (except in rare cases).

perhaps due to a lack of men who were "reaching out", the organization needed to "reach down" and pick out younger men to populate their hierarchy.

Bumble Bee

Several years ago, there were a number of young MS appointed. Most were elders sons. When one showed up for a shepherding visit to my mother in laws, she told them in no uncertain terms was an 18 year old boy going to offer her any counsel! (She'd been a regular pioneer for years) Last I heard most were removed because of age, except for the elders kids.

BB

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My Mom is so upset she is skipping meetings!

by Quotes in

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i just got off the phone with my mom.

my mom has been a jw since converting in her teens or early 20s; she is now at the age of "senior discount".

a lifetime in the religion, by choice.

Bumble Bee

That is too cute!! Your mom writing down in the calendar whenever Bro K said the prayer!! LOL

Looks like the rose coloured glasses may be coming off.

BB

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Whoo Hoo!! I'm no longer a Newbie!

by heatherg in

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such a momentus occasion, i've become a junior member!

Bumble Bee

Something I aspire to no longer be someday soon!

Congrats,

BB

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Question for those raised a JW

by New Worldly Translation in

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i was wondering if anybody feels like i do that if i hadn't been raised a jw i would never have embraced the religion.

i know it's easier to say in hindsight after i know the truth about the org but honestly i don't think i would have given them the time of day.

i'm not a religious person or even a spiritual person and being a jw always caused a conflict in my mind.

Bumble Bee

I'm not sure on this one. I think I'd be someone who took the mags at the door, maybe attend meetings here and there, the odd assembly, memorial etc. I don't think I'd ever "progress" to baptism though.

BB

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Think twice about eating chili at Wendy's!

by Bumble Bee in

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wendy's staff fingers counted as search continues for owner of digit in chili

24/03/2005 8:46:00 pm .

(ap) - a woman bit into a partial finger served in a bowl of chili at california a wendy's restaurant, leading authorities to a use a fingerprint database thursday to determine who lost the digit.. .

Bumble Bee

Wendy's staff fingers counted as search continues for owner of digit in chili 24/03/2005 8:46:00 PM

(AP) - A woman bit into a partial finger served in a bowl of chili at California a Wendy's restaurant, leading authorities to a use a fingerprint database Thursday to determine who lost the digit.

A portion of a human finger that a woman says she found while eating a bowl of chili at Wendys Restaurant. (AP Photo/Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health)

The incident occurred Tuesday night at a San Jose Wendy's restaurant and left the customer ill and distraught, said Joy Alexiou, a spokeswoman for the Santa Clara County Health Department. "She was so emotionally upset once she found out what it was," Alexiou said.

"She was vomiting."

Employees at the Wendy's store were asked to show investigators their fingers after the Tuesday night incident. All employees' digits were accounted for, officials said, adding the well-cooked finger may have come from a food-processing plant that supplies the company.

"All of our employees have ten digits," said Denny Lynch, a spokesman for Wendy's International Inc., based in Dublin, Ohio.

He said there have been no reports to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration of injuries at any supplier of chili ingredients to Wendy's.

"By law, you can't hide that sort of stuff," Lynch said.

"All of our chili suppliers report no accidents."

Investigators seized the remaining chili and closed the restaurant for a few hours late Tuesday.

Health officials said the fingertip was approximately four centimetres long. They believe it belongs to a woman because of the long, manicured nail.

Alexiou said the woman who bit into the finger, who asked officials not to identify her, is at minimal risk of contracting illnesses from the finger.

"It's an extremely low chance because the chili was cooked at a very high temperature that would have killed anything in the finger," Alexiou said.

Still, she said health officials would ask the woman's doctor to test her blood "to make sure nothing got passed to her."

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Memorial experiences 2005 thread

by Jez in

lets put all of our memorial stories/thoughts on one thread.

mine: 45 mins.

quick and boring.

Bumble Bee

Jez, we could have been at the same memorial!

The brother that said the prayer before passing the bread, made a comment about the new people here, that they could attain everlasting life if they associated with the org! I wonder how they must have felt hearing that, that they are doomed if they don't continue to associate.

There was the usual faith without works is dead, read Heb - don't miss meetings, must attend to get our spiritual food, offer of a free home bible study blah blah blah.

I was listening afterwards to my mom and another brother talking. She said how much better the memorial is now, it's so simple. She never liked listening to the old memorial talks in the past! I guess she didn't want to focus on Jesus and what he did/went through.

BB

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What Kind of Family Do You/ Did You Have While In The "Truth"?

by minimus in

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was your family a supportive one?

whether they were witnesses or not?

were they hard asses whether they were jws or not?

Bumble Bee

I have to say I didn't have it too bad. My father very rarely attended meetings with us. I'm not exactly sure why, I think he was hurt pretty bad in the past and just never really got over it. My mom didn't always go either, but made me go regardless. I used to have to phone around for a ride to the meetings and go by myself, this was as young as 10 when I'd have to arrange my own rides.

We had some df'd relatives, and while we were never really close, I still saw them, and it was never really that big of a deal. The only relative that my mom didn't want us around was her brother a BAC. The two of them had real issues with each others religion. I can remember when my mom was so upset that he was refusing to enter the KH to attend their mothers funeral! I know my mom missed out on family funerals in the past because she wouldn't enter a church. I have to give her credit though, my uncle died this past October, and she attended the funeral in the Pentacostal church!! I was floored when she said she was going. Never in a million years did I see that one coming!

She knows hubby and I don't go to the meetings and so far hasn't pushed things. That may be changing in the future, I can see her cooling towards me lately. When I asked about going to the memorial with her, she kind of hemmed and hawed, said she didn't know the time or the place etc. Even as late as last night she still said she didn't know the exact time. Go figure! They want you to go, but then when you do, they make it difficult for you!

I have a mixed bag of relatives - quite a few that are df'd, some inactive, some very active/elders/pioneers etc. and many that aren't JW's. I think things would have been different if everyone was a JW.

BB

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AARRGGHH!! Decisions, Decisions

by Bumble Bee in

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we just got our memorial invite today.

along with that the brother again encouraged hubby and i to attend the meeting tomorrow.

no menion of the big announcement or anything.

Bumble Bee

Thanks everyone for your responses.

We didn't go, actually the meeting is going on right now.

I did want that book, but I just couldn't bring myself to go. I didn't want to open a can of worms, so to speak. When you go to one meeting, they are going to want more and more out of you. Also, I hate all the questions you get when you go back after being away - Where have you been? or Are you new to our territory? and I'm sure you can all come up with your own.

Again, thanks for your responses.

BB