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  Wierdest / Worst thing you were asked to do?

  by Why Georgia in

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  hey everyone!.

  what is the wierdest or worst thing you were ever asked to do while going to the hall?.

  here's my answer.. i had my son via c-section while the co was visiting.

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  An Appalling Lack Of Manners & Social Graces

  by Why Georgia in

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  is it just me or are a lot of jehovahs witnesses just completely mannerless and lacking in social graces?.

  examples....... they don't seem to say thank you for gifts or kindnesses.. i went to quite a few gatherings and burps and farts would happen without so much as a pardon me or excuse me.

  i was even told once it's natural and there is no reason to say excuse me.. they will just stop in at your house if they are in the neighborhood and stay for however long without even calling or getting your hints that you happened to be on your way out.. i have met some very nice and polite witnesses but they are few and far between.. is my experience limited - has anyone else noticed rudeness, and a lack of manners and social graces?.

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  The Mother In Law Visit

  by Why Georgia in

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  i have written here before about my mother in law causing problems in my marriage and how she has not been nice to me or my two beautiful children.. so my husband, who is the most kind and forgiving man on the planet wants to give his mother another chance.

  he tells me she is not going to be around much longer, at the most we only have 10-15 more years before she dies.

  ( i thought he was trying to make me happy when he said that and accidentally smiled....which made him peeved).

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  OK Bible Researchers

  by Why Georgia in

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  as some of you know my husband is a fading away jehovahs witness.. today we were having a theological debate and i need some help.. can anyone point me in the correct direction to when the witnesses stopped treating african americans as lower class people?

  i'm looking for a date and any references to how they felt about african americans before they flip flopped.. also...... my husband believes that there were times that jesus' apostles gave out the wrong information.

  this came up because i said i don't believe the watchtower is god's organization because they have had so many wrong dates and prophecies and flip flops - wouldn't god's true organization get it right the first time.. so any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.. thank you!.

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  Do you really believe his name is Jehovah?

  by Why Georgia in

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  i read an article somewhere when i first started studying with the jw's that said that the name jehovah was actually just a hypothesis from a monk in the year 700 or some other thing.. i don't remember if this is correct in the year or where i read it - i read so many things when i first learned what the witnesses were really about.

  everything i could get my hands on.. but for some reason i don't know why but calling god jehovah just really bugs me and always makes me think of the witnesses.. does it bother anybody else and do you think if he exists his name really is jehovah?

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  Ding Dong The Dubs Are Here

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  i did.. they are going house to house door to door in my neighborhood.. i heard the sounds of a bunch of car doors slamming and looked out my window and saw 4 cars full of jw's with bookbags and smiles.. all parked in front of my house in the no parking area.. because jehovah would never allow his people to get a ticket for parking in the no parking snow ban area whilst spreading " the good news".

  hmm, i can't think what to say to them.. should i pretend to be ignorant of what they teach and be nice or just let them have it.. i have that luxury because we have moved 20 miles away from our old kingdom hall.. any ideas?.

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  Funniest Thing You Ever Saw At The Memorial?

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  i'm wondering what the funniest thing you ever saw at the memorial was?.

  for me it was when one of the mentally ill ladies in the congregation came to the kh with the back of her dress cut out because she said she was telling the demons to kiss her butt.. she walked right up to the front row, past everyone and sat down.. there were brothers running to block everyones view but it was quite clear that she was not even wearing undies.. this particular sister was always talking about the demons.

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  How many here are married to a witness?

  by Why Georgia in

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  just wondering how many others there are like me who are married to a witness who is either actively going or fading away?

  i have found that even though my husband is fading away - he still has a lot of those witness thoughts.. it's definately better that he is away from them and not getting their "spiritual food (vomit)".

  but i still have worries when his mother calls and invites us to the memorial or tries to give us the latest book.. i feel my blood pressure just about go through the roof.. i'm glad there are places like this board to talk with people and get support from real " friends".

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  Obesity vs. Smoking - which is worse?

  by Why Georgia in

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  when i was going to the kingdumb hall people were being actively disfellowshipped for smoking because it was bad for you and an insult to jehovah.. how come nobody disfellowshipped the 400 pound sister who brought her own chair or stood in the back because she couldn't fit in her chair?.

  why didn't anyone disfellowship the bookstudy leader for looking pregnant when he obviously wasn't.. why is cigarette addiction bad but not food addiction.. just wondering?

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  Feeling Vindictive & Like Causing Trouble

  by Why Georgia in

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  my husband is a slowly and quietly fading away jehovahs witness.

  i am not nor will i ever be a jw.

  his mother is an absolute witch and i want to out her to her congregation.

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