i could get there early, and save you all some seats!
at least i would have someone to talk to after the meeting
I went to my df'ing, my then boyfriend/now hubby went with me. He asked me why I went and I couldn't come up with an answer. Right after it was announced, I walked out. Yes I did cry because I was not where I am today about the org. I got DF'd for fornication, not cuz I found out they are a bunch of liars ;)
Ash
But also remember much earlier we used to have 8 days assemblies & the sessions ended at 9.p.m does anyone remember that?
Yes, I remember, I was 8 but I remember. My dad was an elder, so I can remember as far back as when I was 3, having to wait at the hall while he was in the meetings for hours after the talks had ended.
Luckily, my parents didn't buy into "the end is coming, sell everything and go into full time pioneer work."
Ash
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looking at how the jw's treat sisters compared to brothers, it would seem that the jw's think that men are superior to women.. is this what the bible really says?.
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oops I forgot to comment on what I was really meaning to comment on and that was that my mom always covered her head when she prayed in front of any baptized male. She even does it now and she's been out of the truth for over 10 years now.
I knitted her a prayer shawl so that she would have something pretty to use when praying, instead of a pot holder, or whatever happened to be handy at the time.
I don't cover my head, I just don't do the praying. I have hubby do the praying, since he's the head of the household. He hates it cuz he never knows what to say and feels silly trying to fumble around for words. As you can see, we don't pray as a family that often. My parents never did either. We never prayed over dinner (unless it was a special dinner), we only did it if there were other witness friends visiting us, almost like a showy display of how good JWs we were. My dad was only good mr. elder when doing his duties. In his own home, he didn't act like one at all.
Ash
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looking at how the jw's treat sisters compared to brothers, it would seem that the jw's think that men are superior to women.. is this what the bible really says?.
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I dont know if the bible teaches it but I do remember that if Dad ever get home when mum saying a prayer before we eat he would chuck a teatowel over her head, or if she was conducting a bible study and he was present. I never understood why God would be happier with my mum wearing a teatowel!
My mom is a firm believer that women are to be subservient and "obedient" to their husbands. The funny thing is, she never practices what she preaches. She wears the pants and always has in our family. Partly because my father was never very good at being the head of the family, so my mom had to step up and do it. He was always off on some elders meeting thing, so she got used to having to take on both roles.
She has told me on many occasions that I am supposed to obey my hubby and he just laughs his head off. I mean I am NOT that type, though sometimes I wish maybe I was more subservient than such a control freak (my mom is a major control freak and has passed that crap on to me, lucky me, lucky hubby )
Ash
minimus always puts capital letters in the titles of his threads.
rayzorblade always puts an icon in front of his threads like this .
jh changes avatar every so often...and always edits his posts
AshtonCA writes about stuff that makes people think she's crazy then flies off the handle in her own defense :)
Oh and she uses way too many smiley faces :) No one is that happy all the time! :)
Ash
(sorry if this is in the wrong category...didn't know where to post it).
i'm a stay-at-home mom who needs to make some money and i was just wondering if any of you know of any legitimate, ethical work-from-home opportunities.. anybody?
sure would appreciate hearing your experiences and thoughts on this matter, good and bad.... --merry
also a market in the medical fields for medical transcriptionists, which you can do from home.My neighbor does this and loves it. She's making nice $$ also. Plus the company pays half of her Comcast provider for her.
I do this, and I love it. I'm on a leave of absence right now because I have a new baby and I just can't do it and take care of him. once he gets older I'll go back to it. I LOVE anything medical, if it's bloody and gooy, I love it hehe. My hubby gets wierded out when I watch my surgery shows lol.
Ash
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access denied .
i tried posting my threads
My account was cancelled. I guess they saw I came from here first. eh, it's okay, it was too much like going to the KH anyway and it kinda made me ill to read the posts.
Ash
this is one of the things i never understood as a jw.
i was told that jws were not superstitious people.
as followers of the true god jehovah, we weren't to give in to false beliefs, even if others were practicing them.
I always thought this kind of thing was a form of superstition. I was pressured to give away some precious belongings due to this twisted logic. The letters my brother wrote to me before he died were among the treasures I lost due to JW idiocy
My mother is notorious for making us throw stuff out from people she thinks may be demonized. Even after leaving the truth, she still does this to this day. I am sure she is or has gone through everything in her house and has tossed whatever it was that I gave her, since we are on the outs, and maybe permanently so.
I knitted her a prayer shawl and I bet she gets rid of it.
There are so many things that I've thrown out that I really wish I hadn't now. I've stopped doing that myself.
Ash
i'm not currently a jehovah's witness, although maybe i am (?).
my father was a devout jehovah's witness, and he intended on indoctrinating me in the faith as i grew up...however, my mother took me away from him when i was 4 years old, and i haven't been able to find him since (i contacted the main hq in new york, but he couldn't be found anywhere).
i have read numerous books and articles which i've got from the watchtower store, and have read this website, www.watchtower.org and been involved in the yahoo!
To truely call yourself a Jehovah's Witness, you have to be one of the 144,000 (Annioted). Truthfully you can only truely be a champion or associate. But this is not enforced and the great crowd is allowed to say they are a Jehovah's Witness. By the way to be truely one of the 144,000, you should have been baptized before 1935. Research, Research, Research before you make a final decision.
This wasn't the way it was when I was in about 10 years ago, you were one of JW's if you were baptized, that's why they ask you the question about if you accept that you are now one when you get baptized. Being anointed or not, if you were not baptized at any time in your life, then you are not one of JW's.
Did they change the rules in the last 10 years?
Ash
i'm not currently a jehovah's witness, although maybe i am (?).
my father was a devout jehovah's witness, and he intended on indoctrinating me in the faith as i grew up...however, my mother took me away from him when i was 4 years old, and i haven't been able to find him since (i contacted the main hq in new york, but he couldn't be found anywhere).
i have read numerous books and articles which i've got from the watchtower store, and have read this website, www.watchtower.org and been involved in the yahoo!
Hi swyven,
I am not sure if you have noticed or not, but this board is mainly for those who have come out of the organization, i.e. no longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses. I think it would be a very good idea for you to take a look at freeminds.org before you take a huge leap into the organization.
My family were in the truth for all of our lives, my parents 45 years in and myself 23 years in, when we decided that there were just too many falsehoods going on and we left in the early 90's and have not been back since.
Please research until you are blue in the face before you take "the plunge" and join the organization.
You will find that a lot of people on this board harbor a lot of animosity toward the organization, and rightly so, and that is why some might seem a bit gruff in their replies to you.
Also, remember if you mention that you are frequenting this site to any JW's, they will tell you not to because they feel that this is an apostate site and we are only here to try to disway others from joining the org. They are right, of course, but we do have definite reasons for doing so. Please, if you have any questions about why we are so against the org., do not hesitate to ask, I'm sure you will get enough info to keep you reading for a while :)
Ash
