I want to add my 2ยข worth as well. This is a wonderful site that has helped many, many people. Many thanks and a tip of the hat in gratitude to Simon and Angharad.
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Just another thank you to Simon and his wife for this forum
by nonjwspouse inthis site , the people posting, and the ability to connect with them this way has really helped me in such a huge way i can't even express.. thank you for all your time, hard work, and kind efforts to keep this open and safe for all that come in here.. .
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Australian brother and sister country band
by under the radar ina while back, there were some interesting posts about an award-winning australian brother and sister country music band.
they had a music video out which showed "hot button" words from the watchtower as if cut out and pasted on a wall for a backdrop.
does anyone know the name of this band and/or the title of the song i'm thinking of?
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Thanks everybody, especially jwleaks. I was out most of the day, but downloaded their album Outa Here as soon as I checked this thread.
Whether you like country music or not, you have to admit they're very talented. I wish them all the success in the world.
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Australian brother and sister country band
by under the radar ina while back, there were some interesting posts about an award-winning australian brother and sister country music band.
they had a music video out which showed "hot button" words from the watchtower as if cut out and pasted on a wall for a backdrop.
does anyone know the name of this band and/or the title of the song i'm thinking of?
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A while back, there were some interesting posts about an award-winning Australian brother and sister country music band. They had a music video out which showed "hot button" words from the Watchtower as if cut out and pasted on a wall for a backdrop. Does anyone know the name of this band and/or the title of the song I'm thinking of? I want to buy their album on iTunes. I thought they were great!
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JW's just called at my door, simply handed me the JW.ORG tract and left! JW's now mere leaflet distributors.
by yadda yadda 2 ini'm off work today and its a monday morning.
a male and female jw just knocked on my door, i opened it, the guy just handed me their latest website promoting tract saying "hi, were just leaving these with people today", and then he made to leave.
i looked at the tract and then looked at him as he was turning to walk away and said to him "ok, thanks, but ummm you could've just left it in my letterbox.".
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Well, in the US it is illegal to put anything in anyone's mailbox without the proper postage, so JWs aren't supposed to do that. They've also gotten flack before for putting tracts and such in people's doors because it could let potential burglars know that no one's home. So about the only thing left is to knock on doors and hand the religious junk mail directly to whoever comes to the door.
The average JW today is simply not able to carry on an intelligent conversation about the Bible or even defend their own beliefs. I would bet that most are not up on what they are supposed to believe now anyway, and certainly not the "reasoning" behind all the changes. They are trained to run at the first sign that someone knowledgeable about the Bible might want to engage in an actual conversation and not simply listen to a rote "presentation."
A dog with a note in his mouth could pioneer now and do just as much "good."
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My mother listed me as a Jehovah's Witness at the Hospital for a pending emergency surgery
by adjusted knowledge ini've been having some medical issues recently and had to check into the emgerceny hospital.
when they admitted me the registar asked my mother my religion.
she told them jehovah's witness.
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Since you are a married adult and obviously in possession of your faculties, your mother has no business answering medical or hospital admittance questions on your behalf. If you are in too much pain to answer for yourself, that would then be your wife's job. If you are in the US, your mother would have no right to any information at all about your health information without your express consent. I suggest you tell her in the nicest, most loving way possible, "Butt out!"
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Are you interested in dropping your southern accent?
by jam inwell you are in luck, oak ridge national laboratory in.
tn offered a class for their 4000 employees from 90. different countries, get this,a class that teaches how to.
minimice a southern accent.
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I travel frequently for my work, mostly to Asia and Europe. The most common question I get is, "Where are you from?" I don't sweat it. I get that all the time even here in NH, where I live now. I have a deep southern accent (raised in Georgia and spent many years in Tennessee), so I usually say something silly like, "South Boston" and then mimic a Kennedy accent with something like, "I pahked the cah ond played bahl." People usually laugh and then I get even better customer service. I get a lot of mileage out of my southern accent. My sweetheart loves it.
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Surreal experience last night.
by objectivetruth inrecently a jw friend that my wife & i knew 3 years ago added me on facebook, after i accepted the request she invited me to a dinner that her and her husband are holding next month.. i imagined that she was unaware of our apostasy, so i declined the invitation on the basis of not wanting to ruin her dinner after the rest of her guests fled at our presence.. i'm never sure how old friends will react when i tell them that i'm no longer a jw.. usually their response is "..... permanent-silence......".
her response went something like this, " we are all out!
everyone that is coming is out we all look forward to seeing you guys so much" it turns out that there will be 6 people at the dinner all friends of ours from a congregation that we attended a few years back.. they have all left the organization recently.. pretty crazy experience..
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Congratulations! You've just hit the jackpot. Rediscovering old friends who have escaped the WT must be wonderful. Enjoy the dinner!
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The Memorial- Passing the emblems, a prime display of weirdness
by Darth Fader The Sequel innot sure if this bothered other people, but it absolutely drove me crazy!!!!.
ok, typical annual memorial.
the emblems are being passed around.
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On a lighter note, in the congregation I once attended a LONG time ago, there a very nice and likeable, though a bit weird, "brother" who was of the "Anointed." Despite the fact that he had a history of mental and emotional problems, he often gave the Memorial talk. Anyway, at one Memorial he remained on the platform while being served the emblems. He broke off a bit of the bread, popped it into his mouth, swallowed, smacking his lips. Then he said in an animated voice, "Tastes good!" I had to cover my mouth to keep from laughing out loud, it was so comical. I don't think he ever realized how inappropriate his comment was.
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Would you do this to your kids? Is this cold or am I crazy?
by BU2B inmy mentally in jw wife is trying to organize a "princess party" for my 4 year old daughter and her little cousins and friends.
she was looking at prices of a tent for the backyard party in case it rains.
she asked the hardware store how much and they said 90 dollars for the day.
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First off, the attitude of BU2B's father-in-law, apparently endorsed by AnneB, is despicable. It is selfish beyond words. To refuse to do anything for one's family simply out of love and generosity, without looking for personal gain, is greedy and self-serving and completely belies and negates any religious "higher ground" one might pretend to claim.
But at the risk of starting a firestorm, sir82's equating AnneB's response to a reflection of the Tea Party platform is totally incorrect. For the record, I am not a Tea Party member or proponent. I am more of an Independent who believes in equal opportunity, personal responsibility, and self-reliance. The Founding Fathers (of the United States) did not believe in, endorse, or set up a Government welfare system. They knew all too well that such would create a dependency. They much preferred that the truly needy rely on private, usually religious, charity and most contributed freely of their own funds towards such charities. A certain amount of stigma associated with receiving such charity tended to limit the recipients to those truly in need.
This is entirely different from today's welfare system where people can simply choose to live off the system rather than take advantage of the free public education system and learn how to work to provide for themselves. Entire generations are brought up to believe that the world "owes" them a living and they are free to have as many children as they want and expect others to feed, clothe, and house them. This pattern is self-perpetuating and ultimately unsustainable. The political party that most avidly supports this system facilitates and tacitly encourages this behavior because it continuously expands their power base. The same is true of ethnic leaders who seldom if ever decry the constantly increasing rates of illegitimacy and dependency in their groups. The more the merrier, since it increases their own influence and political power.
That said, an "every man for himself" attitude is unloving, selfish, and well, just wrong. People should care about others and share freely when able. To always look at others, especially family, as income opportunities reveals a truly bankrupt heart. I wouldn't want to be around people like that, family or not. Being caring and generous has less to do with being Christian, or whatever, than with simply being a good person. Anyone can be loving and generous without attributing it to belief in ancient fairytales and myths. In fact, those who profess belief in such superstitions and yet are actually selfish and greedy besmirch the "faith" or belief system they are so proud of. Hypocrites!
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To be on the safe side, I would be leery of sending anyone an unpublished picture of a third party without their consent. Just sayin'...