This is pathetic! I go to trade shows and seminars all the time and no one tells me when to wear my d*$m name badge or who to sit with. Even if they serve lunch I still leave if I want to eat somewhere else. The main problem with faithful dubbies and why they put up with this crap is that they have so little exposure to the real f'ing world. Why do these control freaks have to comment on every freakin aspect of peoples lives? If my teenager wanted to sit with another family I wouldn't have a problem with it. Who wants to be under their parents armpit all the time? Give me a break. No wonder most dubs children opt out at 18.
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The Watchtower - taking the "personal" out of choice
by truthseeker inwhen is a personal choice not a personal choice?
when it's hobson's choice.. .
dictionary.com defines hobson's choice as this:.
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sweet tee
sorry whyamihere ... don't know why I was thinking about brooke
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sweet tee
Great pic brooke, you all look so happpyyyyyy
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Whats the best Relief........
by ScoobySnax infor a stinking head cold??
can't breathe, can't hear, eyes are sore.
the girls at work today were saying i had "man-flu" and all men get it.
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Lie in bed for 1 day and drink OJ and eat chicken soup. Have some green tea while you at it and wait it out. Take OTC meds for relief. Advil cold and Sinus is da bomb!
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Parenting - strict or relaxed
by TheListener inthis was inspired by satanus' thread about how can people leave the truth when they've been raised in it.. i was raised in the truth, or as some say i was raised around the truth and made it my own when i was baptized.
i know typical doublespeak from dubs.. which method of parenting will most likely result in your child being a stronger jw?
a strict parent who enforces family study, meeting attendance regardless of health, regular service, constant spiritual talk inserted into daily life, having dub families over a lot and creating situations for regular association with dub kids of a similar age and not allowing association with school and neighborhood kids.
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sweet tee
When I was a dub I was veeerrryyyyy strict - I didn't want my kids to be destroyed in the Big A. My teenage step-daughter told us at age 15 that it just wasn't for her I couldn't believe she would choose 'death' over 'life'. So she had her 'worldly' mother pick her up from school and moved out. I respect her for that. She's a very well adjusted adult and a great mom now
Now as a regular person I am strict about some things - I try very hard to instill my values in my kids. There are some things I let my kids do that other parents won't, like my 13y/o daughter is allowed to have 'boyfriends', phone calls and supervised visits with her bf. We've had frank discussions about sex and when she feels she's ready she'll come to me for BC and condoms - BOTH. I got started early as I wasn't raised in the 'troof' and had my first child waaaayyy to young - I'm not going to let that happen to mine - she wants to go away to college and I don't want anything to get in her way. My 16 y/o son has a drawer full of condoms - he's very respectful to young girls (handsome as all get-out, I've have to post some pics. of my kids for y'all)
When it comes to respect for authority, taking care of the house, getting an education, etc. I'm all over them about it.
My daughter doesn't spend too much time outside of the home (save extra-curricular school activities, mall, movies, etc.) - better to have her friends come over to our house where I can watch them and have my son walk her friend home it it gets too late. I'm protective but not over-much I don't think. My family life is happy.
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What "religion" type do you follow?
by FreedomFrog inhi, i'm on my "spiritual search so i want to see what "religion"/non religion you choose and why.
for example: are you christian?
pagan?
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I stopped looking for a religion to belong to but I listen to people of any and all faiths and take what I want from what they say. Common sense goes a long way in deciding what to keep and what to throw out. The dubs pretty much ruined organized religion for me. I see it all as dedicating oneself to man, be it a group like the GB or an individual like the Pope. I hope there's an afterlife ... we'll all find out one day for sure Therefore, I belive in life, I belive in death and I believe in God. The first two are a matter of fact, the latter a matter of faith.
sweet tee of the 'that's my story, and I'm stikin to it class'
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Are You/ Were You Careful To Follow Rules??
by minimus inwhen we were in the organization, i noticed that some persons wanted rules.
needed them!
there are people in society that also feel secure when they have stricter rules than not.
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I admit that I did need rules when I first came into the org. My mother wasn't around much ... working and all and she didn't spend a lot of time teaching me her values ... cussed me out quite a bit and made blanket statements like "all boys want is to get in your panties" ... (me) yeah, AND? LOL. The WT gave me strict guidelines to live by and hey ... I would get eternal life in paradise if I stayed true. But after so many years I realized there were too many rules, and most of them didn't make sense to me anymore. Now I live my life based on my own values, and use critical thinking to check things out. I'm a life long learner now so I'm not going to fall for just anything. And I have no problem saying 'I don't know'.
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Closure? What has been your experience?
by ljwtiamb inwhat has given you the greatest peace of mind?
must one initiate their own exit or does it matter that a jc pushes an issue?
df or da or fade?
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There seems to be pride in some to be able to say that 'I left WTS' instead of JWs kicked me out'. Does it really matter, at all?
Did they fire me or did I quit first ... doesn't matter as long as they leave me alone!
It seems that some on other boards were proud of the fact that they left for reasons of conscience. I give them Kudos for that ... I was too plumb dumb to even realize how badly I'd been duped till 5 years after I left.
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did they ATTEMPT to save you
by tijkmo inwhen you were before a judicial commitee for whatever reason...did they try to get you to see the error of your ways and thus save you from destruction at the big a...or were they just happy to let you die.. .
i have a theory that goes like this...if you are sorry they think that you are not and df you...if you are not sorry they make an attempt to try and save you because its a kind of feather in their cap.. .
i was sorry...so sorry i thought i deserved to be df...and said that i expected to be..and they later told me i said i wanted to be df...which i didnt..(i was a mental and emotional wreck on the night of the jc although i tried to portray otherwise)....but even if i had, surely they had some responsibiity to try and 'readjust' me.. .
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Not me tij ... I just told 'em what I did and let the gavel fall. But before I was ready to leave I was counseled on a couple of occasions and those elders were very understanding. Helps when you're kinda cute, ya'know
Not to say you're bad lookin', but you are a male.
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So sick and tired of the double standard
by ValiantBoy infor a group that constantly bitches about people needing to accomadate it's beliefs and practices, jw's sure are inflexible and intolerant.
i realize that we all already know that, but is of special irritation to me right now.
my oldest sister, who is faded and now regularly attends a worldly church, is getting married.
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Pointing out the obvious: This is yet another example of JWs ignoring normal social etiquette. It is not up to a wedding guest (or invitee to any social event) to determine the venue, nor is it appropriate to complain about it. An invitee should simply accept or decline an invitation, not attempt to manipulate its conditions.
Great post rebel8. Witnesses want everyone to cow-tow to their weird beliefs. They have no social etiquette ... which is why I am still trying to catch up on mine (lol).