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  Names given to children

  by the_classicist in

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  what i've noticed, is that there seems to be a lot of recent jw parents who make sure to name their kids by some hebrew/biblical name.

  so now you have kids running around w/names like ezekiel, reuben, isaiah, etc.

  there were also a few strange names that i'm sure some of these kids would've been made fun of because of it.. have any of you noticed this?

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  Thinking

  We have a girl in our hall named Brooklyn,
  and in my moms hall are brother and sister named
  Gideon and Bethel.
  My mom ate it up....like thier names were a ticket to pure spirituality!!!
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  Do some WT phrases make you squirm?

  by jeanniebeanz in

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  for me it's "the doors of the ark are closing.

  i can never forget as a child, being forced to see the graphic images in the publications showing families, mothers with little babies clinging to a rock and others drowning as the ark floats away.

  fathers shaking their fists at god for destroying their families... it's like some of the little mind control still functioning in there somewhere causing a kneejerk reaction of uneasiness.... are there any others that bug you?.

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  Thinking

  thanks fairchild
  
  
  "even though they're worldly"
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  Do some WT phrases make you squirm?

  by jeanniebeanz in

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  for me it's "the doors of the ark are closing.

  i can never forget as a child, being forced to see the graphic images in the publications showing families, mothers with little babies clinging to a rock and others drowning as the ark floats away.

  fathers shaking their fists at god for destroying their families... it's like some of the little mind control still functioning in there somewhere causing a kneejerk reaction of uneasiness.... are there any others that bug you?.

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  Thinking

  from fairchild
  
  
  "Food at the proper time"
  
  I wasn't always hungry, ya know?
  
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  cracking up here....thanks!!!!
  
  
  trying to figure out how you highlight when you cut and paste
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  Do some WT phrases make you squirm?

  by jeanniebeanz in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for me it's "the doors of the ark are closing.

  i can never forget as a child, being forced to see the graphic images in the publications showing families, mothers with little babies clinging to a rock and others drowning as the ark floats away.

  fathers shaking their fists at god for destroying their families... it's like some of the little mind control still functioning in there somewhere causing a kneejerk reaction of uneasiness.... are there any others that bug you?.

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  Thinking

  I hate it when the speaker says.......it behooves us........i think that is the word....I want to puke.
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  The org is going down----I can feel it!

  by stopthepain in

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  my brother called me today.he is 20 ,3 years younger than me,and out of the religion.he still has fear though that it could be true,but thats another story.. he told me he heard my mother and father talking upstairs.my mother said about the org "ive put 26 years into it,i think i'm done with it,i might just go sunday from now on".this is huge ,because she was a devoted nutjob witness.she made my life horrible for the 1st 17 years of my life.i had been trying to suddly tell her the truth about the troof,but i didn't expect this.i'm happy and yet i want to know where she stands with the borganization.. this along with what seems to be an outpouring of similar stories,i have a gut feeling the jehovahs witness mind control cult is on the brink of implosion.everyone is so burdened by it.the jig is up,gb,good riddance when you fold.the rank and file have had enough.my 2 younger sisters are on the edge of mental freedom.i hope they can fully get free of it.. this is a milestone in my families long and strange trip in mental enslavement!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  Thinking

  from justtickledpink
  
  but you still lived a full life on earth
  
  
  
  
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  The org is going down----I can feel it!

  by stopthepain in

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  my brother called me today.he is 20 ,3 years younger than me,and out of the religion.he still has fear though that it could be true,but thats another story.. he told me he heard my mother and father talking upstairs.my mother said about the org "ive put 26 years into it,i think i'm done with it,i might just go sunday from now on".this is huge ,because she was a devoted nutjob witness.she made my life horrible for the 1st 17 years of my life.i had been trying to suddly tell her the truth about the troof,but i didn't expect this.i'm happy and yet i want to know where she stands with the borganization.. this along with what seems to be an outpouring of similar stories,i have a gut feeling the jehovahs witness mind control cult is on the brink of implosion.everyone is so burdened by it.the jig is up,gb,good riddance when you fold.the rank and file have had enough.my 2 younger sisters are on the edge of mental freedom.i hope they can fully get free of it.. this is a milestone in my families long and strange trip in mental enslavement!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  Thinking

  Many of my friends cannot get motivated at all with life because the system is going to end soon. Won't get established jobs, won't marry, especially if their spouse died (being faithful till they are ressurected...I am sure there is a whole thread on that somewhere)
  
  
  I had that thinking for a long time. Not thinking about getting older in this system. I fineally got a job with benefits and retirement etc.
  But it is as if some witnesses use this to give themselves permission to just do nothing .....to just wait for things to end. They are already ending their lives by waiting....If that makes any sense.
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  March KM - George Benson CD

  by Angharad in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  not sure if this has been posted.

  there have been a few threads about the george benson singing kingdom melodies cd that is doing the rounds in dubdom.

  seems the wt doesnt like it.

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  Thinking

  This makes me think of a brother I know from Australia that told me he sings the Kingdom Melodies in all sorts of different accents. It was hilarious to sing them at meetings and think of the different accents he was trying out. so I was sometimes smiling or even a bit of a laugh when singing.
  
  BUT.........really if they can change the Awake to make it better and if the light gets brighter.......music for sure changes and would like to see some new songs introduced.
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  Bring your pens & paper it's written review time

  by New Worldly Translation in

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  true or false

  1. the written review was fun.

  2. you didn't bother with paper and just wrote on the review itself.

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  Thinking

  A most embarrassing review for me one time.
  
  It was when "Who wants to be a millionare" was at peak of popularity.
  
  I raised my hand and answered, something I rarely do.
  Then the answer had to be wrong.
  
  The conductor said ....is that your final answer?
  The audience was roaring with laughter.
  Glad the review was a bit more fun.
  but wish it was not at my expense!!!!!
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  Trying to get to know people on the JWD

  by cindykp in

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  2. friends

  i havent been here that long, and just trying to get to know a little more about the people im chatting with.

  i know some dont want to share too much info, which i understand.

  so.............im divorced, have 3 kids, lived in florida for 15 years, now back home in wi.

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  Thinking

  My name is ...If I tell ya, I'd have to kill ya!!!!
  
  I am divorced for 17 years now, not attached.
  
  5 kids.....fours boys, youngest is a girl...uggggggg!!!!
  
  No, not gay.
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  My bit of an introduction

  by Thinking in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in a very short time here i have truely appreciated the openess of the people that post here.

  the ability to share thoughts and feelings in a most respectful and honest way.

  i have been thankful to be validated with alot of what i was feeling and thinking with some things regarding the jw experiance.

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  Thinking

  In a very short time here I have truely appreciated the openess of the people that post here. The ability to share thoughts and feelings in a most respectful and honest way. I have been thankful to be validated with alot of what I was feeling and thinking with some things regarding the JW experiance.
  At this time I am sorting out my thoughts and feelings. I love to hear about others but rarely tell about myself.
  
  
  I thought it was only fair and time to tell a bit about myself. I was baptised in my late twenties. I was in a horribly abusive marriage with little support from my family. I was looking to God for answers and started to read the bible not understanding much of what I read. I was raised Catholic. I began to reach out and go to various churches. They all seemed a bit nuts and could not answer my questions. One day I got a knock at my door and had a very nice discussion with a woman who was very knowledgable and I agreed to a bible study weekly. I asked....."What religion are you?" Jehovah Witnesses she said. I said.....you could have told me you were any religion but JW's I have and Aunt that is JW, and we always thought she was a bit strange. So, I am one of the rare ones found door-to-door.
  
  I bought in to everything. When I did have doubts, my teacher would encourage me to go on with the lesson and wait for all the puzzle pieces to fit. So, trusting her I did.
  
  To keep this from being a book, I will skip all the DF part and me working my way back. Although, the experiance of being DF made me realize that elders were just imperfect men and not the GODS they are portrayed to be and I never looked to any humans as I once did after that.
  
  I worked very hard out in the world and found out I was not going to be the scum from the bottom of the earth that I was told. That all morals would go out the window. I found out I was very decent and my standards were high.
  Although, I did enjoy drinking and partying alot....hehe....but I am sure that is the result of unhappy marriage and newly divorced.
  
  Now all these years later I am back and of course it is different. I do and always find very loving people in the org. Only a very few that are real people though. Recently, I was sitting in a meeting and looked around and the people there and thought to myself, If these are the people I have to be in paradise with ......I don't want to be there!!!! So, I thought ..Ok Widen out. Well, by doing that I have now mostly stopped going to the meetings. It was better for me to have my little fantasies of how perfect everyone was.
  
  All the things you bring up here I have thought about. The blood issue.
  I did not give it a great deal of thought till they did the blood fraction thing. And I was like ...How crappy is that .... to change the view. I never knew one thing about the 607 date thing but find that enlightening too.
  I have order COC book and it should be in soon. I am anxious to read it.
  
  I have many things going on. Elder friends that are dropped out of the truth completely. My daughter is in counselling, she will no longer go to the meetings. I will say this, there was a time when she was reaching out in the congo for friends. An elders niece especially. My daughter kept saying ........Really she does not want to have anything to do with me. Later I found out her father said not to associate with my daughter. My heart dropped and I never made my daughter go back. I find the way the youth is dealt with so treacherously very treacherous....lol. I think if a kid is at a meeting, you should bang the drum, sound the horn and be thankful they are there, no matter what they wear or even if they seem to wonder off in their thoughts, I mean afterall they are supposed to be where the holy spirit is and if Jahs spirit is really there, why would saying hi to another youth be bad association. Where else but the hall could you be the most protected from wickedness?
  
  I have much to be thankful for concerning my witness experiance. But even this week I find it odd in my search again for GOD. Of all places a bailbonds business( I hade to bail someone out this week) I was in a discussion with a very humble man with huge knowledge of the bible and was reminded of God's love ......his unconditional love for us (mankind) and felt the heavy burden of what I feel at the Kingdom Hall lifted. I would love to be with a man like him in Paradise. He is married with 5 kids and was not cunfused at all about his beliefs and love for his fellow man. He did not need any organization to tell him what to think or feel or believe. And I feel certain he did not talk to me untill 2am so he could turn in time.
  
  Thanks again for letting me be here. My personality is mostly to observe. I don't think I am a troll. I am not as smart as most here and I am not making a stand one way or another.. I am a person first and only wanted to find a place of peace and love. I am still searching and hopefully still growing in that direction.
  
  Love to all who are true to thierselves as that is the only way to find the answers.
  
  One more thing this bailbondsman told me.......I told him that no one was very happy I was getting this person out of jail. He said Unconditional love is never popular. Something to thing about.