Posts by LongHairGal

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Do You Think We Will Ever Get Back To “Normal”?

by minimus in

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friends

i hope that within the next several months we will get back to some type of normalcy.

will restaurants ever get filled again?

will you ever be able to sit at a bar or go to a concert or broadway show?.

LongHairGal

MINIMUS:

Maybe in time? But, it might be a new normal with masks under some circumstances!

WIZARD:

It also worries me about supply disruptions. This is not out of the question and this pandemic has certainly taught ME that I should have as much stocked up as possible! I was always in agreement with this - and this pandemic just proved that I was right.

The days are over for daydreaming people thinking they can have an almost empty fridge, etc. and imagine they can just hop in their car to the nearest supermarket and ASSume the shelves will be stocked!

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Watchtower August 2020 Are they introducing new light?

by Listener in

the latest watchtower is now out and they make this statement -.

7 during the thousand year rule of christ, all of jehovah’s earthly children will have to make changes to please him.

so all of them will have true fellow feeling as they help the resurrected ones to combat sinful tendencies and to live by jehovah’s standards.

LongHairGal

BIAHI:

I’m sorry that as a little kid you felt this! A child shouldn’t be burdened with feelings of unworthiness...As a Catholic I certainly wasn’t. There was the confessional and something known as ‘grace’.

In the Witness religion you are climbing a greased pole hoping to be ‘righteous’. 🙄But, they always rub it in that you are not.

They can’t have people believing they are ‘saved’ or have ‘grace’...If JWs had this they wouldn’t knock themselves out attending meetings or getting hours of public ministry in! The religion wouldn’t like that.

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I had a somewhat paranormal experience 2 days ago, but I think science is just light years behind on this.....

by Bad_Wolf in

for the record i'm agnostic, never seen any direct evidence of spirits, afterlife, etc.

i've been visiting my mother during this corona ordeal.

a year ago i had a dream i was much older and talking to somebody about how my mom died this year but it was avoidable.

LongHairGal

PHOENIXRISING:

I do believe in the paranormal and had a frightening experience when I was in gradeschool.

But, I can understand other people’s skepticism if they never did.

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My Mom died last week.

by Still Totally ADD in

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friends

last wednesday my elder brother called me to let me know mom had died.

she was 97 years old and was in a nursing home for the last 7 years.

her mind had left her many years ago to the point she didn't recognize any of us.

LongHairGal

STILL TOTALLY ADD:

My condolences on the loss of your mom. It is awful when a parent dies.

I’m glad you had a pleasant conversation with your brother and it is possible that being unwell has made him more ‘friendly’. Although, it’s too bad that it sometimes takes something extreme to make JWs act human.

I am always astounded when I hear stories like yours about the misery in families caused by the JW vacuum of a religion. Again, my condolences.

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Looking for suggestions, I'm being called on by a JW

by Tameria2001 in

just before the pandemic affected my area, a couple of jws came to my door.

this was the first time i didn't tell them to hit the road but instead had a pleasant conversation with them.

i never revealed that i am a former jw, nor do i ever want the jws in my area to know that i was ever one.

LongHairGal

TAMERIA:

I feel that if you keep engaging this JW in a friendly way (without actually scaring them with very pointed questions)..you are going to be somebody’s return visit for a long time.

If you have patience for this, fine.

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Will You Constantly Wear A Mask?

by minimus in

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friends

today, it will be 90 degrees and humid!

this morning i’ll be playing tennis again.

while most people have been holed up in their houses, i have regularly played the sport outside.

LongHairGal

MINIMUS:

I will wear my mask when in stores.

I have a feeling that masks will be needed from time to time in our new ‘normal’.

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Watchtower August 2020 Are they introducing new light?

by Listener in

the latest watchtower is now out and they make this statement -.

7 during the thousand year rule of christ, all of jehovah’s earthly children will have to make changes to please him.

so all of them will have true fellow feeling as they help the resurrected ones to combat sinful tendencies and to live by jehovah’s standards.

LongHairGal

MENROV:

Yes, that is the one thing that always bothered me when I was active in the JW religion:..it was a never-ending struggle to please God.

The scripture: “...probably you ‘may’ be concealed on the day of..”, always bothered me. The Jehovah’s Witnesses always wanted everyone to feel undeserving, guilty, worthless, etc. I am sure this is intentional.

No wonder many ex-JWs have issues they have to overcome.

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Top Ten List of What Happens Next...

by Farmer Jim1 in

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friends

what does everyone think will happen next on the back of the coronavirus pandemic?.

these are my suggestions;.

1) coronavirus will have a disproportionate effect on jw ‘growth’ countries like in south america and africa.

LongHairGal

BETH SARIM:

It gave me a great deal of pleasure to shred my No Blood Card when I started my ‘Fade’ from the JW religion.

While I suppose nobody wants blood unless they absolutely needed it..I never felt right about having that thing in my wallet. I went a step further and had a bracelet that said that. I have it in my jewelry box as a memento of my years as a JW..when I did things I wasn’t sure of.

I also agree a religion that has that many blunders is not worth dying for.

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