LongHairGal

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  Do You Support The Death Penalty ?

  by minimus in

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  do you support the death penalty or do you think the worst punishment should be incarceration?.

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  LongHairGal

  VIDIOT:

  I think that’s true.

  That’s why famous mass murderer types (mostly of women) who get a lot of press coverage would get the very much deserved death penalty - meanwhile other run-of-the-mill murderers do not, sadly.
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  Do You Get Easily Offended By What People Do or Don’t Do?

  by minimus in

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  does using uncle ben’s food products offend you?.

  are you offended if you see a flag?

  what about a confederate flag?.

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  STEPHANELALIBERTE:

  Yes, there is no escape from this garbage and I try to ignore it as much as I can.

  BTW, I am sure you meant the word ‘peace’.
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  Would you leave the Watchtower if you woke up at age 80 plus, or just stay in for the rest of your life.

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so yesterday while i was doing some work for a customer, i noticed the wt mags on the sofa.

  and i asked the elderly man if he was a jehovah witness?.

  he said that he and his wife and all his children were raised in the religion, but only he and his wife attend the meetings or zoom.

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  3RDGEN:

  That is a wonderful story about your elderly mother in law and I’m glad she learned TTATT in a gradual non-traumatic way.

  I think this is rather unusual though for the average elderly person in the JW religion who does not have close family already Out...but I am glad this worked out for her.

  For the most part, most elderly JWs who catch on HAVE to play it very carefully unless they want their life turned upside down and have all sorts of drama!
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  Do You Get Easily Offended By What People Do or Don’t Do?

  by minimus in

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  does using uncle ben’s food products offend you?.

  are you offended if you see a flag?

  what about a confederate flag?.

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  LongHairGal

  LITTLE JERRY:

  I see what you are getting at but tell me: whose picture should be on the package? ..Should it be a little blonde girl with pig tails?

  Also, what about other pictures on other merchandise? Just WHOSE pictures should be on everything? Or, just to satisfy everybody should there NEVER be a depiction of any human being on anything?
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  What is the most insensitive thing an Overseer or Elder has ever said and done to you?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  what is the most insensitive thing an overseer or elder has ever said and done to you?

  i have had many insensitive things said to me by some elders, but for some reason one self-righteous elder was always on my case.

  he didn't like the fact that i missed meetings, didn't like that i never went out in field service, that i didn't answer at the weekly meetings and he didn't like that i carried my books and magazines in my hands and not a service/book bag.

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  RULES&REGULATIONS:

  Way back in the day when I was a fool, I thought the elders were my *friend* or had ‘wisdom’...I was not yet aware of the terrible bias they had against me because I was a single working woman who did not pioneer, abase myself or do favors for Users or jealous individuals there.

  I called one elder up because of a certain bad situation in my non-JW family/personal life. Out of the blue, I get a tirade that ‘I have to put on a Christian personality and deal with it, etc’. I was left feeling WTF? Another time I approached that same elder in the hall about the unchristian attitudes I saw by certain people in the hall. He then threw back at me some bullshit about what I had to do, etc. I THEN said to him: “these people have the same WT/Awake magazines that I do. Isn’t it also THEIR responsibility to act accordingly, etc.” He really didn’t have an answer for that.

  It was after that I realized the mindset towards me. It would be hopeless to ever engage them in any sort of a personal conversation again. I also remembered feeling awful after shepherding calls and made it a point to refuse them...Other than a nod hello (to one who acknowledged me), I never had any contact after a certain point.

  Fast forward: the offending elder is passed away and I am Out and Retired and grateful I never listened to the so-called wisdom in that awful place!
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  Would you leave the Watchtower if you woke up at age 80 plus, or just stay in for the rest of your life.

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so yesterday while i was doing some work for a customer, i noticed the wt mags on the sofa.

  and i asked the elderly man if he was a jehovah witness?.

  he said that he and his wife and all his children were raised in the religion, but only he and his wife attend the meetings or zoom.

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  LongHairGal

  PISTOLPETE:

  As the elderly man said, you have no idea how lucky you are. You got Out at an early age.

  He is realistic in knowing that at his age (over eighty) he may as well stay put. He knows the deal with the JW religion that he and his wife would be shunned and they would have no friends and nobody to help out if they need a favor. He doesn’t need the grief.

  As JWGONEBAD says: There is no way of knowing how many JWs in any given congregation who secretly don’t believe. Maybe it’s even higher than one quarter of them...I also disagree with anybody who feels they have to put pressure on people they know who are still in. Believe me, if anybody wants Out, they’ll get the hell out.

  I’m just Glad I ‘Faded’ out of the JW religion twenty years ago while I was still working and in time to reconnect with my non-JW family and make things good again! This was priceless to me. 👍🏻
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  A Gem I over heard at my fathers mid week meeting

  by joe134cd in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i overheard this, while my father was listening to the mid week zoom meeting.

  apparently all the reshuffling with the bethelites having to do their own food prep and washing was because it would free up space for better utilisation, and bethelites who were needed for these jobs could now be out in the field ministry.

  omg😳 i also chocked when i heard that.

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  LongHairGal

  JOE134CD:

  Sounds like a pile of horsemanure made to smell pleasant. What this really means is yet another bunch of bethelites are going to be sent packing!

  Now, yet MORE needy and begging people will be in congregations..except there aren’t as many physical congregations around since they are selling off so many kingdom halls! If you call a virtual Zoom meeting a ‘congregation’..it still requires a ‘home’ for a person to be IN in the first place. So, these bethelites will need a place to go TO. Are their parents alive? Maybe not if they are older bethelites. Not a good situation.

  These bethelites are going to learn what it’s like to really live in the big bad world. Any of them who made callous and arrogant remarks in the past (‘not spiritual’ or ‘materialistic’) about responsible working people in congregations are going to eat their words!

  They can’t say they weren’t warned since this has already happened before. Any bethelites still there had better be prepared, have a plan and have a list of phone contacts they can get in touch with.
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  Why Do Jehovah's Witnesses Dress Up For Meetings?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  who are doing jehovah’s will today?.

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  LongHairGal

  BROCK TALON:

  I’m glad you got to say all you did to these hypocrites who were persecuting your wife because she was naturally endowed with a beautiful figure. (Because you were a ‘brother’ and her husband you got to say all this in her defense - not that it mattered in the end.) Very interesting about all the furor over the pool incident. I remember being invited over to somebody’s pool with a bunch of JWs. I had on a one-piece bathing suit but was the topic of much gossip after that.

  Thanks for bringing out that it’s absolutely true that even if a woman with a nice figure dresses modestly and covers up..she is STILL criticized. There is no winning with this.

  I too also felt that much of the criticism is/was instigated by jealous women (mostly elders wives) who had dumpy figures and resented sisters who had an attractive form. Believe me, I never went out of my way to look sexy but all these idiots acted as if I did. So glad to not be subjecting myself to this anymore!
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  Why Do Jehovah's Witnesses Dress Up For Meetings?

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  who are doing jehovah’s will today?.

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  LongHairGal

  BIAHI:

  Sorry you went through that unhealthy scrutiny about your appearance at such a young age. I wonder what your parents had to say about this?

  I was in my twenties and even though what I experienced in the JWs was unpleasant and unfair as far as I was concerned, I was older than you and could deal with it. Glad this nonsense is all in my past.

  I was reading on some blog that similar attitudes are also common in other Christian churches, which is one reason I’d never go near ANY of them.
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  Why Do Jehovah's Witnesses Dress Up For Meetings?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  who are doing jehovah’s will today?.

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  LongHairGal

  ROAD TO NOWHERE:

  I was mostly referring to the power suit look and not some girl there in a tight skirt.