Posts by LongHairGal

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Do any of you ex JW`s ever feel ashamed or embarrassed to admit you were once a JW? To your now friends / associates ?

by smiddy3 in

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friends

i ask this now because i have been living in this town for the past 14 years and the circle of friends i have now i have never let on i am an ex jw.. i`m talking about 30-50 people at least.. not that the subject has ever really come up , but i think they would be shocked / amazed that i was a ( i hate this word ) a "devout" jw for 32 years going around knocking on peoples doors trying to convert them to the religion .. yet every now and again i get tempted to.. how say you ?.

LongHairGal

SMIDDY3 & OVERRATED:

I certainly won’t bring up to people I just meet that I was once active in the JW religion because I do realize it sounds corny and stupid…But, if I know them for a while and they get to know me and my history gradually, it might get worked into the conversation.

However, I make it known that I was younger and was misled and it wasn’t what I thought it was. I also stress the fact that it was toxic and I was criticized for having a full-time job and that I wouldn’t be Retired today if I had listened to them and am Glad I walked away from it.

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What Type of Future do YOU look forward to?

by Revealed in

or dread?.

LongHairGal

REVEALED:

I think a lot of Witnesses ‘dread’ the future. You seem to be hooked on ‘how we got here’. I don’t much care. I just know I’m here.

I am very grateful and take one day at a time and try to enjoy the present.

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Is the jab required to attend meetings ?

by zachias in

my wife has begun to attend meetings at the kh.. do the wt ask if attendees have had the jab?

anyone know?.

thanks.

LongHairGal

Obviously the religion wants people vaccinated because they are afraid they will lose yet more people..Also, they are probably afraid the older generation of JWs there (the most faithful and contribute$ the most) will die off from Covid within a relatively short period of time!

If this were to happen the religion would be done, IMO.

They know that obviously these older people are going to pass away at some point, but they would rather it not happen all at once!

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What kind of job would you like to have?

by Iamallcool in

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friends

it doesn’t have to be about big money.

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LongHairGal

PISTOLPETE:

Yeah, the hypocrisy in the religion is so thick you can choke on it!

I especially despise those older JWs..Most have gone to their graves after living a cushy life and are not even around to help the broke pioneer Baby Boomers they misled who can’t even retire!!!…Imagine if I had caved in to the pressure everybody else fell for?…I’d be so screwed today it wouldn’t be funny!

There’s no accountability in that religion and you have people there suffering today because of faulty doctrines and peer pressure to be accepted. I have No regrets now that I was the ‘low hour publisher’ back then subjected to shunning and criticism. Glad I’m nowhere near it anymore!

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What kind of job would you like to have?

by Iamallcool in

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friends

it doesn’t have to be about big money.

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LongHairGal

OVERRATED:

Are the people there THAT stupid that they can’t see this??..The religion asks for educated professionals - but yet tells the average JW they shouldn’t get higher education. In other words, if YOUR education (that you paid for) can benefit the religion - that’s okay. But, if it’s for you to make your life better - that’s not okay. You should live in poverty and starve.

TITCH:

Very interesting reading about your work history! Like you, I’m retired and don’t want a job. I also like writing and could be a critic, but in this world it’s too dangerous. I could end up dead..In my fantasy though, I might see me either making or repairing jewelry or restoring things like artwork. No stress though and nobody on top of me.

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Armageddon house?

by exjwlemming in

the other night, my wife and i were driving through a upscale suburb with old, large, beautiful homes.

there is one house that my never jw she really likes.

as we drove by the house, i turned to her and said, "that's your armageddon house.

LongHairGal

BIAHI:

Corrected to say ‘IRAs’, but you get the point.

😊

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JWs who are now paying the price of following the cult.

by mickbobcat in

my in-laws are two such people.

people who pioneered and did not work and try to save, instead they made just enough to get by and waited for the end to come.

now my mil is in palliative care and the state is paying for her keep, my fil lives in a dilapidated home and can not keep it up.

LongHairGal

SMIDDY3:

Yes, very true. I remember them knocking Christendom all the time. Meanwhile, they offer NOTHING to anybody..but yet the churches of Christendom have programs to help the poor and needy.

I remember reading somewhere about young bethelites dismissed in recent years who were sent a bill for the last lunch they ate in the lunchroom!!..How’s that for compassion?

Any so-called ‘help’ any JW in a congregation ever got is because somebody went around with an envelope cornering people to contribute money!

I know a lot of JWs cling to fallacies and false hopes but I really hope people there are in reality about THIS!

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Armageddon house?

by exjwlemming in

the other night, my wife and i were driving through a upscale suburb with old, large, beautiful homes.

there is one house that my never jw she really likes.

as we drove by the house, i turned to her and said, "that's your armageddon house.

LongHairGal

Hi BIAHI:

Thanks for asking..Don’t want to give out that info because it would identify me! 😊

But, I didn’t do too badly for somebody with little ambition. I credit my non-Witness upbringing for helping me snap out of my stupidity...When I was younger in the early days of JW I was in the irresponsible phase. But, I woke up to reality in my early 30s and made sure I started seriously thinking about retirement and IRSs..(Even people gainfully employed can screw up if they aren’t wise about planning.)..I felt being in the religion puts people in a dreamlike state where they aren’t dealing with reality and the Clock on the wall is ticking away!

I have No regrets about ignoring the busybodies and hypocrites in the religion. So, what if I got shunned back then? Many of these older people aren’t even around today to help any of the broke Baby Boomers they misled!

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Letter to the pioneers

by DAWUD in

hey!.

is it true that the pioneers used to get letter each year?

does anyone have any?.

LongHairGal

SLIDIN FAST:

I vaguely remember hearing about that high number amount of yearly hours a pioneer was supposed to get. It sounded amazing and unattainable.

You also mention that a person had to work a minimum of two days a week just to ‘maintain a subsistence living’. I vaguely remember hearing that as well. The problem is that if somebody did this their whole life they would have paid next to nothing into Social Security here in the US! ..Very bad come retirement.👎

I remember hearing about some younger people years ago who left pioneering and I assumed it was because of financial hardship. Hopefully, they planned for their future (which is here now).

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Armageddon house?

by exjwlemming in

the other night, my wife and i were driving through a upscale suburb with old, large, beautiful homes.

there is one house that my never jw she really likes.

as we drove by the house, i turned to her and said, "that's your armageddon house.

LongHairGal

ALIVE:

Sadly, in my opinion, many JWs have lost their humanity when they make remarks about non-JW people ‘having their reward in full’ just because they are well-off.

I felt too many JWs were self-righteous just because they put themselves in the position of pursuing poverty and I felt they are/were jealous of anybody (in or out of the religion) who is materially better off than they are.

I never concerned myself about the hypocritical attitudes of JWs with regard to wealth and careers. I just knew I had to look out for myself because nobody else there was going to support me!

I don’t know the present material status of the JW who made the callous remark about people with nice homes..but they are certainly a Baby Boomer over retirement age. They must be horrified if they have to struggle now to make ends meet. I know the husband does food deliveries and he’s over seventy.