Posts by LongHairGal

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Gossip

by Rattigan350 in

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question for former elders:.

how much of your time was spent quelling gossip and rumors floating around.

i'm not talking about csa type stuff, just regular insignficant stuff that people occupied their time over..

LongHairGal

RATTIGAN350:

Elders didn’t ‘quell’ anything.

If anything, they told their wives. Then these stupid women told every douchebag pioneer (who actually felt entitled to know EVERYTHING about everybody). I’m not exaggerating when I say everything.

I came to know gossip of a very personal and embarrassing nature about certain people there. This could only have gotten out if some elder opened his mouth. Somebody revealed a tidbit that some stunted born-in in the hall was a source of much gossip and made sure any new brother came to know the dirt on people. I believe this person came to know these things from their mom who was an older pioneer and heard much!

Also, what happens when an elder leaves or steps down? What happens to all the confidential info they came to know? They aren’t held to the confidentiality standard of an attorney or a doctor..The JW religion is a silly thing..So, Everybody is at the mercy of an ex-elder’s discretion. This is assuming he even has any.

I hope nobody believes they have any confidentiality in this stupid chaotic religion/organization or whatever you want to call it. Anything about anybody has been repeated by many ignorant and unaccountable people.

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Dating in the Org

by Rattigan350 in

you men, who were brothers in the congregation and you were dating sisters in the congregation, did you find that they cared more about how you made them look in the congregation than they cared about you?.

you women, who were sisters in the congregation and you were dating brothers in the congregation, were you more concerned about how he affected your status & how you were viewed in the congregation, than you cared about him?.

LongHairGal

MUM:

Yes, I would have left him too after that slap.

What an awful position to be in: to be held responsible for somebody else ‘looking good’! Never mind all his rules and regulations..There is so much garbage women put up with in a marriage. It’s having a boss for your whole life!!! It’s bad enough about verbal abuse and having to deal with bad personality traits. But, once somebody raises their hands, it’s Over. It wouldn’t matter if I were living in luxury and/or had kids, I could not stay.

I know about life not being ‘all roses’ but having peace of mind is priceless.

In times past and even in other parts of the world today women are dependent on men for the food and shelter over their heads. They tolerate Everything!..I wasn’t raised a JW and am grateful I live in a Western country and was able to support myself and Retire.

More importantly, I’m Glad I never listened to JW busybodies who tried to interfere in my personal business back when I was younger.

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Watchtower Study: How Strong Will Your Faith Be?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower—study edition | november 2021. study article 47. how strong will your faith be?.

16 note the example of geydi, a sister from guatemala.

her husband, edi, was murdered as they were returning home from a congregation meeting.

LongHairGal

ROAD TO NOWHERE:

I am sorry about those you mention with ‘relative poverty imposed by beliefs’. I’m glad I NEVER followed these ‘beliefs’ or teachings!

Definitely the churches of Christendom give more support..The JW religion gives nothing to anybody!!!

Any ‘help’ a person would get would be because somebody takes up a collection…They would even have the balls to go up to people criticized as ‘bad association’ because of having a career or full time job and ask them!!..Yes, they’d be cornered by some chump with an envelope. This is why I’m GLAD I’m no longer there!

Hopefully, this widowed sister in this fictional JW fantasy situation had a husband who provided well. Otherwise, she’s going to have to get a J.O.B.

Maybe if she’s lucky she won’t be shunned by certain married women in the congregation (as is the custom) who will now see her as a threat as a youngish attractive woman.

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Watchtower Study: How Strong Will Your Faith Be?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower—study edition | november 2021. study article 47. how strong will your faith be?.

16 note the example of geydi, a sister from guatemala.

her husband, edi, was murdered as they were returning home from a congregation meeting.

LongHairGal

BOBCAT:

Regarding JWs commenting on staged photos of fiction as if they were real:..

It is the the same annoying stupidity that I saw years ago at the book study when people would comment about a drawing in the book as though it were an actual photograph taken in the First century!

Do these fools actually listen to themselves?? There were no cameras or video recorders back then. It’s as though Witnesses have tricked their brains. They want to believe some ‘magic’ occurred and what they are seeing is genuine and not modern artwork dreamed up by some brown nose at bethel.

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Watchtower Study: How Strong Will Your Faith Be?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower—study edition | november 2021. study article 47. how strong will your faith be?.

16 note the example of geydi, a sister from guatemala.

her husband, edi, was murdered as they were returning home from a congregation meeting.

LongHairGal

RULES & REGULATIONS:

This type of thinking is what causes JWs to become heartless and stifles human feelings. It’s this type of heartlessness which can make it easier to shun their flesh and blood family members.

The religion doesn’t want people to grieve or be absent from the indoctrination sessions. They are afraid if this person stays away and gets comfort from neighbors or other non-Witnesses, they might not want the religion anymore. That would be their greatest fear: another one lost.

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SANG BLOOD

by Marcial in

courts of denmark all lands supreme court news and judicial summaries blood transfusion to a member of jehovah's witnesses was legal.

01 feb 2022. .

supreme court.

LongHairGal

MARCIAL:

Yes, I saw on Reddit that Denmark will not honor the ‘No Blood’ cards.

Maybe they are afraid that in some cases those forgotten cards carried in a wallet may not really reflect what a person’s current beliefs are!

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Suit, shirt and tie

by JoenB75 in

i always hated suit, shirt and tie and wondered why men of all walks of life should be forced to wear these uncomfortable clothes and spend the money on them.

it should be remembered some of the worst people wear them, like creepy joe, putin, dirty corrupt frauds in business, law etc.

and of course al capone.

LongHairGal

Just my opinion on men’s clothing: I always thought ties were awful and I can understand why some men hate them.

I like the look of those untucked shirts on men.

I also like the look of the un-suit type of suit. It’s more casual but looks put-together. As for those tight pants: I don’t know how flattering they are - especially if the guy has skinny legs..Maybe just a little looser without being baggy.

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Why is it when one person attack you on a forum thread eveyone likes to pile on?

by mickbobcat in

i have noticed this on many many forums.

so i don't have this forum in mind for this topic.

so you may have noticed this also, but many times on threads once someone does an attack or a negative comment about someone, or the way they write or anything else on the thread, everyone else seems to just pile on by reaction not thought.

LongHairGal

RULES & REGULATIONS:

Wow, that response was uncalled for! Can somebody say ‘arrogant’?

There have been posters that have passed through here over the years. Some see themselves as intellectuals who are tolerating everybody else who they perceive as beneath them educationally or mentally.

Usually at some point they move along. I doubt if anybody really misses them.

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Why is it when one person attack you on a forum thread eveyone likes to pile on?

by mickbobcat in

i have noticed this on many many forums.

so i don't have this forum in mind for this topic.

so you may have noticed this also, but many times on threads once someone does an attack or a negative comment about someone, or the way they write or anything else on the thread, everyone else seems to just pile on by reaction not thought.

LongHairGal

RULES & REGULATIONS:

I have seen these kinds of senseless insults on public forums and always wondered what type of mentality was behind it.

It’s like throwing something at somebody you don’t know who never did anything to you. I’m almost certain it has to be from persons of low intelligence because it makes no sense otherwise!

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Correct usage referring to the organization?

by Vanderhoven7 in

which sentences are technically correct.

1 the watchtower keeps changing its doctrines.. 2. the watch tower keeps changing its doctrines.. 3. the watchtower society keeps changing its doctrines.. 4. watchtower keeps changing its doctrines.. 5. watch tower keeps changing its doctrines.. 6. the society keeps changing its doctrines.. 7. the watchtower organization keeps changing its doctrines.. 8. the watch tower organization keeps changing its doctrines..

LongHairGal

VANDERHOVEN7:

How about: “The ‘religion’ keeps changing its doctrines.” 🤣.

Even when I was ‘in’ I couldn’t keep up with how the JW religion wanted to be referred to. I vaguely remember when they dropped the term ‘society’ because I heard an older lady mention it. Maybe I was absent but were changes like this supposed to be announced at a meeting? I don’t seem to remember.

I almost got the sense at the time that people were embarrassed to talk about it. I guess changes in branding don’t make people feel confident.

I’m Out so long I suppose I have no interest what this charade calls itself.