Posts by LongHairGal

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Disaster preparedness

by ElderBerry in

as your family considers its disaster preparedness plan, please ensure that the secretary has up-to-date contact information for you and your emergency contact.

also, we have re- peatedly seen good results when brothers and sisters are prepared with go bags and are ready to obey direction when they face various kinds of disasters.

please be sure you have a go bag, and review its contents at least once a year.

LongHairGal

HOSER & THOMAS MORE:

You are probably wise not to ask elders for practical advice, especially now.. I hear they are appointing very young guys in their twenties! 🤣

At least back when I was in the Witness religion the elders were full grown adult men - middle age or older.. Even if one wasn’t exactly a genius, he at least had practical knowledge of living in the world.. What does a twenty something know?

I agree with a lot of the advice on here. I was watching a YouTube prepper (not a ridiculous one) but a sensible middle aged man with good advice. One thing he said is that in some cases you should shelter in place. He said never take to the road unless you absolutely know that where you are going is better than where you are. Otherwise, you would just be a glorified refugee.

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What was the strangest situation in your JW Kingdom Hall? Was it weirder than siblings having SEVEN kids together?

by Balaamsass2 in

this is chart-topper: "jehovah's witness whose parents were siblings opens up about their twisted relationship - which saw them having seven children together".

vanessa, from ohio, appeared on an episode of the we're all insane podcast.

the 46-year-old explained she is 'one of seven kids born to a brother and sister'.

LongHairGal

RON W:

The funny story you tell is a nightmare scenario that anybody who opened up their homes for the book study would dread.

But, you don’t need a whole family of Witnesses to cause dread. I have heard of people who had one odd/pushy sister make them regret ever being hospitable.. I have heard of those words being used: “oh, do you want this”, referring to some object in the host’s home that the nervy JW visitor wanted.

Some JWs are truly delusional in thinking people are just going to give them things because of those stupid urban legends no doubt.. (And I imagine there may be more of this happening nowadays there with all the ‘needy’ Witnesses who never worked!)

This nonsense is why only a few select JWs (nice working types) were ever welcome in my home.. And this was way back when I was ‘in’ and a ‘believer’.

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Prediction: no more changes for a long while

by slimboyfat in

i’ve noticed a pattern where things don’t go the way i expect them to go and/or whenever i realise there is a trend and, i mentally adjust for the idea that the trend will continue, the trend stops in its tracks.

so on that basis, and given many people, including myself, and active jws, have been asking ‘what changes will the governing body make next?’ perhaps the (disappointing) answer is: ‘nothing much for a while to come’.

maybe they’ve made the changes they want for now, and will wait a while and see how it’s received.

LongHairGal

ON THE WAY OUT:

So, I guess you’ve seen all the recent changes in the JW religion.

What did you think about the one about the R&F no longer needing to count time or submit a slip? Naturally, this was never a biblical teaching. However, I was judged over this hourly time counting because I worked.. It made me positively ill to see this change and I was so right that I never listened to the religion!

I seem to remember reading that the 1995 Generation change got you to realize you needed a decent job for retirement benefits.

The point is that many thousands of Witnesses everywhere have reached retirement age totally unprepared because they spent time in the ministry.. Even those who didn’t get pioneer hours still wasted time that could have been spent in a decent job that would provide for them.. Instead, they were led to believe Armageddon would have come to ‘save’ them.

Meanwhile, the religion just did away with this teaching with the stroke of a pen!

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The org. Came out with a Christmas song!!!!

by nowwhat? in

holy nativity batman!

on jw broadcasting.

final song for this year's convention.

LongHairGal

BETH SARIM:

Yes, counting time was a figurative measuring stick in the JW religion.

They used that figurative ‘measuring stick’ to judge me.. Then they did away with this decades-old teaching with no apologies to anybody.. Imagine the thousands who rang doorbells for decades when they should have had a decent job???.. Glad I never listened.. It ended up being well worth it to have been excluded from all those ‘special’ dinners!

As far as this new song, I listened and even if it’s not totally a Christmas song - it definitely seems to be inching in that direction!

Stay tuned for more exciting changes in the one ‘true religion’!

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For all JW's: Stop calling others "apostates."

by BoogerMan in

if you don't want to be thrown into gehenna, read what your own faithful evil slave & christ say:.

cj chap.

3 p. 110 chapter 3 - "jesus christ said: “whoever says, ‘you despicable fool!’ (apostate) will be liable to the fiery gehenna.” (matt.

LongHairGal

Many good points.

The word ‘apostate’ never meant much to me. I was technically an ‘apostate’ 🙄 when I became a Witness because I was raised Roman Catholic.

I have read of other religions using this word. If Jehovah’s Witnesses were more educated as a group and actually read books, this word would have no power over them.. These morons act like it means the ‘Boogie man’. They are so eager to shun or call people names.

This is why I have no pity for those over-righteous rank & file Witnesses who are somewhat upset at having the rug pulled out from under them with all the religion’s recent changes - and those changes that are probably yet to come!

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Things you can not say in "field service" anymore.

by greenhornet in

jw
friends

many years ago we would be on someone's doorstep, when waiting for the house holder to come to the door we say something like ... yea after the big a this is going to be my house.

imagine saying that today with the common use of doorbell cameras and the squatting problem .

LongHairGal

DAGNEY:

Nice to see you as well.

Just when I thought I was going to slow down posting - all these new changes in the Witness religion came out.. How could I not comment? That one change about no longer submitting a FS time report affected me personally as I was judged over working full-time. Glad I never listened.

The religion cannot ever be forgiven for engendering hateful attitudes and class distinctions.. Regarding the unkind remarks of JWs we worked with out in service commenting on people’s affluence, all they learned was judgmentalism and hate so this is the fruitage of it.

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Things you can not say in "field service" anymore.

by greenhornet in

jw
friends

many years ago we would be on someone's doorstep, when waiting for the house holder to come to the door we say something like ... yea after the big a this is going to be my house.

imagine saying that today with the common use of doorbell cameras and the squatting problem .

LongHairGal

BALAAMSASS2:

I also remember hearing that presumptuously stupid statement about ‘getting somebody’s home or property’ after Armageddon. It’s nice to know some moron Witness who was overheard got told off by a resident.

I recall a time I went door to door with a sister. It was an affluent neighborhood. Not millionaire row but above-average. I mentioned how lovely, etc. and the sister said: “they are having their reward in full”.

In my heart I disagreed with her and felt that just because some do well and have nice things, doesn’t mean they deserve to be punished for it. I never begrudged anybody who was well-off or who had more than I did. In my opinion, too many Witnesses were like this… They pioneered and did without and it seemed they hated others who didn’t.

I wondered if they were having their ‘reward in full’ looking down on others with their shunning and secret gatherings!

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Who is Charles Sunutko?

by VM44 in

in the spring of 1967 district overseer charles sunutko gave in sheboygan, wisconsin, the talk, "serving with everlasting life in view"

a recording of that talk is available on the internet at several places, easily found by a google search.. but who is (was?

) charles sunutko?.

LongHairGal

THOMAS MORE:

Yes, I ignored them but I paid the ‘price’ of being shunned and not invited much! I was pretty much ‘panned’ as they would say.. I was hated for not following the crowd. I remember a naive sister once saying I ‘should get with the program’. I’d be in bad shape today if I got with their program!🙄 Maybe my non-Witness upbringing saved me and I remembered some wise things my Dad said.

Maybe a few of the elderly took ‘pity’ on me and invited me once in a while, and that was nice of them.

I am sorry for any Witnesses who pioneered back then and didn’t plan who finally wake up. What are they supposed to do??? . I’m sure in hindsight they would have planned differently. They’d trade those worthless dinners/gatherings in a heartbeat - and instead would have paid into SS and had a 401K! ..I wish them luck and hope they get some satisfaction or justice, etc.

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Advice on fade?

by NotNorwich in

jw
friends

hello, i’ve just joined here and am hoping for some advice.

i was baptised a long time ago but left soon after (da).. i recently returned and have a bible study.

was reinstated about a year ago.

LongHairGal

NOTNORWICH:

To do a ‘Fade’ from the JW religion you must plan ahead.

First thing, of course, is keep QUIET.. Say nothing to anybody and never discuss doctrines.. YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME.. Act as normal as you possibly can around these people and spend as little time as possible.

For starters, some must establish contacts outside the religion (job, housing) if they don’t already have.. Everybody’s situation is different, and it might be harder for some JWs than others depending on how much privacy someone actually has. Also, if somebody works for Witnesses they must be VERY careful.

In my case, I was not raised a Witness and worked full-time and lived on my own. So I already had my contacts outside the religion. Thankfully, I didn’t let Witnesses invade my privacy.. I always resisted their intrusiveness and that was wise because I could not have foreseen that I would need to run away from them!!

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Disaster preparedness

by ElderBerry in

as your family considers its disaster preparedness plan, please ensure that the secretary has up-to-date contact information for you and your emergency contact.

also, we have re- peatedly seen good results when brothers and sisters are prepared with go bags and are ready to obey direction when they face various kinds of disasters.

please be sure you have a go bag, and review its contents at least once a year.

LongHairGal

BETH SARIM:

I was puzzled when I read a while back they were asking for names and phone numbers of JW’s relatives.. What if these relatives are being shunned by the JW?

BALAAMSASS2:

With regard to these Go-Bags: I remember asking a JW former friend just where they were going to? Of course I got no answer. What I do wonder is - if some JWs are expecting some miracle or supernatural event to occur.. Like maybe an Exodus.2 ?