Posts by LongHairGal

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FOND FAREWELL TO THE BI-MONTHLY AWAKE!

by steve2 in

jw
friends

with the jw congregations about to be informed that the ubiquitous awake!

magazine is to be issued just once a month from january 2006, now is an apt time for interested parties to share brief memories and/or impressions about the bi-monthly awake!

magazines, whether poignant, hard-hitting or humorous.

LongHairGal

VIENNE:

Yeah, the only people who believed that silliness didn’t have a college degree..I remember hearing this foolish statement along with “you will only remember less than five percent of what you learned anyway ” 🙄 among some Witnesses.

I wasn’t raised a JW and considered mindsets like this to be typical of generational ignorance of people segregated from the world in general.

Anybody with regular contact with the community or non-JW relatives couldn’t help but hear at some point of somebody taking college classes and long hours of study over a long period of time, etc. …No intelligent person would equate somebody reading very simple periodical magazines to people involved in an intensive and expensive course of study over several years!

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The Saddest Thing About Tony Morris's Removal

by NotFormer in

i've mentioned before how i've wondered how tony morris must have felt when he was sacked.

yes, i know he's a rehensible human being who got served a healthy dose of karma, or, if you like, divine judgement.

to go from having all there is to have within the world he lived in, to where he is now; that's a long fall.

LongHairGal

RIVERGANG:

Yes, there are many threads on this topic but we have only a few facts.

From what I can see: he was announced as no longer being a GB. It didn’t say whether he was removed or stepped down; many of his videos were subsequently removed by the religion; and he is also rumored to be living in a house owned by the religion.

I think what stands out to me are the videos being removed. Why did they do this? This would imply disgrace. It can’t be ‘good’.

The big question here that some have asked: IS he attending meetings anywhere? If it can be proven he is not, possibly he is inactive (at the very least) and can’t possibly be in ‘good standing’ OR he is very physically ill and cannot attend.

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Depression & Isolation

by TxNVSue2023 in

i've been recently reinstated & am very happy about it.

i do love righteous (love & justice) and i do hate wickedness ( selfishness & sin).

i do love jehovah and the bible truths & wisdom.

LongHairGal

JHINE:

So the original poster claims she cannot go to a counselor because it would make the JW religion look bad (and well it should).

This feeling is not unusual among Witnesses who (secretly) have issues related to bad treatment in the religion. When I was active in the JW religion I always got the impression that Witnesses were afraid to say or do anything that would make the religion look bad in the eyes of the world.. They felt they had to ‘cloak its sins’ as it were.

If Witnesses are honest with themselves they would have to admit they do a fair amount of lying to make the religion look better. I may have done so myself a few times in the early years.. But, it was mostly because deep down inside I felt just plain stupid and had to make everything look ‘good’.

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New immigrant in New York State?

by was a new boy in

“state agencies have found 4,000 vacant positions in an effort to put illegal immigrants into the state’s workforce, according to a memo by the new york department of civil service, which was approved earlier this month.'.

in the memo, new york officials identified three barriers preventing illegal immigrants from getting those state jobs.

to address these barriers, the civil service department said it would create positions in ‘transitional’ titles with requirements ‘more in line with the candidates’ qualifications.’ in other words, illegal immigrants would be hired into the same positions while, at least temporarily, having the usual qualifications such as english proficiency, proof of education, and previous employment waived for them.”.

LongHairGal

ANONY MOUS:

You are probably right and that is what is happening: the ultimate goal is they want to replace decently paid people with low wage immigrants who don’t dare complain about anything.

I guess we are going backwards to the days before unions and protection for the workers!

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shunning the congregation

by enoughisenough in

i was watching a youtube by jerome about religious freedom part 2. it was so disgusting to see the two jw testifying that instead of the congregation shunning those who disassociate, it is the person who disassociates that is choosing to shun the congregation.

the commissioners kept asking why someone who had been sexually abused had to be shunned if they disassociated ....jdubs talked in circles and never answered the question.

so glad i woke up and got out ...to support the org is a reproach to anything decent..

LongHairGal

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH:

Are you referring to that Australia Royal Commission?

I watched some of that and could not stand that little man (looked little to me) at the table who kept insisting to ‘your Honor’ that the “person is shunning the congregation”. 🤣 Yeah, insult our intelligence a little more.

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Observations/Questions from forum newbie

by Obrien in

i joined about 5 days ago and have some observations/questions.. does anyone notice the profile update doesn't seem to work?

i like reading some of the profiles, most accounts don't have them and maybe that's because the tool doesn't function anymore?.

also i've been noticing a diverse number of subjects which made me think of the categories of people on here.

LongHairGal

PIONEER SCHMIONEER:

I was not raised a Witness either. I’m so grateful I had a fairly normal upbringing.

I came into the religion already with a job. Like you hinted at, they did not like this. I assume you are a man (sorry if I’m wrong).. But, I’m a woman so maybe I was viewed worse. Whatever the case, their bad attitude towards me made it much easier to ‘Fade’.. As I was already in the ‘world’, I didn’t have to learn to navigate my way around. I didn’t have to learn anything new. I just lost time - and that was bad enough.. I did have to ‘unlearn’ certain teachings and thinking habits and get away from the judgmental personalities there and reconnect with good people from my past. So Glad I got out.👍🏻

You sound like you have pity for people still there, and maybe you’re a better person than I am. You also have a good philosophy about life. Best regards.

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Observations/Questions from forum newbie

by Obrien in

i joined about 5 days ago and have some observations/questions.. does anyone notice the profile update doesn't seem to work?

i like reading some of the profiles, most accounts don't have them and maybe that's because the tool doesn't function anymore?.

also i've been noticing a diverse number of subjects which made me think of the categories of people on here.

LongHairGal

PIONEER SCHMIONEER:

I didn’t have a sad leaving either.. I planned my long overdue exit from the JWs.

It felt like a breath of fresh air and that a load of bricks was lifted off me when I stopped going to meetings. 👍🏻

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Conversation with old friend

by LongHairGal in

i recently had a conversation with an old acquaintance from the congregation i used to attend.

we talked about the recent changes in the 2023 annual meeting.

i especially pointed out the one about getting rid of hourly reporting on monthly time slips.

LongHairGal

FOOLEDNOMORE:

Yes, you’re lucky your wife wanted nothing to do with the JW religion and this made it easier for you to ‘Fade’.

It was fairly easy in my case. Because they couldn’t manipulate/exploit me, I was not missed and it was easy to Fade.. I may have gotten some ‘hope you’re okay’ cards, but that was about it.. In my observation, they only chased after people who were a material loss to them. If somebody had a skill that JWs used for free (a sucker), if somebody entertained and fed the freeloaders (oops! I mean the Friends) or if they had a business and contributed money or employed JWs - these people would be chased after!

I was glad to be left alone.

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Conversation with old friend

by LongHairGal in

i recently had a conversation with an old acquaintance from the congregation i used to attend.

we talked about the recent changes in the 2023 annual meeting.

i especially pointed out the one about getting rid of hourly reporting on monthly time slips.

LongHairGal

FOOLEDNOMORE:

Yes, that’s the way it is.

But, as a ‘brother’, you were more accepted and desirable because there are so few men there nowadays. And, men who have a decent job/affluent are going to be chased after. If you’re good-looking that’s a plus.

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Conversation with old friend

by LongHairGal in

i recently had a conversation with an old acquaintance from the congregation i used to attend.

we talked about the recent changes in the 2023 annual meeting.

i especially pointed out the one about getting rid of hourly reporting on monthly time slips.

LongHairGal

DESIROUS OF CHANGE:

No, it’s not ‘unbelievable’… But, in your case, your wife was married. She was ‘protected’ because she was with you.

I noticed that other attractive women in the hall who were married were not scrutinized to the same degree. A single woman was treated as though she were a threat to everybody! And forget it if she worked and wasn’t doing favors for all the Users!

The two women I mentioned are/were married with children and didn’t have quite the ‘same’ experience as I did, but are well aware!