Topics Started by LongHairGal

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Is God hooked on human sacrifices?
by LongHairGal in
1. jw
2. experiences
i am not necessarily referring to the kind in the old testament when something or someone is burned on altar.

what i am referring to is our life in general.

is he only pleased with us when there is a dead body involved (namely ours)?
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Did you believe there would ever really be justice or real judgment?
by LongHairGal in
1. jw
2. experiences
i know one of the reasons some people got involved with the dubs was because they expected to see perfect justice in the new system.

the problem i had with this was in order for there to be perfect judgment/justice there would have to be a resurrection and god would have to pay back every person who ever lived tit for tat for every conceivable thing ever done!

this would make him the most petty god around.
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They have screwed-up ideas about forgiveness
by LongHairGal in
1. jw
2. experiences
this was another issue i had with them.

no matter what someone did, no matter how bad and even if the person was dfd and came back some would welcome them with open arms.

it was almost as if they were being rewarded for their wrongdoing.
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What were your reasons for not liking the ministry school?
by LongHairGal in
1. jw
2. experiences
i dropped out years ago because i couldn't stand getting together with sisters i didn't like to do a talk.

i hated it with a passion!!

i do realize that you did learn but what i resented was that the sisters were inflicted on each other in a way that i don't think the brothers were.
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What did they all do on "worldly holidays" when you were home alone?
by LongHairGal in
1. jw
2. experiences
i always hated being alone on thanksgiving or christmas.

what bothered me was that if it were known you accepted an invitation by relatives it was frowned upon.

but what got to me was this: is god more pleased that i am home looking at four walls alone rather than being over somebody's house??
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Did you feel their togetherness and nosiness put you in danger?
by LongHairGal in
1. jw
2. experiences
i know it is an odd question and maybe i am not phrasing it right but i felt with their cult of confession (not just to the elders) but with everybody knowing each other's business it could be a danger.

for example: let's say you were a person who kept a lot of money hidden in your house and you made the mistake of telling one of these wonderful friends - what guarantee did you have that they wouldn't blab it to the wrong person and you could get robbed or something?

i always felt with them that i shouldn't let the right hand know what the left was doing.
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Were you criticized for being outspoken & lacking tact?
by LongHairGal in
1. jw
2. experiences
i seemed to have a problem with the people there because i am outspoken.

(and this was all before i had any clues to how bad the whole thing was.

) i am just an outspoken person in general and my family (not dubs) are also outspoken.
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Outrageous Housecleaning stories.
by LongHairGal in
1. jw
2. friends
i don't know how many of you did housecleaning as a jw.

i did one job and that was it for me!!

it is certainly no fun cleaning peoples filth but i did hear some weird stories.
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Have witness friends done crazy things to you?
by LongHairGal in
1. jw
2. experiences
in the last several years i have had jw friends do some crazy things to me which deeply disappointed me.

and i might add these are people who i considered to be friends.

one left her husband and just decided to cut off all contact with me.
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Hi everybody I'm new
by LongHairGal in
1. jw
2. friends
i am a long time lurker who has come out of the closet.

i have read many fine posts here and feel for all of you who have been hurt by the witnesses.

they are a lying, unaccountable organization - with an emphasis on the word unaccountable!