Posts by love2Bworldly

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Book study potlucks/treat-nights/ice cream soicals, etc.

by Joliette in

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did any of you guys have these at your book study?.

love2Bworldly

I brought cookies to a book study and the elder said we should not do that every week because it was a distraction for everyone! Sheesh, I could never have any fun doing the most innocent things.

Then we started having talks that basically told us it was not good to have large gatherings because then there was no control. Then we were told in a talk that we shouldn't go do fun outings on Sundays EVEN ONCE IN A WHILE if it meant missing a meeting. Then we were told it was not good to visit other Kingdumb Hells all the time because we should be at our own to support the local congregation.

Talk about a High Control Cult!!! I felt so guilty all the time and so depressed. I am so glad that life is far behind me.

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"Mentally diseased" article to be published in The Independent tomorrow

by cedars in

hi everyone.

as a parting gift to you all before i take a much needed break from this forum, i thought you would be pleased to know that the independent, a leading uk newspaper, will be publishing a piece on the "mentally diseased" watchtower article in tomorrow's edition.. i would like to thank everybody who has assisted the journalist, jerome taylor, in his investigation.. best wishes to all of you,.

cedars.

love2Bworldly

Excellent article!

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It's BACK - the 2011 Global Survey of JWs!!

by cedars in

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i'm pleased to announce that despite some considerable teething troubles (of which many of you will be aware!

), the 2011 survey of jws is back on the road!

there is no need for any donations, so none will be asked for in any way, shape or form.

love2Bworldly

I'll do it, but I honestly don't know if they disassociated me or if I am a fader/inactive

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Man , i feel like a woman!!!

by Dudu in

i like that song so much and i was thinking about myself.... im 29 and i took the desition to have sex with my boyfriend and ... man, i feel like a woman!!

im enjoying it without guilt.

i dunno if im right or wrong but at this point of my life i need this and im happy .

love2Bworldly

Sex is wonderful, especially when you are in love with someone. I have been living in sin with my boyfriend for 3 years and we are so in love and so happy together.

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Research Data Wanted: Married to a JW or child of one parent in and the other not

by Lady Lee in

i am looking for information from several groups of people.. people who are no longer jws but have a spouse who is still in.

never-been jwswas a jw (baptized or not) but left after marrying and spouse remained indfed, daed or faded and still have a spouse who is inchildren (now grown) who were raised with one parent a jw and the other never beenchildren (now grown) where one parent left the jws and one stayed in.if there are categories i have missed let me know.

i need this to be pretty inclusive and focused on couples where one person is a jw and the other is not.. i will be asking questions re:.

love2Bworldly

Are you interested in me as a 13 year old baptised into the JW religion with my 17 year old sister and my parents were not JWs nor was anyone else in the family? Let me know. I don't post on here every day, only about once a week.

When I was disfellowshipped at 21 years old, my non JW family members were extremely upset that my sister stopped speaking to me, as we had been very close and pretty much inseparable even sharing an apartment together for 2 years. My parents, especially my mom, had been devastated emotionally when we stopped celebrating Christmas & birthdays etc when I was 12 years old. And my aunt was very upset-- after I was disfellowshipped she used to chase the JWs down the street telling them they broke up families.

Then recently, my 93 year old non JW father was dying and wanted the whole family together. Whenever my sister showed up he would start yelling at her about making up with me. It was very sad, as he just wanted his kids to get along and to know that as he was passing away. She wouldn't even speak to me at my dad's funeral last month, and when my fiance very nicely approached her and introduced himself-- She jerked her arm from him and said "So I gathered" and walked away. Very very sad, and my other siblings are sad about it too.

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What was Demonized?

by love2Bworldly in

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what did people used to tell you that they thought was demonic?.

some examples i went through: mickey mouse and other cartoon characters are demonic because animals can't talk.

be careful of items that you buy at a yard sale-- might be demonized.

love2Bworldly

What did people used to tell you that they thought was demonic?

Some examples I went through: Mickey Mouse and other cartoon characters are demonic because animals can't talk. Be careful of items that you buy at a yard sale-- might be demonized. Smurfs. Trolls. Fairies. ET-- because his finger was a phallic symbol and only Jesus could heal. Most musicians because they took drugs.

That's all I can think of right now.

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Things that made you cringe at "the meetings"

by i_drank_the_wine in

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i always cringed so hard when a "brother" or "sister" would make some overly heartfelt comment about jehovah-something, usually related to a personal experience of theirs, and get all teared up and/or start crying.. once this fringe dude that's been df'd twice now was giving a talk and kept having these long awkward pauses where he looked like he was real stressed out, then he would start up again, stutter, slip up, and repeat the process until he looked down and went "i, i just can't do this" and walked off the stage and left the hall.. it also made my spchincter pucker when a young person would give some super devotional comment on how much they love big j and whatnot, which would make the congregation all smile in their hearts and wag their heads in approval..

love2Bworldly

WOW I could go on and on with this thread LOL Those stupid songs. Or how about when the 85 year old annointed guy and his wife were telling me that Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters were DEMONIZED because animals can't talk and Satan used the serpent.

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Things that made you cringe at "the meetings"

by i_drank_the_wine in

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i always cringed so hard when a "brother" or "sister" would make some overly heartfelt comment about jehovah-something, usually related to a personal experience of theirs, and get all teared up and/or start crying.. once this fringe dude that's been df'd twice now was giving a talk and kept having these long awkward pauses where he looked like he was real stressed out, then he would start up again, stutter, slip up, and repeat the process until he looked down and went "i, i just can't do this" and walked off the stage and left the hall.. it also made my spchincter pucker when a young person would give some super devotional comment on how much they love big j and whatnot, which would make the congregation all smile in their hearts and wag their heads in approval..

love2Bworldly

Any information from the platform about what goes on or shouldn't go on in a couples bedroom.

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Things that made you cringe at "the meetings"

by i_drank_the_wine in

jw
friends

i always cringed so hard when a "brother" or "sister" would make some overly heartfelt comment about jehovah-something, usually related to a personal experience of theirs, and get all teared up and/or start crying.. once this fringe dude that's been df'd twice now was giving a talk and kept having these long awkward pauses where he looked like he was real stressed out, then he would start up again, stutter, slip up, and repeat the process until he looked down and went "i, i just can't do this" and walked off the stage and left the hall.. it also made my spchincter pucker when a young person would give some super devotional comment on how much they love big j and whatnot, which would make the congregation all smile in their hearts and wag their heads in approval..

love2Bworldly

People beating their kids outside the meeting for just being kids, not being bad. It used to really piss me off.

I knew a lady who used to take her 1 year old to a bedroom during a home bookstudy and beat the crap out of her for squirming and cooing. Her young son she would twist his ear around if he couldn't sit still. I was a teenager at the time and it used to upset me so bad I would start crying. I never understood why they didn't stop to think that certain behaviors of babies & young children are part of the different growing phases and should not have been punished.

When my kids were really little and would start squirming or cooing I used to pick them up and stand at the back of the hall and rock them and just gently say shhhh. Kids aren't stupid and they don't need to be beat for just being human.

Since I was reinstated at the time and didn't have a husband attending meetings with me, I would get dirty looks from people, and they would complain to the attendants that me and my kids were being disruptive. They wouldn't have dared do that to a woman whose husband was at the meeting. They always treated single moms at the meetings differently than the ones who had whole familes at the meetings.

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My Sister Died This Morning After Refusing Blood On Four Occasions.

by still wondering in

love2Bworldly

Very sorry for your loss. I lost my dad almost 4 weeks ago, but he was able to live to be 93. It's even more difficult to mourn those who pass away when they still should have had many years left. But losing someone sucks no matter what.