There always seems to be an ulterior motive to everything the dubs do. The little asides at the end of conversations drove me crazy.
cyd0099
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Just got a text msg off an old JW friend
by Es ini lent a baby thing to her when she had her first son, well now its been three years and i msg her to see if i could get it back.
anyway kind of dealt with her hubby more which is cool he doesnt go to any of the meetings or anything .
anyway she msg me today all sweet and nice asking me for my address and asking how i am etc.
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Why are JW's always together no matter what they do?
by JH inour congregation has the meetings on sunday mornings.
and i noticed that many sunday afternoons, many young and not so young jw's play socker at a park nearby.. now, i'm sure a few of them will be invited for dinner right after that.. i was totally different from them.
once the meeting finished, i didn't want to see a witness until the next meeting.
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cyd0099
l_g,
I know what you mean, I get nervous when I spill the beans about where I've come from and how it has shaped the person I am today. It takes a while for me to build up the nerve to admit to my dub past but when i do it is usually greeted with what could be termed mild indifference. -
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Why are JW's always together no matter what they do?
by JH inour congregation has the meetings on sunday mornings.
and i noticed that many sunday afternoons, many young and not so young jw's play socker at a park nearby.. now, i'm sure a few of them will be invited for dinner right after that.. i was totally different from them.
once the meeting finished, i didn't want to see a witness until the next meeting.
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cyd0099
If you were free and happy, then you needed some shepherding™ and loving™ correction™ to your thinking.
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Why are JW's always together no matter what they do?
by JH inour congregation has the meetings on sunday mornings.
and i noticed that many sunday afternoons, many young and not so young jw's play socker at a park nearby.. now, i'm sure a few of them will be invited for dinner right after that.. i was totally different from them.
once the meeting finished, i didn't want to see a witness until the next meeting.
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cyd0099
l_g,
a "worldly" person they may try to sway your thinking, try to get you to do drugs, try to get you into witchcraft, or have sex with them.
None of my wordly high school friends tried to sway my thinking or get me into witchcraft ;) -
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Why are JW's always together no matter what they do?
by JH inour congregation has the meetings on sunday mornings.
and i noticed that many sunday afternoons, many young and not so young jw's play socker at a park nearby.. now, i'm sure a few of them will be invited for dinner right after that.. i was totally different from them.
once the meeting finished, i didn't want to see a witness until the next meeting.
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cyd0099
They are more conditioned than you ever were.
The dubs view every non-dub not as a potential friend, but as an evil creature needing saving,so the only way they can enjoy any companionship is with other dubs-even if they don't particularly like the other JW. I've seen 'friendships' in the bOrg based only on the commonality of belief. It's not pretty what with all the sniping and gossip. But they have nothing else...
And it creates an insular community with an us-vs.-them mindset. It's easier to dehumanise us than view us as fully realized people snuffed out by thier petulant god. -
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Bethel Coach Trips--Is there a Dress Code?
by LDH inhttp://www.bethelcoachtours.com
31. is there a dress code?
the society suggests a dress code be set up for the trip because everywhere we stop we give a witness.
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cyd0099
Yeah, that's a good witness;
I bet the R&F will smell lovely after about 12-13 hours in the same outfit. -
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Would you change the way you left if you could?
by Gadget inif you were put in a similar position to when you left the jws, would you choose to leave in a particular way because of your experiences?
if you had nothing to loose from family etc, would you be tempted to leave with a bang, or to get some sort of revenge on those who shun you?
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cyd0099
I wish I had been more deliberate. I just sort of faded away but I carried guilt and hung on to dubthink for close to ten years before I allowed myself to really live life as a regular guy.
With a more concrete reason to leave I might have more easily translated from dub to "me". But then again, I might not be the man I am now if I took a different path. -
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What did YOU do during the downtime?
by LittleToe inso, if i'm not much mistaken jwd was just down for over 24 hours - the longest time i can remember in over four years of posting here.
these things happen - c'est la vie.. so what did you do during this time?
did you suffer the dts?
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cyd0099
I worked, slept, made crab soup, rode my bike,and started reading "Party of One, The Loner's Manifesto".
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Do you like to complain?
by JH in.
in a way i love to complain.. our roads are horrible, the gas is way to expensive, the neighbour is a pig and could sweep his darn sidewalk, the lady across the street could put a smaller wattage bulb not to blind be on her porch, inflation is going up faster than my salary.....and so on.
ok, what do you like to complain about?
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cyd0099
I don't LIKE to complain, but I'm really good at it. ;)
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Last spot in heaven taken by a recent JW convert
by ColdRedRain inhttp://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/unnews:last_spot_in_heaven_taken%3b_hundreds_waitlisted .
damn.
looks like you're only going to live forever on earth.
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cyd0099
Jesus explains the logistical space constraints of Heaven. Wow, now THAT was funny.