hey... how's everyone?.
i'm a new guy here... so a bit about me.. i was raised as a jw.
my parents started studying when i was a baby, so it's all i knew growing up.
I was baptized when I was 17, not because I wanted to be, but because it was expected of me.
Bingo. I think that applies to a lot here. I too was 'Baptised' at 15...bullied/expected/emotionally blackmailed etc, not MY choice. 'Dubism' is about pleasing others and not ourselves! Welcome
i have a neighbor who is a dub.
she is elderly and bound to a wheelchair.
i haven't told her i was once braindead, too.
Furthermore, my two neighbors who helped her out have known her for years and before her "episode" have always referred to her as a sweet, kind old lady.
Ah...old school. For years she (and many like her) believe that the only 'good peeps' in this Wicked World are 'potential-dubs'..? OR is she 'angry' because Satan is very cunning (a Catholic in her midst on 'pretence' of doing good deeds)...
i have a neighbor who is a dub.
she is elderly and bound to a wheelchair.
i haven't told her i was once braindead, too.
It never fails to amaze me that senior (in years) dubs have to rely on 'Worldlies' for any practical help. Are the dubs waiting for the 'New System' till they help each other to harvest/build/bury Worldlies and loot their homes..?
You mean I haven't already missed it...? Sheesh, I thought it was LAST night, now I'm going to have to miss it all over again.
are jehovah's witnesses really the only religion that promotes and preaches the name of jehovah?.
jw's are always claiming that they are the only religion that preaches and uses the name jehovah, and that is why only they will be saved.
for example, look at this quote from the watchtower:.
In fact, if the Catholic Church 'registers' the name 'Jehovah (as it could prove the source of the name), could it sue the WT every time they used the name...? Lol
are jehovah's witnesses really the only religion that promotes and preaches the name of jehovah?.
jw's are always claiming that they are the only religion that preaches and uses the name jehovah, and that is why only they will be saved.
for example, look at this quote from the watchtower:.
Hasn't the WT copyrighted the name 'Jehovah' yet...?
Jehovah=A 14th century Translation Mistake,made by a Catholic Monk..
You know what I was thinking (always dangerous, lol), that as 'Jehovah' was invented by a Catholic monk (wasn't it originally for a poem..?) and Catholics believe in Trinity, isn't 'Jehovah' actually somehow a combination of the Divine name (YHWH) and Jesus..?
It was the Catholics that inserted the name into a few places into the Bible after YHWH was removed?
it's still dark in alabama.. all is quiet on the southern front.. how about where you are?.
sylvia.
Morning Snowbird...11.36am here (England)...on my fourth coffee, lol.
I see the light underneath the door and hear stirrings from my little JW daughter's bedroom.
She's getting ready for field service.
She must get ready really early...
i was talking with a friend of mine on the board yesterday and the discussion gave me the idea for this thread !
( thanks friend !
) and it seems as we were talking the thought came up that many of us when exiting the mind control of jehovah's witnesses we really come to appreciate the freedom to think how we want and be able to have access to other views which helps us to have a broader scope , or broader world view than just the tunnel vision of the wt society.
I can be 'true to myself'. I don't have to consider what JWs think of me anymore (I was judged unfairly enough when I was one, falsely accused of wrongdoing). I don't have to think twice about something - stopping to consider if something is 'approved by the 'Society'. I AM true to myself. I'm not a hypocrite and have no fear of what a mindless cult can threaten me with.
no, this is not my annual march colon cancer awareness thread!*.
a certain poo-less poster here has inspired me to stop using shampoo.. according to various hippie types, shampoo forces your scalp to produce extra oils and it takes a while to adjust.
sudsing detergents are bad for the environment too.. plus they have carcinogens and flying spaghetti monster knows i don't need any more of those.. so....have you gone poo-less?.
I try not to wash my hair daily, oils and all that. Years ago I saw a programme where a woman tied her hair up (hidden in a scarf/wrap) for a month and when she took scarf (or whatever) off, her hair was perfect...no washing needed as hair is self cleaning as the oils nourish etc... ...so, I thought brilliant idea. I did same. Hair totally wrapped up for 30 days...after which time, took wrap off, and guess what..? Hair stuck to head like I'd had a chip pan on it.
