i've been having a bit of a browse around on www.myspace.com looking at the jw groups.. there are so many listed there and heaps of young jws seem to frequent the sites.. how feasible would it be for someone to setup a jw group under the guise of being pro and slowly but surely bring up questions like... 'hey my history teacher taught from <insert publication name here> that jereuselum (sp) wasn't destroyed in 607bce but in 587bce.
is that true?
whats that all about???'.
I'm in if someone will email or PM me!! I tried to get on one site a while back, don't remember which one. They wanted to know what song was for that week's MS, or something like that. I haven't had any good fun for a while now!!
let me know-
shelley
I want to be like you IF I grow up!!
shelley
i was one, when in, that believed it was the best thing to share your talents with those of the bretheren.
where you a plumber, a carpenter, an auto mechanic?
then it would behoove you to take those skills and give them to the community of your brothers and sisters.
My stepdad did remodeling, electrician, and janitorial work. He was also a MS. He was always helping a couple elderly brothers with anything at home. He helped a single sister that had a baby. He even helped this guy's son he did some electrician work for. He burned up his motor and was going to get in alot of trouble. They always volunteered me for babysitting-free of course. And of course we always went to quick builds and when they build the St loius convention center. He did work for others in the congregation and rarely got paid.
After I became a nurse I started doing alot of volunteer work in the community. Alot with Red Cross on their diaster team and with a womens hotline and battered shelter. I've cut back for now--till I get my license back.
shell
how many have recieved calls by the elders that were under the guise of "shepherding", but somehow inappropriate, i.e, you were a woman alone with only one elder showing up, or you felt physically intimidated by both.
or say they show up at like, 10:30 at night for a shepherding call.
and you say "hey, i appreciate the visit but please call first!
My stepdad left my mom and took 3 of my siblings to California several years after I left home. Mom had severe clinical depression. Although at the time I didn't know what it was. The elders, or no one, came to make sure she was ok. It was like they blamed her.
Now she's reinstated, lives in an old mobile home, with holes in it. Barely makes it. No one really checks on her. Except for meetings and work, she can't make herself leave her house. Do you think any of the elders or anyone sees about her? I thought they were to take care of their "own". What a crock of shit.
Oh, she lives in Hallsville, MO and goes to the Columbia, MO congregation. That's for you lurkers. I'd get on the phone to them, cause I do plan on making their life hell when I go visit!!
shelley
so my brother and i have been having talks about what will happen when our dad passes away eventually.
most of his brothers and sisters have died in their 50's or early 60's.
i flat out refuse to attend any part of the service that would be done at the kingdom hall.
Hey dustin-
I'm afraid I have to agree with the others and go anyway. They do not have enough power to keep me away. If you didn't go you might feel bad later. You can always go to the funeral home before the funeral and pay your own private respects. Will it defintely be a the KH?
Since all my siblings and I are not JWs, mom has just said she wants to be cremated. My stepdad has remarried, but if possible, I will go if I choose. The JWs will not be allowed to dictate my actions anymore. Besides, if either parent is buried, we decided to put a cross on the tombstone, and have a party graveside. Personally, my faith has it's own rituals to be done, which I will do.
Try and talk to your dad about the subject. At least you know you tried.
love ya man-
shelley
watchtower, july 15, 1995:.
disfellowshippinga loving provision?.
"holy, holy, holy is jehovah god, the almighty.
I was always the teen that made the elder's work for their titles. But anytime I got in trouble for something at home, my parents ran to the elders--that meant an elder's meeting. Keep in mind, my stepdad, a MS, was molesting me and had been for years. Mom knew about it and kept quiet.
When I was 9 or 10 I got to meet by birth father. My parents then told me it was up to me if I wanted to continue contact with him. After I decided I did, my stepdad went to the elders, had another meeting, THEY decided I shouldn't get to know him since he wasn't a JW. One night after a meeting I was allowed to go to town with another JW girl. We ended up riding aournd with some boys from school. She got to feeling guilty and confessed "our" sins. The afternoon I found out there was going to be another elder's meeting, I snapped. I went to my birth grandma's. She called my birth dad. I took my parents car and parked it at the kingdom hall, with a note. They didn't have a clue where I was for 2 weeks. Later that summer, my stepmom and I came from texas to get my clothes. That POMPOUS bald, short elder lives close to my mom's. He ran up to the house, bible in hand, and demanded to know what I was doing. My mom was crying. I told him I was tired of their shit and I was going home to texas. He said since I was disobedient to my parents, I would be DF'd. Partied that night and celebrated!!!
The second time I was df'd, they decided I had a bad attitude and that they had reinstated me too soon. (3 months) I wasn't invited to a meeting or anything.
When I had my daughter and my mom came to the hospital, they threatened her with action. The elders in my congregation got off on entangling themselves in every aspect of everyone's life.
Sorry I got so long winded, this subject makes me want to go throw a few stones their way!!
shelley
my mother informed me of the death of a jw in my old congregation.
before i go into detail about why i address his death with burn in hell, here's his obituary:.
obituary .
We all KNOW how the JWs take care of their own!!! What a crock of shit. They take care of number 1. That's all they care about!!!
shelley
i was assimilated at birth... .
my maternal grandparents came to england in the early 1940s, and learnt the troof here.
my grandfather opposed my grandmother for a while, but then he decided it wasn't worth the fight and studied the blue "troof book" and my grandparents got baptised at the same assembly.
Okay Legolas,
Bend over while I give you a proper ass-kicking!!!! LOL What WERE you thinking??!!!
My mom and stepdad started studying when I was in 2nd grade. Guess why??!! Mom tells me it's MY fault. I was asking questions they couldn't answer. Then JWs show up at the door and have all the answers!!! My stepdad and mom are still in. My 4 siblings and I are "way out".
shelley
oh my god, i'm back into the groove again.
back when i first made the move to get out of this religion, i was partying with this girl from work, but then i fuked it up.
second semester i made lots of friends but they really chirstian, but still fun with going to concerts and all.
What damselfly said is right!! But for me, a few beers and several shots of tequilia always helped!!
shelley
my wife has been struggling with her weight since the birth of our children.
she's done every fad diet and always gives up.
now she's turned to phentermine, a controlled substance for weight loss.
I have struggled with my weight since I had to have a hysterectomy. I took that same diet pill about 5 years ago. After my first script from the doctor, we went to Mexico and stocked up. Within 5 months I lost 65 pounds. I still watched what I ate and walked at the track. BUT, I developed a bundle branch block. (electricity in the heart isn't right.) So I gained my weight back. Then 2 years ago I found the wonder drug meth, lost even more weight in 3 months. (I know, nurses SHOULD know better, I plead a blonde moment.) In 3 days I have 1 year clean and sober. I've gained all my weight back, PLUS more. I've been taking meds for bipolar, too,.or was. I had to readjust my doses. That promotes weight gain. I've NEVER been this large, can't stand looking in a mirror. Yea, I know all the crap about it's ok.....yada yada yada.....
I know for myself, I can't do the diet pills. Not only cause of my heart, I can't do them "as prescribed". They have their place, along with eating right, exercising, and short term use, under the care of a GOOD doctor.Please be careful, monitor B/P, pulse, etc.
Oh, Ms Whip, I'll arm wrestle you for the leftovers!!!!
shelley
