Posts by Casper

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Hilarious, Crazy, or Weird Field Service Experiences - Did You Have Some ?

by flipper in

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friends

hello folks.

i've seen variants of this before on this site , but i've been starting such serious topics lately such as death and non belief in the org.

felt i needed to get some humor out and exhale a bit !

Casper

I had a return visit that I referred to as the "Circus People". They lived in a run down
trailer park. Single wide trailer, each time I went back there was a "New Act".

The first time the door was ans. by young girl with a snake wrapped around her neck..!
The next a "Little Person" ans. he was standing on his hands.

I was invited in once. There were 3 guys doing some kind of acrobatics in the
living room… one was standing on the others shoulders.

The "Lady" of the house, the one I talked to when invited in, was dressed in
ruffles and lace, with lots of bows. She had long black Shirley Temple curls in her
hair with big red bows tied around her head. She was an older lady and rather
large.

But, all in all they were very nice to me, and always took the mag.

Oh, they also had a Pot Belly Pig for a pet… he had free run of the trailer…

The Circus finally left town tho...

Talk about a Car Group Conversation piece….!!!!

Cas

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Where Do We Really Go When We Die ?

by flipper in

jw
friends

oh, boy.

just had these thoughts rattling around in my head a few days, so wanted to get your takes.

my college son and i were talking and he said a fellow worker in his 50's said he had been aware his mother was sick and dying in another town , but had not died yet.

Casper

I am one of the lurker/posters…

My intro story is at

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/4425/1.ashx dated 2001.

I thought I would post my experience concerning this topic.

If any are familiar with my history, you know that I have been widowed
twice at fairly young ages.

My first committing suicide at the age of 28. Over the 10 years that
that we were married… we often talked of death and tried to imagine what
might be on the other side. He felt it was just a door way to the "Other Side"
as he put it.

My Husband seemed obsessed with death and often brought up
the thought of suicide, if things ever got to be too much for him,
his escape hatch, I suppose.

Sometimes he used it as a threat to get his way. I heard it so often I
didn’t give it much thought over the years. I was young and considering
everything going on at the time … it just didn’t click for me.

During many of our talks of death, he always told me that when he "went"
(died) that he would do "Everything" in his power to contact
me from the other side. We had many long discussions over this…

I was told to "Keep on the Watch"… (where have we heard that before…lol).
I honestly feel that if there is, in fact, a way for the dead to contact
us, he would have done it. He would have found a way.

It has been 24 years and there has been nothing…"NOT" one thing has
happened that I could honestly point to and say… "Yes, He contacted me
today…"

My conclusions:

1. There is nothing after death.
2. The dead really are asleep in Jehovah’s memory.
3. The dead are not allowed to contact us.
4. They have to be invited in some manner… (which I never did)
5. That by committing suicide he lost all access to any powers.
6. Or, he is having such a "GOOD" time…he has forgotten all about me..!!

Just wanted to share,

Cas

25

Anyone grow up in a small town?

by RisingEagle in

grrrr.

bad enter key, bad.. those who grew up in small towns will laugh when they read this.

those who didn't will be in disbelief and won't understand how true it is.

Casper

All this is so true,

I also have lived in a very small town most of my life.

Where everything is referenced by "THE" one and only stop light.
We do manage to have an A&W (not the drive in kind anymore) and
a Dairy Queen.

Years ago we were "Blessed" with a "Drive-In" theater... where
everyone could be found on the week-ends. They changed
the movie each night. Really a lot of fun memories there.

Also, everyone lived in expectation of the "County Fair"...
and still do... :)

We do the funeral food too...and in the summer you can drive
around and see the "Tent" Revivals going on...

Cas

26

perhaps this is naive of me-

by Younglove1999 in

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friends

so about a month ago, i finally "confessed" to my jw friend that my husband and i haven't been to a meeting since february.

we're in different halls, so she wasn't aware of our inactivity.

when i told her, i didn't explain any details about what lead us to stop going, other than the normal "we're confused- so much going on, new baby, etc" stuff.

Casper

I am sorry that happen to you… it can be very confusing.
I totally understand how you feel, just as many others here do.

I too had a really close friend, we did everything together, e-mailed a lot
during the day from work. I wrote her one day as usual, nothing out of the
ordinary, just chatty.

All I got back was a one word response… "Cool".

That was the last I ever heard from her. We never spoke or communicated
again. I did manage to speak to her husband for about 2 min. in a parking lot.
He said she felt as tho I had left "HER" ! Made no sense at all.

Really opened my eyes on the Conditional Friendship thing. I still have a hard
time getting close to people.

Cas

91

Avatars

by Vernon Williams in

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friends

to all,.

i wish a thread would start where in everyone would explain why they picked the avatar they have.

i have not found one, yet..... v.

Casper

It took me a long time to find an Avatar that I felt really meant something
to me…I wanted so much from it… finally found what I was looking for.

Pisces: by - Yeechi Chen

Spooky
Other worldly
Mystical
Watery
Spacey
The Moon at night in water
Pisces symbol
Fantasy

"LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL"… sometimes when I am feeling low, I
look at it… (my wallpaper on laptop) and it reminds me that “This too
shall pass"…

Cas

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WERE YOU EVER A SUBJECT OF K. HALL GOSSIP???

by chuckyy in

whilst a jw, one thing that was evident to me was the constant gossip and backbiting.....being nice to someones face and then talking about them behind there backs.were you ever a "victim" of this sort of behaviour???

is it as common as i suspect from cong.

to cong???.

Casper

Oh Good Lord,

I totally managed to "Piss" off 3 congregations in one fell swoop… I am sure
they talked about me for months… and still look at me like I am the devil
himself, years later.

The reason is so unique; there is no way they wouldn’t know who I am… I hate
that... not feeling free to share stories with out fear of being found out… almost
like still being in the KH without an outlet to express ourselves.

I am sure others feel just as boxed in… the board misses out on some interesting
stores because of it.

Cas

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How Being a Witness made you Lose out on Higher Education and Careers

by flipper in

jw
friends

hi, folks.

been thinking of this, because of having been raised in the witnesses.

i reflect back on opportunities i would have encountered and seized, had it not been for being controlled by the witness organization being told higher education was not needed.

Casper

So sorry things turned out the way they did Mr. Flipper, I too can relate,

When I first started studying with the Witness, I was working in the ER

at our local hospital... and going to Nursing School... I had 10 credits in

at the time. It was brought up that Nursing wasn't that good of a career for

a JW. I of coarse, blew that off, as I wasn't ready to commit to anything

they were telling me.

My Husband joined the Military and I was to enroll in the local college

there. He then died three months later and upon returning home... they

sniffed me out and the study was resumed.

With the state of mind I was in, I agreed to anything and gave up on my

degree and got baptized a year later... As the years went by, the more

resentment I felt. At one point I said to the person that "brought me in"... "Do

you realize I could be making 20 to 30 dollars an hour by now!" " Thanks a Lot "...

Her whole argument at the time was based on the abortion issue....

Seems we've all gotten screwed in one way or another…!!

Cas

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DID YOU EVER HEAR ELDERS/COS/MSS OR POS EXPRESS DOUBTS?

by badboy in

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friends

any takers?

Casper

I don't know if I would call it doubts, frustration maybe...

During a Shepherding visit, I mentioned how hard it was to get everything done with the constant cry to "DO MORE" and the Elder said" I know xxxx, I know...it never seems to end or be enough". He had his head down when he said this and seemed beaten.

Another time my Husband and I were talking with an Elder about FS and he mentioned that he hated going to the doors, he knew the people didn't want us there, but he did it anyway.

I felt they were both being very honest about their feelings and I appreciated that more than anything else they could have said.

Cas

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You Must Push, Push, Push To Accomplish More, More, More

by The wanderer in

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friends

you must push, push, push to accomplish more, more, moreone of the major reasons in leaving the organization was the pressure exerted on the individual.

in the congregation.

it always seemed as if your best was never good enough and more could .

Casper

This was one of the things that drove me away. Everytime I heard it from the platform, or readit in a magazine... I could just feel the guilt build up in me. I "WAS" trying to do my best. That guilt eventually turned into resentment and then into Hate... I thought, how can I sit here in the KH and feel such things. But I did. Had a Shepherding call once, where I asked the Elder about the constant "Do More" guilt trip.. He just hung his head and said... " I know, I know...just never ends does it"... That really touched me... to know he also felt the same. I often wonder what ever became of him...

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Madison Indiana/Southern Indiana

by Junction-Guy in

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friends

is anyone here on this board from that area?

that is one scenic area to travel through.

we followed hwy 56 and 156 from lawrenceburg all the way to madison and we were impresses with the scenery and charm of the region.

Casper

Wow, You were only a few miles from me... Madison is a beautiful area...with a lot of history.........Glad you liked it.