Posts by JWdaughter

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According to YouTube Egyptian bethel closing and special pioneer's

by Crazyguy in

according to you tubers mike and kim and son of thunder, egyptian branch closing.

son of thunder is saying he has relatives that we're running bethel in egypt for years and they have been let go reassigned as special pioneers yet according to him this job no longer pays a wage.

he also states that 5000 total bethelites world wide are being let go.

JWdaughter

I don't know about an official branch, but they do have JWs in contact with HQ. They contacted me in Cairo when I lived there-by phone. I wasn't interested in talking, but they wanted to meet.

I don't think JWs are that hidden. Coptic Christians are at least 10% of population and the state has funded museums in Coptic district.

My Arabic teachers were openly Christian and taught primarily foreign Muslim students. Christians are not rare or normally singled out for special treatment in Egypt, officially or otherwise.

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Leaked Elder's Video: How to deal with a suicidal sister

by cappytan in

this video will be played at one of the clam meetings in march 2016.. the content is kind of old news because it is a recut version of a previous video produced for the elder's school.

however, it's still significant because it shows that the organization still has dissenting brothers in positions of leadership.. my thanks to the leaker.

feel free to claim credit here.

JWdaughter

I wanted to slap the permanent smirk off the face of the balding elder. Look up condescension in the dictionary. His face is there.

Praise jah, the chick finally offered them cookies. Tell the dips to go home and eat lunch while they send her to the garage.

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2016-2-6-BOE!

by Atlantis in

2016-2-6-boe.http://postimg.org/image/a8fiajar9/..petra!

Obviously they are feeling the pressure to justify all the money grubbing. I believe they are hearing the silent protests in their wallet. No one can prove anything about financial support. It's the only free speech left in the organization, for now! They will take that, too.

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Finally posting and I'm FRUSTRATED!!!

by stephanie61092 in

okay, i'm about to engage in a major word vomit.

just giving you fair warning as your time may be better spent somewhere else.. so, i'm sitting on my lunch break, bawling my eyes out, and writing on this forum to people i don't know yet probably have a great deal in common with but at the same time, used to scare the daylights out of me.

for years, i would come across this forum and 'lurk' awhile if you will, or see things on youtube.

JWdaughter

I don't know how long ago your miscarriage was, but if you have post pregnancy hormones rushing through on top of all the feelings that go with finding out TTATT AND being Df'd, you should see your regular physician and tell them the straight up truth about your despair.

Welcome to our little group. You really are welcome here. I'm sorry to your sadness now. It will get better.

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If all the world were JWs....

by Tornintwo in

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friends

in my former indoctrinated state, i used to yearn for a time when all the world would be jws.

but hang on minute, let's just think about what the world would be like if everyone was a jw,.

first of all, no higher education, so no medical advances, no scientific research, no modern day medicine, infectious disease rife, no doctors, no engineers, so no modern day comforts.

JWdaughter

My mom was vaporizing about building their own houses and living in them.

Mom, you whine when the handyman take too long to come over

If I had eternity and perfect health I could do it myself

You were married to contractor for 40 years. You can't change a doorknob.

Mom:

I will be able to travel and see the world. All of Jehovah's beautiful world and the Eiffel tower and croissants in Paris, and go on a photo safari. No work, no worries about money!

Me: who is building vehicles, providing fuel? Who's making your croissants and lattes? How long will the Eiffel tower last? Teleporters and magic wands?

Mom: Jehovah will provide

She thinks paradise earth is exciting. Anyone remember a promise of exciting?

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If all the world were JWs....

by Tornintwo in

jw
friends

in my former indoctrinated state, i used to yearn for a time when all the world would be jws.

but hang on minute, let's just think about what the world would be like if everyone was a jw,.

first of all, no higher education, so no medical advances, no scientific research, no modern day medicine, infectious disease rife, no doctors, no engineers, so no modern day comforts.

JWdaughter

No, sharia is better. I was a Christian in countries where sharia was in force. (Sharia is defined differently in different places). I was safe to be me, safe to go to church. Uncovered, etc. Most Muslims are not into converting the unwilling or ELSE! That world of JWs allows no diversity.

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Thoughts during the meeting today

by stephanie61092 in

while i'm politely sitting during the meeting today, restraining myself from rolling my eyes as the brother drones on about how "having an independent spirit is devilish in nature" and "independence from gods organization only results in pain and strife", i only have one thought going through my mind over and over.

"what would happen if i pulled out a gun and blew my brains out in this kingdom hall?".

would anyone notice or care?

JWdaughter

Stephaniel, is it worth what you are paying for the privilege of being reinstated? Please find a person to talk to IRL. We aren't there, but we do care. Who give a flying toenail what those dipwads think?

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Funeral Memorial Service: Who was this mystery man?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

last night,my wife and i went to my cousins funeral memorial service.it wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to be.they had two video screens with pictures of my cousin from a baby to the end of his life.they stopped playing as soon as the service started and the screens were raised out of the way.. the family and close relatives arrived one hour earlier to find seats near the front rows and have a little family time.. there was a mystery man that was seated near the front with a tablet,a jw.org pin on his suit jacket and just sat there writing on his tablet the whole time without greeting anyone or even speaking.. does anyone know who this man could be?

was he sent by the society to make sure everything went well?.

JWdaughter

At a KH, filled with JWs? Good turnout! Probably just socially challenged, maybe there to check out single sisters or something. Unless your family is very prominent, doubt there is a dramatic story here.

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I have too much crap!! How to declutter/dehoard.....

by Muddy Waters in

some areas of our home are very nice, tidy, clean.

and other rooms are just junk and clutter and clothes and papers.... omg.

and now that we are getting older, we realize that we face a time of transition -- and this is hard to cope with too, as we believed the lie that we would never get old, etc.

JWdaughter

Flylady.com has a system, online and free. It saved me and my sanity in a 3 bd 1 ba 1000 square ft home. 5 people. It was so easy to get ready to sell a couple years later, and super easy to make an international move a couple years after. . It was a system that starts slowly and simply.

I also watched Sharktank the other night-you can hire someone to do that for you if you have the money. Majormom.biz has some suggestions, but she is more a business.

I got down to bare essentials. Then added personality. One you get down to essentials it is easier to see life without the rest of the crap. Easier to get rid of the unimportant stuff. Short of an apocalypse, most every bit of info is out there online or can be saved to a cloud. So can photos of sentimental stuff that is worn or used up. Real treasures are rare.comfort and things that add beauty and value every day don't fall on your head when you open cupboards or closets. They don't attract mice, bugs or other critters. They aren't broken, unusable or redundant. You don't trip on them or bump into them. Real treasures were kept in good repair already.

I am an unsentimental fool. I know. Once I made the break with crap, I became intolerant of it. I told my husband that and he stays useful😊

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Omg New Borg Kingdumb Song, they went all Lion King theme Lol

by MrsR-Awaken in

the borg is turning into a disney music making machine check out their new kingdumb song (caution it might make your ears bleed).

https://youtu.be/goj1vbvqvhq.

JWdaughter

I think the MTC knows the words without songbooks, but I could be wrong. I do know that they have a much better choir, however. Seeing a JW choir at all is a bit jarring to my memories. . . I remember an orchestra a couple of times, but rally, the songs were enduerd, not celebrated. By the looks of things, they are they are under an illusion that they are musicians and composers now. They need to get over that idea. And if your choir knows the lyrics, it looks stupid to hold songooks that are chaep and tacky.