Posts by JWdaughter

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Hello Everyone

by MarieK in

i hope everyone is having a good saturday.

i've visited this many times in the past month or so, joined yesterday and finally got the nerve to post!

needless to say, i'm super nervous, being new to this whole experience.

Convention Before Op

by disillusioned 2 in

my mum today was told that she urgently needs a pacemaker.

the doctor said he would push this through as quickly as possible.. my mum was more concerned about it clashing with her convention!

she told me she would rather leave the op till after the convention even though the doctor said it was urgent.

The convention is only 3 days. The problem is that scheduling is a bugger and just moving it back 3 days isn't so likely a scenario. SHe is better off telling dr.(or nurse) right now that she needs it to be on/before/after such and such a day if she is going to stubbornly wait til after the convention. My ex had a pacemaker and it doesn't keep you out of total commission for too long. If she gets it beforehand and gets a wheelchair and help, she might be able to manage soon after the surgery. Not ideal, but your mom doesn't seem to be open to practical. Depending on the venue, it might work or not, but we all know that JWs are nutty about conventions. What are you gonna do? Remind her to make sure her will is updated?

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Comparing JWs to Jews

by CalebInFloroda in

some have asked how my views and convictions have changed over the past 15 years or so after leaving the watchtower behind to return to my familys roots and embrace judaism.

the best way to explain things is to allow both the religion of the watchtower and my life as a jew today to stand side-by-side for comparison.

while i cant guarantee this will help prove to others that the jehovahs witnesses are truly a crazy religious group, i am sure it will prove to most that jews probably are, and are quite aware of it.

JWdaughter

LOL, so what you are saying is that Jews have a sense of humor.

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I joined this site 13 years ago...

by Funchback in

hello, everyone.. as noted in the topic, i joined here 13 years ago.

i last posted here over 5 years ago.

i just now learned that this site still exists!

JWdaughter

Welcome.

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ladies , its not just me, is it?..

by sowhatnow in

ok ladies, has there been any documented studies on the role religion or society plays in keeping women in an economical and social disadvantaged state ?

im wondering how many other women out there in the world, who either being raised or being long term followers of a strict religious faith,with traditional family structures, have upon either divorce or death of a spouse find it nearly impossible to find a mate or economic stability , and live out the remainder of their lives struggling and either bouncing from one guy to another, being disappointed or used, or simply alone.

i have personally felt, that i, being a xjw and now divorced woman , with no acceptable work skills,[ ie: fancy resume with degrees] living of low wage part time work and barely any alimony , will simply be viewed as someone trying to get another man to support her.

JWdaughter

Aw,dont' say that you have nothing to offer. That's not true and I say that knowing nothing about you other than what I have read over time. Stop selling yourself short. There are still folks out there that value what you are and what you have, but first of all, YOU need to. Otherwise you will just meet guys like your ex.

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ladies , its not just me, is it?..

by sowhatnow in

ok ladies, has there been any documented studies on the role religion or society plays in keeping women in an economical and social disadvantaged state ?

im wondering how many other women out there in the world, who either being raised or being long term followers of a strict religious faith,with traditional family structures, have upon either divorce or death of a spouse find it nearly impossible to find a mate or economic stability , and live out the remainder of their lives struggling and either bouncing from one guy to another, being disappointed or used, or simply alone.

i have personally felt, that i, being a xjw and now divorced woman , with no acceptable work skills,[ ie: fancy resume with degrees] living of low wage part time work and barely any alimony , will simply be viewed as someone trying to get another man to support her.

JWdaughter

I think it isn't just about religion. It is a cultural shift. We are valued only by a list of stuff we have or accomplished. Marriage and relationships are not valued in the current generation, but if one is coming from the previous generation, the new generations expectations of job/financial success and accomplishment (particularly for women) are held up as expected, even though they were not held out as respectable measurements of womanhood in those earlier generations. So, people like my son have no respect for any woman who isn't ambitious and money oriented. Suddenly women in traditional roles are just money grubbers or layabouts, rather than displaced, unskilled homemakers or even (god forbid) women who really want to be homemakers and raise a family. That gets no respect. And if that was the path, thwarted, then they are screwed and trying to justify their existance on the planet.

I'm not even a JW woman but some of them don't even have kids, just few marketable skills and a marginal, dismissive ex who justifies themselves with the woman's status as an apostate(ish) person.

Don't look at men for anything other than what they are. They have been put into roles that they may not prefer, also. Just deal with the people you meet as people. No expectations. See what pans out. Find some nice women to hang around with.

Having a relationship seems to be the goal. Some folks don't have relationship in 'em. Take them(or not!) for what they are and move on if they are uncompatible. Do things at night that interest you.Couch potatoes won't be there. They will be home watching tv

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Special assembly Belgium

by InquiryMan in

special assembly was attended by 30,000 and 173 was baptized.. see video-footage given by english language belgian web site.. (interestingly, the press spokesman was a sister).. http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english.

JWdaughter

Our congregations here seem to be heavily spanish, cambodian and vietnamese.

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A difficult yet necessary decision

by Brother Jeramy in

the past five weeks have been perhaps the most painful in my life as a witness.. some months ago a young man (i'd say in his late thirties or early forties) began attending meetings at my kingdom hall.

he had just moved to my area from another state.

he had disassociated himself from his home congregation many years back, when he was 20 years old and going through many of the typical trials and temptations most young men experience.. two of the elders met with him initially, and they later shared the details with the body of elders.

JWdaughter

This was a harsh awakening for you. I'm sorry for both you and the other brother.Better now than your whole life dedicated to all that nastiness.

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Happy ending for this mother!

by The Searcher in

puts a smile on your face!

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http://web.de/magazine/panorama/polizei-enten-rettet-30752528.

JWdaughter

awwww

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Why using Jehovah for God's name is as good as using Yahweh

by oppostate in

in another thread i wrote some notes about why using jehovah in english is as good as using yahweh.

i'm starting a discussion on this topic because it sounds quite ignorant to hear people talk of the monk who started using it in latin without really understanding why the monk did so.. the spanish dominican monk, raymundus martini, in 1270, didn't get hoodwinked by an old jewish superstition about pronouncing the divine name with the vowel points of another word.. 1. first the vowel points of adonay and jehovah cannot be the same for grammatical reasons.

you just can't use the same vowel points because some vowels aren't paired with some consonants in pronouncing hebrew words.

JWdaughter

We don't know the actual name. If it is significant, truly, for salvation, then everyone is screwed, however you want to justify the version of it that you use. God who must not be named, did not see fit to keep it actually KNOWN. Oral traditions are dead.