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  How did you get the "troof"?

  by dorayakii in

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  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.

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  Carol

  The way my mother tells it....she read the bible a great deal and prayed for direction in her life...when I was under 2 the JW's knocked on the door. She wanted to study, but my father told her if she did he would take me away from her and let his father and step-mother raise me...so mom didn't study. Within 5 years of my birth there were 3 of us, my mother became very depressed....even thought about taking her life....so she prayed and prayed for direction...and called one of the local JW's...they came, studied....she gave up smoking and was baptised within months.....the rest is history. At 9 it sounded pretty neat! Was baptised as 13, pioneered, etc., etc., etc.

  Wised up faded and happier than I've ever been!

  Carol
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  Did you ever see an elder with a 2 door car?

  by JH in

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  i already bought 2 door cars, and the witnesses didn't like it... i felt looked down upon, as it was a sin to buy a 2 door car.. now imagine an elder buying a 2 door car....

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  Carol

  When did anyone ever see an elder use his car for field service? I remember when the 4 door vs 2 door lectures were going on....I was a full time pioneer and owned a very economical Volkswagon Beetle! We pile 6 sisters in that little car and went in field service...it was cheap to run and I knew enough about it of make minor repairs!

  After I was married (before I faded) I would drive my son, then 4 years old to the Sunday meetins in my 1968 Corvette Convertible! While I received many snide comments on how well my "worldly" husband and I were doing....I also received several requests from two of the elders to "take the 'vette for a spin around the block".

  Kept the car....left the "truth"

  Carol
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  Weight Issues

  by TomCat in

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  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.

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  Carol

  Years ago, I too became legally hooked to this form of diet control. Decided to stop taking them even though I was slim and trim....I was up 22 hours a day, cleaning, doing yard work...whatever needed to be done...could not sleep! I quit cold turkey, wouldn't recommend that to anyone.

  I've spent years with my weight yoyoing! Finally, I've just decided to eat as healthy as possible....walk...and not sweat the extra weight as long as I can keep my BP down. I bought Dr. Phil's book and found it helpful and I've been averaging a pound a week....I didn't put the weight on overnight, I'm not going to loose it overnight. If I don't loose one week, I don't worry about it!

  Unless your wife is morbidly obese, she's doing more harm than good trying to get rid of the extra weight this way.....if she's healthy and her BP is norman, she'd be better off with a healthy diet and moderate exercise....say a walk in the evening, weather permitting.
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  Elder Condemned Me to Death

  by Grace in

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  i have been thinking about this because of another post where the question asks have any of us ever been blackmailed to stay in the watchtower organization.. no, i won't say i was blackmailed; however, after i wrote my note of disassociation, the congregation overseer wanted to visit me in my home with two other elders.

  i repeatedly said no, that i would not allow them to chastise me in my own home.

  therefore, all of my conversations were over the phone with the overseer.

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  Carol

  Seems to me the elders now think they have the right to judge as Jehovah would judge...have they lost the part about being witnesses???? Oh, sorry I forgot....things change as they get "new understanding". Don't let it bother you..we're all gonna die eventually. You might as well have a long peaceful life until it's your time!
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  We're all gonna die....

  by PopeOfEruke in

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  every last one of us ........... pope

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  Carol

  Your point is?????
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  Please Take This Seriously!

  by trevor in

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  please complete all the questions on this form.

  the first 144,000 will receive first prizes of everlasting life.

  runners up the possibility of everlasting life under threat of death at any time.

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  Carol

  I don't either! Is this an open book test?
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  More fun and games....Reasons not to hire a JW.....

  by riotgirlpeeps in

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  so i have seen many anti experience threads etc.

  my father (a jw elder) has had several businesses for a number of years.

  (thanks dad i'll follow your example really well and become an excellent business person.

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  Carol

  Dragonlady...that's what I meant about using "ceasar's laws"

  Mrs. Jones....I think the decorations are wonderful....also be sure to ask for Birthday's (not the year, just day and month), so you can make sure the "sign" they're born under is compatable with the rest of the employees!

  Carol ( of the I'm getting sooooo wordly class!)
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  what was the deal with furbies?

  by kittyeatzjdubs in

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  one of matt's friends got me a furby over the weekend off of ebay.

  i wanted one as soon as i remembered a jdub telling me that they were forbidden...i never knew why...does anyone know?

  i played with it all day monday...i couldn't find any reason why the jdubs would ban them.... .

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  Carol

  I loved my daughter's furby....she played with it a great deal and then put it down in the kitchen....one day I moved it! A week later, while entertaining a group of friends (all of whom were either law enforcement or military members) I walked into my kitchen to a horrible sound coming from my refrigerator. I was almost in tears fearing my refrigerator was broken and I'd have to spend $$$$ I did not have on a new one. I unplugged it and the noise continued......dumb me I plugged it back in and the noise continued.....I had my significant other (we're both to old to be boyfriend or girlfriend) listen, he heard it also.....panic time. We unplugged the machine again and the noise continued....suddenly I looked on top of the refrigerator....there sat the abandoned furby......with it's battery running down....the noise was it's death gurgle! The batteries were removed and it has sat in the top of the hall closet ever since. Who says furby's are demonized!
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  Why do you come to JWD?

  by jeanniebeanz in

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  Carol

  I came trying to find an old friend and have met a whole group of new friends (I hope!). It was lonesome in the "world" not having any friends that understood how I grew up and having to pretend when I did talk to my family that I was okay with their preaching and that I might come back!

  I keep coming back to JWD for the sanity!
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  I need advice, please help.

  by lola28 in

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  i went to meeting last night (don't ask) and someone asked me to go out in service.

  i was taken by surprise and actually agreed to do street work on saturday.

  the sister that i'm supposed to work with has always been very kind to me and i know that there is no one else in our hall that will go out with her on saturday morning.

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  Carol

  When I faded, I did it gradually also. If you've only been making one or two meetings a month, you really don't qualify to go in field service. Rather than call with an excuse....just don't show up. If the congo has the right to be rude and ask why, you have the right to be rude and not give a reason. I find caller ID very helpful and if I don't want to answer the door when someone knocks or rings the bell, I don't/didn't. The WTB&TS is an either or cult.....you're either in or your out.

  Good Luck....keep in touch, it seems everyone here is willing to help, at least that's been my experience over the last few weeks.

  Carol