interesting article from today's national post:.
we don't eat together, and are paying for itfamilies in crisis: researchers say suppers apart may cause social ills misty harriscanwest news service.
monday, october 17, 2005. .
When I was married we always ate at the kitchen table as a couple. (I refused to do the daily text™ thing though). Now I live alone and eat most of my meals in front of the TV with my cockatoo on my shoulder. He likes to grab food from my plate, from my fork, or out of my mouth while I'm eating. We do not thank Jehover before eating, but the bird does thank me.
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i am curious, how many of you were lurkers on jwd before joining in the party?
im not sure if there is anyway to know how many people at any given time are just reading the posts and not posting, versus active members.
i am going to do a pseudo-scientific analysis based on responses to the following questions:.
JWD was not my first ex-jw board. I lurked on another board for about 4 months before I started posting. By the time I started posting I was thoroughly convinced that the JWs were an abusive cult.
After 4 months of lurking I became inactive, and I DA'd three months later.
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i've been out of the jws for the last 20 years.
i remember when...the wts prided its self on having khs that were humble, practical and were't a showy displaythe wts was as militant as they are now.the elders weren't as cruel to their ownthe wts wasn't always puttong their hands in the r&f's pocket and demanding money.the conventions actually cared about the needs of the r&f by providing food and not making a bunch of rules about where they could eat and what they could put under the seat.. am i remembering things differently?
has the society gotten worse?
This is yet another thing that the leadership, in their boundless stupidity chose to do away with.
The city overseer here told me that it was done away with because they didn't want the people playing the instruments to "become haughty" though I can't see how someone could become "haughty" just by playing kingdom songs. It seems to me that now, more than ever, they want to stifle any sort of personal achievement or anything that could cause an individual to feel any sort of self worth.
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i've been out of the jws for the last 20 years.
i remember when...the wts prided its self on having khs that were humble, practical and were't a showy displaythe wts was as militant as they are now.the elders weren't as cruel to their ownthe wts wasn't always puttong their hands in the r&f's pocket and demanding money.the conventions actually cared about the needs of the r&f by providing food and not making a bunch of rules about where they could eat and what they could put under the seat.. am i remembering things differently?
has the society gotten worse?
I would predict we'll have another "1975" event coming up shortly that will galvanize JWs. Prolly a complete change from the 1914 chronology that will make the endtime close (within a decade). Those who do not learn from history.....
I'm sure they'll come up with another date but I don't think it'll happen too soon. I think they'll wait until the sanitizing of their history is a little more complete. Considering the relatively short shelf life of their teachings they'll probably eventually revert to electronic media for most of their publications. That way articles can be set to expire at a predetermined date and become unreadable. Anything to be printed and distributed would be very basic teachings or fluff articles like "The Resplendent Budgie".
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i've been out of the jws for the last 20 years.
i remember when...the wts prided its self on having khs that were humble, practical and were't a showy displaythe wts was as militant as they are now.the elders weren't as cruel to their ownthe wts wasn't always puttong their hands in the r&f's pocket and demanding money.the conventions actually cared about the needs of the r&f by providing food and not making a bunch of rules about where they could eat and what they could put under the seat.. am i remembering things differently?
has the society gotten worse?
The WTS was bad enough when I joined in 1983 but much worse when I left 20 years later. Today the Watchtower corporation is God, and Jehovah is merely a name that is used to separate the cultists from "worldly people". If a god exists whose name is Jehovah, he must keep his mouth shut and bow before the Watchtower's mighty legal department. He has become less than insignificant in their eyes - barely tolerated.
It's not unexpected. That's what happens when you give a little power to people who are, for the most part, uneducated and stupid. It goes to their heads and they abuse it. It will continue to get worse.
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i believe that most jws are deep down inside angry over the fact that they went along with the status quo and the majority just to be accepted.
some witnesses would like to have a tattoo, a mustache, a shaved head, a beard, a new red sportscar, etc.
but they don't because they would be viewed as "immature".
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so i'm quitting smoking.
it's no biggee, i've done it before... .
no seriously, i smoked my last one at lunch.
your addicted brain trying ANYTHING to get you to smoke again.
Tell me about it! I quit smoking on Saturday and I rewarded myself with a smoke on Sunday morning, Monday morning, and again last night. I am rewarding myself right this minute! My twisted brain is looking for any excuse to reward myself with a smoke. I DESERVE ONE because I just washed the dishes!
Thanks for the thread. I'm going to throw out my cigarettes now and put this patch back on.
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i have been open with some ex jw friends of mine that i post on this board and have sent several the link.
one has even posted.
well i sent the link to someone who was leaving the org.
Welcome Rachael! Sounds like you have some pent up anger that's being misdirected. Talk to us about it. We're here to help.
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my daughter is 17 and she has had a few boyfriends in the past short term.
my family keeps asking her why she doesn't have a boyfriend.
i don't have a problem with that.
Congrats to your daughter!
She shouldn't get into a relationship simply because people are pressuring her. She has plenty of time, and she can choose that time herself.
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please tell me that not all men are only interested in the size of a girls chest.. come on you men, restore my faith in males.
Please tell me that not all men are only interested in the size of a girls chest.
You seen one you seen 'em all. They're all just variations of the same theme.
I'm interested in a girl who will bring home a paycheque, cook, clean, and cater to my every whim. Doing it quietly is a bonus.
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