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  Being a JW Used to Be Fun :-)

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we found some people who were happy to welcome us into their homes, even offering us food and drink.. sometimes, they would flag us down and ask for the magazines, walk miles to the kh meetings, come to our defense if someone got ugly or rude.. now, jw's are either routinely ignored or outright vilified.. no one respects them anymore.. sad.. .

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  This is just an observation, but I think it was the sense of belonging that made it fun. Honestly, I could have been raised in the Mormons or any other close knit religious group and I would have thought it was fun as a kid. Automatic family, automatic friends. Always stuff to do and hang out with. You can't beat that. If only it weren't for all that pesky brainwashing.
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  In your memory, what was the nicest day you had out in field service?

  by LoisLane looking for Superman in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  for me, that happy day was in morro bay, calif. it was the fall, oct 1958 or 9. gorgeous weather.

  the sun was shining and the wind was coming off of the ocean.. at that time, morro bay was unassigned territory.. talesin on another thread was talking about a lovely day she had, going with her grandfather, talking with a mr languages.

  lol.

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  Wild_Thing

  I have another field service story.

  When I was a teenager, they sold our KH and had plans to rebuild. There was a period of a few months where we had to meet at another KH, and for field service, we would meet at one of the "sister's" homes.

  Well, me and my other teenage friend (we were both young regular pioneers) were watching and talking about a music video for a song called "Baby Got Back" (sometime when we were hanging out). We thought it was really funny because it used animated fruit in a very suggesstive sexual way. It also has the guy that is rapping sitting on top of a giant butt. Remember, we were teenagers.

  Well, the next day at service, during lunch, she whips out a videotape. She recorded the video! She popped in the tape into the sister's VHS player and shows all the other pioneers and whoever else was there this "funny" video she recorded during our lunch time! (The sister allowed it.) People either laughed or did not say anything. Someone told on her to the elders and she had a stern talking to! She was told that whatever house they meet in for service should be treated like the KH.

  I thought it was pretty stupid for her to show it, but it sure was funny watching all these uber pionners munch on their sandwiches and watch Baby Got Back!
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  I am on the edge of a freak out ..... I think???

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so the rc really sucked, but i made it through.

  the propaganda was mind blowing.

  i don't know if the crap will be available on the official website or not, but hopefully it gets leaked somehow.

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  Wild_Thing

  I remember feeling the same kind of rage and urge to give up right before I finally left for good. It was always the worst after the conventions. My very last anything that I attended was the district convention of 2001.

  I am predicting this is your last year, my friend.
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  In your memory, what was the nicest day you had out in field service?

  by LoisLane looking for Superman in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  for me, that happy day was in morro bay, calif. it was the fall, oct 1958 or 9. gorgeous weather.

  the sun was shining and the wind was coming off of the ocean.. at that time, morro bay was unassigned territory.. talesin on another thread was talking about a lovely day she had, going with her grandfather, talking with a mr languages.

  lol.

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  Wild_Thing

  @villagegirl:

  I think it's healthy and perfectly okay to try to remember pleasant memories. I grew up in quite an abusive house. We were staunch JWs. Dad was an elder. Totally lived a double life. Trying to remember any speck of pleasantness, as hard as it may be, is what helps keep me sane.
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  The day the GB said OK to Christmas

  by fredPotato in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i was just imagining how it would look like if one day jws were allowed to celebrate christmas again:.

  so i put together this montage.. .

  wouldn't it be a thrill?

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  Wild_Thing

  But you do know that Guy Pierce, front row, far right, is dead???

  Oops!
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  What happens after you get the registered letter?

  by paul from cleveland in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my friend's daughter, who was baptized at 14, has decided to leave the witnesses.

  she's in her early 20's.

  she's stopped going to meeting a while ago and moved in with her father who is disfellowshipped.

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  Yes, it was quite a fine witness for what lunatics they are!
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  The day the GB said OK to Christmas

  by fredPotato in

  1. social
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  i was just imagining how it would look like if one day jws were allowed to celebrate christmas again:.

  so i put together this montage.. .

  wouldn't it be a thrill?

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  Wild_Thing

  This would make a great Christmas card!
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  Australian Government publishes on official web site the current Jehovah's Witnesses "Handling of Child Abuse" confidential letter to all bodies of elders (October 1, 2012)

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the current jehovah's witnesses official child abuse handling procedure letter to all bodies of elders (october 1, 2012) has been placed into public domain by the australian (victoria) government "inquiry into the handling of child abuse by religious oganisations".. official government web site link to letter:.

  http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/committees/fcdc/inquiries/57th/child_abuse_inquiry/submissions/steven_unthank_supp_a_appendix_1.pdf.

  short link:.

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  Wild_Thing

  What's interesting is this letter looks like it was intended for only U.S. congregations. Was this officially to all congregations world wide?
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  What happens after you get the registered letter?

  by paul from cleveland in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my friend's daughter, who was baptized at 14, has decided to leave the witnesses.

  she's in her early 20's.

  she's stopped going to meeting a while ago and moved in with her father who is disfellowshipped.

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  Wild_Thing

  I had a friend who had the local elders that kept trying to get her to come to a judicial committee, and they ended up disfellowshipping her in absentia. Two elders dressed up in suits showed up at her work asking for her so they could inform her in person that she had been disfellowshipped. Her boss thought they were the FBI looking for her!
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  In your memory, what was the nicest day you had out in field service?

  by LoisLane looking for Superman in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  for me, that happy day was in morro bay, calif. it was the fall, oct 1958 or 9. gorgeous weather.

  the sun was shining and the wind was coming off of the ocean.. at that time, morro bay was unassigned territory.. talesin on another thread was talking about a lovely day she had, going with her grandfather, talking with a mr languages.

  lol.

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  Wild_Thing

  I have two stories:

  1) Friday field service always consisted of going on return visits that were close to, or on the way to, garage sales the pioneers had mapped out. Well, one Friday, there was a rich, fancy subdivision that was having a neighborhood garage sale. The only problem was that it was outside our territory and in the territory of another Kingdom Hall. We all swore each other to secrecy and went, stopping at laundrymats on the way, to keep our time going. I was a young teen pioneer when this happened, and it felt fun to be a bit of a rebel with the rest of the pioneers! Either they kept doing it or someone found out, but they totally got busted for it, and never did it again! (That I know of!)

  2) The other pleasant memory happened when I was kid and we drove many, many miles to work unassigned territory. It was deep in the woods and I found the biggest piece of petrified wood I had ever seen! It was quite a find for a 10 year old. I still have it today!