Posts by young hearts, be free..

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A Letter That Touched Her Heart, from the Branch Office, to the CO's. Wife.

by Blueblades in

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from the watchtower january 1, 2006. a letter that touched her heart.. one traveling overseer remembers well one occasion when he and his wife returned to their accommodations after a very chilly winter day in the ministry.

he says: "my wife was cold and discouraged, and she told me that she felt she couldn't continue.

'how much better', she said,'it would be to serve in the full-time ministry with a congregation, stay in one place, and conduct our own bible studies.

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How very lovely and warm of the Society to send such encouragement, it made my cold, mislead heart melt

I remember about 2 or 3 years back we had a single brother as our CO, he was around 35-40 years old and had come into the Truth when he was in his 20's. He had done our circuit 2 times before he seemed to just vanish into thin theocratic air, a week or so after having lunch with him and my then-girlfriends mum and discussing the life, sacrifices and rewards of being a CO and what my ambitions/goals were for the future....

No one I spoke to had seen or heard from him in a few weeks, except for the elders in the know who, looking back at it now, were really vague in explaining where he was and said he was serving in a small congregation in the South Island...It all seemed fairly dodgy to me at the time, and it still does when I am bothered to think of all the fucked up things that went on in the Truth.

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Time again for........ Congregation roll call

by Jourles in

it's been a while since this topic has been brought up.

use it as a chance to see if there is someone you might know from years past.

1973-1976 --- lakeside, ca??

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1990-2001 - Stratford, NEW ZEALAND.

2001-2003 - Spotswood, New Plymouth, NEW ZEALAND and Wellington West, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND.

Any takers ????

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Skirting the issue

by Virgogirl in

what argument is put forth that women must only wear dresses or skirts to the meetings or in service and are not permitted to wear slacks?

where does it say it's wrong for sisters to wear pants, and how are they convincing women in 2005 to buy into this?

i remember many bitterly cold chicago mornings with frozen legs running to doors and back to the warm car as quickly as possible, wearing a skirt which was ridiculous and inappropriate to the weather conditions.

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Well, I'm really glad now that I can wear a skirt and boob-tube without getting funny looks from the C/O when he's delivering his talk directed at Local Needs:Dress and Grooming.... I was always pissed that girls weren't allowed to wear pant suits etc, could never see the sense in it myself......My girlfriend wore one to work, and was tempted to wear it to the meeting as well but mother superior put a stop to that

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If raised JW - or in while young - how strict were your parents?

by Jamelle in

i'm just curious to know where my parents register on the scale of strictness...

growing up, i felt absolutely smothered by my parents (mostly my mother).

the things i couldn't do were above and beyond the limitations put on the other young people in our hall.

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...theinfamousone...... It's great how by their own policies and laws they actually bred us to be clever thinkers and more cunning than your average geezer eh!!

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i have two interesting magazines i'd like to leave with you...

by in a new york bethel minute in

but did you notice that maybe 1% of the witnesses actually read the magazines?

it really doesn't kick in does it?

the fact that someone's eternal salvation can hinge on whether they accept the "interesting" magazines offered at their door... yet chances are, the ones offering it hadn't read them... now that's interesting!.

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Yup, me too!! I hadly ever read them, most of the articles were boring and full of useless shit which had nothing to do with someones "salvation"....I mean, an article on ice-cream, or a story from Namibia about the native birds??? I'd just focus on the front cover, and leave it up to the reader....

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Birthdays are fun!

by pennycandy in

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tomorrow is my youngest baby's 2nd birthday.

i'm gonna wrap presents and buy a cake and light candles and wear a silly hat and sing happy birthday.

and i'm not gonna have those silly nagging guilt feelings that i used to that kept me from singing the whole song or from getting in the pictures.

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Yippeeeeee!!!!! Now the "terrible two's" start

Yup, birthdays are great - I had my first proper 'adult' party earlier this year and it was awesome!!! My sister came in with a cake and candles, all our mates were there too, and i got a few prezzies....I was buzzing for days, and that wasn't from the Saturday Night Substances

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If raised JW - or in while young - how strict were your parents?

by Jamelle in

i'm just curious to know where my parents register on the scale of strictness...

growing up, i felt absolutely smothered by my parents (mostly my mother).

the things i couldn't do were above and beyond the limitations put on the other young people in our hall.

young hearts, be free..

Woooooooh, SHIT !!!! I guess my upbringing wasn't so bad after all I had a girlfriend (WORLDLY too) when I was 12, played rugby for my school, college and club, went to the school dances, listened to heaps of music, and I was even on the TM School, gave #4 Talks, was asked to give opening prayer for the Public Talk when I was 16, and served in the Quickbuild teams.....And my Dad was a MS too...... I guess he was trying to keep a sensible and normal balance for his kids, growing up in a split family

Fuck I feel sorry for you lot, you guys had it hard for sure!!!!

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Embarrased that you were a JW?

by Lady Lee in

i have finally started to read captive hearts, captive minds.. they say something that got me to thinking.. i used to feel embarassed to tell non-jws that i was a jw.

it was one thing to tell people at the doors.

it was totally another thing to tell other people.

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make people guess what religion I used to be. I tell them first, that it is one of the weirdest religions. I don't know why JW isn't their first guess. Then I say, let me give you a hint. Then I knock on a table or wall.

That's great !! In all of my humour and wit, why didn't I think of that ? It's now my new party trick

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I'm just numb! :-( I need to vent!

by caz in

i have just witnessed for myself one of the most hypocritical scenes ever before in my life!

my sister's ex husband, ( father to 3 boys, 12, 15, 20 years) commited suicide a few days ago.

he has been a jehova's witness all of his life and and also suffered from bi polar disorder for most of it also, particularly bad in the past 3 years.

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My heart, hugs and deepest love are with you Caz. To lose someone in those circumstances is terrible, and as so many have already said those JW's sure know how to make a tragedy become a situation of resentment and anger.

Having battled depression for at least 5 years now myself I learned just how untrained, unwilling and useless the 'shepherds' are... Untrained in that their only knowledge and understanding is the severely limited amount they allow themselves to receive due to their faith in an all-providing God.

Unwilling in that "Jehovah knows best" and so they aren't willing to turn to any other source in order to learn how to assist those with less obvious/understood conditions, especially mental health.

And Useless because they know jack-shit about anything, are preoccupied with position-jostling and power struggling so therefore have no true concern or interest in those they purport to care for.......

Again, turn to your true friends for support and help Caz, and remember that we are always willing to help.

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2006 Memorial

by Buhdee in

anyone know when the 2006 memorial is?

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Jeez.... (apparently so!) Just point me in the direction of the wine...... I'm sure the PO didn't break the bank to purchase it !

I guess a free piss-up courtesy of the brothers and sisters should never be turned down, you wouldn't want to appear to be PROUD would you ?