your tv definitely is demonized and should be burned in a fire. it's the only way to remove the demons. you will probably have to chant jehovah, jehovah in order for the demons to release their hold on your tv -- otherwise, the tv will be immune to fire. KIDDING! however, I was told stories during my childhood in JW-ville about various objects, books, etc that were demonized and would not burn because of the evil spirits and only jehovahs name broke the spell. I think I was about five when my parents chose to tell me these creepy stories...however, they would not allow me to watch Wizard of Oz. too many witches and scary stuff. go figure!
limbogirl
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My TV Has Demons
by Undecided inrecently my tv will turn itself on ocassionally.
my wife said it has changed channels while she was watching it.
the remote was not out in the open, but was in the arm of my recliner.
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Elders sting operation on myspace
by troubled mind ina certain young person told me last night a jw friend of his from n.y. received an elder visit .
the suspect was told that the elders had been lurking about on myspace and had caught several young ones with accounts there .
they told this person's account was benign yet was counseled it was bad association to be on myspace.
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limbogirl
Must be a slow day in JW-ville --- apparently not enough immorality run amok at the local KH so these morons are out trying to drum up some scandal in order to invoke a JC hearing. Pathetic.
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What are you good at?
by JH in.
i'll try to figure out what i'm good at......... i think i'll need some help here..
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limbogirl
I'm good at goofing off while looking completely busy and engaged. Learned how at the kingdom hall.
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What did you take with you when you left the organization?
by coffee_black inleaving the organization, it is like packing for a journey you can choose what you take with you, and what you leave behind (other than people).
there are things i chose to take with me.
for example, i have used the sales training to my advantage over the years.
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limbogirl
I took with me an aversion to dimwitted men in cheap suits who by day toil as janitors and by night are throwing about the power and control that they can't obtain in the real world in a real organization of any merit or substance because they are in fact -- dimwits.
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JW Children, Holidays, and Memories
by somebodylovesme inmy husband and i were walking through the store today and we passed a display of valentines -- you know, the kind that school kids buy and exchange in the classroom.
i paused and glanced them over, remembering how much i used to love holidays at school.
(husband is an inactive/faded jw; i was never one.
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limbogirl
Carla---I have discovered many wonderful things that non-JW families do -- one of the biggest being that most that I know love each other unconditionally. I think back to all of the things that my parents made us believe about non-JWs -- I grew up thinking that non-JWs really hated the holidays but just went along because they were conformists under the influence of satan. I'm so glad to be out and raising my son in a NON-JW family! He will never have to say pathetic things to his schoolmates and teachers -- he doesn't even know how good he's got it. :)
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limbogirl
the jw's are absolutely a cult. period.
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Post A Random Thought - (Fluff Alert)
by jeanniebeanz in.
post whatever happened to "pop into your head" when you decided to open this thread.. j.
*i wonder if there are any more pepsi's in the fridge?
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limbogirl
what's for lunch?
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Lo' and Behold - I start hearing Kingdom Melodies in the coffee shop.....
by AK - Jeff ini was peacefully reading an old copy of stephen cox' article "can the truth survive the internet", and all of a sudden i realize that the instrumental music playing is the d*mn kingdom melodies.
it was actually pretty good.
it was that instrumental cd released sometime back with a lot of harp, piano, and woodwinds in it.
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limbogirl
the kingdom melodies completely suck -- i remember several times the entire cong stopped singing because no one could follow the melody -- was downright embarrassing. my mother claims that of course the worlds most talented musicians arranged and wrote the kingdom melodies. i think there's subliminal messaging going on -- god knows what would happen if you played that stuff backward....
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JW Children, Holidays, and Memories
by somebodylovesme inmy husband and i were walking through the store today and we passed a display of valentines -- you know, the kind that school kids buy and exchange in the classroom.
i paused and glanced them over, remembering how much i used to love holidays at school.
(husband is an inactive/faded jw; i was never one.
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limbogirl
the idea of "every day being like christmas" never added up to me yet I bought into it, believed it and said it to people. and if someone called me on it I justified it by saying that if my parents wanted to buy me something they didn't have to wait until my birthday or christmas...they could buy it whenever they wanted. I thought this sounded really grand but I'm sure people thought I was pathetic.
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parents please
by Ellie in.
i have 2 children, a 3 year old and a baby.. i spend all my time trying to make my 3 year old happy (i'm not so concerned about georgia as shes only 6 months old), i pack her days with fun things to do and i hate to tell her off as i feel so guilty, i'm so scared of being a bad mum and ruining her childhood.. do any of you other parents feel like this at all?
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limbogirl
I definitely feel like this sometimes with my 3 year old son. I think it stems from two things: 1. his father and I are divorced and my son splits his time btwn us 50/50 so i have guilt about that and want his time with me to be fun and memorable (plus I work fulltime) 2. I find myself making up for my own childhood as a jw through him -- I love seeing him having fun and participating in pre-school activities, weekend playgroup etc. neither of these reasons are acceptable, though and I battle with myself constantly to do the right thing by him which the rational me knows is to provide discipline, set boundaries, encourage his independence, instill in him a generous spirit and ensure that he doesn't grow up to be bratty and spoiled. That means saying no sometimes and not doing everything for him or providing him constant entertainment. Plus, I'm motivated by the fact that a lot of JWs seem to think that only JW children are well disciplined and behaved. I'm out to prove to my mother that "worldly" parents, myself included, are more than capable of raising a bright, happy, well adjusted child without using fear and excessive force as a way to discipline. my two cents...sorry if I get long winded and run off on a tangent but this subject is near and dear to me!