I was doing some reasearch and pulled out my husbands old Revelation book. It was so hilarious, every single picture inside was "decorated" in some way. The women, especially, had to be embellished with a few extra cup sizes. Most had bullet holes and blood oozing all over. What a good little JDub he was!
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convention freaky memories
by joelbear insucking on lifesavers to stay awake.
watching families eat meals during the session.
the smell.
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Hi- New here.
by sassafras inhello, i've been lurking around for a few months now, finally registered a few weeks ago, and figured it was finally time to post.
first of all, let me give you a little background so you know where i'm coming from.
i'm 24, married to my soulmate, and mother to a 2 year old boy.
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Oh hey- sorry, didn't realize there was another "Sass" related name in this joint! :p Think there's room for both of us?
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Blood Sausage
by sassafras inlooking for some backup here..... i'm pretty new here, so let me give a quickie cliffsnote version of my situation.
my dh was raised a jw but hasn't attended a meeting since he started college (5 years ago).
he despised meetings and slept or doodled in his wt through at least 99% of them.
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Could someone direct me to a thread that talks about the Bulgaria thing? I've heard it mentioned on this board a few times, but don't know what its all about.
Oh and guess what? Thanks to you guys and the great info you've provided me with, DH has torn up his blood card! He even went as far as to write letters for my, his, and my son's medical files saying that we WILL accept blood and that is our wish. (Even if his mom is there trying to forbid it),
VICTORY!!!
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Do you know the words to the national anthem?
by Mysterious inah to be a jw and be singled out every time it's sung or played.
since leaving the jws do you know the words to the national anthem?.
thanks to the school system and a pretty good memory especailly for lyrics i knew the words in two languages before i ever left the witnesses, something that i'm quite proud of today.
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DH and I were just having this conversation the other day... I bet him that he didn't know the words to the national anthem, and being one to always accept a challenge, tried his best. It resulted in a hilarious mix of the pledge of allegience and the star spangled banner. The funny part was, he thought he nailed it. Haha.
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Spokesman-Review article "Cut off by Faith"
by Mr Rocky inhttp://www.spokesmanreview.com/tools/story_pf.asp?id=96267.
i posted this yesterday in friends but it never showed up in friends.
without a link it died a very fast death in active topics.
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Hi Mr and Mrs Rocky- I just read the article.... GOOD FOR YOU for going to the Spokesman! We're out here in Eastern WA too. What date did this appear in the SR? In the article it mentioned a meeting in Airway Heights for DF'ed people. Do you know of any of these meetings in the future? Congratulations on your new found freedom!
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Need some quick advice...
by sassafras inmy biweekly jdub visit is coming up here in a few hours, and i could use a bit of advice.... the lady knows i am a big time doubter, but she has some sort of personal mission to get my husband back into the truth (it makes me sick to write that) and get me in as well.
she comes by at the exact same time every two weeks to drop of the new wts, reads some scripture, asks how i'm doing, blah blah blah.. i'm pretty polite to her, but i'm ready to kick it up a notch.
any suggestions for something i could start with?
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Bummer! I'd love to see that!
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Kingdom Hall Diary, an Outsider's Perspective (WARNING - LONG)
by jgnat inthis is the next phase of my coming-out.
here, described in detail, is all the drama of my involvement with the local kingdom hall.. kingdom hall diary, an outsider's perspective.
this is a diary of my experiences with a local kingdom hall that my husband, art, attends.
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WOW JGnat- thank you so much for that.
As a woman in a situation somewhat similar to yours, I gleaned a bucket-load of pearls of wisdom from your journal. Thanks so much.. I will be looking for more of your posts.
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Need some quick advice...
by sassafras inmy biweekly jdub visit is coming up here in a few hours, and i could use a bit of advice.... the lady knows i am a big time doubter, but she has some sort of personal mission to get my husband back into the truth (it makes me sick to write that) and get me in as well.
she comes by at the exact same time every two weeks to drop of the new wts, reads some scripture, asks how i'm doing, blah blah blah.. i'm pretty polite to her, but i'm ready to kick it up a notch.
any suggestions for something i could start with?
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Well, she came by... I think things went okay.
I took your guys' advice and started off with the blood issue. (A good one for me, because its the one I know the most about and have good evidence to debunk their theories) I tried my damnest to put on the act of a person who wants to know more. I really wanted to suck her in to my story. I kind of blew it, but at the same time, I think I got her to think.
I asked her the question, "If your child was dying from some terrible disease, and there was only one guy in town who had the antidote. He had tons and tons of the stuff, enough to save the entire town but he wouldn't let anyone have it. Would you steal a bottle of it?" She said that she probably would.
So I said, okay, "well, all sins are equal in the eyes of God, right? So wouldn't allowing your child to get a blood transfusion to save his life be kind of the same thing?"
She got a confused look for a minute, and then started rambling on about different alternatives to whole blood, yadda yadda yadda. I think I got her to think though! I hope so.
To answer CYP's question, I'm your standard garden variety Christian. To make MIL happy, I've done a few bible studies. DH was raised JW, but never baptised. He hasn't gone to a meeting in years and is really waffly (is that a word?lol) on his beliefs right now.
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Need some quick advice...
by sassafras inmy biweekly jdub visit is coming up here in a few hours, and i could use a bit of advice.... the lady knows i am a big time doubter, but she has some sort of personal mission to get my husband back into the truth (it makes me sick to write that) and get me in as well.
she comes by at the exact same time every two weeks to drop of the new wts, reads some scripture, asks how i'm doing, blah blah blah.. i'm pretty polite to her, but i'm ready to kick it up a notch.
any suggestions for something i could start with?
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My biweekly JDub visit is coming up here in a few hours, and I could use a bit of advice...
The lady knows I am a big time doubter, but she has some sort of personal mission to get my husband back into The Truth (it makes me sick to write that) and get me in as well. She comes by at the exact same time every two weeks to drop of the new WTs, reads some scripture, asks how I'm doing, blah blah blah.
I'm pretty polite to her, but I'm ready to kick it up a notch. Any suggestions for something I could start with? I want to go slow and steady. I don't want to run her off, I want to open her eyes. She is the one who converted my MIL and maybe if she leaves, my MIL will leave, and then my hubby won't feel so guilty for not being active any more. A long shot, I know, but I want to give it a try.
Oh hey, while I'm here, I wanted to ask if there's any JW literature/CD ROM stuff that could be helpful to anyone? DH has led MIL to believe that he's still quasi-JW so she'll send us anything we want. She's got 4 huge bookshelves in the basement full of every thing she's ever received since 1978. Which is weird, I thought they were supposed to get rid of old stuff?? Anyway, if there's a particular thing anyone's looking for, let me know.
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Blood Sausage
by sassafras inlooking for some backup here..... i'm pretty new here, so let me give a quickie cliffsnote version of my situation.
my dh was raised a jw but hasn't attended a meeting since he started college (5 years ago).
he despised meetings and slept or doodled in his wt through at least 99% of them.
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Wow, thanks Legolas (and Skyman). That is excellent. I'm printing it out for DH to read tonight. I'd love to give a copy to MIL but I think she'd probably tar and feather me.