im a man but i always felt that it was unfair and stupid to not let the sisters give public talks. it sure would have cut down on the responsibilities of the brothers. i think these anti femenist rules about sisters haveing to wear head coverings and all that crap was put into effect to assign gender roles the way they were in the olden days, the time period when the GB grew up in. i think they are sexist. why are there no women in the GB???
Posts by aoxo
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18Sisters, did you feel inferior to Brothers?
by JH inhaving less privileges than brothers, did you feel inferior or simply different?.
would you have prefered to be treated equally to brothers, but with all the responsibilities that go with it?.
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banned bands and songs
by aoxo inanybody have the bethal list of banned musicians and songs.
i remember after my sister got baptised she said that the brother who dunked her under told her not to listen to a song, i think it was "new sensation" or something like that which was a popular song for the 80's period.
i remember a lot of songs being banned because of lyrics that had nothing to do with what they thought it had to do with.
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anybody have the bethal list of banned musicians and songs. i remember after my sister got baptised she said that the brother who dunked her under told her not to listen to a song, i think it was "new sensation" or something like that which was a popular song for the 80's period. i remember a lot of songs being banned because of lyrics that had nothing to do with what they thought it had to do with. if i'm mistaken, michael jackson was never baptised but they banned his music anyway because of "thriller". anyone remember any song or bands?
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Exorcism...........
by ButtLight ini have always wondered since i was a kid, why, say catholic priests, can do this, if they arent directed by gods holy spirit.
and of course we were tought they were false religions, and that its satans work to mislead us.
do you believe that they can actually cast demons out of someone, or that a person can even become demonized?
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aoxo
in the book "People of the Lie" by scott peck, he mentions that there have only been a handfull of cases that the catholic church has officialy documented as genuine demon possesions. most of cases reported as being possessed are some form of mental illness.
to add to the comment on the amnityville horror, yes it was fabricated, the boy that killed his parents was mentaly ill but the oddities of the whole thing was that nobody had heard the shots fired from the high powered rifle. none of the neighbors or seemingly any of the family members. the family members were all found dead lying in the position that they were sleeping in. this boy killed his parents and then went upstairs to kill his siblings, so there was plenty of time for them to wake up and inspect the noise but they were found shot to death lying on their stomachs undesturbed from the sounds of the rifle shots from downstairs where there parents were shot. the parents were also found lying in such a way to appear that they had not been awoken by the sound of their spouse being shot. eerie, but in no way demonic.
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IS JWD YOUR SHRINK?
by Dansk ini find this forum immensely therapeutic.
posters here have helped me with personal issues as well as historical, religious, evolutionary, etc.
i think this is the best psychiatric forum for xjws anywhere, kinda like my own personal shrink!.
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aoxo
absolutely!!! this forum keeps me from feeling all the guilt that was given me from the borg. it keeps me sane...
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Was you ever an attendent or had an attendent in the family?
by jayhawk1 ini got to thinking about the conventions and such today.
here is a guy... always a guy who is in charge of a section of seating.
his job is to get up every so often and count people.
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also, there was nothing that represented the disorganization more than being an attendant. usually when we gathered for a cleaning assignment nobody knew what was supposed to be done. we stood around for about a half hour before someone told us what to do and then they were usualy belittled by the instructions of someone else higher in the chain of command. nobody knew what they were supposed to do. i hated volunteering because of that. of course there were others who thought they knew everything about the volunteering project but realy just wanted to be big shot and tell people what to do.
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Kingdom Hall Duties
by KW13 ini remember even though i was young, i was 'mature' and i got the priv.
of doing microphones on certain occasions, helped the brother doing carpark e.t.c.
i used to hate mic's at our hall, they had cable attached so you were always tripping over this huge cable, or a sister would have it in her hand, then pull it, so you'd end up with this thing around your legs, basically attaching you to her.
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yeay most of the sisters cleaned the bathrooms, they had the attitude like it was their speciality and they jumped on it. i hated mics too. if it was one of those long sister comments and they wouldn't hold the mic i would wave it around their mouths almost hitting them in the mouth with it until they grabbed it for me.
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Was you ever an attendent or had an attendent in the family?
by jayhawk1 ini got to thinking about the conventions and such today.
here is a guy... always a guy who is in charge of a section of seating.
his job is to get up every so often and count people.
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aoxo
yes i was several times. a lot of the above mentioned feelings. there were a lot of jerk kids who would mess with you while i was standing up with the "please be seated" signs. i felt like a cop and i didn't like that. most people just ignored us. a lot of the brothers did have a high and mighty attitude, especialy the parking lot attendants. they were mostly of the ghetto attitudes and bossed people around the parking lots. i always hated those guys, especialy when there were young kids yelling "walk in da line walk in da line". im glad i dont go to those anymore, i don't miss all that crap.
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We Are The Other People, by Oberon Zell
by gaiagirl inhttp://www.caw.org/articles/otherpeople.html
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VERY interesting. adam and eve in a different light. it actualy makes more sence than the j-dub teachings that cain grabbed one of his sisters and ran off creating the land of nod. i guess there was no specific remarks on the others in the bible because they were not worshipers of J-god. the bible only focuses on j-god worshippers.
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Double Standards
by seek2find inhi all, i've been thinking a lot lately about the chapter in coc where ray is talking about double standards and was wondering how many exist in the organization today.
one, that i've noticed is that employment issues seemed to be addressed differently depending on which congergation you are in.
for instance, in a congregation in one city, a brother might be removed from a position if he goes to work for a fire department or ems service because the shift work would require missing to many meetings, where as in another congergation you may have a respected elder that has such employment and everything is cool.
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yes, certain charasmatic elders certainly have an influence over what happens in the cong. i've heard stories of manatowoc cong. letting their elder kids get off on fornication charges because of their dad's position. one family that came to our cong. from ohio (im in wisconsin) was amazed at how witness kids could go to rock concerts in wisconsin without being df'd. that and drinking was not allowed in ohio (they lived in a dry county). also, drinking beer would not be allowed in certain cong. and was in other ones during witness gatherings. wow, that work gathering just sounds cultish!
aoxo
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Overrun with Watchtowers
by Swamboozled inso today i took a little time to go through the house and throw away all of my jw literature and old magazines.
you would not believe the number of watchtowers and awakes in this house!!!
they are freakin everywhere and seem to be reproducing!
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aoxo
i remember that new york. our cong. had so many that it took like a whole year to get rid of them all.