Virgochik

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  Personality of "Anointed" JWs

  by Smiles in

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  2. experiences

  did you notice any similarities in the personalities of "anointed" jws?.

  did they use their anointed status for personal advantage?.

  were they the most loving person you ever met?.

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  Virgochik

  When I was a child, Grandma used to have me stay over some weekends with her when Grandpa worked midnights. Behind their house, was a cottage Grandpa had built for his disabled sister and her "caregiver." The caregiver claimed to be annointed. These two women had lived together for forty years, and were like a married couple. I always wondered! Anyway, the annointed sister was really scary to me, as a child. She had a wart, and was really sour and nasty, and I thought she looked like a witch. She made catty, mean comments about people, including Grandma, in her sly silky voice. They were just a wierd pair, and I dreaded the mandatory visit to say hello to them when I went to Grandma's.

  Grandma didn't like them either, and muttered comments about their odd ways. She wasn't too keen about them always wanting her to cook a big meal and deliver plates to them in the back. She'd tell me just to get the hello over with so we could watch TV. I definitely never felt anything especially spiritual about Sister Annointed Caregiver.
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  I finally did the right thing

  by cyberdyne systems 101 in

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  i had been friendly to a woman i met recently and wanted to take things further, but found out she was with someone when i asked if she wanted my number.

  i bumped into her again two weeks later and she then asked for my number, so i asked her again was she with someone, she said yes but she could still text me.

  my gut reaction through mistakes i have made in the past was to not get involved.

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  Virgochik

  That was very brave of you. It's hard to do the right thing sometimes, but it makes you feel good. Anyway, just think, if you got together with her, would she be secretly texting some other guy?
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  The 'Hand Over Your Kids And Money' Watchtower

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  once again, it's november in the us.

  the leaves are changing, there's morning frost - and , of course, it's that time again.

  to remind publishers to hand over their money to the watchtower, inc. , especially before they die ( in this system of things,.

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  Virgochik

  Yep, God forbid the Kinkdumb Hell should resemble a social club....it'd be the only social club those poor people get, and now they're taking that away too! This reminds me of an earlier thread about how some fun was permitted in the 70's and 80's, and how it's all been squashed.

  Again, I ask, how do they keep anybody???
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  NJ Recognizes Same-Sex Unions

  by lonelysheep in

  1. social
  2. current

  http://www.cnn.com/2006/law/10/25/jersey.samesex.ap/index.html.

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  Virgochik

  I don't care if gay people get married, like anyone else. I just say, "Be careful what you ask for!" I think they're focused on the perceived joys of marriage, and some will inevitably discover the pain of divorce, as well. But they asked for all the same joy and pain and rights to experience alimony, visitation fights over the kids, divorce court, reduced standard of living after selling the family home, attorney fees, etc. It will be interesting, ten years from now, to see if the bloom is off the rose!

  For those who press on into happily ever after, I wish them all the best. Just be careful it's everything you thought it would be!

  When my partner and I split in the 90's, she just bought out my share of the house, signed over one of the cars to me, and life went on for her and her new girlfriend. Painful, but no lawyers or divorce court. I compare the relative ease with which we parted ways with how complicated a split could be if my husband and I got a divorce...lawyers, court, a judge dividing assets, someone getting stuck with the bills, months of waiting, changing my name back on documents and checks if I so chose, the house and cars, the retirement investments, etc.... no simple "I met someone else, and I'm moving out this weekend."

  T'will be interesting...
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  Moving to where the need is great

  by Lady Lee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  many jws sold their homes and moved across country to serve where the need was great.

  in the last couple of years i have remembered several people who moved from western canada to quebec where we were told the need was great out west.

  some sacrificed their families, friends to go it alone.

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  My cousin flops back and forth between home, with her parents, and Paraguay. She goes to where the need is mucho for awhile, then Daddy flies her back home. She is close to thirty, has shown no interest in marriage, or getting a job and her own place. Yet, the congo is so proud of her, doing Jehoopla's missionary work. Or whatever they call it nowadays. I think she's avoiding growing up and standing on her own two feet.
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  something is wrong

  by becca1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the last topic posted is dated nov.29, 1999. what is wrong?

  also, i posted a topic and it did not show up.

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  Virgochik

  It just happened to me, too, even after I refreshed the page.
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  Comments You Will Not Hear at the 10-22-06 WT Study (TONGUE)

  by blondie in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "let each one of you individually so love his wife as he does himself; on the other hand, the wife should have deep respect for her husband.

  1) suppose you received a gift-wrapped package with a label that read: "handle with care.

  handle with care.

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  Virgochik

  Yes, that article brings back bitter memories. I was the only daughter of an elder, and very much into women's issues. I would constantly ask why women had to do this or that, and men didn't. The girls in our Hall were a lot smarter than many of the boys, and yet, they boys were the future heads of the family and the congregations? Couldn't go along with that crap. I was warned by my Father, that I would never get a husband, if I didn't change my attitude to a more submissive one. I replied, "Good! I don't want one anyway, if that's what it takes!" He was very exasperated with me.

  I have a husband now, and we do have our issues, but I can speak my mind because we are equals. I don't have to put a McDonald's napkin on my head to pray, and there is no head of our household, and a submissive one.
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  Does It Bother You That Some Posters Give Misinformation???

  by minimus in

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  i don't like the fact that at times, false information is disseminated here.

  where's the "big announcement in october"???

  or we hear that the blood issue will be changed or that something big is going to be happening at the next assembly.

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  Virgochik

  Well, my goodness, Minimus... people just love gossip, by nature and love to be the first to know the news. That's Stilla good thread, right?
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  "Won't you all look stupid when Armageddon comes!"

  by jgnat in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've often pondered the impossibility of arguing with an armageddon-believer.

  it's like, the only way you can prove they are wrong is out-wait them.

  and if they refuse to set a date, well, you'd be staring the poor prophet down when you are wobbly, grey, and snaggle-toothed.

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  Virgochik

  It's kind of like the mentality of trying to put up with a dreary job and counting the days till retirement. Some I've worked with are so focused on that date, they have literally worked themselves to death, and forgot to enjoy each day of life along the way! They died before it ever came.

  Jgnat, believing in the imminence of Armaggeddon equates with how much faith you are showing in Crooklyn God.One way to prove how strong you are, is to display ( or at least talk about it) your certainty it's coming any second, and Jehoopla will take care of you. They have little barometers they judge each other by, and blathering on about Armageddon a lot is one of them.
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  WT monitors sites?

  by Gordy in

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  2. friends

  there was a post on the other day someone was asking about whether the wt monitors websites such as this and other "apostate" sites.. unfortunately i couldn't find it to add this to it.

  i remembered a jw who worked on installing computers at london bethel, some time ago telling me that the wt did monitor websites.

  this jw is gradually fading away from being one, so can't say to much about him.

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  Virgochik

  Jourles, I have high speed internet thru a cable provider. My laptop is connected to a wireless Linksys router. Would the router scramble my ISPaddress, or at least make it difficult to trace me? Suffer the fools like me, lol, who don' t know a lot about computers and haven't had enough coffee!