Thus, we may find it beneficial to be ever mindful of our speech, should we not, Brothers and Sisters, lest we should stumble the weak ones. "Hence..." that's another word nobody but the Witchtower ancient ones use.GAG! Yep, I wonder what crusty old fossils write the magazines... it's like a long ago language, really dates the writers as from another, elderly generation. How can anyone younger relate to this? If the scary suits and Stepford dresses don't frighten the householders (who uses THAT word today?) the geriatric language will! Are we not grateful?
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Does our language betray us?
by Mysterious inhas anyone else noticed how you can tell who is new or fading, who was a long timer, who was never really into it, etc just from the way posts and language are structured?
i think it struck me when i heard someone say they did their utmost to leave the organization..do your utmost..not a common expression in most people's worlds so it still twigged a jw connection.
reading steve hassan's book on mind control reminded me of just how important language is in cult group membership.
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Sleeping during meetings
by darth frosty ini was just remembering some of the great sleep i used to get at the meetings.
towards the end i would sleep while reading for the bookstudy and the watchtower lesson.
who can top that?
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It was just the sweetest deepest sleep on earth, with pleasant dreams, just because it was so naughty, I guess. Then it was just as miserable to get thumped on the forehead and brought rudely back to reality... drone, drone, drone. Brother Onon Rambles was still going, same as 15 minutes ago before Mom thumped me or yanked my ear lobe!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUNI!!!
by fullofdoubtnow inhappy birthday juni!!!.
have a really wonderful day.
linda & trev.
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It's the Age of Aquarius... or Aquarius's age, hmmm, what is that, I wonder?
Happy Birthday, Juni! Please forgive, I'm from around the Lake in indiana & those Lake effect snows as a child froze my brain!
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JWs and Gambling
by JohnnyMarr ini've been inactive for a while and i can't remember the jws stance on gambling.
i'm kinda big into poker now and i want to know what to expect if i'm televised or spotted in a public tournament.
is it a disfellowshipping offense, public reproof offense, or conscious decision?
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"The slots drown out her squawking..." hahahaha! No, really! The old Dub sisters go to Vegas just to hear her warble! Why else would they go there? Gambling is the primary reason most people go, and of course it couldn't be THAT...so they eat, and listen to Celine. Preferrably not in that order.
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I hate my mother, that Jehovah created.
by vomit ini believe i grew up a good son, for 10 years i stayed in a religion that i did not agree with.
the day my mother got cancer something died with in me.
i didn't feel sorry for her i felt sorry for me.
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I was
lucky(OOPS! fortunate) that for the most part, my Mom was pretty stable and loving. She used to play games with me after supper, like Parcheesi and Monopoly. Occasionally she'd freak out when I was a teenager because I wasn't spiritual enough.What aggravates the
pisslife out of me, though, is how clueless about life she is. She lived her whole life in a sheltered JW Stepford wife bubble. She greeted Dad at the door in her gingham apron, had dinner ready, and sat modestly at the Hall. She has no idea what I'm talking to her about, when I tell her work is really stressful, lots of overtime, etc. No clue what it's like at all, to work and earn a living. To pay a mortgage, or make a car payment.I too, wonder what she could've been, what talents she might have displayed if she'd done more with herself than cook, sew and pioneer. Not that I'm saying every wife should have a job outside the home, but I do wish she could have developed herself more, enjoyed dabbling in her talents and interests, if she hadn't lived in this little witness wife cage. Well, now she's a sweet little old lady and I do love her anyway. Sad, tho.
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JWs and Gambling
by JohnnyMarr ini've been inactive for a while and i can't remember the jws stance on gambling.
i'm kinda big into poker now and i want to know what to expect if i'm televised or spotted in a public tournament.
is it a disfellowshipping offense, public reproof offense, or conscious decision?
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I've heard about a lot of them going to Vegas lately. If they can't gamble, why would they be going there? The usual story is that they're only going for the buffets and the shows, especially Celine Dion. Hard to believe they never, ever, drop a quarter in the slots while they're there!
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Anyone been to Barcelona????
by Crumpet ini'm off to barcelona in a month's time and wondered if any of you have been and could recommend hotels, restaurants, areas to visit etc?
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Make sure to have a nice pitcher of Sangria and people watch, Crumpet! I can help you, if you want...
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That looks totally cute on you, and very classy at the same time! You're braver that I am tho...I have a belly ring, but that wasn't too bad.
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My Aunt Tells My Mom I NEED To Get Back In Before It's Too Late!
by minimus inshe told her yesterday that i must take advantage of armageddon not being here before it's too late.
i guess she must be worried, huh?.
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Can someone tell me when it's time, so I can scamper over to the Hell and dive inside? Naturally, Jehoopla will never guess that I haven't been attending for twenty years, and I can hide in the ark of
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March AWAKE
by mouthy injust had a call from a jw undercover.... says the march awake is teaching the question on sex again "what young people ask" telling them about hooking up!!!!
i am begining to think that maybe those up in the writing department must get horny while writng all this stuff -the lad that called says he gets horny reading it.
pity!!!!
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Good one, Mouthy! LOLOLOL!