Posts by betterdaze

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Words Jehovers Witnesses Pronounce wrong...

by vomit in

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jehover being the most obvious.

why was there a group in every hall that pronounced some words like a bad english accent.

also why is it pretty universal, i.e.

betterdaze

Three pages and I'm surprised no one mentioned this (maybe I missed it).

The second "t" in tract is not silent. It's TRACT, shortened from TRACTATE, not "track."

~Sue

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Name food/drinks JWs shouldn't have because of it's name

by exwitless in

i saw another thread about "deviled eggs" and it made me think about this.

i'll start:.

deviled eggs.

betterdaze

Ice cream flavors: Heavenly Hash, Death by Chocolate, Cherry Garcia.

~Sue

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Books that SHOULD be movies?

by gaiagirl in

i just finished reading "mammoth" by john varley.

a sci-fi thriller in which a mammoth is found frozen in northern alaska, along with the frozen bodies of a man and woman.

however, as they are uncovered, it is seen that the man is wearing a wristwatch.

"Being two on the dreaded shore..."

by onacruse in

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being two on the dreaded shore where no one wants to be is possibly the highest grace of a lifetime.

may a warm and bright sunny spell overwhelm you with its absurd beauty as you face the storm together..

betterdaze

Beautiful! Kudos to Narkissos for saying so, summing up so many hearts and thoughts at once.

~Sue

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i'm 36, have 3 kids and was raised in the 'truth'.. since i was about 18 i realized that things weren't quite 'right' but stuck around mostly because my family is so much a part of it that if i left i'd have nobody.

i've been df'd 2 times...got reinstated the last time with the intention to just drift away after so that i could stay around my family and do my own thing.

betterdaze

Welcome, rosiegurl!

Glad to hear you and your 13 y.o. can speak openly with each other. He and his siblings will thank you some day, holidays or not.

Also glad that you can continue to have a loving relationship with your family. That your dad was willing to step down so they could take you in shows his good character and I so applaud that in an elder. He followed Christ's example, not the Society's edicts.

~Sue

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What are YOU passionate about?

by lonelysheep in

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ok, so we all know the wt used to be our passion till that died!.

what are you passionate about today?

kids are an automatic, and so are spouses for some people.. i'm referring to your interests that make up the core of you..

betterdaze

This time of year?

Losing a few pounds so I can fit in my wet suit, LOL. Jetski season starts soon!

~Sue

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My mom wants me to go to memorial

by WANTMOMBACK in

ever since i can remember i have attended the memorial only for my mothers sake though.

i am not a jw nor do i have any desire to ever become one but i know it means alot to my mom.

although now i have been enlightened on many things about her religion that i do not want any part of and i do not want to go.

betterdaze

Hi WANTMOMBACK. This is so sad. There may be a way of handling it nicely so you and your sister don't need to cave in again.

Go. Make good use of your time there.

Ask to speak with an elder about how your mother compels you — an non-interested adult — to attend or be cut off. Ask him to show you where Jesus commanded this behavior, especially at his Memorial. He'll have to admit, you're technically not even of the "other sheep!" Ask him to explain to you (in front of mom) why she should shun you, and where this is taught in the scriptures, and how it applies in your case. You are no different than a non-interested householder, or a study who just doesn't feel like attending, and should be afforded the same respect.

Let her push and push and push. Let her do it in front of an elder, and see if he doesn't kindly "adjust" her thinking for you. The fact is, she is giving a very, very bad witness and this reflects on the whole congregation. The elders bear a responsibility in this matter just as much as your mother does.

Make a JW parent accountable for his/her selfish unChristian unscriptural actions, and s/he will usually back down from threats and emotional blackmail. (I don't mean to attack your mom, I am pointing out the nature of her actions as I interpret them from your description.) Use their own bible to do so, and involve the elders if you must.

Good luck!

~Sue

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A former "Bethelite" JW's friend of mine wants to "Disassociate".

by booker-t in

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a friend of mine that was at bethel when the "change" came out about the "generation of 1914" in 1995 wants to "disassociate" himself but is terrified that his family especially his mother(who is of the annoited) will totally shun him.

his whole family are jw's his uncle an elder, his sisters pioneers, etc; any advice i could give him?

i know what it is like since my mom has been a devout jw's since 1967.

betterdaze

booker-t asks: Any advice I could give him?

DA, DF, or fade... please just let him know we wish for his best outcome whichever path he chooses, he'll be in our thoughts, and he already has a groundswell of love and support here on JWD.

~Sue

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Making enough money to attend the convention

by free2beme in

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my uncle, was a witness for awhile with my aunt.

they had a small business of running some hot dog stands in their town in idaho.

they made pretty good money at it and because they were mobile, location was often where people would let you.

betterdaze

If there was a Kentucky Fried Chicken adjacent to the convention site, would the elders complain that Colonel Sanders was enslaving the friends?

Poor guy. He should have put up a sign, "10% of every sale goes to the WTBT$," and maybe the bullies would have left him alone.

~Sue

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Phrases that control the mind and thinking

by Gill in

some of the words that i always look out for in watchtower literature are the following:.

without doubt...... evidently...... obviously....... we can conclude from this......... can you think of more?.

a lot has to be learnt from blondie's watchtower studies and some of it is that when the wt society has no evidence for a supposition it plants one of these phrases that suggest stupidity on the part of the reader if he/she doesn't agree with what idea the watchtower society has come up with!.

betterdaze

One more:

Is it not wise...?

This questions the reader's intelligence and implies that they are lacking common sense if they don't follow Watchtower directives.

~Sue