Posts by SuzieQ

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What generation JW are you?

by crazycate in

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i'm 3rd generation.

cate

SuzieQ

3rd. Grandmother was; grandfather not. Mother was;father was not. So it was a two sided situation. Can't please everyone!!!!!!! SuziQ California, USA

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Newbie question; Why do JW hypocrites PROVE that they're a cult?

by psycsnacha in

hello, i discovered this site yesterday and have been on it for hours!

i've been studying with jehovah's witnesses for 4 years and quite frankly love it.

a bit of background, i am a college educated young man (have a bs in psychology) and am currently a medical student.

Luna2, you hit the nail on the head with your "book". I've experienced the same thing within the congregation. After 20-30 years of sitting hours listening to the elders say things like " so when we really look at our effort at making more time for service, what are we seeing? Can you put in more hours, can you pioneer? What is keeping you from doing it? etc., etc.,." You get numb, depressed, feel enormous guilt for being HUMAN. I remember one assembly at the Yuba City, CA assembly hall where a divorced sister with a young son was on the stage as an example for everyone. She pioneered and worked full time and raised her son and made all the meetings. She did this through bible studies in the morning before work, at breaktime during work and at lunch time during work. Then 8 hrs a day on the weekend. My heart absolutely dropped; since I was a single mom, working a full time job and having trouble paying bills, keeping the house clean and keeping my child well. It is insidious. You just have to experience the wearing away of your spirit in this organization to understand it. Of course I imagine it to be different for men; men are actually viewed as the legitimate part of the cong. they get attention from other male members, the elders, the traveling overseers. They get to develop themselves more than the female members. Power to those of you that can hang in there. I hung in there for 35 years! I feel I wasted so much time. SuziQ California, USA

You sound like a sensitive person. I was a sensitive child also. I was constantly battling with how I should feel about being raised a JW. I really took the hype of being perfect to heart; it wasn't until I was an adult that I understood that it was not necessary to be so stiff and perfect and prim and proper. Your feelings are real to you, it doesn't mean that you are evil. It means we are human like everyone else, not perfect little witnesses in suits and dresses. Please don't beat yourself up over something you had no control over. It is painful to be different when you are a child. It's hard to belong anywhere, it's hard to accept yourself when you are constantly hearing; as JW we live by high standards. . . and all the other mantras we hear constantly, going to meetings 5 times a week! Start new mantras that enhance the person you are now. Yours truly, Daisymae

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Going to Memorial Service for the first time.....what should we expect?

by whyizit in

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we spent 6 months "studying" with a jw couple.

they claimed the wts had all the answers, but they actually couldn't answer any of our questions.

(we are devoted born-again bible-believing christians.).

SuzieQ

Wow, all of you are very honest. I think you can believe all of the advice already given. I'm very impressed. I've always felt a great big huge let down after the memorial. . . . especially after going each and every year for 30 plus years. Raise as a JW, it was so boring, meaningless and unfulfilling. Unless you like to live like a slug, think like a robot, feel like a puppet and completely empty yourself of yourself. Or maybe I was just depressed all those years. But all who have the desire and curiosity, should attend the Kingdom Hall Memorial if someone they cherish has asked them to do so. Judge for yourself. Faithfully yours, DM1307

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WT Teachings on Marriage and pregnancy in New Order

by SuzieQ in

does anyone remember studying years ago on book study night about those who survive into new world order would not be able to have children?

i thought that's what i was taught, but can't find the study article in which it was brought up.

if you do, please let me know at [email protected]

SuzieQ

Does anyone remember studying years ago on book study night about those who survive into new world order would not be able to have children? I thought that's what I was taught, but can't find the study article in which it was brought up. If you do, please let me know at [email protected] Thanks all.