Boring! Boring! Boring! We were normally on edge all night, on our best behaviour. My wife and I like to clown around, etc. I was always worried that my former warped worldly humour would be unleashed in a wholesome setting. However, we were invited to one gathering a few years ago, when some of the snotty nosed brothers wouldn't speak to us, so wifey and I started to make our own entertainment. By the end that evening the snobby brothers thanked us for making them laugh saying " we didn't realised how funny you both are." I told them jerks if they spoken to us more then they'd realised that we like to have a laugh.
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Gatherings
by KW13 ini used to like the gatherings at peoples houses, a lot of the folks were quite good fun.
just a pity now i'm no longer a dub, they don't bother with me.. did you like the gatherings?
did anything 'odd' happen at any of them?
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Have you made what you consider to be life-long friends here?
by Crumpet in.
now that you have attended apostafests and gotten to know people over the phone or by email here at jwd do you feel you have made life long friends;you know the kind you'd expect to come to your wedding or to be there at your funeral - would drop in on for coffee if you ever happened to be in their part of the world?.
or is it primarily just a forum of faceless entities who you appreciate the comments and support of online but don't necessarily feel an affection for or an urge to meet or further cement that friendship?
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Ironhead
I've only signed on to this site since June, I've had a few private messages that's all. However I know more about you guys on the forum than any jw's in the congregations that I served in for 15 years. Yet none of you know me at all. I've got to tell my story eventually and post more.
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All sex in dangerous and sinful
by Norm infor the umpteenth time the watchtower society has published an article about sex.. this time i am referring to some material they have seen fit to publish on their website:whats wrong with premarital sex?.
http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2004/7/22a/article_01.htm.
as we know god is extremely preoccupied with sex.
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Ironhead
Dansk and Crumpet. I'm an ex-sailor. My wife was brought up as a witness, a virgin when we married, but she even surprised me on our wedding day. For years we used to get other couples in the hall looking at us probably thinking, " what they've got that we haven't" if only they knew.
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All sex in dangerous and sinful
by Norm infor the umpteenth time the watchtower society has published an article about sex.. this time i am referring to some material they have seen fit to publish on their website:whats wrong with premarital sex?.
http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2004/7/22a/article_01.htm.
as we know god is extremely preoccupied with sex.
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Ironhead
Crumpet wrote:
I have every confidence in Jehovah's organ knowing what's best for me, but what if the missionary stance doesn't work for me? Is missionary standing up face to face ok? What about if I wish to lean against the kitchen unit a little?
Good point Crumpet. My wife and I were at one time zealous jw's, but missionary doesn't do it for her. If she wants pleasure we have to consider other positions. I remember this missionary position was mentioned during a public talk, we looked at each other thinking if the elders knew how we had sex what would become of us. Our attitude was stuff the society, no one has the right to dictate what we do in our own home. Enough of my private life.
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How many JWs in the borg are there because they want to be??
by ex-perfectdaughter inwhat percent of the jws are still active because they want to, they are extremely happy, and really belive all the nonsense?
what percentage is there because they would rather stay than leave?
easier to suffer in silence then make waves?
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Ironhead
I say about 2%. The brother would brought me into it was one of those number. He was very happy zealous, very ministry orientated, and always managed to visited the brothers whenever he was out in service. The vast majority are fooling themselves.
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Who Pioneered?
by sass_my_frass inmy two sisters did the right thing, pioneering straight out of school, janitoring to pay for the petrol (one didn't even bother with her final year of school).
it was this kind of fine example that got me guilt-tripped into auxiliary pioneering just after getting baptised at age 20. i only lasted six months; i took a holiday in queensland and returned not knowing much more about life but at least that it's bigger than my little congregation.
i despised the field service, i dreaded the daily schedule and every morning i was on my way out there was this awful countdown from the alarm going off to the first door opening, knowing that it's just a big setup to another depressing humiliation.
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Ironhead
Auxiliary pioneered for a year a month after baptism, then regular for five years until ill health forced me to come off. I really enjoyed myself, in fact it was the best days of my jw life. ( Looking through my rosed coloured specs ) However it was the elders nasty unloving attitude towards my failing health and criticizing me for not being able to work, did me a favour. I started to question first the elders then the society and look where I am now.
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Anyone forcibly removed?
by Wordly Andre innot sure if this has been talked about but,
when i was about 12, my family and i were sitting in the middle of the kingdumb hall, i was seated at the end of the aisle, and some lady sitting about 7 rows in front of us got up and started yelling, and ran up to the speaker, two guys grabbed her and took her outside, we never saw her again, but i do remember all the rumors about her, and what she did, i saw her clearly but people were saying that she tried to attack the elder with a knife, i did not see a knife, other rumors were drugs, demons, apostate, etc.
has anyone here been removed from the kingdumb hall by force?
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Ironhead
The only time someone was forcibly removed from our congregation, when a violent homeless drunk came in and tried to throw a punch at a brother who served as attendant with me, because he refused to give him some money. Luckily he missed. We both dragged him out kicking and screaming. The elders said nothing about it except that the congregation were fortunate to had two of the most physically strongest brothers in the kingdom hall. Yeah right, we were both shaken up after that experience.
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Depression
by Honesty inhow widespread is it among jehovah's witnesses and how do they cope with it?
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Ironhead
How do they cope with depression? In my mother-in-law's case, Prozac, ministry, meetings and gossip.
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British Asians and Pets
by ThomasCovenant inas many are aware there is a large asian 'community' in great britain, indian, pakistani and bangladeshi.
in my line of work i have been into the homes of many but only today did it occur to me that i have never and i mean never met an asian family with pets.
am i just not aware or is it something that isn't done, in particular with the muslim 'community'.. thanks.
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Ironhead
I got this info from Islamonline.net:
Sheikh Ahmad Kutty, a senior lecturer and Islamic scholar at the Islamic Institute of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, states:
“A dog can be owned for purposes such as the following:
1. A trained dog for hunting. Remember in Islam we are only allowed to hunt for food; there is no such thing as hunting for fun, for we are not allowed to kill or torture animals or drive them out of their habitats for the fun of it.
2. A trained dog as a guide. This would be the case if a person is blind and he/she has no choice but to keep a dog for essential services. In this case, it is permissible for him/her to keep a dog inside the house once it has been trained for service, but it is still recommended that the dog have its own sleeping arrangement.
3. A dog trained for police duties.
4. A guard dog to guard houses or property.
5. A dog used by farmers to shepherd cattle and sheep.
We are, however, not allowed to keep a dog as a pet, since it is not a very clean animal. How often have you come across the nasty sight of dogs taken for a walk licking their own excrement? Isn’t it disgusting to see their owners kissing the mouth of such animals after such incidents as if nothing happened? Would you kiss the mouth of your own baby if he were to do the same? Think how many parasites and microbes may be hiding in their mouths.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has spared us from being contaminated by such filth when he ordered us to stay clear of the saliva of dogs. If we ever come into contact with a dog’s saliva we must wash the spot seven times, the first of which should be with sand or dirt. It is also possible to use a bacterial soap instead of sand or dirt.
In conclusion: Don’t contemplate taking a dog home as a pet. If, however, you do need to keep a dog for any of the reasons given above, then you may do so. But take every precaution not to have contact with its saliva, and also arrange for a separate living space.”
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My dog has been shunned......
by LuciousJ inok, everyone, you know my story by now.
we da ourselves a week ago.
my mom wrote me a letter saturday disowning me.
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Ironhead
I would've ordered the dog to bite her self-righteous back-side!