Posts by aSphereisnotaCircle

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Aposta-men, Do You Know How to Sew?

by White Dove in

jw
friends

the men in the coven i was in knew how to use a sewing machine quite well.

it was required for first degree work that everyone make a ritual garment.

some covens in the assembly had to make their own tabards, too.

aSphereisnotaCircle

When I was cheap at Bethel I used to even sew my own t-shirts from my own patterns. I hate the think what I must have looked like.

A bethel boy in a home made t-shirt, I would have loved to have seen that!

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Brand New: Currently Totally Devastated

by daringhart13 in

jw
friends

i'm brand new to the board.

long time, "big shot" elder, ....taught at km school, conventions, etc.

yeah, i know it means nothing....but it gives you an idea of how deep i've been a jw.. i don't even really know what to write at this point.

aSphereisnotaCircle

Welcome!

How long until you came out of the fog? the devastation? the crying? the feeling that God may just hate you?

For me it took about 3 months for my brain to start to clear, I was raised in so this was a totally new experience for me. Wow, surreal is right.

(notive I said start to clear)

The devastation I'm still working on.

The crying will turn to anger.

I've never believed that god hates me, and now I don;t believe in god at all.

You will find it gets easier, and better and better.

It is very hard to leave, no way around it, but it's worth it.

Welcome to intellectual freedom!

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I'm new and wanted to introduce myself

by MarkedFragile in

jw
friends

hello everyone.. i'm new to this forum.

i left the organization several months ago, and am on a new path now.

though i didn't grow up in the organization, i have basically lived a life of pretending to be something i'm not, sheltering my feelings from everyone, and not feeling "enough" to anyone.

aSphereisnotaCircle

Welcome!

35

Aposta-men, Do You Know How to Sew?

by White Dove in

jw
friends

the men in the coven i was in knew how to use a sewing machine quite well.

it was required for first degree work that everyone make a ritual garment.

some covens in the assembly had to make their own tabards, too.

aSphereisnotaCircle

Doe's in a coven?

35

Ladies- did you treat the assemblies like a fashion show?

by JimmyPage in

jw
friends

was the major draw for you being able to wear a new dress?

or to put your kids in cute little outfits?

surely it wasn't the mind-numbing talks..

aSphereisnotaCircle

Yep, I know a couple of men who can sew very well.

And one of them isn't even gay...

35

Ladies- did you treat the assemblies like a fashion show?

by JimmyPage in

jw
friends

was the major draw for you being able to wear a new dress?

or to put your kids in cute little outfits?

surely it wasn't the mind-numbing talks..

aSphereisnotaCircle

It was a small stuffed kitty and my mom suggested getting you to help me make it. I was too shy to ask.

Oh I wish you had asked, I love doing that sort of thing.

I recently made the dresses for a friends wedding (former JW) but before that I hadn't sewn in years.

We copied dresess from the "lord of the rings" movie, it was so much fun, and it got me back sewing again.

35

Ladies- did you treat the assemblies like a fashion show?

by JimmyPage in

jw
friends

was the major draw for you being able to wear a new dress?

or to put your kids in cute little outfits?

surely it wasn't the mind-numbing talks..

aSphereisnotaCircle

I always sewed a new dress for each day of the assembly, and a new one for each of my daughters too.

When I was a dub my wardrobe was about 90% dresses.

I currently have zero dresses.

Funny how religion can make such a huge impact on simply how you wear clothes.

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The Marks the WT is God's Only Org on Earth

by maputo95 in

with monotous regularity, my jw friend says the proof that the org is god's only divinely inspired org on earth is the fact that they go door to door.

how should i respond to this convuluted logic?.