Posts by aSphereisnotaCircle

this morning i had the memory flashback of something my mom used to always say: that missing meetings is like missing a 'meal', and that if you don't 'eat' on a regular basis, then you will lose your life.

she would come at me with "you have to stay close to the meetings - when armaggedon comes, that is where we will get our directions on where to go and what to do".. i used to be scared not to be at meetings for fear the end would come and i would be alone...or without my parents...all because that day i didn't go to the khall.

anyone else remember that???

aSphereisnotaCircle

Back in 1980 when Mt st Helens blew, it was a Sunday. My hubby and I were driving up to the small town of Cougar Washington to attend the Kingdom Hall there as my brother in low was the guest speaker. (Cougar is at the base of the south side of the mountain)

Well we got distracted and decided to go check out the mountain instead, so we missed meeting. But my brother in law told us what happened at the hall.

The meeting began as usually then suddenly a family that had been absent came bursting through the doors. Mom, Dad, and all the kids were still in there jammies, and there eyes were big as saucers.

They had skipped meeting but when the mountain began erupting they thought is was the big A and high tailed it to the KH!

Kinda funny, but it just occured to me that my JW hubby and I didn't even think to hightail it to the KH. We just ran away from the ash thunder and lightining. Maybe I wasn't such a die hard dub after all.

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Does anyone remember when the Watchtower website first opened, it wasn't mentioned in the magazines or at the meetings for a while?

by slimboyfat in

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i seem to remember that from the mid-ninties onwards there were articles in the km and watchtower warning about the dangers of the internet.

as a result it seemed to come as a bit of a surprise to some witnesses i knew when the society opened up their own website.

but as i recall, when the society first opened the website, they never mentioned it in the literature or at the meetings.

aSphereisnotaCircle

Yes, I remember that some dubs refused to believe that the society had their own site, they insisted that it was a bogus one made by apostates.

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Once a cheater, always a cheater

by Quillsky in

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if you discover, while getting to know a potential partner, that they have cheated on a previous partner........ don't touch them.

run run run.. in my opinion a cheat remains a cheat.

opportunity is the variable.. please discuss..

aSphereisnotaCircle

In hindsight, I am really surprised that I never cheated on my JW hubby.

He was a closeted homosexual and I was a 17 year old idiot when we got married.

I tried everything I could think of to try to get him to show some physical interest in me.

I spent the next 18 years just starving for some strong loving arms around me, it never happened.

I was ripe for an affair but I never crossed that line.

If I had to do it all over again I would choose to be unfaithful, it would have gotten me out of that horrible relationship sooner.

But, my ex was very popular and had tons of friends. If I had cheated, everyone would have thought that he was mister perfect and I was the one with low morals.

As is was, when we finally did split up, he broadcasted to everyone who would listen that I had been unfaithful ot him. So damn, wish I had gotten a little on the side.

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Would you be shattered if your mate had sex with someone else? Why?

by goldensky in

please don't say, "yes, for obvious reasons".. it's not obvious to me..

aSphereisnotaCircle

I've often derived far more pleasure from an interesting and deep conversation with a man other than my husband than from making love with my husband

Wow, i've never had a conversation with anyone that was that good!

But I've never been very good at conversation, most peoples conversations hold no interest for me.

Sex, on the other hand, I have plenty of interest in.

And yes, if my mate was unfaithful I would be very hurt, perhaps not shattered, but very hurt.

Because it is an intimacy that we have agreed to share only with each other.

But I now my man, it would take some extreme sutuations for him to be unfaithful and so that would have to be taken into consderation if it ever did happen.

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Would you NOT hire a JW because they're a JW?

by Open mind in

would you let a jw's religion affect your decision to use their services?.

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om.

aSphereisnotaCircle

I hired a cleaning service- - that was a JW business, to clean my home many years ago- and darn, if they quit the job halfway through it. Apparently they got to the room that had Crisis of Conscience and other ex-JW books on the coffee table and stopped working, packed up and bailed out. They never asked for any money for the half completed job either.

Moshe your hilarious,

I bet you didn't even need your house cleaned, you just like messin with em don't you?

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Would you NOT hire a JW because they're a JW?

by Open mind in

would you let a jw's religion affect your decision to use their services?.

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om.

aSphereisnotaCircle

While we were still JW's, my husband and I both made the decision to not hire dubs ever again.

They have been convinced by the society that a JW employee is the best employee any emplorer could ever wish for.

They have the attitude that all other employees lie, cheat and steal, but not them, they are honest, the only honest employees on the face of the earth, just listen at any assembly and you will hear story after story about how worldly people just love hiring JW's cause they are the only good employees.

And they think thats all they need, they think that just being a JW is enough to make any employer salivate.

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Do you feel that suicide is wrong?

by dandingus in

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minimus got me thinking with his thread about whether or not you know anyone that committed suicide.

i think it might be interesting to see what the opinions are.. what do you think?.

are there cases where it is understandable?

aSphereisnotaCircle

Suicide is taking the life of someone who may be dear to others. In such a case the pain and shock can cause great suffering to those who were close and are left behind. I have known a number of suicides over the years and the loss to the parents is inestimable. Also a father who takes his own life often leaves behind a wife and children who have to live with their loss.

I understand the pain that suicide causes. I have had people near and dear to me, take that path. The most recent one ws my husbands best friend about a year ago. I've known this person since he was in grade school, and he was anything but selfish. A more giving, kind, unselfish man you will never meet.

There was a time when I was suicidal. I knew that suicide would hurt my family but I thought that my existance caused them even more pain. I felt like a complete burdon and not worthy of taking up space. I was certain that everyone I loved would be better off without me.

So no, I don't think suicide is selfish. I also don't think mental disease is selfish, and I don't believe bi-polar people are selfish, and I also don't believe that schizophrenics are selfish.

People don't off themselves because one day they decide to think only of themselves. They reach that point very slowly and painfully.