Made my daughter do her first door when she was shy of 4. The lady took the magazines. Then my daughter started bawling, " Mommie the lady took my magazines from me!" The lady gave them back. " Oh I think she wants them more than I do!"
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My Magazine Presentation.
by ThomasCovenant ini remember back when i was a teenager that the following was my presentation on the doors for the mags.
i was not interested and wanted to get it over with as soon as possible.
that was said in one breath.
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What did YOU do to stay awake???
by TheCoolerKing inback when i was still a jw, i used to work night shift alot for my job.
this included saturday nights as well.
our kingdom hall had our sunday public talks in the morning and i always found it difficult to stay awake, especially after being up all night!
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It was nap time for my husband! I'd glance around the hall and oooooya I could pick out who the night workers were. It's very common. I had the kids to keep me awake.
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Remember we dress modestly when we get together!!!!
by tremoka ini've been inactive for a few years.
missed the past 2 memorials.
i've kinda faded out, haven't had much contact with anyone!
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Ohhhh I'm so glad I posted! You guys are all AMAZING! Excellent points here! I didn't even recognize the control factor in this call I was too busy feeling insulted that I didn't have the "right" judgement on how to dress.
HB- I feel like you, I trust No One.
Mrs. Jones- Unfortunately I'm on evening shift. Otherwise I'd be VERY tempted to go. I could have tonnes of fun planting little seeds here and there. Infact before I make my grand exit I plan on writing letters to a few of them.
Gopher-I never thought of them still having this control over me by not making a clean cut. Food for thought-thanks! When I shared your post with my hubby he could relate to it. He grew up with a large group of youth always elders meetings, always the elders kids that would be protected and he would be the 'fall' guy. Things would always be twisted and manipulated to protect the elders kids. He saw soooo much behind closed doors that should have been brought to the attention of a judicial committee. Yet he had the conscience that when he did anything wrong his first instinct would be to run to the elders. He's been df'd 2x. He hates the hypocrisy.
BigD-LMAO!!!!!!
FadingAway-This is the reason I left in the first place. Basing everything on appearances is so shallow, untrue to self and emotionally stunting. I want my kids to develop a sense of self and to be able to make the decisions they need for themselves rather than forcing them to hide and live a double lifestyle for the sake of "appearances". This is why I need to formally leave this religion ASAP. My hubby was bred a JW and I attribute most of his emotional baggage from the trauma he experienced growing up in the WT mindset. I can not do this to my children. It's amazing how quickly they pick up on the fallicy of it all. They see many of the other kids sneaking around or breaks in some of them confiding their TRUE feelings of being a JW. I feel sorry for so many of those kids. I seriously think they should have exit counsellors that specialize in children raised in mind control groups. I'd also like to see the school board intervene a little more, I believe that the JW lifestyle constitutes child neglect and abuse in many cases. I won't even get started with this. LOL
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We had a JW at the door today...how I handled it..
by megsmomma inmy first instinct was to tell him to go away and my husband was going to answer the door and i said, just tell him we are disfellowshipped.
(i am da'd....he hasn't ever been, but, he is "guilty by association" and conciders himself da'd too...).
so, it is one older man and he is handing out the "follow the christ" convention invitation.
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Excellent work! You definately planted some seeds there! No matter what 'trained' defense he gave the issues you brought up will make him think! It needs to be done, it's the only way. Especially when it's done out of compassion rather than anger. As I upset and angry as I am at many of them, I feel mostly sorry for them!
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Remember we dress modestly when we get together!!!!
by tremoka ini've been inactive for a few years.
missed the past 2 memorials.
i've kinda faded out, haven't had much contact with anyone!
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I've been inactive for a few years. Missed the past 2 memorials. I've kinda faded out, haven't had much contact with anyone!
So an invitation for a congregation party shows up in my mailbox. 2 sisters were to contact me about food and decorations. Never heard from anyone.
Tonight an elder called and left a message. He directed it to me not my husband or my family.
"I'm calling to confirm you recieved the invitation to our congregation party this Sunday. I'm making sure that EVERYONE in our congregation is invited. (hahaha even the nobodies like me LMAO) Remember we dress modestly at our gatherings so please ensure you are dressed in modesty. Hope to see you there."
How's that for a LOVING, ENCOURAGING, SUPPORTIVE call from someone I've not spoken with for YEARS. I wanted to call him right back and ask why he felt the need to remind me of modesty. My goodness check out all the immodest dress in his own KH or at DCs. Perhaps he called everyone to remind them of modesty! hahaha
Now I feel like going with my boobs and booty hanging out!!!!!
If it wasn't for my husbands family still in the religion I would have disassociated myself along time ago. I'm tired of dealing with crap like this. It's funny I'll be fine, I'm in the mending and healing process and then situations like this pop up and I'm very irritated again. I think I really need to cut off all ties and take the consequences with my husbands family. I can't do it anymore. I want to move on without having to look over my shoulder!
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 7-30-06 WT Study (REMINDERS FOND)
by blondie inor what should we do if humans put their laws above god's?.
we should appreciate god's reminders.
(b) which episodes from the scriptures will be considered in this article?.
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Blondie,
Likewise, my garden has been my escape. :) This is my 1st year growing corn and it's been fun watching it grow with the kids. Although inactive for some time now, it is only recently that I've really been challenging the WTS. It's stressfull! My garden brings much needed relief.
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I'm hearing voices.
by seahart inthis morning i was talking to my wife, and as i uttered a phrase, i swear my fathers voice came out.
i had to stop for minute.
i started to reflect a little and realized that i have alot of his mannerisms.
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It's all in the genes! I'm sure conditioning has its part too.
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JWs and the Internet
by JW_Researcher ini posted the question below but it may have gotten lost in the shuffle.
nina indicated that the jws have been "instructed" not to use the internet.
my understanding was that they were to use caution.
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Many in the local KH go to the lengths of being anti-computer! Internet is considered evil in some family circles that I know. A couple elders drill this message in their talks whenever they can.
It's been addressed in WTs, KMs, for the past few years from cautionary- to outrite avoiding internet if possible. Rather than focussing on benefits of this technology, it's shunned for it's access to pornography, worldly association & entertainment, and apostate influence.
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Reading the Bible Made Me Leave "The Truth" & Christianity
by Seeker4 ini was looking up a couple of verses the other day in my nwt reference bible the one with larger print, footnotes, cross references, etc.
in my day i was quite a diligent student - the bible is filled with my notes and comments, and i'd already worn out another one earlier.
one of the things that i found surprising as i was reading my notes, was how often they were pointing out inconsistencies, contradictions and obvious lies in the biblical text.
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Nothing that I studied specifically threw me out of "the truth", but I'd read one thing, and it wouldn't make sense, and I'd push it away because that was "independent thinking". And then this would happen the next week. And the next week. And I was always successful, pushing it away, because the alternative was unthinkable... until it wasn't unthinkable anymore.
Studying Daniel's prophecy at the BS did this to me. My latest turn on has been delving into a little bit of ancient history. So I'd do my homework from other non WT sources. I found the Daniel Prophecy book profoundly 'over doing it.' I mean how the society comes up with these modern day parallels of fulfilled prophecy made no sense. I'd sit back and wonder where everyone elses heads were at. But here I was thinking oops-my independent thinking again, I better not start leaning on my own understanding!
We have the WT calendar on the fridge. The other day, I'm filling up my water glass, as I stare at that huge deadly rock encased in Goliath's gushed head. What morbidity is that hanging in my house? Yeah so even the calendar makes me think about leaving.
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Why do the majority of "newbies" disappear ???
by kid-A ini have noticed that, in general, there is a "core" of regular posters on jwd that have been members for several years.. however, it seems the vast majority of "newbies" disappear after a couple posts, days or perhaps a week.
how many "welcome" or "introduction" .
threads have we had here where the new member disappears within a day or so, never to post again?
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I read here almost every day but i was assigned such a difficult password that I feel lazy to log in. Is there a way to change it?
Hello Flag! This was the first thing I did when I registered. The password was crazy!!!!! 1. Top left corner of your screen, beneath your user name click on profile. 2. Type in a simple new password in both the password box and confirm box. 3. Click update. That's all I did!