Posts by earthtone

Remember,she is still a witness, and when we were active witness, I'm sure we thought like that to a certain degree. She just being silly, and I'm sure she doesn't mean it as much as you think. It was probably purposely done over the top to get some laughs. I mean really you would go to some peoples door and they would be really mean and nasty and some would be really sweet about it. Granted alot of witness are self-righteous, but alot of them are really decent people who just got caught up in the cult. There is a diffeent, and she was probably thinking some of the nasty people when she wrote this. I remember at my congergation someone went out in field service and someone threw cold water out of a window and soaked them. Mind you it was the winter time in chicago. That was unnecessary and mean spirted!

Sh*t, if you work in customer service you probably think about worst things you would love to say to people or even a annoying coworker.

On the flipped side I loved Daniel-p's mock demonstration too.

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Did Leaving the Organization Make you Feel Alive?

by Mysterious in

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did you have moments after you left the organization when you felt alive for the first time?

when you realized that you had just been drudging around with your head down, enduring rather than living.

when that huge burden was lifted from your shoulders and you saw the world not for the place of darkness and pain that the witnesses made it out to be but for all the wonder in it?

earthtone

I still feel sad, I believed so much and feel like there's a hole inside of me sometimes. This site helps out alot.

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What were your absolute favorite Bands growing up?

by restrangled in

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earthtone

Do they have to be bands?

TLC, New Edition, Hi five,

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"Going Undercover to Rescue my Daughter" well worth reading

by wednesday in

i just received by mail the book "going undercover to rescue my daughter (from the cult of jehovah's witnesses" ) author nancy sage, our own poster, hopie.

the book is short-94 pages, has pictures of her family, and news articles about her family.

the cover page is very stricking.

earthtone

I'm going to order it also!

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i want to thank a lot of you

by isthisit in

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i want to thanks those of you who replied to my threads, and pm'd me.

anyway, the announcement was made.

we arrived at the meeting a little after 2015 and went away again just after the announcements and went for some drinks with some friends of my from uni, we told them that we had left, their reaction?

earthtone

I've also read about your story and I'm very happy for you and your future wife! Good luck in your new life together and I look forward to reading your respones whenever you can post.

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WTBTS guidance on SMALL social gatherings.

by Gill in

the october 15th watchtower gives advice on social gatherings.

try not to throw up or pee your pants laughing at some of the advice!.

'paragraph 5 page 24.. 'many hosts have faced the issue of whether to serve alcoholic beverages.

earthtone

When I think about it, I fell off, after she transfered

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WTBTS guidance on SMALL social gatherings.

by Gill in

the october 15th watchtower gives advice on social gatherings.

try not to throw up or pee your pants laughing at some of the advice!.

'paragraph 5 page 24.. 'many hosts have faced the issue of whether to serve alcoholic beverages.

earthtone

Okay, I am the only lame on this forum. lol

This must be the same information just rehashed, because when I was a teenager, we were already doing this stuff. We would have ~~parties~~ gathering and play Kingdom Melodies, sing the songs (What will you bring Jehovah's Kingdom, Trumphiant of truth and righteousness lol) , bible games, (who was the oldest man to live on earth), and do the watchtower together. And I loved it! I mean we had so much fun. The sisters that I would get with were so down to earth and real. I still miss that association. They were just really good people trying to serve God and make it fun for the young people in the KH.

This one sister in particular was so sassy and spunky. She was single and a regular pioneer, real smart. She was maybe 8 yrs older then me at the time and she put in major time with all the young sisters at the hall. Boy did I love her and we did all this chessy corny stuff. And she didn't take no sh*t from the elders either. One time we were out boweling and she bought me an alcoholic drink when I was like 16 a daquri or something cause my mom said I could drink it, because I was with her and she trusted her so much. She eventually transfer because the brothers where giving her a hard time for moving out her mom's house to live by herself. I think they hated that she had more of an influence on the young sisters then they did and they saw her as being too independant. She claimed she didn't want no man telling her what to do, so she doubt if she would marry.

So I actually enjoyed those parties. We didn't only have those types, but when we did I just saw us all sharing a common goal, " Love for Jehovah", and it made me closer to the ones at the hall.