Posts by Dagney

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Prince parties after the Golden Globes...

by orbison11 in

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hope this is not a repost.

seems prince hosted a 'bash' with all the worldly entertainers from the golden globes,,,,not a 'brother' in sight,,,,sigh,,just bad association.... .

justin timberlake and cameron diaz, who announced last week that they'd split up, got into a heated argument at prince's golden globes afterparty early tuesday morning.

Dagney

It's only a matter of time. He will find out the truth about the "Truth."

Or he won't be able to stick to the rules.

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you had to get baptised,because of parental pressure..you had to get baptised,to date a potential mate..you had to get baptised,to get married at the kingdom hall..you had to get baptised,to keep your marriage together..you had to get baptised or god would kill you at armageddon.....the list go`s on......wbt$ rules are such that,your life can be disrupted or destroyed unless your a baptised jehovah`s witness.....were you forced into being baptised?...outlaw

Dagney

My siblings were baptised at the god-awful ages of 5 and 7 in the 1940's.

Pressure started on me when I was about 8. I finally succumbed at 13.

Pressure!!!!!! Blackmail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You bet.

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'63 Convention - Rose Bowl fiasco

by Gregor in

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) day ordeals.

the pasadena rose bowl is in a canyon and this was dead summer, temps.

over 100,000 in attendance.

Dagney

Quite a story TMS!

Thank you for sharing.

Oh yes, the oleander bushes...that's when I first learned of those poisonous plants...never forgot it. LOL

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Please say hello to my wife.

by nicolaou in

i've been posting here for quite a long time, so long in fact that it just doesn't feel right that my wife isn't a part of it.

earlier today i created an account for her with the username heron, she'll know why.

i'm not sure if my wife will ever post here but i would feel much more comfortable knowing she is aware that i do.. this is the one post i am going to ask her to read.. so, i'd really appreciate it if you could say hello to my lovely wife.

Dagney

Welcome Heron!

I'm sort of new here also.

Nice to have you here.

Dagney

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What really made you exit the Jw's

by KAYTEE in

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i know its a question that has been asked a thousand times, but what really made you exit the jws .. for instance, my wife and i, having found out about the u.n., 607bce, failed prophecies etc.

gave all this information to my wifes brother, along with many so called friends.

we came out but the brother and friends stayed in.. the only reasoning i can put on it, is that we made an effort to find out for ourselves what was the real truth, the others were told and given written evidence - but still didnt make a decision.

Dagney

one day we wound up on the same page and realized we didn't belong here anymore. So we left.

One Sunday, during the WT study, I was listening to the comments droning on and on about meeting attendance, FS hours etc....people patting themselves on the back for their "faithfullness" in such.

Then, I had a sort of an "out of body" experience, like I was truly on the outside looking in. I realized this religion didn't want me as a member just as much as I didn't belong there. It didn't matter what a good person I was, or how many studies I had, or how serious I took my ministry...if your service wasn't at least the average, or if you worked too much in their eyes, you were undesireable.

After 45 years of active service, I never went back.

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Death Count at the District Convention

by The wanderer in

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death count at the district conventionevery year it seemed as if someone died because of the extreme heat at the four and five day .

district conventions.

the reality of the matter was that it probably was more than one.. .

Dagney

Having to go to Dodger Stadium for the outside, in the summer conventions was pretty miserable. We had a few at the Race Track, which was better in the sense that the sun set behind the bleachers. If anyone here was there, did you count the planes flying overhead getting ready to land at LAX.

The last convention at Dodger was going to be it for me. It was so miserable. Hot, humid, no breeze...the STENCH from the massive amount of humanity coming from the restrooms, (long lines there), forever fights for seats in the shade...UGH. I think at the last one there was some announcement to be extra careful about gangs etc. I said..."that's it. Gotta go somewhere/anywhere else." The next year the conventions moved to Long Beach.

I think back, and it was so much just a part of JW life. But it seems crazy. And working in food service in the outdoor tents in the summer with 100 degree weather...it was fun, but crazy.

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'63 Convention - Rose Bowl fiasco

by Gregor in

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) day ordeals.

the pasadena rose bowl is in a canyon and this was dead summer, temps.

over 100,000 in attendance.

Dagney

Anyone remember how excited everyone was whenever a car went by with the W mag pasted in their windows?

LOL. Yes, or looked for the bumper stickers and counted how many you saw on the way.

I went by train with my mom to NY in 1958. I don't remember anything but the elevator in the building we stayed. But, I have thought, nobody would do that anymore. Traveling alone across country with a toddler, coast to coast. No reservations, just showed up at "Rooming".

Oh...remember "Rooming"? I remember working local territories and asking householders if they could put delegates up in their homes. And some did. We stayed with non-JW families in Vancouver and San Francisco.

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'63 Convention - Rose Bowl fiasco

by Gregor in

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) day ordeals.

the pasadena rose bowl is in a canyon and this was dead summer, temps.

over 100,000 in attendance.

Dagney

I was there!!!

But I was only 7. Do you remember the international visitors all dressed up in native dress? I only remember the Japanese.

However, I think I remember doing street work with sandwich boards in Pasadena...does anybody else remember that?

And I think I was at Ventura County fair grounds also in 1964. We moved to Oxnard and went to the conventions usually there or Santa Barbara as well as Santa Maria. Except for 1969, back to Dodger.

Who woulda thunk we'd be here today. I sure didn't.

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Great Movie available online about WCG, Very similiar to JWs!

by drew sagan in

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i'm sure many of you have allready heard of this movie before, but for newbies i just wanted to let people know that this movie was available free to watch on google video.

the video is entitled 'called to be free'.

it relates the story of the worldwide church of god and its transformation from cult to christianity.

Dagney

Wow.

Has anyone read Feazell's book?

I hear the similarities are astounding. It's on my list.

It's all the same. - Madonna

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Believer, Agnostic or Atheist?

by lfcviking in

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i am curious, what amount people on this board from their experiences of being a baptised & active jw and their subsequent exit from the jw org (for whatever reason or reasons) are now either agnostic, atheist or do some actually still believe in god?.

your honest answers please.. lfcv.

Dagney

Has anybody listened to this?

http://www.juliasweeney.com/letting_go_mini/index.html

Much food for thought. I think many here will relate to much of what she says.

I am still on my "journey." After being a diehard believer in Jehovah for 99% of my life, I am questioning much of that belief. I am in awe of the universe, life, love...you name it. That part of "God" is hard to let go of.

But...there are the parts I cannot reconcile as of yet. The whole Adam & Eve thing and it being the cause of all the bad things in life today makes no sense to me.

I have been studying the works of Joseph Murphy and his focus on the subconsious mind, I am seeing personal results that I used to attribute to "Jehovah answered my prayer" type thing. So...I'm still figuring it out.

So...I guess I am like many here, part of all three.