remember how many families (maybe even yours) struggled with money issues while being a jdub?
i remember lots of families under stress due to being jdubs.
you are always told by the tower not to work overtime if it conflicts with the meetings and not to go for higher education, for the same reason.
We save a ton on assemblies, actually we quit going to the before our fade due to $, we also used brochures instead of magazines because they weren't dated.
Now we don't spend any money on WTS, but do give to the church we go to, but they have also given to us in times of need, and they approched us with the help, we didn't ask for it.
lovelylils post made me think.... dubs pretty much rule that particular sector.
my mother was more proud of me working for the p.o.
cleaning toilets than if i had gone on to be a doctor.
I wax and stripped floors at a huge supermarket, security desk at con-dos and yes I enjoyed Christmas there to the tune of $2,000 a year in $ gifts
) day ordeals.
the pasadena rose bowl is in a canyon and this was dead summer, temps.
over 100,000 in attendance.
I was there in Pasadina ,too. 7 at the time. WTS had printed up paper bumper stickers advertising it, but they didn't stick very well,many cars had 'em flapping. I remeber a lot of books being released, maily they Babylon book.
this is very difficult to write because i am crying.
i am normally not the kind of person you will ever see cry because things don't affect me that much but this has got to be the hardest things i have ever went through.. i just got through discussing with my wife my feelings.
i guess it has been hard to hid some of the things that i have felt since i have learned that many of the wt teachings are false.
(((rass)))
Even the bible didn't tell peole to leave their non-beliving mates.Tell you still love God if you do, but have doubts about the 'human element''ask if she can understand that.
'There's only three ways out getting over a broken heart- outrun it-outlive it-or outgrow it'-'-Whisperin' Bill' Anderson
i spent the weekend with some relatives.
they have an fairly extensive library of jw material going back 50 years in their spare bedroom.
i was looking at a few items when i found a program for the divine victory convention held in winnipeg, manitoba in 1973. the convention lasted 5 days.
1973- I think I went to the one in New Orleans, I remember DCs and international assemblies in Pasadina CA in 63(Rose Bowl), Kancas City 68, Houston 1970. Also went to Jacksonville Fl. Montgomery AL Those were ';the' family vacations
i knew an elder who wouldnt buy an alfa romeo (car) because it had a badge at the front of the car with a symbol of a snake on it.
thats the mind boggling effect the wts had on people.. every day normal things, you would question yourself as to weather it had satanic connections with it.. its a wonder how we survived our everyday living?.
kt.
My father wouldn't buy Angel Soft tissue while at the same time the kh used "Red Devil" fire ant killer
today i was woken by two 20 something year old jw guys.
i let them offer the mags and then told them i was not interested in religion.
after the reasoning book comeback i told them i was a jw but left a year ago.
They said they're not historians- but many witnesses still refer to themselves as "bible students:"
years ago in the awake, they had an article about cancer causes.
i'm trying to find the date, but it said cervical cancer can be caused by women having multiple partners, and even said one type of cancer was caused by celibacy.. does anyone remember the article?.
Years ago in the awake, they had an article about cancer causes. I'm trying to find the date, but it said cervical cancer can be caused by women having multiple partners, and even said one type of cancer was caused by celibacy.
Does anyone remember the article?
