I came into it when I was 10...and I remember knowing my great g-ma would still be alive when the end came....so I figured I had about 15 years at the most......then I got pregnant when I was 24 and I was so scared Armegedon would come when I was pregnent..."Woe to the pregnant woman"....and now that daughter is 8 and told me the end would come before she is 30. It sounds so familiar to hear her say that...How sad! It really makes me mad to think her dad will not be saving for retirement or for her to go to college. I am so glad to have married my husband now that lives in the real world, and is thinking about our future, including my daughters...so she can have a prosperous life.
megsmomma
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How old did you expect to be when the New System would come?
by JH ini became a jw at age 28 and no way did i expect to ever get older than 40 years old in this system.. maybe at the extreme, i could have imagined being 45 years old, not more..
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Talking with my 8 yr old JW daughter
by megsmomma ini am so glad to have these boards so i can keep up with what they are teaching her.
(she lives in ohio with her dad and step-mom....and is surrounded by dubs) i asked her if she had started the new tract campaign yet.
she said .."no, not yet, but people aren't going to like it!
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megsmomma
Thank you everyone....I hope someday I can tell her about you all on here :) You know...I will love her no matter what, so making sure she knows that is a priority. I will hopefully set a good example of what a true christian acts...not perfect, but loving and sincere. Now, we will have holiday decor at my aunts and I never thought of asking her if she minded....but I will, and even though we can't take it all down for her, it is a good oppertunity for some discussions on what she thinks.
One funny story.....I was reading her the Bible and I read that Jesus gives life water free....and asked her if I told her she could have something free, then made her run around the house for it, would it be free? She said "no"....so then I asked her what the scrip meant to her....and she thought a sec and then said "Well...it means if I want a drink of water, I just get it out of the faucet...and it is free!!" I said...."Very good!" If thats what it means to her...I like it! LOL
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Talking with my 8 yr old JW daughter
by megsmomma ini am so glad to have these boards so i can keep up with what they are teaching her.
(she lives in ohio with her dad and step-mom....and is surrounded by dubs) i asked her if she had started the new tract campaign yet.
she said .."no, not yet, but people aren't going to like it!
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megsmomma
That is the hardest thing to figure out how to handle. I remember when my mom became a JW and we visited my dad during my little sisters b-day. I would say we had only been in it for about 9 months....but I was already wanting to please Jah....and when my dad took us to a b-day party at my aunts house for my sister...We both cried and I locked us in the bathroom....Since we were being "persecuted". So, I don't know how far to go with her in "worldly" things because I don't want her to feel guilty. I will be going to Ohio for this x-mas....and we have a bunch of family that are going to my aunts for x-mas. I will get my daughter, but her dad will pick her up on x-mas eve....so we don't celebrate with her....but x-mas will be going on the whole time, really...and she will see we are not worshipping the tree...and we are just being a happy normal loving family....and I hope to show her those things in a subtle way......Does that seem like it makes sense?
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Talking with my 8 yr old JW daughter
by megsmomma ini am so glad to have these boards so i can keep up with what they are teaching her.
(she lives in ohio with her dad and step-mom....and is surrounded by dubs) i asked her if she had started the new tract campaign yet.
she said .."no, not yet, but people aren't going to like it!
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megsmomma
Great advise! I appreciate your thoughts and I will definitley instill "thinking on your own" into her whenever possible.
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Talking with my 8 yr old JW daughter
by megsmomma ini am so glad to have these boards so i can keep up with what they are teaching her.
(she lives in ohio with her dad and step-mom....and is surrounded by dubs) i asked her if she had started the new tract campaign yet.
she said .."no, not yet, but people aren't going to like it!
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megsmomma
I am so glad to have these boards so I can keep up with what they are teaching her. (She lives in Ohio with her dad and step-mom....and is surrounded by dubs) I asked her if she had started the new tract campaign yet. She said .."No, not yet, but people aren't going to like it! People will be mad!" And I said..."Well, these tracts are like a-lot of other ones they have seen over the years, so they won't be mad....don't worry." And then I asked her if she thinks the meetings say a-lot of the same things all the time and she said "No, but I have been going to meetings for a long time now." Poor kid.....her 8 years do seem so long when it is spent in the religion. I am trying to plant little seeds in her that hopefully will pay off as she gets older.
Does anyone have advice on things I can do?
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megsmomma
Here we say to make your "house a home". What do they say to make your flat into there? Congrats on your place!
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Name that tune!!
by megsmomma ini was thinking of some jw lyrics that are so funny!
if you write it in "plain english" and show the mind control in them...do you think you can name it??.
here is an example....feel free to play!.
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megsmomma
Here are some new lyrics to an old favorite:
We're Jehovah's Witnesses
We spread the bull-sh*t
Ours is the God of False prophesy
What he fortells fails to be!!!!
It's kindof catchy...I must admitt!
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Name that tune!!
by megsmomma ini was thinking of some jw lyrics that are so funny!
if you write it in "plain english" and show the mind control in them...do you think you can name it??.
here is an example....feel free to play!.
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megsmomma
Here comes the confetti!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 You Win on your 1000 th post! How good is life now?????
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Name that tune!!
by megsmomma ini was thinking of some jw lyrics that are so funny!
if you write it in "plain english" and show the mind control in them...do you think you can name it??.
here is an example....feel free to play!.
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megsmomma
I was thinking of some JW lyrics that are so funny! If you write it in "plain english" and show the mind control in them...do you think you can name it??
Here is an example....feel free to play!
Make our teaching your belief
do not be prone to thinking on your own
control your body
to show our teachings are sinking in.
Anyone know???
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megsmomma
Now...I know what the JW Bible says in John 1:1...That the word was "a" God...But other translations say:"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." (NIV) That said it all to me and reading the rest of the Bible in that light helped it to make sence to me....and it is each persons PERSONAL relationship with our creator that counts and HE reveals himself to those that are seeking in various ways...so I don't think we all have to believe the same thing (or have the same relationship). JMHO
Lyndi