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  Do/did you like to read Daily Text?

  by Albert Einstein in

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  i hated it.

  we actually never really did.. once, on vacations, we were with another family, they prepared food on the table for breakfast .... and then nobody could touch it for some 15 minutes, when daddy was reading daily text and asking childish questions ... family members were raising hands and answering .... we all were hungry... watching the food ... and hoping it will soon be over (i dont mean armageddon, i mean daily text...) i felt just like an idiot..... albert.

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  When I was a kid, my mother made sure we read the Daily Text together every day. It was like a punishment to us, just as the family Bible study was, never pleasant. I referred to it as the "Daily Hex" to my sisters and brother. My mother would have shit a gold brick if she ever heard me refer to it that way.

  In adulthood, I tried very hard to be a good JW and do all that was expected, impossible task, of course, but for long periods of time I would read the Daily Hex every day, but I did not like it. When I joined Al-Anon, I starting reading their daily books every day and what a big difference! There was some actual spirituality and practical help, very positive reading and inspirational - throw that Daily Hex in the trash! It could not begin to compare with the other things I was reading.
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  Snakes will soon be writing a DA letter

  by SnakesInTheTower in

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  very interesting thread atjeff started about whether to fade or not.

  (to fade or not to fade...an opinion) thought i would start a new thread with my thoughts, but not hijack his.. here are my thoughts on my own situation which may or may not reflect anyone else's situation.

  sunday is our family day.

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  Good for you!
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  did you find JW's expected products/services for free from other JW's?

  by highdose in

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  just wondering if i'm the only one whose experianced this?.

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  Sounds like a typical JW experience. They are very much like that. I am so glad I am out of that organization!
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  did you find JW's expected products/services for free from other JW's?

  by highdose in

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  just wondering if i'm the only one whose experianced this?.

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  mimimimi

  There was a brother in one of the local congregations who did beautiful woodworking and made beautiful cabinets, hutches, etc. An elder and his wife in his congregation thought he should make some things for them for free.

  My husband (never a JW) and I made the mistake once of renting a house to a JW. Once she was moved in, there were all kinds of things she decided the house needed and that we needed to spend money on including a bathroom remodel. At the same time, her JW friends tore up the yard driving in it and tore up a door. We finally had to invite her to find other lodging.

  My own brother has been expected to work on cars for congregation members for free. He works shiftwork and would be expected to spend time he should be sleeping doing for other people. His wife was a part of that. She was always volunteering his labor.

  I think there is very much an expectation among JW's that others in the congregation can do for them.
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  Further Punishements

  by passwordprotected in

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  praise gathering 2009 is taking place in glasgow this weekend.

  we've been given tickets to tonight's concert as a gift.

  to explain, praise gathering is a concert with a full orchestra and 400 singers.

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  Reniaa, honey, you are the one worshiping a "False God" called the Watchtower Society. Give it a rest, would ya?
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  I'm Craving Head Cheese

  by snowbird in

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  it's also called souse.. there was a show on radio this morning about farm life, and a caller told how it's done.. my mother used to make a big container for xmas.. i'm really waxing nostalgic here.. sylvia.

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  mimimimi

  Snowbird,

  I love head cheese. I don't eat it often, but once in a while I get a couple of slices at the deli and enjoy. My mom made great head cheese.

  I used to eat pickled pigs feet when I was a kid. It was a treat for us. Don't think I would care to eat it now.

  When I was a kid, I loved cold cow tongue sandwiches with mustard. If you grew up with this kind of food, it is not repulsive to you as it is to someone who did not grow up with it. We used to have oxtail soup, too, which I absolutely loved! and neck bones with beans.

  Love this thread!

  Mimi
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  CURSES !! Foiled Again! JW Child Sacrifice

  by Rabbit in

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  http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=21073.

  ain't living/life grand ?.

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  Can't wait till they discuss the issue of such parents separately in court. Bring 'em down, bring 'em down.
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  Did you write the book of Love - and do you have faith in God above

  by StoneWall in

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  this song came on the radio earlier today and brought back so many memories.. as a teenager me and some brothers and sisters from the hall used to go over on the river rafting and intertubing.

  while we where there this song would usually come up and we would all get together and start singing.

  (even those like me who couldn't sing).. .

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  Love this song! Thanks.

  Hope you have a great summer.

  Mimi
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  Sisters with unbelieving or DF'd mates

  by lalaa in

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  my mother had left the truth for 4 years in the early 90's.

  when she came back she was already remarried.

  he started to study and got baptized.

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  I had an UBM and was definitely treated differently. Not important to anyone and considered spiritually weak because I was unable to do all that was expected or as much of it. My kids quit going to meetings quite young with Daddy's encouragement, but I can sure understand why because they were treated badly. Why did it take me so long to open my eyes?
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  Is it okay for a dog to pee at the mailbox post?

  by asilentone in

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  mimimimi

  How are you going to stop a dog from peeing on the mailbox post? Don't think so, especially if it is a dog just running around the neighborhood, which is not supposed to happen around here because of the leash laws, but does happen all the time.

  If I was walking my dog, I would not let her pee on a mailbox post, but our street is really the only one in this area that has mailboxes out by the street, and there are only 4 houses on this street. The rest of the streets around have have the mailboxes on the side of the house.

  Actually I never thought about this before, so if we had been walking along and she started to pee on a mailbox post I might not have worried about it because I figured it was somewhere a lot of other dogs had peed, so what's the difference. It's not like they could pee on the mailbox itself.