Posts by helncon

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Got a bike, got my license....Gotta Ride!
by UnConfused in
1. social
2. physical
ok so it's lame, but i bough an old 1981 honda cb400e and got my license yesterday..... gotta ride!.

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helncon

Thats fantastic...
Nothing like going for a ride with the wind in your hair...
Have fun!!
Enjoy
Helen
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JW Private Investigator Inc
by sparrow in
1. jw
2. experiences
there has been a few posts regarding happy marriages and the 2 witness rule which reminded me of an experience you might find funny.

i'd like to know if anyone else has done anything like this.... there was a married couple with 3 kids in our cong.

he was an ms but a nasty piece of work.
helncon

HAHAHAHAHAHA,
Good on ya.
Remind me not to hire you as an investigator...lol
Could you keep a straight face when chatting to him at maccas?
I hope you left heaps later when he left not to cause any suspicion of the blue van.
I am glad this woman was able to get away from him and start a new life.
Helen
35
Where do you go for your spiritual needs?
by Blindbutnowisee in
1. jw
2. friends
i never was baptize as a jw.

i use to study with them for years, i even went as for as becoming a unbaptize publisher.

i gave up being a publisher because i did not feel genuine in my efforts to preach.
helncon

I have no spiritual needs.
But i do believe it should be a personal thing between you and whoever you truley believe in either god, jesus, budda, whoever.
Belonging to a religious group should not determine how spiritual you are.
Helen
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Sister/Brother *** is disfellowshipped for.....
by Bonnie_Clyde in
1. watchtower
2. bible
in the 1950's i remember they used to say what they were disfellowshipped for, whether it be fornication, stealing, etc.

then it was disfellowshipped for "loose conduct", then "conduct not becoming a christian.

" then it was simply "disfellowshipped" or "disassociated.
helncon

I don't ever remember the announcements.
But i do recall that there would be a few talks about certain subject and you would then clue the peices together.
Helen
*wonder how her DF announcemence was worded*
23
Just got a phone call
by ex-nj-jw in
1. jw
2. experiences
just got a call from my jw mom, she wanted to let me know that my dad was taken to the hospital friday!!

!, he had another heart attack.

he is on a ventilator and needs bypass surgery (again) but the doctors can't operate since his hemoglobin is low and he has been on coumadin (blood thinner).
helncon

You need to get on a flight and see your dad.
If you don't and something more serious happens you will regret it.
Go be by his side and stuff the JW
Family is the most important thing.
Helen
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Guilt over a happy marriage
by Frequent_Fader_Miles in
1. jw
2. experiences
long before i began my fade, there was a certain "sister" in the congo who married a non-jw man.

she was very happily married despite of all the forecasts of "doom and gloom" among the "friends".

how sad it was to hear her make the following comment in conversation - "sometimes i feel badly about marrying an unbeliever, since other sisters may look at me and follow my example.
helncon

Happy marriages these days are few and far between.
Why can't you have a happy marriage if you marry out the JWS.
I married a non believer best thing i did help the leaving so much easier.
My parents marriage was on the rocks for so many years till my mum finally left my dad.
Helen
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New Aust Census - other Christians growing, JWs falling
by jwfacts in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the following figures are from the australian census 2006 as found at http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/d3310114.nsf/home/census (30th june 2007).

very interesting to see that the number of people admitting to being jehovah's witnesses has fallen over the last 10 years by 3%, whilst baptists have grown by 7% and mormons by 18%.

looks like jws are not the only ones preaching afterall.. .
helncon

How do the JW figures in the Census compare with the figures provided by the WTS?
Thats a good question doug!
*puts hand in air*
My family and i are of the many athiest on the 2006 census
Helen
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Ever Got the blame?? (sorry if post is too long)
by sparrow in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have been df'd for around 4 years and have not got my back up about the org until this year.

only this last year have i been looking around for answers and started realising there is a foundation for my reasons of not going back.

at first i was happy that it wasn't because i was making excuses for not going back but bad things were happening outside of the people i know across the org.. what pissed me off the most (and the reason i found this site) is because i got the blame for my brother in-law having sex in my house with someone other than his wife (my sister) because i am not witness and thus have low standards.. i'll try to keep this short: i have 2 sisters, one brother and 2 parents (fancy that) both remarried however.
helncon

How can you get blamed for what to consenting and capable adults do.
Its not your fault that it happened maybe your brother in law put the blame on you to take the heat of himself.
Helen
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Wedding Anniversaries vs. Birthdays
by PopeOfEruke in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
jw's often have big parties or "gatherings" to celebrate wedding anniversaries, esp.

for the big milestones (20th, 50th anniversary etc).. the process of these parties almost exactly mimic a typical birthday celebration: the couple of honour sit up the front, various people give speeches, show "honour" to the happy couple, there is a meal and drinks, usually an anniversary cake.. exactly the same as a birthday party.. so why is it ok to celebrate an anniversary of a wedding but not the annoversary of a birth??

when it's usually the "wedding" which sooner or later results in a birth??
helncon

I could never understand why wedding anniversaries where deemed more important than your birth.
It was never justified why JW don't celebrarte this.
Yes it is the children who miss out.
And the adults who get to indulge.
Helen
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Witness "Terminology"
by Rubens in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i find it interesting reading posts from ex-witnesses or those that are slipping away and yet the terminology is still brain-washed into us.

i mean, i've managed to stop using the terms myself.

sometimes i might catch myself using the term "the truth" or "brother" or "sister", but i quickly correct myself.. the fact is for me, as much as i agree with a lot of their values and beliefs, those people were not my "brothers and sisters" nor was the organization "the truth".
helncon

When i talk to my mum about the JW it takes so much of my conscience mind not to say 'the truth' i replace it with the religion.
Even if i saw JW down the street i think oh thers 'brother...... or sister.....' so hard to deprogram things like that. But also when i was younger it was also common to call older brothers and sisters aunty and uncle.
Helen