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  Being Brought Up As A Jehovah's Witness---Was It A "BAD" Upbringing?

  by minimus in

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  i think that my upbringing made me the person that i am today---for good and bad.

  even though i was raised a witness, i don't think that my upbringing was bad.. your thoughts, please..

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  saywhat29

  Hmm. "Bad" I guess is too subjective. My complaints? Not being prepared for the future like other kids were. Not being able to go over my friend's house when they had birthday parties... feeling like crap for being queer...the pressure to become a witness without having the freedom to question things.

  But then I think about all of my non-JW friends who supposedly had it all... some were encouraged to go to college and didn't, or did go and blew it partying... a lot of those birthday parties sucked because their parents were there and a whole lot of older relatives you didnt know so you couldn't be yourself around so the only thing you missed is eating cake and watching someone else get a ton of toys that you wanted to borrow.... and tons of queers who weren't brought up JW feel the same way I do. And tons of atheist come from a place where 'they didn't know how to question their beliefs at first and felt ashamed'...

  So, overall as far as upbringing- no one molested me, I bathed (when I was reminded to), I rarely went hungry (which is why my a$$ need to go t the gym today), and no one kicked me out of the house or tried to kill me initially when they find out I liked dudes. So...

  My upbringing was okay. It was fun and my only regret is not being confident to do more, JWism or no JWism included.
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  Who is hotter?

  by bluecanary in

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  why is it you always hear people say how hot mormon guys are but you never hear anything about jw men?.

  who is hotter?.

  go ahead.

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  Hmm... mormons on bikes will probably have better glutes than the witnesses in minivans... And since there are WAAAY more mormons then that ups their chances of being hotter. So I will go with Mormons. I've been in a Kingdom hall for a while and rarely do I find myself tempted.
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  You know that monster

  by John Doe in

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  that lived/lives under your bed when you were a kid?

  the one you were afraid was going to grab your feet when you got up?

  what was his name?

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  Chucky! OMG, I remember the first time I saw Chucky..then to realize that my family had a doll like that from when my mother was younger and he was just sitting there one night..staring at me.

  I threw that b**ch out the effin' window... and then when I woke up the next day..cause after I pushed him out the window, I had to run as I didn't want him to pull me with him...

  He was GONE! There was nothing down in our backyard at all! And when I came downstairs, he was in my kitchen, sitting there with a smile on his face!

  Probably because my grandmother brought him back in the house and told me to stop throwing toys out the window, but she dind't know... but I did..

  *shakes fist at Chucky* Now my new things is Zombies. You know somebody should go back to the hall and ask if the Resurrection will bring back zombies and that Jehovah won't just sit back and watch us scream for our lives while our loved ones try and eat us!
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  And when I'm dead...dead and gone....

  by hillary_step in

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  i was having one of my daily discussions about death ( happy soul that i am ) with mrs. step at breakfast this morning and asked her a profound question:.

  one month after i have died, how will people describe me.

  this is the answer that i was expecting :.

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  My family would miss the hell out of me.

  Grandma: Oh well, Jehovah knew he had a god heart and knew that he did not want to do those things with those men. I'll see him in the new system.

  Mother: I hope I see him in the new system. But if not, I'll make another one just like him! Because in the New system, vaginas are like xerox machines and I will not feel bad at all because there is no sadness in the New World (*farts*)

  Father: Who will i bug about weird stuff now?

  Friends: Who? Oh him?! he owes me some money... oh wait, I owe him some money.... oh well, he's probably in a happier place..away from my wallet.

  Lovahs: You bastard! I knew there was someone else!

  LOL, all in all I just hope people move on and can be happy without me. Lord knows the last thing I wanna think about at death is how bad it will hurt others.
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  I'm making out a will and naturally I upset my family

  by Lady Zombie in

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  is it time for the jws to renew their blood cards or something?!

  the reason i ask is because my mother mentioned that i need to get my advance directives in order and be sure to keep the no blood card on me at all times, blah blah blah, and do i need any help in getting it all organized.. .

  i mentioned to her that i don't need any help, i worked in the healthcare field for a long time.

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  Omg, i was thinking the same thing about when I died, about the JWisms they would do, about what they would say about me and about what would happen.

  I want a funeral; I want an awesome funeral filled with music and humor and people idealigin my existance. Forget that i owe you money, you knew me so you were blessed to give me money... You know?

  Plus I was a choir to sing the 5th's Dimension "Let the Sunshine in" as it is one of my favorite songs and if anything I want folks to leave my funeral revitalized on their own lives. Not wondering if they'll see me in the new system because of 'the grave sins I've done.' So i understand you. and if you sound like a bitch, then so what she prolly sounded like one to you a couple of times and it was no stress of of her back because 'it was what you needed to hear'.
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  "College Just Wasn't For Her"...my a$$

  by Freedom2003 in

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  so, i ran into my older brother at the store yesterday.

  we haven't spoke in five years except at my grandmother's funeral in 2006.

  ( my husband and i were df'd almost five years ago........apostasy!!

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  I know with me I was never encouraged to go to college (I go to community college right now, lol! Shut ups, it's somthing. I'll transfer out soon enough) and my teachers were alwasy encouraging me to try; it really sucked. I had no idea what to even do about college, everybody was in my ear saying how bad it is, and I just gave up on thinking about a future. Armageddon is coming and I wont make it, or I'm not smart enough type crap so I really stop trying in school. But for me, 'stop trying' just meant I got all Bs (and one or two C's). It's really sad when folks do not encouraged people to 'grow' you know? college just may not be for everybody but... I can tell you that just from going to community college it is what you make out of it. You can screw up and you'll still be there years later but if you have a plan than it can be actually quite good; instead of wasting thousands going to a university just to take prerequisites, you can do that crap at a community college where (yes they do treat you like a freshman..in middle school!) but you get that crap out of the way and move onto better stuff.

  I hope she one day changes your mind and I'm sorry you are so down about this. You never know...send her some emails about some good universities where he can go 'part-time'. part-time does not seem so threatening and lts her believe she's in control. then Satan can take over and guide her mind aright
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  Parental FAILURE.

  by easyreader1970 in

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  one thing i really hate.

  the wbts basically says that if your child does not grow up a productive members of jehovah's witnesses, in spite of everything else they may be capable of achieving, you fail as a parent.

  this bothers me.

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  my mother had the biggest guilt trips after talks about 'good parents whose children grew up to be perfect lil' witnesses' and back then befor my mom even knew I was gay or anything it was just known that I might not be a witness and she would snap!

  Like on the car rides home she would just go on about "Go into Satan's wicked system and see if I care! You will be destroyed and i will be living forever and I will have more kids! yada yadda ya!" My sister and I would look at her like she was insane....

  But I guess I understand her fears... just that they are unfound so. *shrugs*
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  The power of words.

  by Anti-Christ in

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  all of us here know the power of words.

  i think that today we use a lot of words that prevent our society from evolving.

  our language is loaded with labels that prevents us from seeing certain realities.

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  Hmm, yeah you realy cannot do away with labels as they are how we classify and organize things.

  To SirNose: it all depends on how you define sexuality; labels such a heteo and homo are just easy to use to label something that is varied from individual to individual. If you are talking numbers, then its abnormal because it is not predominate but what about phases? I mean, most have obvserved that it is 'normal' for younger kids to become involved with homosexual activity and then stop, yet the behavior is still homosexual in nature. Most, however do not come to such stages but it is considered normal to. And we really do not define normal/abnormal by numbers all the time. What would be a better description is just that heterosexuality is more common. Not playing PC or anything, but to define homosexuality as abnormal when it's been here in some form throughout human history seems a bit rash when we know what it is. When someting pops up that is unfamiliar to us, then that would be more likely to be described as 'abnormal'.
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  Is Jehovah just a wicked spirit?

  by Rooster in

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  i think the watchtower bible & trick society's god is just a wicked spirit.

  jehovah is not the name of the true god!

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  Personally I canot believe in spirits- I mean the comment you made is no different than JWs beliving that every other religion is part of Babylon the Great- I mean, whats the difference?

  But if you believe in that stuff, sure. Have a whirl.
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  Group Hug....

  by yknot in

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  love covers a multitude of differences......... for those of us who wanna have 'spicier' discussions why not open up a gabbly chat or establish a thread on jwo, and post the link.. site owners have the right to set their own standards, just like shop owners can post "no shoe, no shirt, no service".

  this world is not perfect, we are not always gonna agree, but many times we can agree to disagree.

  many do disagree (others were taken aback by a certain spammed photo) but united we stand divide we fall.

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  Awwwwwww

  I so want in on the L o v e !

  People say heated things and disagree. But um. Yeah. Moving on.