Posts by littleblueuk

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I need someone to talk to..

by littleblueuk in

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i am really feeling depressed.

my relationship with my jw mother is deteriorating rapidly.

i can't even look at her sometimes.

littleblueuk

Hello Everyone,

I am really feeling depressed. My relationship with my JW mother is deteriorating rapidly. I can't even look at her sometimes. Yesterday at the gym I just waved and left.

I was raised in the "awful truth" and she will insist she did the best thing for us. I imagine she thought so.

My older sister who has been out for ages now is spouting off that she wants to study again. I know it's a load of BS because she won't change her lifestyle, but I still cautioned her about joining again.

My mother phoned me up the other day and asked me to PROMISE I wouldn't talk "negatively" about the the truth, to let my sister make her own mind up. I agree she should, but I won't stand by and watch a family member that I love get caught up in the JW mess. God knows what she's telling my sister. I my mother that I cannot accept a religion that puts a death sentence on anyone that's not one of them. Of course, she went ballistic, saying that only God can judge, etc., and if you lead your life morally according to the Bible, you should be okay. Then I said, well, then you don't have to be a JW or any religion for that matter as long as you live your life morally by the Bible? Of course she said no, you have to be a JW. My head hurts.

I have a cruise booked with my mother and sister in June. I paid for it already but I don't want to go. I really need your input on this. I feel like crying all the time and have even thought about just not being around anymore. Obviously, my mother can't wait for me to die in Armegeddon and I may lose my sister, the only relative I really connect to. I hate the way this has divided everyone.

I am so depressed.

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Conversation with my JW mother (arghhhh!!!) Need advice

by littleblueuk in

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so last week when i casually mentioned the bs being cancelled, she was like, oh, no, they'd never do that.

i asked her if she would be upset with it and she said she would, it was her favorite one.

then she asked me where i got my info and i set the internet (of course!

littleblueuk

So last week when I casually mentioned the BS being cancelled, she was like, oh, no, they'd never do that. I asked her if she would be upset with it and she said she would, it was her favorite one. Then she asked me where I got my info and I set the Internet (of course!) Then she told me they were all apostates, etc...not to listen to them..

Soooo yesterday I phoned her and asked, "so did they make the announcement about the BS?" She was like, "They're not cancelling it. They're just incorporating it into the service meeting." Then the usual, it's for the best, gas prices, etc. Seems like she's forgotten how upset she said she'd be.

I asked her why they keep changing their minds? Of course I got the usual "new light." I asked her about the scripture in Deut. about anyone speaking a prophecy from the Lord and it not coming true should be put to death. She said, "well, I'd have to read that one." So I said, "hold on. I'll get it." So I read the scripture and said, "so it seems that the GB is wrong again." She fired back that the "truth" has to be revealed slowly and that the people back then couldn't handle it. (seems to me you'd have to be a lot tougher to live back then, but that's my opinion and I digress.) Of course no clarification on the false prophecy.

Then I said that I was looking at churches to join and one was a little bizarre in that at one point in the past they thought they Moses was going to be resurrected to the Earth and they built a mansion in California for him to live in, and when it didn't come true, it was rather embarassing. What, I asked her, did she think about me joining this religion? Of course she said it was silly and it was a cult that would believe that. When I answered that it was, in fact, the JWs that did this in 1925 she said she'd never heard of it!! She was raised a JW and she's 61!

She said nobody better ask her to choose her kids over religion or it would be religion. I said that I would never ask her that. I just begged her to research anything she had a question on. She said she did; why, she has all the cds and books from the Society!! I said, "I know that you're not allowed to look at other material so I urge you to look at the JW's own material from the past. You don't need to go any further than that because they bascially contradict themselves. If you were to compare the old with the new, you would think you're dealing with a totally different religion."

Of course she went on about "the end" and how the government would turn against religion, etc. I said that it seemed impossible that would happen. Look at the adoration the Pope got from his last visit. I said if anything the government should start taxing religion. She said the the JWs were all united, all believe the same thing, no other religion. I bit my tongue to stop the brainwashing comment because I didn't want to get into it any further.

It went no where. I did say that I would have a Bible study ONLY from the Bible though. No other books. She said she could get someone to do it...should I take the bait or bite more holes in my tongue????

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Your most memorable Kingdom Hall meeting disruptions!

by easyreader1970 in

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i remember about twenty years ago some teenagers were caught fornicating in one of the additional schools.

the schools were downstairs, essentially separated from the rest of the kh.

they weren't just happened upon, though.

littleblueuk

I can't bear the smell or taste of seafood..once when I was about 4 on a Thursday night before the meeting my mother made me eat fish fingers. She had a talk that night and my sister and I sat up front so we could see her. Right in the middle of the talk I threw up!!!

One of the sisters came running up and threw me over her shoulder and took me back to the bathroom. I was screaming on my way there, "my mother made me eat fish!!"

Another time when I was about 13 my mother asked me to be her "householder" since I guess the original one bagged it. All I had to say was no in response to her initial question. I forgot what the question was. But anyway, after the "pretend" knock and her question to which I was supposed to respond no to, I said yes instead. It really threw her. There was a long pause and people started whispering. After about 30 seconds I said, well, I suppose not since that's what you want me to say. I got yelled at afterwards.

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Please tell us where....

by littleblueuk in

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can someone tell us where they heard the news about the weekly studies being cancelled?

i just talked to my mother who is a jw and she was like, well, i didn't hear that.

i surely would have heard that before you.

littleblueuk

Thanks for that.

She was really taken aback when I suggested it. She said it was her favourite meeting, etc. For someone like her, who's been a JW since she was a kid, it's going to come as a shocker it it's true.

Maybe this will be the in I need to discuss my concerns about the Borg with her......

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Please tell us where....

by littleblueuk in

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can someone tell us where they heard the news about the weekly studies being cancelled?

i just talked to my mother who is a jw and she was like, well, i didn't hear that.

i surely would have heard that before you.

littleblueuk

Can someone tell us where they heard the news about the weekly studies being cancelled? I just talked to my mother who is a JW and she was like, well, I didn't hear that. I surely would have heard that before you. Of course she put this news down to the "apostates" but if I had a something to show here she'd be quite shocked.

I asked her if she would be really upset about it and she said she would be.

Thanks!!!!

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Remember when assemblies were fun?

by Aphrodite in

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i just remembered when i was a kid and we would go to the assembly, it was fun because we got to buy new clothes and put extra effort into looking good.

when we would get there you could save your seats and even save some for your friends, then go off looking for them.. i used to love our circuit assembly because of the food.

it was at the assembly hall and there was a big kitchen, some of my favourite brothers worked in that kitchen, sometimes i was allowed to go in and help.

littleblueuk

Assemblies were NEVER fun for me. I hated the food. The Shasta sodas and stale danishes. And the smell. Everyone smelled because it was like 100 degrees and all the shady spots were grabbed at 4:00 a.m. Back when I was real young, they were from Wednesday to Sunday, then Thursday through Sunday and now it's just weekends, I think. My mother grew up in the 50s and went from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. for seven days. I don't think I could have survived that.

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2008 District Assembly Theme - What is it?

by Connaughty in

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did antone notice that the km insert doesn't display the upcoming district assembly theme?

what do you think it will be?

littleblueuk

Why Did You Wait for 2008????

Kind of like the Stay Alive 'Til 75.

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What's The Dumbest Thing About Jehovah's Witnesses?

by minimus in

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anything come to mind??

?

littleblueuk

Besides, everything???

I will tell you what the most annoying thing is and that is their songbook, the asonine lyrics, how they tried to make everything rhyme, the cheesy cassette tape music through the speakers AND last but not least, how EVERYONE SINGS THE SOPRANO LINE!!!

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Are the Halls stepping up the message??

by littleblueuk in

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recently my jw mother has been acting strange.

she's saying things like, she feels like she doesn't "know" her children anymore (as if she ever did), and that she knows we all talk about her behind her back and mock her religion.

then she'll say that she has the "friends" and that's all she needs.. is the society turning up the armegeddon's almost here and cut off your non-believing relatives now 'cause they won't make it into the new system thing?

littleblueuk

Hello Everyone,

Recently my JW mother has been acting strange. She's saying things like, she feels like she doesn't "know" her children anymore (as if she ever did), and that she knows we all talk about her behind her back and mock her religion. Then she'll say that she has the "friends" and that's all she needs.

Is the society turning up the Armegeddon's almost here and cut off your non-believing relatives now 'cause they won't make it into the new system thing? I know in the past they hinted around it but I wouldn't put it past them now since they're running scared with the lawsuits and the internet boom? I think it's really sad. My mother is thinking all her children and grandchildren will die.

How can I answer her? Any suggestions?

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Are the Halls stepping up the message??

by littleblueuk in

jw
friends

recently my jw mother has been acting strange.

she's saying things like, she feels like she doesn't "know" her children anymore (as if she ever did), and that she knows we all talk about her behind her back and mock her religion.

then she'll say that she has the "friends" and that's all she needs.. is the society turning up the armegeddon's almost here and cut off your non-believing relatives now 'cause they won't make it into the new system thing?

littleblueuk

Hello Everyone,

Recently my JW mother has been acting strange. She's saying things like, she feels like she doesn't "know" her children anymore (as if she ever did), and that she knows we all talk about her behind her back and mock her religion. Then she'll say that she has the "friends" and that's all she needs.

Is the society turning up the Armegeddon's almost here and cut off your non-believing relatives now 'cause they won't make it into the new system thing? I know in the past they hinted around it but I wouldn't put it past them now since they're running scared with the lawsuits and the internet boom? I think it's really sad. My mother is thinking all her children and grandchildren will die.

How can I answer her? Any suggestions?