I was never baptized, but I was a born in and never believed in the BS, I was in my early 20's and living at home when my elder father said I didn't have to attend the meetings anymore (much to the dismay of my mother).
ShirleyW
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How old were you when you left the Watchtower - SURVEY
by usualusername ini believe that the older you are the harder it is to leave the watchtower.. .
i am attempting to get a list of ages people learnt the "truth" and what age they left.. .
uun.
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Had an argument with my wife about tinkerbell :(
by BU2B inone of my co workers mother made my 4 year old a blanket with the disney character tinkerbell on it.
as soon as i got it i knew trouble lay ahead.
i wanted to reason with her before my daughter saw it so as not to cause a disruption, but it didn't work out that way.
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ShirleyW
Pistoff said - I told him I thought the Simpsons was not good for him to watch, with the bad attitude of Bart, the overall sarcastic nature, etc. He looked at me and said: "It's just a cartoon Dad." I was speechless, he was right; he watched the Simpsons from then on.
My mother told me, and this is going back much more then ten years (and the fact she passed in 2006) that one of the brothers at the circuit assembly mentioned that Dubs shouldn't watch The Simpsons since Bart isn't very respectful to his father.
So in other words just because this brother couldn't stand the show he had to command the other faithful, blind worshipers of Jah not to watch the show either.
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Something I Just Learned ...
by snowbird inblack don't crack - asian don't raisin.. meaning?.
black and asian people usually have firm facial skin..
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ShirleyW
Can't be something you just learned Sylvie, that black don't crack saying is probably older than you and me.
Have to say though, Caroline Kennedy was born two weeks before I was in the same hospital, my mother was already there due to complications, so everytime she or her family were on TV I always heard that story ad nauseum. So when I finally saw her in person about two years ago I was absolutely gobsmacked, we all meet that one person that we went to school with or something that looks a hundred years old, well . . . ol' Caroline totally gobsmacked me, other folks I still run into black and white don't look as wrinkled and aged as she does.
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Big Time Hypocrite
by Iamallcool inmy dad told me this story long time ago.
there was an long time elder that is never married.
he got caught going to brothel one day after a brother followed him there.
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ShirleyW
LongHairGal - Since you mention the Cult is nothing but a boys club, that reminds me of an elder who's son knocked up just about all females in the 5 boroughs of New York City. His dad was in danger of losing his elder status in his Cong, so he transferred to another Cong on Long Island, so he could retain his title, How about that? Jah's spirit at work indeed !
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Could you get disfellowshipped for simply asking questions?
by LogCon inif so, what would be some examples?.
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only questions that show a higher degree of thought and intelligence please..
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ShirleyW
I would imagine you could get DFd for asking questions that you used your brain for that Jehovah provided you with for thinking up questions about things in the Borg that just don't add up, of which there are many.
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Get well Grace (Mouthy)
by label licker ina loud get well grace from all of us to you.
everyone, grace has been in and out of the hospital and i'm sure she would love to read your get wells.
we miss you grace:) wish i could post pictures.
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ShirleyW
What Outlaw said !!
Don't kick that bucket !!
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Anyone recall a time when your congregation came to the aid of a Brother or sister in need??
by jam ini'm not talking about a individual, but a congregation as a whole.. i'm talking about a brother or sister that really hit hard times.. have there ever been an occasion where the brothers (elders).
decided to dip into the kh funds and help one in need????.
example, brother loose his job, get evicted, family of four or.
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ShirleyW
Well I hate to give them credit, but a Sister that needed a heart operation needed two thousand cash before she could be admitted or whatever the case was, I was about 19-20 at the time, however, calls were made all evening trying to get the money and, lo and behold, they came up with the dough.
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Do any of you get scared when there's a major storm/occurence?
by mellojello ini never used to care for storms or anything like that but ever since i learned about jwism, i would get scared everytime there's a big storm.....does this happen to any of you?
if so, how did you deal with it?
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ShirleyW
Maybe you thought the loud noises were the start of the Big A.
My Godmother always got under the covers when their used to be heavy thunder and lightning.
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You Americans are the friendliest people I've met
by not bitter in........ well at least the ones i encountered on my recent holiday to orlando.
now i know that its a tourist destintion so everyone working in the hotels and parks are on their best behaviour.
but i have been to tourist towns here in the uk and europe but not one is on a par with you guys.. my husband and i haven't stopped talking about to anyone that wants to listen.
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ShirleyW
EXACTLY Rip Van Winkle !!!
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Why so many unbelieving spouses?
by garyneal ini had been thinking about religion and religious services in general and perhaps i am just noticing it more because of my personal involvement but it seems that the jehovahs witness religion tends to have more incidents of mixed marriages where one partner is considered the unbelieving spouse than other religions or churches.
of course, i have not been to church is a while and even when i did go to church i found that there werent as many instances of a spouse going it alone in the church without their partner.
i guess that is partly why i got discouraged in going to church as i felt like i could only bring half my family to it.. the main thing i would like to discuss, though, is why does there seem to be a higher number of mixed marriages within this religion as opposed to other religions.
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ShirleyW
Back in the 60's and 70's when I was growing up, if the whole family wasn't in, then it was usually the mother raising the kids in the Cult, it was very rare when the father was the only one.
My mother got baPtized in 1958 and my father didn't get baPtized until 1978, it was just a case of a long married man that was beaten down to whatever the loudmouth wife goes by, happens in all marriages, BTW, my father was even appointed elder down the road, but he still drank and every time my mother left on Saturday afternoon to go on a study or whatever, as soon as the car was out the driveway he always ran to the phone to make a call . . . and trust me, he wasn't talking to another brother or anybody else of the male species