ShirleyW

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  Which Things Did Your Overzealous Parents Ban?

  by pale.emperor in

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  we all know the gb like to impose rules upon the rules... but did anyone else out there have parents that implemented rules upon those rules?

  mine did.

  my mum tended to copy whatever the elders wives were doing and took it to the extreme.

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  ShirleyW

  Vitamins - He said that Jehovah will keep us healthy and the new order is around the corner anyway

  Wow, I thought my mother was the most wacky, Uber Dub out there.
  

  My mother didn't like music that had "that beat" in it, which was just loud music with bass in it, "no, I"m not having that music in my house, Jehovah doesn't approve of that", Just about every time she heard my music via radio or record player I always heard that, I guess 5 per cent of my time growing up I probably did not here that and could listen to a song beginning to end without hearing her mouth.
  
  
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  It's hard being bisexual and being a jw

  by Sally fields in

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  i've been bi for a long time but i know it's wrong if you want to be a jw... .

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  ShirleyW

  Also in the past i had a relationship with an elder behind closed doors who used to give the watchtower study ... I just find the religion hypocritical in some ways

  The leaders of the flock are carrying on like this yet point there fingers at other religions for carrying on in this manner, I don't think your being bisexual is something you really need to worry about if you had a relationship with an elder. This cult is a sham, why do you even bother to be a part of it.
  
  
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  Work Christmas functions: Being a Bible Student (unbaptized)

  by rulehayl in

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  hi all,i have been studying with the witnesses for more than 6 months and regularly attend both midweek & weekend meetings, and i am nearly at the end of the "bible teach" book.

  my boss is adamant i attend team christmas functions.

  she knows about my studying and potential baptism next year, and has suggested that i attend and just not participate in activities like kris kringle.

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  ShirleyW

  I try my best to follow all of Jehovah's rules, but sometimes I just want to quit now because it becomes too overwhelming and difficult.

  Just think about that sentence, ever hear of any religion that has so many crazy rules? There's only one God in heaven so think to yourself, why after just studying for a short while you are already having a bit of difficulty conforming. So, please keep this in mind, if you choose to go forward and actually become a JW your head will spin with all the things you used to do and say that you won't be permitted to do or say anymore.
  
  
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  Poisonous chicken

  by zeb in

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  last night my wife prepared dinner.

  chicken and veg.

  as she was cooking the chicken it gave off the most vile smell.

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  ShirleyW

  I wonder why if it smelled so vile before it was cooked why would you eat it?
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  Convention “Highlights” - bwhahaha!

  by Muddy Waters in

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  taking a walk down memory lane at those looooonnnnngg, tedious conventions... .

  (boy, they weren’t kidding when they spoke about being long-suffering and having endurance!).

  but what were some of your convention highlights, or lowlights, from back in the day?.

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  I also remember the tents at Yankee Stadium in the 60's with the trays and standing up to eat, as a kid that was something to look forward too. I remember the Snow Cones and the bags of fruit

  But the assembly that stands out the most to me was the summer of either 1967 or 1968 when the NY area had their DC in Washington,DC at the Stadium where the Washington Senators (name of the baseball club) used to play. I'm sure this wouldn't be allowed today at any venue because of health reasons, but all four days of the assembly the toilets were not working. The restrooms were open, but they were all filled to the brim . . Like I said I was just 8 or 9, so no big deal to me, but for women and kids and changing diapers. I don't know how they did it, but keep in mind food was still served ! and of course the Uber sickening Dubs like my mother were saying on the bus ride back home to NYC, "only with Jah's spirit would we able to endure four days without a toilet". . . .
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  question of the day does a religious org have the right to hold confidential info on one of its members

  by poopie in

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  without there permission ?.

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  ShirleyW

  you know the Dubs do, when brother mary and sister john have an affair they get DFd, shouldn't an affair and other misdoings be considered as confidential? Yet it goes on your Dub record, for all to see, or whoever handles the records, which includes the elder that takes home the files and his wife does the work for him or snoops in the files.
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  Rock band titles from JW history / culture

  by sir82 in

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  on another thread, undercover suggested "adam and the dinosaurs".. i came up with these:.

  green bible dinosaurs.

  jezebel and the fornicators.

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  ShirleyW

  Didn't read through all 7 pages but did anyone mention "New Light" as being a name for a rock band?

  How about "Fractions of Blood" ?
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  not a new topic - really a pet peave

  by Moster in

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  makes me crazy:.

  there: go over there!.

  their: they own it; belonging to etc.. for the love of pete - use them correctly!.

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  ShirleyW

  Well, since we're on a grammar rant here.

  my two "peaves" are (just can't let it go) especially on this site, dealing with religion:

  babtize

  masterbation

  how can you be involved in ANY religion and you can't spell the word baptize properly?

  also if you can't spell masturbation properly, you're not allowed to do it

  (Now, let the hating begin, some folks sending PM's to other folks wishing I would shut the "F" up)
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  JW Baptism Anullment

  by Farmer Jim1 in

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  has anyone ever successfully annulled their jw baptism?

  especially if they were very young when baptised?.

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  ShirleyW

  who cares, why bother? It's a cult, they make up the BS rules as they go along!
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  not a new topic - really a pet peave

  by Moster in

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  makes me crazy:.

  there: go over there!.

  their: they own it; belonging to etc.. for the love of pete - use them correctly!.

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  ShirleyW

  My pet peeve is people who spell "peeve" as "peave."

  it's alwways a god idea to cheek yur speling before comenting on mistakes in gramarr.