i was thinking back on some of the people i knew growing up, as well as my own family - many of whom are dubs... tell me what your own experiences are of these kind of people, did you notice a large prevalence of these types of people in the congs you attended:.
1. health nuts: into all sorts of alternative health theories like iridology, reflexology, homeopathy etc?
2. get rich quick folk: always getting involved in this scheme or that, this business or that - especially pyramid type things?.
lol my 2 sisters and I each married good JW boys (only my oldest sister is still married, but I digress), and all 3 of those guys' fathers have their own businesses (2 of them are elders).
One was a carpet cleaning company, one was a construction company and the third painted houses.
printed during w.w 2 on cheap paper this soft cover book is rare.
so i stole one from the hall.
interesting quotes.. watch.
When I was a JW, I knew many brothers and sisters who were going to wait for the "new system" in which to have children. They did wait...for a little while.
They now all have children. Guess they were enlightened.
i came in to the "loving" organization when they had the nasty cold food so i dont know how good the hot cooked food was.
my ex says it was pretty good, but should i have belived her?
i would think hot food made for a happier time at least for the eaters.. brzfst.
I wasn't allowed to get the hot meals. I'm not really sure why. I'll bet it's because my mom didn't want to wait in the really long hot lunch line. We always got hoagies instead.
she made her debut on "keep yourselves in god's love: birthday thread (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/159047/2.ashx).
here is a copy of her brief introduction and comment.
hello everyone, i have been reading jwd for awhile and enjoying everyone's comments.
Welcome!!!! :)
i was thinking back on some of the people i knew growing up, as well as my own family - many of whom are dubs... tell me what your own experiences are of these kind of people, did you notice a large prevalence of these types of people in the congs you attended:.
1. health nuts: into all sorts of alternative health theories like iridology, reflexology, homeopathy etc?
2. get rich quick folk: always getting involved in this scheme or that, this business or that - especially pyramid type things?.
I knew so many who were into the home parties (Tupperware, etc.) so they wouldn't have to work and would be able to pioneer. Almost all the mothers were stay-at-home-moms too. I often wondered what kind of jobs their husbands held. I was often embarrassed to admit that I was a working mother lol.
i thought it would be interesting to see just how many people have climbed aboard jwd within the last 6 months.
it will give us an indication on how many people are actually coming away from the borg.. i may not be replying all the time but will pop in every day of so.. lets keep this thread going and use it to welcome new ones.
may i be the first to say welcome.
Hi, new people! :) I joined awhile ago, but pretty much just lurk now. I should change that and start posting again. I'm usually just too lazy to log in, heh. ;)
even though you might think it's painfully obvious, explain why you chose your avatar and/or username.
it could help us faceless "netizens" get to know each other a little better.
open mind.
I don't think I have an avatar yet.
My username is referencing my daughter. She took dance classes a couple of years ago. The 124 is her birth date (January 24th).
ok, so my next door neighbor is thanks i'm slightly insane, we're friends and he actually knows i'm insane.
i think he finds it hard to believe that a religion can be so controlling.
please halp me, and remember that whatever you say may be used in an article i'm writing for the atlanta journal constitution.
Oooh, here's a good one. My ex-husband is disassociated. He's remarried and has a beautiful 2 year old daughter with his current wife. Ex-husband's parents are VERY strict JWs. They not only shunned their son, but they shunned his daughters too! For awhile, they only shunned the 2 year old. Their reasoning was that he made his choice and that includes his children too. ?????? However, they were still seeing the child he and I have together (she's 6), but since they just found out I've been inactive for quite awhile, they stopped seeing her as well.
When the ex and I were still married, we lived down the street from them. We skipped many meetings. Everytime we skipped one, his father would knock on our door afterwards to find out why we didn't go.
And those are just a couple of examples. Those people are crazy.
vet claims docs removed wrong testicle .
los angeles - an air force veteran filed a federal claim after undergoing an operation at a veterans administration hospital in which a healthy testicle was removed instead of a potentially cancerous one.
benjamin houghton, 47, was to have had his left testicle removed on june 14 at the west los angeles va medical center because there was a chance it could harbor cancer cells.
I don't know if a man can have sex without his testicles. I looked up "castration" once (don't ask) and the definition was the removal of the testicles.
(clam here is the promised fluff thread - but you know it will probably degenerate into an intellectual discussion about pagan festivals - like my posts so often do!
so how will you all be honoring the goddess astarte or was it istoreth?
will you be devouring chocolate eggs - with their heavy pagan influences?
Ooooh, I LOVE to celebrate sex!!!
I'll be celebrating at my dbf's parents house. They have huge celebrations for just about every holiday. I'm very excited.
