Posts by mentalclearness

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My Story "this is long, I'm sorry"

by ex-nj-jw in

i'm not sure i ever really posted my story.

i think i've given bit's and pieces on others threads but not the whole thing on my own thread.

the issue that another member is having with childcare and yet another poster asking me why i'm still here after being out for 24 years has prompted me to type this up.. so here goes:.

mentalclearness

sorry about all the errors..i'm so tired............

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My Story "this is long, I'm sorry"

by ex-nj-jw in

i'm not sure i ever really posted my story.

i think i've given bit's and pieces on others threads but not the whole thing on my own thread.

the issue that another member is having with childcare and yet another poster asking me why i'm still here after being out for 24 years has prompted me to type this up.. so here goes:.

thank you for sharing your story..i can't believe that you were so courageous at such a young...and you had such a clear idea of what you wanted to do..nursing school, moving out with our friend..really amazing....i'm sorry that right now you're having problems with your son...what your parents did in telling him is sooooooooo wrong on so many levels....they completely underminded you...i hope things go better with him in the future...

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My Theory

by Princess Daisy Boo in

i have had this theory for a very long time and i would like to hear what everyone has to say about this.. i think that people are either inherantly religious or not.

if they are inherantly religious, then the wtbts will naturally apeal to them, all the deep in depth study and the bible analysis and so on.

they feel the need to look to a higher source for fulfilment.. and then there are those that are not inherantly religious... the ones the prefer to concentrate on the here and now.

mentalclearness

welcome to the board!!! very interesting subject..I've thought this too..but I was also thinking about what white dove said...I've known many people who seem to want to know the answers to deeper questions and go on to study philosophy, not necessarily anything religious...and they are definitely not the type of people that want a scapegoat or want to be told what to do...i think there are people who are curious naturally and want to know more and there are others who don't....neither one is better than the other mind you...

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Caffeine and NGO issues

by Princess Daisy Boo in

hi again.

i may just be being lazy here and for that i apologise, but for the benefit of myself and other newbies, could you just clarify or point me in the right direction... i am very curious about the caffeine issue and the ngo issue - i have not heard of them before?.

princess db.

mentalclearness

I asked my brother a long time ago about the ngo issue and he said that the society had a membership to use the library...has anyone else heard this???

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COLLEGE IS EVIL!!!!!

by why??? in

hi everyone...this year i had to go to the district convention and with my newly opened mind...i sat there rolling my eyes the whole time...i was however very distrubed by a talk on higher education...im sure you all know of it...basically telling all of us outright that it was no good and we shouldnt be going...now i know they have done it in the past...but it seemed so blatant this year in your face...college is evil.....here's a related link .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7vxnzoeeys&mode=related&search= .

hopefully the links work ..im not really sure how to do it .......

mentalclearness

I agree with monophonic..College is not only about education but networking too....When I think of all the unemployed brothers and sisters in my old hall..imagine..with no education and no one to "hook" you up..especially in a latin country where there is already so much crisis...I feel so sorry for these people. They are so lost and the worst part is that their families suffer as well. Their children, their wives, their marriages...it's like a domino effect.

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may need some help soon

by Missanna in

ok so i send my father a letter telling him several reasons i do not believe the witnesses are jehovah's organization.i also told my father at the end of the letter that i was setting some boundaries once and for all.

that i would not be emotionally blackmailed or verbally abused anymore that if he wanted to talk to me as a father then i welcome that and if he can't do that then i do not wish to comunicate with him.

i sent it about a week ago and was waiting for all hell to break loose but nothing happend.

mentalclearness

Funny..when i read this thread it was like exactly what i asked my mom the other day. How is Jehovah manifesting his approval or blessing on the witnesses only??? What evidence shows this?..Her answer was somewhat disappointing. I expected so much more from someone who dedicated their whole life to the organization...She said the increase...to which i responded..big increase in evangelists too in latin america....and this was the killer.....happy people in the organization...first, happiness is not limited to just witnesses...i mean i just had to ask "how would you know?" are you drinking coffee with your neighbors or socializing at all with them??? I can name you a couple families who are perfectly happy (non church going) and have nice decent moral lives...on the other hand..I can name you several broken up homes within the congregation and depressed unhappy people.... my advice to you...don't expect too much...you can try to reason..hopefully your sister will reason..but I know I just lost alot of respect for a person I always considered an intelligent thinking woman.....

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Did you have to dress up for meeting?

by ericr in

jw
friends

i remember having to dress up for every meeting even the ones during the week.

i had to wear a botton down shirt dress pants, a tie, dress shoes, dress socks and a blazer.

this was also required by my parents to dress up when going door to door.

mentalclearness

i guess in florida they took out that pantyhose rule....i hardly ever wore pantyhose..and in summer sandals were appropriate...guess it really depends on the area....and the decade...hahahaha!!!!

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How Much and for How Long Did You Love Being In The 'Truth'?

by sweet pea in

reading tijkmoo's original post about his experience (well worth a read all you newbies...) it made me think back to my experience of being a witness.

up until 4 months ago i had spent my whole life loving being a witness (apart from twinges of discontent when a young girl being left out of attending friends birthday parties) and was a faithful sister who pioneered when possible and was a member of the quickbuild team in my single days.

i felt it was the truth and there was no where else to go.

mentalclearness

i was born in the organization. got baptized at 13 like all my friends..wish i could kill the sister who asked me "why aren't you baptized yet?"...because it didn't really come from me...anyways was a good witness until 15 when i got involved with all the "nice" pot smoking, partying, sneaking out of your house kids in the hall while avoiding the "evil" worldly people... well after double lifing through my teenage years...(i didn't comment..barely went out in service, always was late, left early,) but I went to all the weddings, picnics, etc...anyways finally when i moved out i became inactive for a couple of years and then made the mistake of returning after a couple of years...well i tried to convince myself it was the truth for the past 10 years..and guess what??? still a doubting thomas..always loathed preaching..especially when we would talk about 144,000 or armageddon. just sounded so hokey...tried to just preach about practical matters...you know..values, etc i haven't had the time to look up the scandals, the lies, etc...i just can't believe that God is blessing or involved in an organization that cares more about how much time you are knocking doors to actually how much time is dedicated to caring about people. If one of the signs of the christian congregation is to have love amongst yourselves than definitely the jw's are not it...I've seen so many people treated so badly for being reproved or considered bad association because of the stupidest things. it didn't happen to me although i always was on the fringes...but i had a famous jw name and i always was nice to everyone..trying to be christianly..giving stuff away to people who needed it..trying to give practical advice to people. having baby showers in my house for sisters who had gotten in trouble and gotten pregnant...i really miss some friends who accepted me for who i was..i always made sarcastic comments and tried to be myself..often complaining about long assemblies and crazy talks from the platform...but i'm glad to be out..all in all 28 years of my 31 years of life...i don't consider them all a waste. but i'm happy to have the chance to move ahead and move on........

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How Much and for How Long Did You Love Being In The 'Truth'?

by sweet pea in

reading tijkmoo's original post about his experience (well worth a read all you newbies...) it made me think back to my experience of being a witness.

up until 4 months ago i had spent my whole life loving being a witness (apart from twinges of discontent when a young girl being left out of attending friends birthday parties) and was a faithful sister who pioneered when possible and was a member of the quickbuild team in my single days.

i felt it was the truth and there was no where else to go.

mentalclearness

can someone teach me how to format????? please!!!!!!!!!!!

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my mothers conversation with elders

by DaCheech in

my mom learned the truth 40+ years ago from my uncles and some people in europe.

she has been going regularly since 1978 or so.. lately she's been going to some meetings only due to health.. yesterday at noon she got a visit from the p.o.

and he made a "pastoral visit".

mentalclearness

when i was still attending book study and we covered the part about the generation in the revelation book, the elder conducting made a stupid comment about how old the anointed must be by now...of course i was looking around to see if anyone was going to raise their hand and correct him..but of course no one did...we were like 15...anyways, i raised my hand and said i remembered studying an article and how it had changed..bla bla bla...but what surprised me was that no on knew anything about it...and this was before any doctrinal doubts....