Posts by Younglove1999

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Sad Sept KM QB part tonight. They have a plan. Sad.

by oompa in

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the question does say it is witnesses getting these study groups up.

one scripture you will not hear during the part is the one scripture jesus himself spoke of small groups getting together, this one:.

matt 18:20 "for where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there i am in their midst.".

Younglove1999

I can't seem to bring up the link with the actual copy of the KM, but it sounds like the material is pretty self explanatory- ie, why the hell is every one (the JW's) interpreting it to make it come across as something different than what it says in plain black and white- If the FDS is commissioned by God to "interpret the sayings from the Bible", then why can't they just clearly come out and say ABC, instead of creating 7 paragraphs of BS and not actually say anything constructive or finite?

Reading their crap is like talking to a shady lawyer. You don't get anything productive out of it.

*rolls eyes*

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Sad Sept KM QB part tonight. They have a plan. Sad.

by oompa in

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the question does say it is witnesses getting these study groups up.

one scripture you will not hear during the part is the one scripture jesus himself spoke of small groups getting together, this one:.

matt 18:20 "for where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there i am in their midst.".

Younglove1999

Oh, and oompa, I'm so sorry about the whole ordeal with your wife. :(

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The Effect of Losing Elders

by metatron in

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losing elders in the us puts the organization into quite a dilemma.

they hate large congregations.

but can't split without enough appointed local 'enforcers'.

Younglove1999

elders should be carrying the microphones.

I hate when I see one lone brother trying to do the microphone for the entire hall because brother "responsible for the left side" didn't show up, while the 9 elders in the hall hang out in the back re-reading the stupid announcement board during the whole meeting.

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How Do You Get on the Cover of a BOrg Magazine?

by Clam in

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does anyone know where the models come from who appear on awakea and watchtowera magazines?

it would make sense to me that theyre dubsa as this would be saving the societya money.

or are they worldlya people?

Younglove1999

I know the original cover Does God Care Brochure (I think it was that one) had to be re-done because the guy on the cover turned apostate.

I know a lot of people who ended up on the cover or in pictures of the publications. And the outfits that they wear in them usually don't actually belong to the people posing because as one of my old friends who was in a photo told me "nobody owns clothes that ugly"

LOL!

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What exactly can I get disfellowshipped for?

by Younglove1999 in

my husband and i have been inactive for almost 8 months.

we haven't gone to a meeting and slowly our jw friends have stopped associating with us because we're "weak".

at some point, we'll be celebrating holidays.

Younglove1999

jgnat, that's a great idea-

I'm definitely going to find something like that-

thanks

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My District Convention pioneer experiences- I fed my kids from the gutter?

by Witness 007 in

i wen't to the district convention 2 years ago, the talk was on "sacrifices," a pioneer couple were interviewed by the c.o.

they had pioneered for many years with two kids, the dad worked part time.

they explianed how money was "tight" for them many times.

Younglove1999

wow-what incredible stories-

this is why I could never pioneer and I wondered for years what was wrong with me that I felt health insurance, a decent car and decent meals were actually more important then making pioneering my goal.

I remember telling one sister, that there was no way I could afford to work part time. I said with health insurance, 401k contributions, life insurance and normal day to day items, how would I afford to keep up with a part time salary? She looked at me like I had the plague.

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Out of the mouth of babes...

by sweetstuff in

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ok, i am seriously seriously livid right now, yet so terribly proud of my seven year old.

my girls who are seven and nine are grieving their great grandmother on their father's side, lovely woman.

she was a witness.

Younglove1999

that is too cute

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Nightmares

by joelbear69 in

i had another one last night.

they all center around me seeing jehovah's witnesses from the past who i cared about .

and still care about.

Younglove1999

joel, I'm sorry you're having a rough time-

I know what you mean about feeling socially inept- as JW's we're not trained to actually make friends based on personal compatibility-we're expected to just like each other and socialize- I know there's more to it, but in a nutshell, that's usually how it is. We'd all sit around and ask each other the same stupid questions, "what are your goals?", "what privleges do you have in the hall?", "how did you learn the truth"? etc.

When my husband & I decided that we weren't going to stay JW's merely for the social aspect of it, we were (and are) determined to cultivate real friendships with people we've "known" for quite some time, but never took the step to really let them in because they were "wordly". So far, it's been great. But it's hard because I feel like I have to deliver my "A game", which is obviously a good thing when you're making friends because you want to surround yourself with people you like, but I'm just not used to it because in the truth, it didn't matter-as long as you maintained a certain apperance/life style, you'd have some resemblence of a social circle- for the most part anyways, it looked that way on paper, but as a lot of people here can attest to, it wasn't anything truly enjoyable or refreshing.

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What exactly can I get disfellowshipped for?

by Younglove1999 in

my husband and i have been inactive for almost 8 months.

we haven't gone to a meeting and slowly our jw friends have stopped associating with us because we're "weak".

at some point, we'll be celebrating holidays.

Younglove1999

I was under the impression if I submit a letter than I've in a sense DA'd myself.

My mother tells me that doing that is worse than getting DF. She even said if that happened, she was told she wouldn't be able to work for me. So I guess I'm kind of leary of putting anything in writing.

I know it's pointless anyways, but I want to say it. I think it's just insane that they're going to hold me to something I did when I was 12, which is when I got baptized. If I never got baptized- I'd be fine. What did I know at 12? I was the second of 3 kids and it was shortly after I got baptized and around the time my sister got DF'd, that she told my brother he wasn't allowed to get baptized until he was 18. She got a lot of flak from people for not encouraging my brother to pursue spiritual things. She didn't see it that way- she just didn't want to risk having to lose all three of her kids should they make a decision later on that they don't want to be a JW. What's sad is she shouldn't have to lose any of us if she would just make her own decisions.

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Nightmares

by joelbear69 in

i had another one last night.

they all center around me seeing jehovah's witnesses from the past who i cared about .

and still care about.

Younglove1999

I've had weird nightmares too.

And even once in a while I'll have a minor freak out about how my life is changing because of the decision I made to leave the org. I'm glad I did, but like today I was on the treadmill and I just started thinking of all the people I'm not going to see and who'll never get to see my daughter. Even though they're the ones ignoring me, it's just bittersweet I guess. Like how could they not want to see my daughter? it's bizarre.

of course usually those moments are followed by feelings of anger and annoyance towards these brainwashed former "friends" of mine.