Not me, but boy......the JW's sure no how to make ya paranoid and think the worse about everything and everyone. Scared and suspicious besides.
LINDA
REBORNAGAIN
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Did You Ever Think The Demons Were Bothering You?
by minimus inwhen i was younger i used to have terrible convulsions and hear "voices".
my mom was convinced that it must be "the demons".
the congregation prayed over me and eventually i went to a doctor that was able to figure out why i was so sickly and presto: everyone's prayers were answered..
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A really good movie for XJWs to appreciate
by Gregor injust out on dvd, "the lives of others" subtitled german.
a fact based story of big brother in east germany under the soviet secret police, the stasi.
chilling to realize it is all based on fact.
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REBORNAGAIN
Thanks! I'll be sure to buy a copy. Did you mean that it is in German with ENGLISH subtitles? Glad I know German fluently.
LINDA
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Do you think JW's grow and mature as they age?
by megsmomma ini ask because my ex, who is still a jw and my 9 year old's dad (hence the still knowing him part) hardley seems to change at all over the years.
i do know he is now an elder....and he doesn't have time for much fun.
(they are usually broke and busy with meetings, ect.
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speaking of zombies, I was once in a cong. in Maine where a particular family were really weird. They dressed like from way back during the Depression, the girls had their hair braided and tied back, the dad was an elder and the worse thing of all, THOSE KIDS FROM THAT FAMILY, (honest truth) NEVER MOVED A MUSCLE WHILE SITTING IN THEIR SEATS. Would they have gotten beaten upon getting home? They sat there like literal zombies. It was scary.
LINDA
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Do you think JW's grow and mature as they age?
by megsmomma ini ask because my ex, who is still a jw and my 9 year old's dad (hence the still knowing him part) hardley seems to change at all over the years.
i do know he is now an elder....and he doesn't have time for much fun.
(they are usually broke and busy with meetings, ect.
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Stunt them? Of course. Their whole academic intake is based on the JW's teachings and nothing else. It keeps them very narrow-minded and limited to only what they are taught. They may read in the Awake current events going on in the world, but NEVER in depth, nor do they know how to use the critical thinking process, due to a lack of time or ability. This of course is all contingent on if they go 100% by the book, JW teachings that is.
LINDA
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Would Anyone Ever Be Able To Tell That You Were Once A Witness?
by minimus inare there still some of those jw qualities than rear its ugly head once in a while??
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Not really, but I still like to dress up. I also have that tendency to do so when I go to Church. Even though so many come in jeans etc. I'm sorry, but I do feel a bit of respect for God should be shown, hence my reasons for still preferring to dress up.
LINDA
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TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF
by REBORNAGAIN inhere's a new topic.
tell us in what ways you were taken advantage of during your stint within the borg.. me?
i had sisters involved in these residual income companies (e.g.
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BTW, one of those sisters who was the main Honchoess in that business, apparently earned enough to put herself through schooling and is now a certfied massage therapist with her own office. What happened to her claim that we need to devote ALL of our time in service? Her hubby is/was the PO in that cong. I don't know if he still is, I left that cong. in 1999.
LINDA
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The fade is over, talked to my parents last night. (very very long)
by Paralipomenon inthere would never be a good time to have this conversation.
quite different from most people raised a witness, i have very few horror stories about my upbringing.
my family was just a family, my mom and dad fought and argued, my siblings and i misbehaved and got in trouble.. .
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REBORNAGAIN
WOW...what courage. Your parents behavior was to be expected and in the end, quite unexpected. I think in the long run, things will work out exactly the way God has planned and not the way the JW's plan.
You did a great job. I'm proud of you too!
LINDA
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TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF
by REBORNAGAIN inhere's a new topic.
tell us in what ways you were taken advantage of during your stint within the borg.. me?
i had sisters involved in these residual income companies (e.g.
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Here's a new topic. Tell us in what ways you were taken advantage of during your stint within the borg.
Me? I had sisters involved in these residual income companies (e.g. Shaklee, Amway, Melaluca) wanting my business just to increase their profits and when I decided, no this is not for me, they dropped me like a hot potato. I wasn't contributing to their profits. GREEDY.....that's all they were. They wanted no more to do with me after that. And at the meetings, it was only a hello, if even that. I felt DF, so when I offically was...I was ok with it....I felt that way already.
LINDA
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I had to fire somebody this morning
by littlerockguy init had been coming.
i hired an employee last year out of desperation since medical transcriptionist in this area are extremely hard to find.
this person had experience and had been employed at one place for a long time so i thought i would give this person a try.
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I'm glad you acknowledged her bahavior and did what you needed to do. I once worked for a company and the owner/boss didn't give a hoot that one of the employees was habitually late every single day. It really got to us (her fellow employees). In time, the business got sold and she got trashed.
At my current job, someone just got fired 2 days ago. NOBODY....should EVER tell an owner, and a profesional Engineer at that, to tell him how to run his business. Oooops! To think they were once upon a time good friends too.
LINDA
P.S. Hire someone like me. I get up at 3:30am everyday, leave at 5:00 and I am at work by 6am and love getting up that early too. The commute is ok, I pray alot during that time.
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careers and job positions JWs are not allowed to have
by tula inhow many of you were required to give up a certain career you had in order to become a jw or before you could be baptised?.
help here in naming all the job positions and careers that dubs are not allowed to have and the scriptural reason for it.
detail if possible.. can a jw be a mortician?.
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the newest light?
Of course now they are changing their tune now. I was among the JW's for 30 WHOLE $&ß#ÿ¿%! years and they ALWAYS forbade us from going to college. Their claim was, "As soon as you get out of high school, go into the fulltime ministry because the end is so near. No more time for school." That's BS!
LINDA