Posts by karter

many of us have devoted a lot of time and energy to the jw's at the expense of other things like education , planing for retirement , family time just to name a few.. i don't consider it all wasted time there was a lot of good i learnt however i'm doing things now as a jw i never would have.. i don't have the same time pressure and never fell guilty about taking a lot of time out for myself as one elder said to me"if we don't keep you brothers real busy in the work of the kingdom you get swallowed up by the world" .

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karter

Many of us have devoted a lot of time and energy to the JW's at the expense of other things like education , planing for retirement , family time just to name a few.

I don't consider it all wasted time there was a lot of good i learnt however I'm doing things now as a JW i never would have.

I don't have the same time pressure and never fell guilty about taking a lot of time out for myself as one elder said to me"if we don't keep you brothers real busy in the work of the kingdom you get swallowed up by the world"

Karter

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From Rutherford -2008 Watchtower ="dont have kid's till after Armagedon!"

by Witness 007 in

yes i thought rutherford's policy on kid's was dead and the society had wised up....until i read the new "witnesses only" watchtower study magazine...compare.. rutherford's last book "children" 1942 = p.281 "wait until after armagedon to bring children into the world...it is only afew years before the other sheep are gathered to the lord, until armagedon...those with infants during armagedon will have greater woe...it would be a far greater difficulty to care for them during the tribulation.".

watchtower 2008 april 15 p.19 {picture of a middle aged couple witnessing with question: why do some christian couples decide not to have children?

} paragraph 12 "single or childless for a noble purpose.....numerous couples have decided to remain childless....they often do so to remain freer to serve jehovah...they are willing to place kingdom interests above some of the privileges that go with marriage...jehovah will not forget their work, and the love they show for his name...there will be a great tribulation...doubtless, it will be a difficult time for all of us-adults and children alike.".

karter

The 1st c.o i remember as a child he and his wife just loved children always made a fuss of us got us to draw pictures ect

Before he died a few years ago he said"if we knew the system was going to last this long we would have had children"

Sad they would have been wounderful parents.

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When you left how long did it take you to get out of the JW mind set ??

by karter in

how long before something happened (i:e 9/11) before you stopped thinking the big a was coming??.

i read 7 news papers a week it took me a long time to read about some big bad event without thinking this is it the big a is about to happen now i read it for what it is.. what about you.

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karter

How long before something happened (i:e 9/11) before you stopped thinking the big A was coming??

I read 7 news papers a week it took me a long time to read about some big bad event without thinking this is it the big A is about to happen now i read it for what it is.

What about you.

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Did you have any self righteous holier than though in your congro??

by karter in

we moved to a new congro when we got married there was a pioneer couple who looked down on anyone who wasn't as good as them.. my wife was pioneering i was working my butt off trying to save some money to buy a house (we did) these 2 looked down on anyone who brought anything nice ,we found out they were running down to the welfare for a free handout at the expense of hard working people like me just to look good.. take away the label pioneer they would probably support themselves.. another solo mum living on welfare used to rave on how she pioneered lets face it having the state pay you to bring up one child she had plenty of time on her hands.. i was working on council houses and helped her get one even helped her move into it ,soon after she married the father of her child (he became a jw) after the help my wife & i had given her we didnt get an invite to the wedding they only invited elders , ms , regular pioneers one of my mates who was a pioneer said '' don't know why they invited me don't even know them''.

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fast forward after much , much ass licking (you had to see it to believe it ) he became an elder only to be removed a few months later.

karter

We moved to a new congro when we got married there was a pioneer couple who looked down on anyone who wasn't as good as them.

My wife was pioneering i was working my butt off trying to save some money to buy a house (we did) these 2 looked down on anyone who brought anything nice ,we found out they were running down to the welfare for a Free handout at the expense of hard working people like me just to look good.

Take away the label pioneer they would probably support themselves.

Another solo mum living on welfare used to rave on how SHE pioneered lets face it having the state pay you to bring up one child she had plenty of time on her hands.

I was working on Council houses and helped her get one even helped her move into it ,soon after she married the father of her child (he became a jw) after the help my wife & i had given her we didnt get an invite to the wedding they only invited Elders , ms , regular pioneers one of my mates who was a pioneer said '' don't know why they invited me don't even know them''.

Fast forward after much , much ass licking (you had to see it to believe it ) he became an elder only to be removed a few months later

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You told me about the weirdo's what about the drunks??

by karter in

we had a hard core bunch of elder drunks all 5 of them could drink like there was know tomorrow my father who was never a jw and liked a drink had nothing on these guys at jw weddings ect they would ask my dad to be barman because he was a big guy know one would argue with he would refuse to serve some elders because they had to much

karter

We had a hard core bunch of Elder drunks all 5 of them could drink like there was know tomorrow my father who was never a JW and liked a drink had nothing on these guys at JW weddings ect they would ask my dad to be barman because he was a big guy know one would argue with he would refuse to serve some elders because they had to much

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What J.W teaching did you find the hardest to accept??

by karter in

for me it was the fact that god is allowing all these innocent people to get killed to prove a point ,i mean it was a big bet he had with satan.. i explained it to my wife this way if i had our children killed in the most horriable way just to show they couldn't live without me how does that make me look?.

karter

For me it was the fact that god is allowing all these innocent people to get killed to prove a point ,i mean it was a big bet he had with Satan.

I explained it to my wife this way if i had our children killed in the most horriable way just to show they couldn't live without me how does that make me look?

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Tell me about the weirdos in your congro.

by karter in

we had a guy who used to bang on about natural remedies.. at the doors and meetings he would tell everyone what was wrong with them and what to take to remedy it he even told the brothers of for sell coke at the assemblies.. however there was know remedy for his mental health apart from that he was a fat little porker who looked like you could grow spuds on his teeth and washing wasnt big on his agenda last i heard he joined scientology.. we had 4 sisters in the congro pregnant one nut case confessed to the elders he was father to all of them.. one sister used to attack the po's wife in the kh then stand up through the meeting and abuse at the speaker after that they would call the sike team it wasnt uncommon for her to go door to door at midnight.. last i heard she became a counsellor..

karter

We had a guy who used to bang on about natural remedies.

At the doors and meetings he would tell everyone what was wrong with them and what to take to remedy it he even told the brothers of for sell coke at the assemblies.

However there was know remedy for his mental health apart from that he was a fat little porker who looked like you could grow spuds on his teeth and washing wasnt big on his agenda last i heard he joined scientology.

We had 4 sisters in the congro pregnant one nut case confessed to the elders he was father to all of them.

One sister used to attack the po's wife in the kh then stand up through the meeting and abuse at the speaker after that they would call the sike team it wasnt uncommon for her to go door to door at midnight.

Last i heard she became a counsellor.