Posts by Micky4321

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Do you shun Jw's now?

by AK - Jeff in

i have gone thru phases with this.

i sometimes have forced jw's who shun me to speak, or be embarrassed if they don't.

then i let up on that as the hurting lessened over time.

I know how you feel. For about 10 years I didn't run into any JW's at all which I thought was odd since I live in the same area I grew up in. But just the last year about I started running into get this my ex mother in law JW and then my brother who is an elder and even stranger at the same store Rainbow foods grocery store. I totally shunned them and pretty much stuck my nose in the air. Things have gotten back to me about what they say about me and it's not nice at all even after a decade.

My brother the elder I had run into at a DMV actually a couple years back and he said hi to me which was awkward but then after that there was a huge family thing for my Grandpa and Grandma. There have been a couple of these things and the first one I was told about and also was told I could not come and then I found out about another one and threw a huge fit pretty much and was going to go no matter what. It wasn't even a JW thing the only JWs that were going to be there were my immediate family. Well my brother the elder said he wasn't coming because I was going to go so hense the shunning of him at the grocery store.

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jw's view of dress code for women

by megaflower in

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the dress code that the society imposes on the women has been a thorn in my side ( manner of speaking).

theses old men dictate how a women should dress and i do mean "a dress".

i can remember when i lived in connecticut and the temp would be in single digits and when it came time for field service you must put on that dress.

Micky4321

These same men will be going to work every day and dealing with women who are not part of the JW society..oh if only they could control the whole world...lol.

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jw's view of dress code for women

by megaflower in

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the dress code that the society imposes on the women has been a thorn in my side ( manner of speaking).

theses old men dictate how a women should dress and i do mean "a dress".

i can remember when i lived in connecticut and the temp would be in single digits and when it came time for field service you must put on that dress.

Micky4321

I totally agree with the going out in service and having to wear a skirt in zero degree temperature is just insane really. I remember doing that when I was a teenager.

I do agree that there should be some kind of respect when going to church/Kingdom Hall when it comes to what you wear. I don't think it should be dictated however but I have gone with my husband to his daughters/my step daughters church events on occasion and have seen people wearing t-shirts and jeans and thought that was disrespectful. Maybe it's the way I was raised but I also have been in the workforce for many years and dressing too casual is not respectful there either. But really the skirts and dresses are really above and beyond really. I only wear one if I am going to a wedding.

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Armageddon didn't come!

by 5thGeneration in

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crap!.

every year i think the big a will strike at 12:01 on the new year.

disappointed again!.

Micky4321

Nostradamus predicts 2012 as the end of the world.

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Next time a JW knocks at your door.....

by yknot in

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why not accept the offer to study two jw books, in return that the caller study the franz books?

it would be fairly easy to set up a study schedule and questions.. what is the worse that could happen?

someone desparate enough for a study to agree or the caller getting back in the car and marking your house with a big fat red a on the territory map.. thank you for considering my moment of apostate evilness.. y.

Micky4321

That happened to my mom a couple times back when I was a teenager and we were out in service. Not that particular book but they wanted her to study there literature. She was not happy about that offer and there was no study. They are not even allowed to look at other religious books. That's what my mom always said to me anyway.

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Own up time...

by Chalam in

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well it looks like this site is a real melting pot, a broad spectrum of views and beliefs.

for sure there are many disaffected ex jws.

so in as few words as possible, preferably not more than one sentence, how would you describe yourself spiritually?

Micky4321

Oh wow this is an interesting thread. I'd have to say nada nothing. I can't claim to believe in anything really. Maybe science as in things need to be proven to me but even then there is always doubt. I'm 37 now and with my personality I think when I am 90 my questions will still not be answered. It seems as though there is only more and more questions as time goes by. Oh is that more words then you wanted..lol.

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Time for Jokes.....Tell Us Your Favorite JW Joke!

by new boy in

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i like rodney dangerfielsd's .

"so i hear a knock at the door.

i open the door and there are two jehovah's witness, they look at me and both say 'they are not interested' ....i get no respect.. and .

Micky4321

I've seen some good ones in the paper but can't remember any. I just did a search here is one I found just made me laugh.

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A man went to a pet shop and purchased a parrot. Apparently, the parrot had belonged to a Jehovah'sWitness because it kept repeating, "Read the Watchtower and Awake. Avoid wordly associations. The end of this system of things is near." Squawk.
Well, the new owner of the bird attempted to add new vocabulary to the parrot's repertoire with books on tape and contemporary music, but as the months went by it became obvious that nothing could break through. The parrot continued to repeat the standard catchphrases of the Watch Tower Society and nothing else.
The owner finally became frustrated and infuriated and, in a fit of violent anger, threw the parrot across the room.
The parrot smashed against the wall, and slid down to the floor, at which point the parrot immediately started squawking:
"No Blood! No Blood! No Blood!"

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I wish the nightmares would stop.

by Micky4321 in

do any of you have nightmares as a result of the jw religion.

i haven't been to any meetings in 17 years but i have nightmares a couple times a month about the whole thing.

in my dreams the scenario will be i am at an assembly or a meeting against my will and everyone is ignoring me and some are glaring at me and i am trying to leave but for some reason i can't get out of the building.

Micky4321

<<The last post, mine, is my literary interpretation of a dream I have had for decades. It involves being surrounded by demonds and stcuk in sleep paralasis. As Witnesses we are taught that if you shout God's name, you will be saved. I had a girlfriend watch me through the entire thing. She said I kept wispering "Jah". That's all I could get out because of the sleep paralasis. I finally woke up, as I always do, screaming "Jehovah". My heart is racing and I'm soaking wet.>>

That's what I thought it was about I didn't want to assume. Some of the wording I wasn't sure. And I have had these type of dreams also. Not very often though. I had my first ones when I was in my early 20's, I'm 37 now. The first time I had them it only lasted for about 3 or 4 days every day. What I experienced was fading off to sleep in the morning after already waking up. Then starting to wake up and feeling like something was crawling into bed with me and holding me down and I could not move or scream like you say in your dreams.

I got very angry at this after it happend for many days in a row and would say Jehovah when I would finally wake up. I actually could tell I was dreaming in my mind and would shake my head to wake myself up. It kept happening for several days and it got to the point where I was not scared anymore and just plain angry. When it happened to me way back then the final time I woke up totally and yelled out knock it off leave me alone, it stopped happening to me for a long time.

I didn't know what it was at the time but with the JW religion I thought I was being attacked but then as I thought about it rationally I thought maybe it was my fears about that and the fact that I got angry and was able to just yell out and scream saying stop this that I was able to confront my fears and that's why it stopped.

It's happened since then off and on but rarely. I've even upon waking have seen things standing in my room like spirits or something. I'm not convinced about it all being Satan. I think it's all in my mind. But I do have to say the subject is interesting if there really is something like that out there. I keep an open mind in all of that. JW's seem to believe any spirit is evil and demons or satan. I think it's possible that people pass on and there spirits are still here sometimes. I don't know I just don't claim to have all the answers.

But I have definately heard about the sleep paralysis thing. From my understanding it's when we just are waking up so we are still in a dream state but partially awake so we can see things that are not there.

Another interesting fact about it is people who are Schizophrenic and see things thatt aren't there basically see things while they are awake just like someone who is dreaming when they are asleep would see.

I've researched this subject.

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I wish the nightmares would stop.

by Micky4321 in

do any of you have nightmares as a result of the jw religion.

i haven't been to any meetings in 17 years but i have nightmares a couple times a month about the whole thing.

in my dreams the scenario will be i am at an assembly or a meeting against my will and everyone is ignoring me and some are glaring at me and i am trying to leave but for some reason i can't get out of the building.

Micky4321

Well that last post is confusing to me.

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I wish the nightmares would stop.

by Micky4321 in

do any of you have nightmares as a result of the jw religion.

i haven't been to any meetings in 17 years but i have nightmares a couple times a month about the whole thing.

in my dreams the scenario will be i am at an assembly or a meeting against my will and everyone is ignoring me and some are glaring at me and i am trying to leave but for some reason i can't get out of the building.

Micky4321

The lines to the womens bathroom were always I mile long I remember that. I've been to other events like concerts and other large places like that and have never seen such long lines for the bathroom. Must have been people just wanting to get out of the room because they were bored out of there minds.