Ava, my 6 year old was feeling nervous about it also. Apparently, she's put it together that I like to do bad things... But, she wound up enjoying the day.
Damn cults...
Posts by cognac
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11Took my 11 yr old trick or treating this year. saw first hand his cognitive dissonance. had to show him nothing is wrong with halloween
by goingthruthemotions ini know there was another thread about halloween, and i was going to post on it.
but, thought i wanted to make a couple of points on mine.
so.... here it is.. i took my 11 year old trick or treating this year.
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What more do they need to see?
by stuckinarut2 inso bethelites are being decreased...bethel homes even sold off.... special pioneers no longer being funded.. magazines getting smaller and published less frequently.. building work stopping or being reduced.. no large conventions and renting of venues.. etc.... so, money is not coming in anymore to cover the "expenses"??.
didnt the first ever watchtower said that when this occurs, it would be evidence of god no longer blessing the activity....
oh, and throughout the years, we have constantly been told that the "growth of the org and the projects such as buildings and contributions" etc were evidence of gods blessing.... .
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Blondie - I agree but they also sold books back then. This donation arrangement has been their greatest downfall.
On the other hand, you might be right. If they sold a good amount of more real estate, cut back more on Bethelites, Special Pioneers and print, they could probably do it.
They'd lose a lot of people, but, there's always other people that would join.
In my opinion, they are still not making nearly the necessary cutbacks. I think in 2016 there will be a lot more. In my opinion, double what we saw in 2015.
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Handing out candy
by mikeypants ingrowing up my parents would barricade our home off by parking vehicles bumper to bumper - you would have to crawl under the cars or over the bumpers to get to our door.
also, we would turn off all the lights and hide in the back room away from the street.. that was the norm for me.
isnt that insane?
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What more do they need to see?
by stuckinarut2 inso bethelites are being decreased...bethel homes even sold off.... special pioneers no longer being funded.. magazines getting smaller and published less frequently.. building work stopping or being reduced.. no large conventions and renting of venues.. etc.... so, money is not coming in anymore to cover the "expenses"??.
didnt the first ever watchtower said that when this occurs, it would be evidence of god no longer blessing the activity....
oh, and throughout the years, we have constantly been told that the "growth of the org and the projects such as buildings and contributions" etc were evidence of gods blessing.... .
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Where are you from?
by BeautifulMind ini know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.
but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.
i currently live in georgia, usa.
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Introduction
by shattered_origins ini joined the forum yesterday and made 2 angry posts which received encouraging replies.
i spent a good chunk of time today browsing various posts, and i can't get enough!
i'm doing things backwards now and taking a moment to introduce myself.
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Just found out their about to baptise my 14 year old boy.
by Crazyguy inthere doing this right under my nose but i just found out.
not sure what to do but would like your help on getting me wt information on my headship role and how they shouldn't be doing this with out my permission.
also would like some help on showing my son the ramifications on what happens to someone when they get baptized and how they'll expect him to treat me.
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Ignore my dumb question. It was too early in the morning to handle life, apparently. -
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Just found out their about to baptise my 14 year old boy.
by Crazyguy inthere doing this right under my nose but i just found out.
not sure what to do but would like your help on getting me wt information on my headship role and how they shouldn't be doing this with out my permission.
also would like some help on showing my son the ramifications on what happens to someone when they get baptized and how they'll expect him to treat me.
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Fighting about college
by cognac inmy nephew is a sweet, smart, thoughtful person.
he wants to go to college.. normally, a mom would be proud to have a son like this.. nope, not a friggin jw mom.
apparently, he's being selfish to both her and jehovah.
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For Halloween, can you do that hide and seek game with the candy?
For birthdays, can you do a happy day for your kid?
I have young kids too, I snuck around a lot. Of course, it would cause arguments and him ratting me out. But, it also helped bring things to a head when we saw what tbe other person was willing to do.
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Fighting about college
by cognac inmy nephew is a sweet, smart, thoughtful person.
he wants to go to college.. normally, a mom would be proud to have a son like this.. nope, not a friggin jw mom.
apparently, he's being selfish to both her and jehovah.
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My nephew is a sweet, smart, thoughtful person. He wants to go to college.
Normally, a mom would be proud to have a son like this.
Nope, not a friggin JW mom. Apparently, he's being selfish to both her and Jehovah. She said she wouldn't support him and that he can't.
Cripes, what is she going to do when he gets his first boyfriend???
Was having such a great day too til BAM, more JW psycho'ness is brought to my attention... Ugh... Poor kid...