Posts by Solace1998

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Danish Movie "To Verdener" about a JW girl now in English on DVD!

by GermanXJW in

the danish movie about the life of a jw girl is being releases soon in english on dvd:.

http://www13.cd-wow.com/detail_results_2.php?product_code=2969017&subcat=region2.

(not sure about the region 2 thing but dvd player can overcome this).

can a disfellowshipped person get rides to the meeting?

by Solace1998 in

well apparently i couldnt.

in the first cong i was in, up north in ny, i got rides just fine for a while -- but shortly after i moved to my old cong south of there... .

i called up and let them know that i didnt have enough money to pay for gas to get to the meetings, and was wondering if we could work something out... .

crap, this part didnt come thru

well apparently i couldnt.

In the first cong i was in, up north in NY, i got rides just fine for a while -- but shortly after i moved to my old cong south of there...

I called up and let them know that I didnt have enough money to pay for gas to get to the meetings, and was wondering if we could work something out...

(after all, when i was first baptized, getting rides was NO PROBLEMO!!! they wouldnt even take my money)

...

he said

"i dont think we are going to give you any money"

I said, ohhhh i meant RIDES. i just need RIDES.... (it made me rather uncomfortable that they thought i wanted money in the first place)

he said he would ask the brothers

they got back to me and said it was against procedure. -- but i already knew of a disfellowshipped girl who got rides all the time in the same cong...

so i found some articles in the WT that showed a difference between someone simply disfellowshipped and "unrepentant" and someone who was trying to come back...

I contacted an elder about it via email and he was astounded at some articles from 1974... he got the elders together, and i waited about a month or so. I followed up on it, and waited a bit longer. They finally had given in and arranged rides for me. At that point, i had been going to meetings for a year, and was looking to get reinstated. When i returned, and asked about my reinstatement, they complained that i had not been there in a while....

wow.

I got rides for a couple of meetings, and then never went again.

that was about 2 years ago.

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can a disfellowshipped person get rides to the meeting?

by Solace1998 in

well apparently i couldnt.

in the first cong i was in, up north in ny, i got rides just fine for a while -- but shortly after i moved to my old cong south of there... .

i called up and let them know that i didnt have enough money to pay for gas to get to the meetings, and was wondering if we could work something out... .

Solace1998

well apparently i couldnt.

In the first cong i was in, up north in NY, i got rides just fine for a while -- but shortly after i moved to my old cong south of there...

I called up and let them know that I didnt have enough money to pay for gas to get to the meetings, and was wondering if we could work something out...

(after all, when i was first baptized, getting rides was NO PROBLEMO!!! they wouldnt even take my money)

...

he said

"i dont think we are going to give you any money"

I said, ohhhh i meant RIDES. i just need RIDES.... (it made me rather uncomfortable that they thought i wanted money in the first place)

he said he would ask the brothers

they got back to me and said it was against procedure. -- but i already knew of a disfellowshipped girl who got rides all the time in the same cong...

so i found some articles in the WT that showed a difference between someone simply disfellowshipped and "unrepentant" and someone who was trying to come back...

I contacted an elder about it via email and he was astounded at some articles from 1974... he got the elders together, and i waited about a month or so. I followed up on it, and waited a bit longer. They finally had given in and arranged rides for me. At that point, i had been going to meetings for a year, and was looking to get reinstated. When i returned, and asked about my reinstatement, they complained that i had not been there in a while....

wow.

I got rides for a couple of meetings, and then never went again.

that was about 2 years ago.

76

What JW teaching did you find hardest to defend??

by karter in

for me it was that god is killing billions of people just to prove a point.

what about you?

Solace1998

yeah i never really liked the whole cross vs. stake thing.

i mean, its pretty obvious christians shouldnt worship the cross --

but does it REALLY matter if it were a cross or a stake?

I dont get it.

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Is There ANYTHING More Monotonous Than Living As A JW?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i look back and think of how mindless, boring and dumb it all was.

.

i think of having to sit at mind numbing meetings, bored to tears, making believe i was enjoying the fine spiritual banquet.. i think of how we used to drive around in "service" looking for nothing to do----just so that we could put our time in---hoping that no one was home.. everyone had to conform to direction and whims of elders or the society.. i am soooooooooo glad i'm out!.

Solace1998

yes, i am corrected ;)

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If you weren't born in, how did you get in?

by ecuador in

i am not a jw, but know several, and i am curious as to why adults get involved with the jws.

any one have an answer from personal experience?

Solace1998

i dont look for ways to take offense.

Your question is perfectly normal..

i was 18 years old. -- I had been living on my own since 16, paying bills, working and going to high school at the same time...

35

Some questions about WT sources

by witnessgirl in

something has been bugging me for years and years, and always bugged me when i was an active witness.

i've never mentioned it before and i've never seen it discussed.

like with a lot of other matters, i just assumed that this meant that i was missing something that everyone else understood.

Solace1998

im not hurt at all, i just think he was being a dick. Am i allowed to say this?

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Some questions about WT sources

by witnessgirl in

something has been bugging me for years and years, and always bugged me when i was an active witness.

i've never mentioned it before and i've never seen it discussed.

like with a lot of other matters, i just assumed that this meant that i was missing something that everyone else understood.

Solace1998

ooooo one of your "respected" members -- i see -- so i guess him mocking me, and my education is passable, but me calling him out on it isnt? yeah i see just fine :) are you guys thinking of making an anti-hall somewhere? id like to check it out, i love abuse ;)

27

post - df experience

by Solace1998 in

it was a shock to many when i was df'ed -- .

but i found afterwards, many did not want to obey the arrangement... one sister cornered me at a local supermarket, and made sure everything was okay with me, and if i ever needed someone to talk to, that she and her hubby were available... .

there is more to this, but another sister i worked with was quite ardent about talking to me about much more than just work .

Solace1998

they were quite extreme, even for witnesses.

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unrealistic service attire requirements

by Solace1998 in

jw
friends

one thing that always got me upset -- .

sisters wearing pantyhose all year round?

brothers or sisters frowned upon for wearing snowpants whilst going outside in snowstorms or incidences of high snow (quite often in the mountains of pa) .

Solace1998

hehe who HASNT had a naked person at the door ;)