Thanks babygirl75!! I'm so relieved because I've been without work for a little while. The economy where I'm at is in the toilet, but it all worked out for the best!!
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I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by heybaby inyes baby!!!!!!
i got the job!!!!!!!
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I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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i got the job!!!!!!!
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YES BABY!!!!!! I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!
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I hope I get this job!!
by heybaby inok, so i've been out of work for a little while (the economy in my state really sucks!
) and i have been putting in applications from here to the moon it seems like!!
i finally got an interview at the bank where my husband works.
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Ok, so I've been out of work for a little while (the economy in my state really sucks!) and I have been putting in applications from here to the moon it seems like!! I finally got an interview at the bank where my husband works. He's sort of high up in the bank, but I didn't want him pulling strings for me, so I had to wait it out to see if I would get an interview based on my own merit. I did (YAY!!) and the interview went GREAT!! They said they should be making their decision by this Wednesday, and by all accounts, it looks like I am going to get the job. It's been rough not working, not necessarily financially, but I'm the kind of person who needs to be useful somehow, so playing housewife is getting old. Not that housewives aren't useful, it's just not my thing. Anyway, keep your fingers crossed that I get it. By the way, I love this site!! "Apostates" aren't the fire-breathing monsters that dubs make them out to be. I guess now that I AM one, I can say that. :)
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What real hope is to me - just a feel good post
by heybaby init's amazing to me how much i've come to life since i've stopped going to meetings and field service and the whole tiresome jw routine.
i find beauty and joy in the simple things.
for example, we never used to sleep in on saturday, because of course that was field service day.
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Hi truthseekeriam! Nice to meet you
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Weird stuff individuals believe
by bluecanary inthis thread doesn't just have to be about jws.
it's about the weird stuff that isn't taught by the religion, but an individual believes it.
my examples:.
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I had an elder announce at the book study that witnesses can't eat turkey on thanksgiving day
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What real hope is to me - just a feel good post
by heybaby init's amazing to me how much i've come to life since i've stopped going to meetings and field service and the whole tiresome jw routine.
i find beauty and joy in the simple things.
for example, we never used to sleep in on saturday, because of course that was field service day.
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Thanks bluecanary! Nice to meet you
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What real hope is to me - just a feel good post
by heybaby init's amazing to me how much i've come to life since i've stopped going to meetings and field service and the whole tiresome jw routine.
i find beauty and joy in the simple things.
for example, we never used to sleep in on saturday, because of course that was field service day.
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It's amazing to me how much I've come to life since I've stopped going to meetings and field service and the whole tiresome JW routine. I find beauty and joy in the simple things. For example, we never used to sleep in on Saturday, because of course that was field service day. Now, my husband and I routinely sleep late on Saturdays and when we get up, we look out our kitchen window as we slowly sip our coffee. We have REAL conversations about things we are actually interested in!! It's fantastic!! I also appreciate people as being full of potential, not doomed to destruction like I thought before. Life is for living, that's what I say. So to all those who are struggling to find meaning in the non-JW world, it's out there!! Let go of all your preconceived ideas and embrace the beauty that is all around you!!
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encouraging JW "nighmare" stories
by lancelink inrecently i was thinking back over the years, and thought about the horrible stories the watchtower published hoping that.
the rank and file would be encouraged, or think of ways to improve their own life.. instead of a heartwarming, or upbuilding story, it was something found in the ultimate gloom story.. the worst i can remember was back in the early 1980's, my oldest son was just born, and in some magazine / book there was a story about a. sister who was being persecuted.. she also had just given birth, and the persons who were doing the persecuting had the mother locked, or tied up and had the baby lay right outside of her reach.. all she had to do was renounce her faith, and the baby would be returned to her.. i don't remember how the story ended, but that just scared the s**t out of my wife and i. no way could i put a religion above the life of my child in that situation.. but i do remember the moral of the story was for us to "build up our spirituality" because things like this will happen soon.. good grief, this was 25 years ago, and it really made a mark on me for years.
yet i always knew that religion would be #2 in a situation like that.. and for years i felt unworthy because i did not have the correct mindset crafted by the wt society regarding this type of situation.. anyone else have a personal experience like this ?
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I know what you mean. I always remember the stories of a JW being held in a room while their father or mother was in the next room being beaten and tortured. They were made to listen to the beating in order to weaken their faith. That always terrified me!! If my mother or father were being beaten, there is NOTHING I wouldn't do to make it stop!!
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I want to do volunteer work - this is classic
by heybaby init has always bothered my how witnesses are discouraged from doing volunteer work because "preaching to them about the truth is the best thing we can do!
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it's true that the bible talks about preaching as being important for christians, but that's far from being the only thing that christians are encouraged to do for their fellow humans.
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Thanks for the support everyone!!!!!!!!!
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I want to do volunteer work - this is classic
by heybaby init has always bothered my how witnesses are discouraged from doing volunteer work because "preaching to them about the truth is the best thing we can do!
" ok, yeah, whatever.
it's true that the bible talks about preaching as being important for christians, but that's far from being the only thing that christians are encouraged to do for their fellow humans.
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sir82: I've heard that one a million times. It makes me sick also!!
I'd really like to do something for a women's shelter or a shelter for abused kids. I can relate to that. My hard-core JW father saw nothing wrong with beating the SHIT out of us, then getting on the stage to give a nice spiritual talk at the TMS. Lovely isn't it?!