Posts by sullengirl0108

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Why does the WTBT Society exist?

by Princess Daisy Boo in

they don't really have the truth so it can't be that?

unless "they" at the top truly believe it - do you think they do?.

is it for monetary gain?

sullengirl0108

I have thought long and hard about the GB and what they are really all about. I have met some of them, been to Brooklyn Bethel more times than I care to enumerate and listened to them speak at conventions. They always seemed to me to really believe in what they were spouting out to us.

But that to me is the most disturbing part. I mean they are really old guys. They always stick to the same line of reasoning...always ending every speech with the same freekin sentence....JEHOVAH'S DAY IS AT HAND! Really loudly and alot. Is this them just trying to convince themselves that they haven't wasted their lives on this? I mean I have seen some of them really flip out on stage...ranting and raving about God and Jesus and how it is the only way to live.

They have put people in padded cells for less.

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What was your favorite cartoon that you was allowed to watch growin up JW ?

by StoneWall in

hands down my all-time favorite was the flintstones.

it's just so hard for me to compare anything else to its humor,cleanliness,appeal to young as well as older ones at the time.. .

no matter how bad a mood i would be in after school i could always count on fred and barney to screw something up to make me feel better lol.

sullengirl0108

I watched everything...to hell with the smurf theory which even my mom was like...yeah right...just eat your coco puffs and watch it.

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Why is something, anything, too "far fetched?"

by feenx in

jw
friends

first off with the contents of this post i am not here to upset anyone, nor am i promoting any singular (or collective) idea, thought or belief.

there have been some recent posts on the board the last couple days regarding ufo's, government coverups, etc.

such topics always spark the debate between what can be proved, what hasn't been proved but is "realistic" and what is too "far fetched.

sullengirl0108

I do not consider myself a person of science or philosophy. However, I am a great observer. LOOK UP. It is gigantic. It is so big that our puny little brains can't even comprehend it's vastness. What makes us think that we are alone? Is it the WT that convinces us that they have a hold on the great cosmos? REALLY?

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When children leave the "Truth" it breaks the hearts of their parents.

by TooBad TooSad in

last week an elder from the platform said at the kh that "when children leave the "truth" it breaks the.

hearts of their parents.

" this has been rolling around in my brain and i thought that i would jot down.

sullengirl0108

You know this whole thing with breaking your parents heart is a little much. There has to come a time..when kids are no longer kids. You no longer have to do what your parents do. And that scares the crap out of most parents because they know as soon as a person starts to think for themselves all bets are off.

The other day, I was having a pleasant convo with my mom (I am 34 she is 54) just to clarify. We talk all the time by phone because i live in NY and she is in FL. I was real sick...sinus, flu vomiting...not to mention I am pregnant. So I tell her that my hubby is at work and that I am alone. She is like "call the brothers"

Why? I haven't been to a meeting in months...she knows this. I keep telling her to stop asking me to do that for every little thing. Especially now that I am sick and the last thing I need is soup and a speech.

She starts crying, weeping even...asking me "What happened to you?"

It's like. OK. Enough already. I love my mom but there is only so much guilt I am willing to take.

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What was the most laughable JW teaching??

by chuckyy in

hi all.

in your opinion, what was the silliest , most laughable watchtower teaching/doctrine, since its beginning until now???.

chukyy.

sullengirl0108

For me it's a few things...

1) Any crazy explanation they have for not celebrating any holiday or birthday.

2) 144,000 people get to go to heaven and thats it.

3) Their whole take on higher education

The fact that they call themselves the truth. I asked an elder one time where he gets off calling it the truth when there are about 100 billion people out there who believe their religion is the truth too. He said...and I quote "It just is"

Thanks!

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Upcoming Birthday

by heybaby in

ok, so having been raised as a jw, i never celebrated my birthday.

well, i am coming up on my birthday pretty soon (i'll be 25, yay!!

) and i am determined to celebrate it!!!

sullengirl0108

Whatever you decide to do, make it memorable and fun....the first time I celebrated my birthday was such a trip...(it was my 21st too)

Happy BDay!

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Consequences of being a JW

by Regretful_J in

i've been thinking about what its like to be born and raised as a jw and the mistakes that parents make as an almost direct result of this cult.

for one thing, the children are not allowed to think freely, and if they say or do one little thing their parents disapprove of, they are chastised and basically bullied into abandoning that thought or action.

another thing is that no matter what you do, and no matter how good your reputation is among friends, teachers, administrators, etc if you don't want to go to meetings, and don't believe in this faith, they do what they can to make you feel lower then dirt for this and will often resort to verbal abuse, and sometimes violence to force you to believe in them and conform.

sullengirl0108

I read recently in a watchtower study that women are being encouraged by "the world" to educate themselves further and get good jobs. The watchtower mentioned how this is a bad way of thinking and it gets in the way of field service, marriage, raising children. I mean, it was aimed specifically at women. I was like, get the eff outta here. I am not raising my daughter to believe that women have a certain place. No way. I don't believe the only thing that women are good for is pioneering, wiving and mothering. And that getting an education and decent career gets in the way of your husband's headship. *shiver* just typing headship gives me the willies.

But this is all part of the way I grew up. Watching my mom, a flipping smart woman, give away all her power to a religion that never seemed to cover it's own holes and she as smart as she is, just never saw it. It never made any sense to me. Maybe she did see it and ignored it for fear of her mortal soul.

Who knows? I was not blessed with the gene of blissful ignorance. I can't ignore the holes. I also can't ignore the fact that the organization is molding young women to believe that field service and marriage are their only options in order to gain blessings from God.

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Practising 'Goodness' - from the District Convention

by passwordprotected in

as heard at the district convention.

9 part symposium on how to display the fruitages of the spirit.

goodness.

sullengirl0108

I agree with the previous poster....It is creepy and the creepiest thing is that as a kid, I probably would have been forced to do the same thing. There is no way, at 15, that I would have, on my own, rejected a dying friends request. Never. Now, my mom and dad, would have sat me down and said..."Now, honey, you know how JEHOVAH, feels about birthdays. I am sure JEHOVAH will bless your efforts. Lets; take another look at that School brochure" *shudder*

Of course,as soon as the kid died, I would have raked myself across coals...blamed myself for being such a dolt and cried my eyes out. AND there is no way..no matter how "commendable" my actions were after...deaf signing or kingdom hall building or district convention volunteering, that I would have been able to call myself "good" ever again. It would totally fuck me up.

Now, maybe that's just me.

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Practising 'Goodness' - from the District Convention

by passwordprotected in

as heard at the district convention.

9 part symposium on how to display the fruitages of the spirit.

goodness.

sullengirl0108

AND By the way...did we really fall for that birthday explanation as kids? "well, there it is, plain as day in the school and jehovah's witnesses brochure..and besides, the governing body....blah blah blah..."

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Practising 'Goodness' - from the District Convention

by passwordprotected in

as heard at the district convention.

9 part symposium on how to display the fruitages of the spirit.

goodness.

sullengirl0108

God help us. And here I thought He was. This kind of story is the reason why kids shouldn't be forced by their parents in any religious way. Imagine how that kid feels inside. Does anyone care or are they too busy singing her theocratic praises? It's this exact reason why I do not bring my daugher to meetings...when I go...which is hardly ever.

*ahem*

anyway...

Hi.