Jeff, you are too much! My husband and I laughed for a good 10 minutes at this one. You articulated that so perfectly. You just forgot the either warm or frozen pudding (no in between) and the rotten fruit bag (why do you think that bathroom is so smelly?)
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District Convention Drama Formula (modern day)
by AllTimeJeff inremember, the gb picks the theme, approves the script, etc...... so a modern day drama will start out typically with.
husband getting home from work,.
wife has meal ready, unless she is a bad wife, which will be noted throughout the drama.
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"Time and unforseen occurence"...a Witness loophole Scripture when your Sh## out of luck!
by Witness 007 ini hate this scripture!
it's a loophole....jehovah is of course protecting his servants but when one of his pioneers or elders is hit by a runaway car and killed it was just...."time and unforseen occurence...".
yes jehovah will look out for you if you pray to him, but.....the "time and unforseen occurence" clause may still get you in the end!.
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I love this post! A few years ago I was out in service with a sister that said she had almost been in a car accident and Jehovah must have been with her because she was able to avoid it. Just about a year before a whole car load of pioneers got wiped out, out in service no less. I said, without thinking, "well what about so and so wasn't Jehovah with all of them?" Stone cold silence in that minivan my friends! Or how about the looney that just recovers from cancer and keeps saying "Jehovah is so good to me". Totally disregarding the four year old that just died of leukemia. That must have been time and un foreseen occurrence. Don't anybody dare interject any logic into any of their thought process.
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What is the Witness view of seeking psychological help and medication?
by Leprechaun inits been so long since i was involved with the policies of the witnesss.
i just have not kept track of their grandiose wise views, (snicker) concerning this subject.
so any input or attachments would be appreciated.
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I've noticed it is "OK" to be on anti depressants or meds for anxiety, because this "world is so bad". However, the minute some really intensive therapy is mentioned, that is totally taboo. The problem is, meds don't help much with personality disorders like narcissism and borderlines, these people need therapy for coping skills to function in society. Unfortunately these untreated people are often promoted in the congregation.
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When Did You First Get Exposed To "Apostate" Info? How Did It Affect You?
by minimus inas a kid, i used to read all the watchtowers of the 40s and 50s to see how the present day information developed from its original "thought".
i was exposed to many eye opening statements but i swept them under the carpet (although it stayed in the recesses of my brain) until the time was right.. so for me, it was a gradual thing.. how were you affected by your first encounters with "apostate" material?
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I remember in the 80's everyone talking about apostate literature and very stern warnings to not read it. I didn't know what they were talking about. In retrospect I realize they must have been talking about CoC. The only information I stumbled upon was Silent Lambs while trying to prove to myself that the organization was not protecting pedophiles. I made my decision to leave and did not do any research online for another 3 months. I think finding out the truth about the truth and finding like minded folks on here has reassured me and made my resolve stronger, but I got out all on my own.
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Faded, or should I say quit in 5/08. I know they would eventually just love to DF , to make us an example. I walk on eggshells with family because I can tell many comments and questions are a trap.
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I hate District Convention time
by digderidoo ini had to pick my daughter up from my mothers yesterday after going to the district convention.
i hate having to listen to how my mother has bumped into so and so and they've been asking about me.. she bumped into some of my ex's family who stopped and chatted.
so two faced all of them.. it kind of gets my back up and i can feel anger coming up when i hear people who i used to respect asking after me, then if i were to walk past them in the street i know most of them would try to avoid me.. to top it all my mother has been dropping hints as to whether i will go with her.
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I know. I know. My parents bugged us this weekend to attend "at least the drama". They said if that didn't move us, nothing ever will. It makes you feel as if you have been this wretched disappointment to them.
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I Just Told My Two JW Sisters Off
by CrimsonBleu inafter all these years, the two of them are still 'in' and i have been 'out' over 25 years.
neither of them could ever get along and i always played mediator.
they fight and disagree on everything!
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Crimson, I found it most interesting that they can't seem to get along among themselves and they are the "wonderful" JW's. That's the way it is in my JW family they want us back but none of them can stand each other. You would think that their international brotherly love would override pettiness. I wish I had sisters, it's so sad that yours are making such a choice.
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The Realization of Whathehadas
by whathehadas inas a jehovah's witness, i always thought via the bible that we had all of lifes answers.
after my investigation which is not condone by the fds.
i have come to the realization that we don't have all the answers.
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Welcome. Someone else here said something to the effect that, I'd rather not have all the answers than not be able to ask questions. I too, grew sick and tired to overly simplistic answers to life's major questions and not being able to question.
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hi everybody and my story
by inbetween inas mentioned in my very first port here, i will now give my story and some thoughts i have so far.. i ve been lurking here for about a month, before i registered.
well, a few months ago something like that would be unthinkable for me.. i was raised as a jw, and serve currently as an elder in a congregation.
i have family, also jws.
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Hi, inbetween and welcome. Like the above posters I urge you to read Crisis of Conscience. What really convinced me to leave were the doctrinal flip flops like civil service, blood fractions, homosexuality not being considered adultery, organ transplants etc. "New light" is just great but look at the lives that were just devastated in the meantime. Steve Haasan's books about cult mind control are a must also, still on my night stand after a year for when my family's guilt trips start. I hope this site helps you as I has helped me.
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My friend made an interesting observation and wanted me to share, very interesting.
by awildflower inthis is not mine, but my friend e-mailed it to me this morning and i thought it would be great to share........i was thinking about this laying in bed this morning.
have you ever looked at one of those optical illusion pictures such as the one below.
what do you see...a young girl or an old woman?
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That is a great observation. I see the organization as something totally opposite as I did when I was stuck in it.