No I don't think JW's were wearing jeans. We had a talk at our congregation how denim isn't even an appropriate fabric to wear to meetings or out in service. Even if it is in the form of a pink denim skirt. We would even get comments from people because I didn't dress my babies up like little preachers in suits and ties. It's so strange to look in my closet now, all my husband's suits and all of my long floral skirts and sweater sets just hanging there.
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Different Dress Codes in Different Regions?
by StAnn ini was just talking with a woman i know in nj and she said that 30 years ago the jws used to come to the door all dressed up but now the women come in slacks and she's even had some come to her door in "nice" jeans!
she said that you can tell it's jws, not mormons, because the mormons won't wear jeans out in their ministry.. i've never heard of this at all.
around here in ohio, everyone still dresses up.
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It's all becoming so clear now. My wife will never leave the witnesses
by jambon1 inafter 3 years of mental liberation for me, i feel that i am a fairly well rounded out person now.
very happy within myself.
my wife & i have had our ups & downs the past 3 years.
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Don't give up on her. If you told me even a year ago that we would be where we are now, out for six months and on the same page about it (finally), I would have bet the farm against it. Never say never, you don't know what she's thinking. At our hall a woman with a husband not in, isn't included, this may make her think twice eventually.
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My wife says I am anti-elder. I wonder why.
by easyreader1970 inmy wife says that i am anti-elder.. once my wife ratted me out to the elders because i got angry a couple of times during our earlier years of marriage and used a couple of "cuss" words.
she told me that if i didn't go to the elders and tell them then she would.
she gave me like a week or so and i didn't do it so she went.
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They are in no way qualified to offer marital or family counseling look at their record and it's not just your congregation, same in my hall. My husband and I made a pact a long time ago when we were die hards that we would never tattle on each other to the elders. We felt if we had a problem so big we couldn't solve we would go to counseling, to someone bound to laws about confidentiality that we never have to see again. Not some unqualified goofball that's going to go and tell everybody about my personal life. It sounds like you have your hands full with your family right now. I wouldn't give them one minute of your time, showing you some scripture about how you should be doing more spiritually. Sounds like your wife should be thrilled to have an anti-elder!
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Being Shunned
by sadfox ini knew this day was coming but i thought somehow there might be a loophole.. i had my "last supper" with my daughter on monday.
i am disfellowshipped, her father and i are divorced, he is a witness, she lives with him and will be 18 on sunday the 5th.
therefore as a baptized witness, she can no longer visit me and must keep communication to the bare minimum.
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Sadfox, I am so so sorry. I will be going through this shortly with my family, but at least my immediate family (husband and kids) all left together. I can't even imagine being seperated from a child. Remember she is only 18 and there will be many issues coming up in her life that will probably lead her back to you. Continue to be that loving stable person she can come back to. My heart goes out to you.
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Holiday questions
by searchingforfriends ini have been thinking about some things, and realized i can't remember ever being given good reasons for not celebrating certain holidays... i was wondering if anyone here can help out with this.
jw's like to complain about origins of certain holidays and have come up with a bunch of reasons why they are bad, (such as birthday's and christmas) but there are others that all i've ever heard is just not to take part, or that jehovah doesn't like it.
even though i was "raised in the truth" i can't remember ever hearing why.....
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Thanksgiving- We thank god everyday not just one day. Mothers/Fathers day- too much attention on one person. Worship should go to Jehovah not Mother or Father. It's funny the only celebration I ever had was parents anniversary. Not much fun for friends who are not married or for the kids.
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Unexpected JW reaction
by cameo-d ini talked to a jw i know and got an unexpected reaction.. i mentioned some of the "conspiracy theory" stuff i have heard...about one taken, one left behind ...and what i have heard about people will be picked up in the middle of the night and taken away to "places".
this jw took it right in stride and said "yes, that's the way it was done when the nazi's started.
many jws were killed then...blah blah".
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I remember my parents telling me to not utter my worst fears out loud, because then satan would know. Like he would think I would enjoy being paraded naked and starving out in the snow until I died. They would also remind me that they loved me but might have to allow me to be raped and murdered in front of them out of loyalty to Jehovah. All those warm fuzzies coming back.
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Why do you think that some are more "controlled" by the WBTS than others?
by easyreader1970 ini used to think that maybe it was just the people who were raised in the truth, especially from infancy.
they didn't know what life outside of the organization was so it was all they had to cling to.
but that's obviously wrong because many, many have left--happily--never to return.
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My parents and most of my extended family are the same way. They would do absolutly anything the society told them to do. But they were raised in the truth, the women don't go to school or work outside of the home. They have their whole life invested and are told that any consideraion of a different point of view is apostacy. It is truly all they know. I feel bad for them but there is no helping them. The threat of dying at armageddon always trumps any of my arguments. I can't even imagine living in the same house with that kind of insanity.
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Hi, I am kind of new here. I have not tried the other sites yet. But I have to say I am very interested in the stories of the "old timers" sometimes I read a profile the their previous posts. I can't get enough of individual stories of people who have been through what I am. So please keep it coming.
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Is college worth it?
by NewYork44M inmy life has been transformed by higher education.
however, i am aware that college is not for everyone.. here are some interesting thoughts:.
http://www.theatlasphere.com/columns/080926-williams-higher-education.php.
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It's one of the best things I ever decided to do. I,too went back as an adult and I think it's a whole different mindset than a 17 year old has. Because of life experience I was fascinated with all the things I didn't know instead of "why do we have to learn all this?" It has opened up so many new job opportunities for me. I think because both of our children saw my husband and I go back to school as adults, they will appreciate it too.
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Mario Beltrami and Aluminum
by DaCheech inwe had this circuit and district overseer named mario beltrami.
every time he came to visit our congregation.... it was announced:.
for whoever invites the co to dinner, be warned he cannot eat food cooked in aluminum (allergic).. after reading stuff on the internet that witnesses had cooky theories on aluminum being poison and such...... do you think this guy truly was allergic, or was it witness mumbo jumbo?.
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Let' avoid aluminum and Mario Beltrami!