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Waffles
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I commented about apostates today at the meeting
by cognac ini couldn't help myself.
it was so obnoxious what the paragraph was saying about apostates.. so i said that having a difference of opinion is not a problem but really as brought out by thessolonians it is when a person raises themselves up above god to have people follow them instead of god that they are considered bad in god's eyes.. i don't even know if it had anything to do with the question, but i just wanted to say that, lol..
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What Do You Guys Think?
by jamiebowers ini've been df'd for 21 years, and other than the heartbreak of my mom shunning me and the sad stories i read here, i never thought the dirty rat bastard wb&ts could otherwise effect my life.
well, i was wrong!
my dear stepdaughter recently learned that her children's paternal grandfather has parents and siblings who are jws, some of whom were at my stepdaughter's baby shower this past saturday.
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Waffles
You're not overreacting at all. I see nothing wrong with taking any possible precaution.
First, they lure someone in during a moment of weakness, showing some jackasses all wearing collared shirts and slacks by the side of a river, eating a piece of fruit, while a lion chews a piece of celery. "Wouldn't that be nice" they ask. Add some months of insidious propoganda and next thing you know, one of your kids is a living breathing judgemental closed-minded hate machine.
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Chef Gordon Ramsey gets in trouble in Australia...might see him tomorrow!
by Witness 007 inhe's here in melbourne for the food and wine show...monday is queens birthday public holiday so it sounds like fun...he was interviewed by our current affairs journalist and she really pushed him asking about his financial problems etc....he acused her of having a "huge wart" on her lip and was rude...the next day at the show he held up a picture of a half pig women with many breasts and said it was her.....families were shocked!
should be interesting..
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Waffles
Classy
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My brief respite
by silent ini have been so worked up and worried for years about the end and armageddon that i have headaches, depression, and all kinds of maladies.
been having troubles with it since 4th grade and nothing seems to help.
just being at the kingdom hall is mentally taxing, just anything jw is mentally taxing.
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Waffles
Also wanted to add that since leaving the mental hospital, and against the doctor's wishes, I have taken myself off of all medications and am doing fine without them - all made possible by removing the fear of God killing me at any second.
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My brief respite
by silent ini have been so worked up and worried for years about the end and armageddon that i have headaches, depression, and all kinds of maladies.
been having troubles with it since 4th grade and nothing seems to help.
just being at the kingdom hall is mentally taxing, just anything jw is mentally taxing.
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Waffles
I spent almost the first 3 decades of my life in constant fear and dread of Armagedon. It put a cloud over everything I did. The constant thought of "God is coming, and will kill me if I haven't done enough meetings and service" literally drove me insane (I wound up in a psych ward a year ago). I had been on anti-anxiety and anti-depressants for many years. They helped a little, but at their best they mildly dulled the fear while making me a walking zombie. I had constant thoughts of suicide, and 2 half-hearted attempts, figuring that I might as well end it now and hope that I somehow get resurrected.
Fast forward to now. It all started for me after I missed quite a few meetings while in the mental facility and shortly thereafter. I suppose that I had always had doubts, but never really bothered to look into them as I was fully convinced and consumed by "The Truth" of it all. Investigating one doubt led to another thing, and another thing until after many weeks of staying up til 4 in the morning doing research (using JW and non-JW materials) that I had finally come to the realization that this religion that had made me miserable for so many years was wrong about multiple issues, and very very cult-like.
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Waffles
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Ninja, John Doe, Oompa, Priest72, and Outlaw need their own special forum here on JWN for topics like this :-)
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Anyone have a good Meeting for Field Service story?
by BonaFide inoh, yes those wonderful meetings for service.
for some reason, they are so long and disorganized and boring.
seems no one wants to get out there in the territory.. i remember in one hall when i was a teenager, a ministerial servant, about 50 years old, would conduct the midweek meeting for service at the kh at 9 am.
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Waffles
In one of the halls that I attended there were a few sisters (2 of them elder's wives and 1 of them a pioneer) that were somehow allowed to skip the service meeting (for no known reason). They would each simply call the Kingdom Hall a little after 9:30, ask where the group was going, tell the person who picked up the phone to get them a spot with one of the car groups, then meet the group in the territory at their leisure, count time for the whole morning, then leave right from the territory to go back home so that they wouldn't have to get driven back to the hall then drive home from there. I guess having an elder husband or being a pioneer had its perks in that congregation.
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how hard is it to move on?...lose everyone?...start new???
by oompa ini have already lost nearly all my friends....maybe just a handful will even be social........but i so hate to lose my mom and dad and my jw son.....one is df......so he still shows that he loves me.....but damm........i so hate to lose the little bit of fam i have left.......is that normal?......stupid question.....i guess i know from my time here....i so hate these guys that can take them away.....oompa.
i know a bunch of you have done it.....just please help me through it...........
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Waffles
It hasn't been a year yet for me since I lost all of my family and friends, and I'm pretty fucking depressed, bitter, angry, you name it. In my experience, so far it sucks, but I'll be damned if I spend the rest of my life drinking Kool Aid, living a lie, and shoving Awake magazines down people's throats on topics like "The Glory of Gerbil Droppings". Wish I had some positive words for you, but I am still quite distraught over this whole realization and subsequent mess. I'm hoping to make new friends by following up interest on hobbies. We'll see where it takes me.
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Anderson of the Brazil
by Anderson of the Brasil ingood morning to everybody!
is a pleasure to participate in the forum.
my name is anderson, i have 43 years and i live in rio de janeiro, brazil.
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Waffles
I don't see how there are any male Witnesses in Brazil. The native Brazilian women are so smoking hot. Only the gays could resist 'em.
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Young JW males dating non-JWs scenario
by Gayle ini know this happens among the jw girls too.
i had seen this many years ago as a jw but a couple recent circumstances i have been informed of this happening now as well.. young jw males dating non-jw girls.
some still active, some fading (not because of questioning jw doctrines), perhaps just wanting a bit of the wild side.
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Waffles
Can't blame 'em. If you date another JW you'll be lucky if you get to see a nude ankle and the closest you'll get to rounding the bases is holding hands in a large, well-lit group setting.
On the other hand, a nice evil worldly girl has a higher chance of putting out and being fine about it.