when i was in 4th grade, i ended up in a situation involving minor school politics.
they had developed a "student council" which did little more than sell pencils at lunch time for fundraisers.
anyway, i was appointed by the teacher and didn't think much of it as an 8-9 year old.
Yeah, Andre. I was the first Andre. But I was real. And I had to sacrifice the rest of my youth to feed the Borg, just for a f**ing experience to feed the flock. My sisters did not have to go through what I did, but they were like me, out of the house at 17.
JK
when i was in 4th grade, i ended up in a situation involving minor school politics.
they had developed a "student council" which did little more than sell pencils at lunch time for fundraisers.
anyway, i was appointed by the teacher and didn't think much of it as an 8-9 year old.
Thank you WT, for making my youth a living hell.
JK
when i was in 4th grade, i ended up in a situation involving minor school politics.
they had developed a "student council" which did little more than sell pencils at lunch time for fundraisers.
anyway, i was appointed by the teacher and didn't think much of it as an 8-9 year old.
I had a CO rewrite my family script. It had to be much harsher than reality. My father then later, unbeknownst to us, decided to come to the assembly. He saw our demonstration. It became a prophesy fulfilled, he hit us with everything he had afterwards. My chilldhood was a living hell. Many parts are repressed.
i admit i'm confused with percentages.. what is 7 million (witnesses) as a percentage of 7 billion (rest of the world)?.
1,000,000 as a percentage of 1,000,000,000 = 0.001.. 7,000,000 as a percentage of 7,000,000,000 = 0.001 .
is that one tenth of one per cent?.
So .1 percent are JW, a tenth of a percent. Jehovah sure blesses them NOT.
JK
hello, i am new and sighed up last night!
please, would anyone like to tell me, what this magazine is trying to say?
what about the men and women in the halls that have mental illness?
AJ,
Welcome to JWN!
I understand your dilemma juxtaposing the smear that they label "apostates" as "metally diseased," with the high numbers of people with true mental illness among their ranks. The religion appeals to people with mental disorders, and also makes members crazy with their teachings that make no sense. Many are suffering from "cognative dissonance" trying to reconcile conflicting statements from the organization.
You are in the right place, keep looking and sharing your story.
JK
id like to introduce my self as im new......a lil nervous but ready to have some conversation that doesnt require me to rely on old men in ny to think for me.
im tired of the puppetteering, the sly green handshakes to move up, the lies turned into new light- "what happened to yes means yes?
", just has the makings of a bad ponzi scheme in my opinion...i officially begun my fade this year.....and im enjoying it.
TOS1
Welcome to JWN!
Don't you wish you could get away with no works cited page like theWTS does?
JK
one of my other posts mentioned briefly how the c.o.b.e.
of my "former" hall is trying to make it a rule of no football,especially for elders and servants.. of course,as a woman i would never qualify to be a servant,nor do i want to be.
but,i still enjoy watching a bit of the nfl.
I heard from someone that Losch is really anti-football.
JK
on another thread i mentioned i met some jws at work within the past 2 months.
well, 2 of them became particularly interested and getting to know me (a lady and a guy) the lady is really nice, and the only reason i know she is a jw is because she mentioned something about no b-days or christmas and that was it... she has not tried to preach to me or anything.... .
on the other hand... this young guy, well he is making sure he becomes my friend, asked me to be my fb friend and messages me everyday at work or on fb... now the funny thing is he told me he is a jw and about 3 times already he had suggested i read my bible (whenever i post status about being bored or unable to concentrate on homework), well yesterday he sent me a message that said "i would like to talk to you tonite, maybe we can hit it up" my reaction was .
If he is amidextrious, he can share the load.
JK
i was reading through this article: http://www.ourcatholicfaith.org/thechurch.html.
1822: mormons founded by joseph smith, who made his appearance with supposed revelations in 1822.. .
1872: the jehovah's witness church was developed by charles russell.. .
Maybe a schism from the Millerite and Adventist movements.
JK
the society has been cracking down hard on parents having contact with children who have left.
for a long time, it was kind of a "wink-wink" thing with the "necessary family business" loophole, and a lot of families found some relief with that.. but in the latest magazines and assembly parts, they're making it crystal-clear that pretty much nothing except a death in the family counts as "necessary family business".
and even then, you probably wouldn't be invited to the funeral.. the key is, they don't actually define what "necessary family business" is in the article.
My sister (the one I used to be close to) called the house the other day to talk to my mother. Instead of saying "Hi JK, can I speak to Mom?" she acted like I was a receptionist, saying this after I said hello: May I speak to (Mom's first name)? I guess I can't even be greeted now on the telephone, even for necessary business.
JK
