Does anyone else recall something coming out about 10 years ago, that JW's should stop saying "I am in the truth" but rather the correct term was I've got the truth? Everybody made a huge deal about it for a few months, but after noticing that nobody could shake the old habit it was dropped and things just went back to how it was. I'm pretty sure something was printed as well.
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The phrase "The Truth"
by lepermessiah inso, i am curious..... how many of you have a hard time getting that phrase out of your vocabulary?.
i have been conscienciously trying not to use it at all, so now when i am in a conversation with a jw, its amazing how often they use that phrase.
i look back and wonder "god, did i say that that often?
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USA vs England: Will you still like us when this match is over?
by dissed ingroup c - england vs usa.
"englund!
" boom,boom - "englund!
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I'm a huge fan, and I've been following qualification quite closely. Italy is my team howevr if England has both Lampard and Gerrard healthy, I think they will be the team to beat.
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To you what was the Watchtower Socity's biggest lie ?
by The Almighty Homer inyes, what was the biggest lie that you can think of, that persuaded you to realize that they were not who they said they were ?.
for myself it would have to be the year they picked as the destruction of ancient jerusalem 607 bc.. i have an assumption this was done purposely to coincide correctly with making 1914 an a important pivotal date.
in human history, which by all factual evidence it was not.. unassuming and deceiving manipulation for self marketing purposes.
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Masterbating makes you gay!!
Some of you may think this is a joke, but to an 8 year ( which was how old I was when I was first told) it is a big deal.....I was afraid to bathe myself for years!
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i can hear them gloating and it anoys me
by highdose ini can imagine the covo over the tea and biscuits after the ministy, " did you hear about sister highdose?"...
" shes gone apostate!"...
" not surprised... she always looked the type you know!
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Hi notewe, welcome.
I need a lot of work in the judgemental department, and I'm wondering if this is causing my hesitation to leave.....the fear that others may say of me, what I most certainly would have said of them back when I had my head stuck up the WTS' you know what! When I say others, I mean my family, because I really couldn't care less what the others say.
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i can hear them gloating and it anoys me
by highdose ini can imagine the covo over the tea and biscuits after the ministy, " did you hear about sister highdose?"...
" shes gone apostate!"...
" not surprised... she always looked the type you know!
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Once I stopped being judgmental of other people I found I cared less about how others might be judging me. Basically, I was worried about being judge as much as I, myself, was judging others.
Very insightful Elsewhere, I think you may have identified my problem as well. I never thought of it this way.
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GOOGLE EARTH
by snowbird ina dear poster .
i had no idea that you could enter an address and actually get a picture (not a diagram) of the area.. this is awesome and scary!.
agreed?.
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startingover I find the pictures on the bing site much clearer than google earth, but still not sure which are more recent.
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Dec. 15th WT - WT Society REALLY Minimizes Earning a Decent Living
by flipper init's ridiculous.
i saw this so much in my 44 years in the jehovah's witness cult.
whether it was elders, pioneers, or other people in the cult criticizing others for working too much at their employment or missing some service or meetings due to employment.
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The elders really do not like the fact that both my wife and I work full time, and we get the little jabs quite often.
I remember for one convention, my boss begged me to work the Friday because at the time there were so many injured or off sick. I was supposed to be an attendant so I told the brother in charge that I can't be the attendant Friday but I can help out Saturday and Sunday. He told me don't bother because they need people that will work all 3 days otherwise it will cause confusion to shift brothers around. What a load of crap.....he was obviously sending me a message that I was placing more importance on secular work. Instead I should be working for the Society being stampeded over by thousands of people trying to get prime seating for themselves and 25 of their immediate family members, cleaning up baby vomit, and using my authority to scare 10 year olds into slowing down, all for free.
Because if I lose my job for attending a convention Jehovah will provide. Of course it will be a job making half as much with no benefits and may or may not require me to wear a sombrero or a yellow sticker with a smiley face, but at least I didn't make Satan win!!.....for crying out loud...
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wife took it pretty well i guess...it's over...
by oompa ini guess it only took three years, but they were hell in so many ways for both of us...she was not happy and lived in denial as much as possible...i was not happy and lived in a bottle as much as possible and glad that is over for me....but it was one of the saddest things i have ever experienced in my life....as was the visit to my parents before i told her....but yes...she said she kind of expected it...was thinking something was going to happen soon as she noticed i had more and more trouble saying i love you back to her when she said it on the phone at the end of goodbyes...and when i was leaving the house...i had noticed it for over a year and it was killing me..... i told her how sorry i was for changing so much again....and that she still walks on water...and is a great person and so pretty....and that she will be ok because she was happy single before me for many years and had all she needs for that again...her closeness to jehovah and her freinds in the congregation...she is very close to both and will be ok i hope...it was very surreal....very calm...very sad.
my bitterness and disdain for wt rules came through when talking to my parents and i was very open about how i feel as to their upcoming shunning of me, and how it feels to my son since he was just 17....and how the fear of losing them had kept me trying in my marriage for the past few years...dad was firm in his position of future action....mom said they will still always love me...and will still talk to me until i get dfd.....oh how this hurts.....dad said there is a name for people who only live for themselves and deny god but could not think of what it was....i told him i was not living just for myself...that i am a good person and there are values from him and the bible i hope i always have....i cry so hard as i type this and tell you just so you can know how painful this is....i told him i so loved the rule of treating others how you want to be treated and have always done that...even allowing myself to be wronged on so many occasions to keep peace....... he said that was a good rule....i agreed and said it was a big one too....and that while i could do it...treat him the way i would like to be treated...he would not be able to!.......left as i became emotional...big hug from mom, but i just barely put an arm on dad............oompa.
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I really admire your courage Oompa.....I've been trying to build up the same courage for a while now and my situation is not as difficult as yours.......my wife is on my side. Stories like yours builds my confidance stronger each day. I will join you soon.
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Where does the money go?
by JWinprotest inthe other day my wife asked me this question when i was trying to tell her that the society's motive behind most decisions is money.
she too thinks the society is misguiding people but she doesn't think it's being done for financial gain like i do.. can anyone out there confirm whether members of the gb or some of the higher profile bethelites are personally benefitting from all the money that is being gathered in by the organization.
and i don't mean stuff like, they have all their needs taken care of, i mean luxuries that most jw's would not receive..
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That's what I was hoping for WT=
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Where does the money go?
by JWinprotest inthe other day my wife asked me this question when i was trying to tell her that the society's motive behind most decisions is money.
she too thinks the society is misguiding people but she doesn't think it's being done for financial gain like i do.. can anyone out there confirm whether members of the gb or some of the higher profile bethelites are personally benefitting from all the money that is being gathered in by the organization.
and i don't mean stuff like, they have all their needs taken care of, i mean luxuries that most jw's would not receive..
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Outaservice, I'm inclined towards the same opinion. I don't think they can get away with what Rutherford did with the mansions and the Cadillacs, but I'm sure these guys enjoy the finer things in life when they are out of plain site. And for people who haven't worked a day in their life, I'd say they are definately benefitting.