Late 80s/early 90s. There was a 2nd grade jw teacher in my elementary school and that's where my mom arranged for me to go. I'd rather have had the library. Do you know how embarrassing it is to be a 4th, 5th, or 6th grader sitting in a room full of 2nd graders?
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Holiday time were you sent to the library or not?
by restrangled inthere are many generations of xjws here.
i'm curious as to what happened to you in school.. were you sent to the library during festivities, allowed to stay home, or allowed to participate?
enter the years if you can and the number of jw's with you.. mine: mid 1960's to mid 70's.
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I just read chapter 4 of Combatting Cult Mind Control and...
by doublelife inwow.
it's strange because even though i decided in sept that this is a false religion, it's still a little overwhelming to read this chapter.
if cult members have two identities, then where is my other identity?
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Wow. It's strange because even though I decided in Sept that this is a false religion, it's still a little overwhelming to read this chapter. If cult members have two identities, then where is my other identity? I don't have a before personality, I was raised in this cult.
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I need help finding a 2009 article.
by doublelife ini went to lunch today with my mom and husband.
we started talking about religion.
i'm not going to go into everything we talk about but i told my mom that i found other religions that taught some of the same things the witnesses did and that they also preach like the witnesses.
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Good point, Black Sheep. I like those questions. It shows that that sentence you put in bold contradicts the opening paragraph to that article. They can't have it both ways.
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I need help finding a 2009 article.
by doublelife ini went to lunch today with my mom and husband.
we started talking about religion.
i'm not going to go into everything we talk about but i told my mom that i found other religions that taught some of the same things the witnesses did and that they also preach like the witnesses.
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I went to lunch today with my mom and husband. We started talking about religion. I'm not going to go into everything we talk about but I told my mom that I found other religions that taught some of the same things the witnesses did and that they also preach like the witnesses. She seemed surprised but said that because the witnesses have had the growth they had, that that was fulfilling bible prophecy and proof that they have God's spirit. I told her that these same religions had their start around the same time the witnesses did and they have also experienced similar growth. Then my mom says that might be true but they also have a lot of people who leave their religion. I told her that a lot of witnesses also leave this religion. I think that freaked her out a little because she just gave me a blank stare. None of this is new to my husband so he notices her reaction and continues the discussion. He admitted to my mom that the truth is in the bible and not with one religion and he thinks that God's spirit is with not only the witnesses but also with a few others. But he still thinks that the witnesses are more advanced in knowledge than any of the others that also have God's spirit. I told my mom that I didn't think it was right for the society to say that in order to survive armageddon you have to be associated with this organization. So a few minutes ago she called me and told me to read an article in the 11/1/08 w. It says that even though witnesses feel they have the only true religion, that it is not their job to judge who will be saved, only God can. I need to find another article, hopefully one that is newer that 11/1/08 w, that says you do have to be associated with this religion to survive armageddon. Since the 09 articles are not on the library cd and I threw away most of this year's magazines, can anyone help me out?
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Something I never thought of when I was in
by doublelife inwitnesses use the term 'publisher' instead of 'preacher' to describe their position in the congregation.
that should be a dead give away that they are salespeople working for a book publishing company verses preachers who are working for god.
i can't believe i never saw something this obvious.
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Witnesses use the term 'publisher' instead of 'preacher' to describe their position in the congregation. That should be a dead give away that they are salespeople working for a book publishing company verses preachers who are working for God. I can't believe I never saw something this obvious.
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I ordered Combatting Cult Mind Control
by doublelife ini feel like it's been so long since i posted anything even though it's only been a couple of weeks.
well, thanksgiving dinner went ok with my husband.
he told me before we went that he doesn't think thanksgiving is wrong.. two days ago, i filmed the movie scene i had talked about before.
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Thanks for the link to that forum leavingwt. I forgot that it was on a different site. I would've never found it on my own. I can't wait to dig into the book.
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I ordered Combatting Cult Mind Control
by doublelife ini feel like it's been so long since i posted anything even though it's only been a couple of weeks.
well, thanksgiving dinner went ok with my husband.
he told me before we went that he doesn't think thanksgiving is wrong.. two days ago, i filmed the movie scene i had talked about before.
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I feel like it's been so long since I posted anything even though it's only been a couple of weeks. Well, Thanksgiving dinner went ok with my husband. He told me before we went that he doesn't think Thanksgiving is wrong.
Two days ago, I filmed the movie scene I had talked about before. I had about seven lines. It was so much fun. And I made a couple of friends on the set who added me to their facebook. Now that I have a speaking role and a commercial under my belt, my goal for next year is to start looking for an agent.
When I came home, I got Steven Hassan's book in the mail and my husband saw it. Now he's on the defense. I think he's nervous that I'm going to start showing him things in the book. I haven't started reading it yet but I do have a question. I seem to remember a thread were someone had posted wt articles that proved the things Steven put in his book applied to witnesses. Does anybody happen to have the link to that thread handy?
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Got this in my email
by stillin inapplication for permission to date my daughter.
name_______________________ date of birth________________ height_________ weight______ .
date of baptism ____________iq___________ gpa_______ social security no._______________________ .
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doublelife
A brother that I went to pioneer school with emailed this to me a few years back.
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It's my Birthday!!!
by carpediem inthe first since leaving.
a sad state of affairs when the first person to wish me happy birthday was the windows live team lol.. anyway, i think i will be nice to myself today .
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Happy Birthday!
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OMG! My jw husband is going to celebrate Thanksgiving with me!
by doublelife inmy husband just called me.
he said that he's is leaving field service and is on his way home.
i told him to bring something to eat but not anything too heavy.
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My husband just called me. He said that he's is leaving field service and is on his way home. I told him to bring something to eat but not anything too heavy. He said, "Why? Because WE'RE going over your aunt's house for Thanksgiving tonight?" So it's official. My jw husband is coming to Thanksgiving dinner with me!