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  I held back my laughter...

  by dssynergy in

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  when i visited bethel last week, i was explaining to my friend why i only choose to hire people with bachelor degrees...they need to be well educated, professional, have a certain level of experience, etc.

  her comment: "yeah, worldly people aren't used to the constant learning that we do as jehovah's witnesses.

  me: "uh, yeah.

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  I've always loved the line, "Reading the Awake is just like getting a college degree." Yeah, right.

  The information contained is so superficial - Witnesses do not have any social or cultural context for what they observe. If I do bring up those types of concepts, I get doe eyed stares and the sound of crickets....

  They have nothing to add to a conversation about those types of issues unless they have indeed gone to college and experienced a wider world. It would be nice if there was real discussion about real subjects within the congregation. But there is none. The one thing I do appreciate about the Catholics is their view on social justice. At least someone's got that right.

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  I held back my laughter...

  by dssynergy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i visited bethel last week, i was explaining to my friend why i only choose to hire people with bachelor degrees...they need to be well educated, professional, have a certain level of experience, etc.

  her comment: "yeah, worldly people aren't used to the constant learning that we do as jehovah's witnesses.

  me: "uh, yeah.

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  When I visited Bethel last week, I was explaining to my friend why I only choose to hire people with Bachelor Degrees...they need to be well educated, professional, have a certain level of experience, etc.

  Her comment: "yeah, worldly people aren't used to the constant learning that we do as Jehovah's Witnesses."

  Me: "uh, yeah."

  It was all I could do to hold back and not roll my eyes or burst out laughing. Seriously? Most JWs I know are brain dead and couldn't think their way out of a paper bag.

  Is it me??

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  Young JW's

  by XPeterX in

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  from what i've noticed 'wordly' teens or very young adults won't follow jw's.most teens/young jw's are born in,so boasting about the theocratic youth is actually boasting about jw children lol..

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  I have to agree. I was baptized at 16, under peer pressure. If I had to do it over, I'd stall until I was moved out of the house. I'd say a fair amount of any emotional issues I've had in my life are due to this feeling of being trapped into something I'm not totally convinced of. I've always wondered what was wrong with me. Now I know, there is nothing wrong with me, it was just a decsion made by a child. Now, however, I have to live with the consequences.

  Is it true I knew what I was getting myself into? Yes. But, was it out of my deep love of God? No. Therefore, I would consider my baptism invalid even though the Organization does not recognize this sort of situation.

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  How common is swinging among JWs?

  by JimmyPage in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my wife and i recently heard about two couples we know who switched partners in the past.

  we then got to talking about a different couple we ate dinner with a while back who i thought gave off the vibe of wanting to swing.

  my wife said she got that vibe too... thus the question: how common is this in wt-land?.

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  @Prov 1320: AMEN - I would love an invite. :-) I'm single now, so I can swing to my heart's content.

  I had a similar question - if this kind of thing becomes known, how far do the elders let it go before it becomes actionable? I can see letting a kiss go - but how about several? or how much touching is allowed before it falls into the grey abyss of "loose conduct"?

  Anyone?

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  How common is swinging among JWs?

  by JimmyPage in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my wife and i recently heard about two couples we know who switched partners in the past.

  we then got to talking about a different couple we ate dinner with a while back who i thought gave off the vibe of wanting to swing.

  my wife said she got that vibe too... thus the question: how common is this in wt-land?.

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  Last year or the year before in OREGON (ORE - E - GONE) there 3 or more young couples who got caught - several were df'd but not all. Swingin' is still alive and, well, swingin'.

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  Do you measure ingredients when cooking?

  by compound complex in

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  in julie & julia, ms. child's collaborator says it doesn't matter; julia says it does matter.

  i can see its being important when writing a book but how about when cooking up daily fare?.

  coco un rien de sel.

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  I think the point of Child's comment was that since they were writing a cook book presumably for people who couldn't cook, they needed to measure so the receipe was consistent and turned out the way they intended. If I am learning a new technique, or a new receipe, I measure. Once I understand the basic idea of a receipe, I don't. I fundamentally don't ever measure when I cook. I think people who are natural cooks work based on principals of cooking and flavor rather than measurements.

  Just my 2 cents
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  How would the diehard witnesses view this ?

  by man in black in

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  2. friends

  this video was sent to me earlier today, and it really hit a nerve with me,,,,, i just couldn't stop applying it to the witness belief of df and da.. i've known quite a few witness parents over the years who just left their kids "on the roadside" because they no longer.

  wanted to be a part of this religion.. why is it that genuine human reaction/emotion is dropped when children no longer want to be a jw ?.

  this father seems to be quite a guy, notice how he yells at the security/medical person near the end no doubt to leave his son alone !.

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  wow - I'm not a sap, but that was intense. whew!
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  Conscious Class vs. Fading...

  by dssynergy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as i have stated a number of times - i'm really struggling.

  i would like more than anything just to fade away and life my life.

  however, i am not willing to give up my family, specifically my nephew who needs me to stick around.

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  A & B & possibly D
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  Conscious Class vs. Fading...

  by dssynergy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as i have stated a number of times - i'm really struggling.

  i would like more than anything just to fade away and life my life.

  however, i am not willing to give up my family, specifically my nephew who needs me to stick around.

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  So, far - the elders haven't tried much of anything. One stopped by to give me a KM, but that was a couple of months ago. I'm not turning in FS so I doubt that will continue.

  Other than that, there have been no attempts to contact me very much. And I'm out of town enough that people don't track my schedule. Really, I'm not interested in Christmas, or other holidays because frankly, I don't believe they are appropriate. But I am interested in a relationship - and that is my real concern.

  I guess I'll just have to see how it turns out. I hate the idea that I have to "sneak" a man into a house where I live alone. That is so...15!

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  Whats the weirdest thing a JW ever said to you?

  by chukky 594 in

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  2. experiences

  i remember a 'sister' coming up to me and telling me off for being on the atkins diet, as it was satanic and designed by satan.. chukky.

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  When I was young and pioneering, I was told by an old crabby pioneer that being vegetarian was unspiritual because God told us to eat meat!