Oh...just thought of another. My dh and I bought a house in the little town where I grew up. My great-uncle's house. My great-uncle the elder. The exact house, as a matter of fact, where I spent many years going to book study. Putting up a Christmas tree (for the last 18 years) in the exact spot where my uncle would usually sit to conduct the BS (and I use that term in both of its meanings) has been great fun and amazingly healing...
Posts by Jewel
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47WHAT HAS HELPED HEALED CURED YOUR BITTERNESS WITH THE BORG?
by freewilly01 inis there or has there been anything that has aided you in your quest to rid yourself of the bitterness and resentment of the jw's .
i know for some it has appeared that they have a newfound religion or religious belief, but that is not the case with myself.. for some maybe visiting these sites encourages them to shed those miserable memories?
for me it just builds more resentment.
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WHAT HAS HELPED HEALED CURED YOUR BITTERNESS WITH THE BORG?
by freewilly01 inis there or has there been anything that has aided you in your quest to rid yourself of the bitterness and resentment of the jw's .
i know for some it has appeared that they have a newfound religion or religious belief, but that is not the case with myself.. for some maybe visiting these sites encourages them to shed those miserable memories?
for me it just builds more resentment.
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Jewel
Time. An appreciation for irony. Deciding that I like my life and my time as a Witness contributed (for good or ill) to where I am today. And learning to appreciate the weird tallents I acquired--
Example: We had to go to a supper with a speaker, an extraordinarily boring and repetitive speaker. A speaker who droned on and on and on. Afterward my dh asked me how I could have been so attentive, sitting still and apparently hanging on the guy's words. I realized that I still had the ability to switch into meeting/assembly mode...I could still look attentive while completely shutting down all actual listening. Ya never know when something like that will come in handy...
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Jewel
And I've always wondered how he managed to transport those parasitic worms in Africa that will burrow into your brain through your eyes and kill you horribly...
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Jehovah's Witnesses - the religion without a past or a future
by Mickey mouse inthere is only one timeframe that matters to a jehovah's witness: the present.. "so what if we taught that in 1993?
this is our present truth!.
jehovah's witnesses are being conditioned to think that the organization's history is unimportant, "the way jehovah is blessing the work now proves that this is his organization".. here's a question: if you were born into a catholic family in 1922, lived 70 years and died in 1992, what is your current standing before jehovah according to jw doctrine?
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Jewel
Yeah, this concept slays me and it amazes me that Witnesses seem to miss this one. Examples:
My grandmother--sweet old lady, loved her grandkids, went to meetings, went to assemblies, tottered around out in service as an elderly lady, no birthdays, no Christmases, put up with my grandfather's constant disapproval of her religion, basically a faithful Witness. Died faithfully and is now awaiting resurrection in the "New Order" (wink, wink).
My stepfather--mean SOB, beat my mother, threatened to kill my stepbrother as a baby, sexually abused my prepubescent sister and generally lived as a nasty, selfish, immoral sort of guy. Died an SOB and is now awaiting resurrection in the "New Order" (again with the wink...)
Anyway, seems to me Grandma should have lived it up a little more since dying completely leveled the karma playing field (if you believe the JW canon..)
Jewel
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I'm reading the Bible cover to cover...
by homeschool in....what the heck have i gotten myself into .
as a sidenote, in genesis 21....abraham threw isaac a party on the day he was weaned.
check out the history on that and find out what other religions believe about that (i checked out the jewish & baptist websites).
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Jewel
Here's another funny "version" of the Bible...much better than trying to read it cover to cover...
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So I Finally Got My Invitation...
by darkl1ght3r in...to the district convention.
hand deliverd by the drama director himself, who also happens to be my uncle.
i even got my very own copy of the 'how can you survive the end of the world?
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Jewel
Yeah...Memorial will be a biggie...I've been out a looonnnggg time and my Mom still invites me (with wistful sadness) to Memorial every year. It's really very sad...she is honestly convinced that my not going means I will die and she'll be in the New System without me and her grandkids. Last time I did go to the mem, the elder made the whole thing into an infomercial...did they always do that or did I just not notice??
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No One to Carry On!
by AK - Jeff ini recall the 'core' families that made up our little congregation in the 60's and 70's.
i had not thought about it, but the very vast majority of those families have left zero members carrying on the 'legacy' of the 'troof'.
here is the way it breaks down - the names have been changed to protect the innocent [or guilty].. the colsons in 1970 - dad, mom and two sons.
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Jewel
My greatgrandparents were Russelites
My Grandma was a Witness
My Mom is still going as strong as an 80 yo can. Of her kids, though, I'm out (after a quiet fade), my sister is DF'd, my older brother was never baptised and my youngest brother (a heavy smoker and, I suspect, actually gay) not baptised either but does attend very sporadically. My kids are not the least interested...they were raised seeing what this religion can do to a family...I've always told them that I don't care if they worship rocks as long as they don't become Witnesses.
My mother's brother, though was/is and elder and all of his kids are still in. Of them all, though, only one had kids. Interesting to see if they stick it out...
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Jewel
Wow...my first response to that picture was suprisingly strong...I mean I haven't been to a meeting for probably 20 years and I don't know how long since I've been to an assembly but I instantly had those old suffocating feelings I used to get. My next reaction was surprise at how many chairs were empty...when I was a good Witness girl those would have been packed. But in those days, the assemblies were five straight days and you were "assigned" a place...it was closer to a one shot deal. My Mom is 80 and she does the "break it up in smaller doses" too...goes on Friday on month, Saturday the next, etc. Also interesting that they could have used that banner at any of the assemblies I attended in the 70's/80's. Same old message...
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What are your fears?
by Bumble Bee ini remember growing up we were told not to voice our fears outloud, lest satan hear them and use it against us during the gt.
as a result i grew up pretending i wasn't afraid of anything, that i was the strong one, which is sooooo far from the truth!
lol i have learned that i am stronger than i thought i was, but there is a part of me that just once would love someone else to deal with the fears and tell me it's all going to be ok. .
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Jewel
My brother always said that eternal life in a world peopled by just Witnesses would be the the worst level of Hell...
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What are your fears?
by Bumble Bee ini remember growing up we were told not to voice our fears outloud, lest satan hear them and use it against us during the gt.
as a result i grew up pretending i wasn't afraid of anything, that i was the strong one, which is sooooo far from the truth!
lol i have learned that i am stronger than i thought i was, but there is a part of me that just once would love someone else to deal with the fears and tell me it's all going to be ok. .
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Jewel
My brother always said that eternal life in a world peopled by just Witnesses would be the the worst level of Hell...