lol at cobaltcupcake . I never ceased to be amazed at some of the stories circulating about me and hubby after we left. One wierd one was that hubby had banned me from going to the meetings, even though it was ME who had stopped going to meetings several months BEFORE HE DID!! I only found out about this little gem of falsehood when I bumped into a sister who looked really concerned and asked if there was any way I could persuade hubby to let me go back!??! I quickly put her straight that he would never stop me if I actually wanted to go, and she looked quite shocked and amazed that I was not being stopped against my will. Very strange! At the end of the day, they all too often believe exactly what they want to believe even if it flies in the face of the actual facts.
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Why should this annoy me?
by punkofnice inlong story short.
i left the wbt$ and was forcibly da'd for attending a church.. wifey says she 'chooses' not to talk to me about 'spiritual'(tm) matters.
i told wifey that she didn't 'choose' but was told not to talk to me about such matters by some men in brooklyn.
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My apologies to everyone on this board (please read).
by Joliette inabout a month ago, i wrote a post about a sister that keeps coming to my apartment giving me watchtowers.
i called her an older sister.
she is in her late 50's.
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Joliette you are, indeed, a sweetheart .
I waved goodbye to my 50s a couple of years ago, and although I don't FEEL particularly old, I am under no illusions that I have well and truly joined the ranks of Old Fart whether I like it or not .
Even in my 50s I would have no problem with young people thinking I was ancient, because there was a time when I also used to think anyone over 50 was really old. That's life!!
I am sure we are all touched by your concern, but please don't worry about it.
Take care, love and hugs,
Amber the Ancient
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Here is the funeral talk outline. VERY discraceful.
by stillstuckcruz inthis is truly terrible.
i just love the statement "instead of eulogizing the deceased, use the material in this outline to give a fine witness concerning the truth.
" in other words, utterly disregard the deceased.
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My mil was a very interesting, dynamic personality with many interests and talents and she lived life to the full. She was far from being dull or boring and although she had spent most of her life as a faithful JW she still made time for other interests including writing beautiful poetry! The elder who gave her funeral talk was a close friend who had known her for over 40 years and had so many personal memories of times spent in her company both at the meetings and at congregation get togethers that he could have talked for hours about her as a person. But no, he kept strictly to the WT outline, just talking about her devotion to the 'Truth', knocking doors and all the bible studies she had brought into the 'Truth'. Absolutely nothing about her as an individual other than being a wife and mother. Nothing else seemed to be worth mentioning apparently.
It was interesting to note he left out the part about her becoming disillusioned and bitter during her final years as she never thought she was going to grow old and die in this system.
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Just watched the video. Oh dear . As if the poor kids haven't got enough to contend with every day. They have already been made to throw away any toys their paranoid parents consider to be 'evil', because they 'make Jehovah sad', they are in fear of their schoolfriends offering them a birthday cupcake, as that will also 'make Jehovah sad', now they are being told to bow their heads and pray about everything they see or do throughout the day!! The poor little mites will be guilt tripped all day long, fretting over not remembering to pray every time they see a butterfly incase they have 'made Jehovah sad' again! I agree with what xanthippie said. It is indeed chilling!!!
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How long did it take you to prepare for talks or parts in the KM school?
by OneDayillBeFree inseveral years ago, whenever i got a talk slip i would get really nervous but accept it and work on it almost immediately.
of course that was way back when i still believed it all.. now they gave me a #3 talk out of the blue about a month ago and i had forgotten all about it till the meeting night.
i really thought about not showing up at all but at the last minute, i decided to go.. so when i got there the meeting had already started and so i just stayed in the back looked at the info, found 2 scriptures and then without any notes i went up and gave the stupid talk!.
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It all depended on who they gave me as a householder. If only we could choose our own it would have made life much simpler! Occasionaly I was put with an experienced sister and it was a joy as I could just write a talk, (which usually took me about half an hour), give her the outline and get up on the platform and do it. No problems.
However, I was usually given the new sisters or ones who were like timid little mice who hardly opened their mouths at the meetings and were quite often absolutely terrified. I was constantly having to re-write my talks in order to accommodate them so they had as little as possible to say. I had them dry up on me on more than one occasion just nodding or uttering monosyllabic replies so I had to improvise like mad.
I really envied the brothers who could just write their assignments then get up and give their talks without having to do those silly little plays with someone who could hardly speak.
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My Mother Passed
by Roberta804 inthank you for all of your support durning the two difficult weeks my mother was on her death bed.
last night at 10:30pm she breath her last with my sister and i by her side.
this is a real end of an era for me as i have known little these past 8 years other than taking care of my parents.
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Sincerest condolences. I was with my dad when he died after a long illness. My heart goes out to you at this very sad time
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Please help !!!!!!
by mouthy ini have just had a very long phone call from a wonderful sounding person ( jw).
she has tried to post on here(simon or angie please read this ).
she called herself bootlicker...why cant she get on.. come on kids tell grannie .
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Starry, starry night...
by LoisLane looking for Superman intonight, in the north pacific, the stars are so bright.
not even twinkly.
just full out diamonds in the sky.
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Hi Just Lois, thank you for sharing your lovely experience with us.
Here in the UK the skies are laden with snow at the moment so all I can see is a very watery sun occasionally trying to show its face, but the scenery is magical, the surrounding fields are crisp and white and the trees all heavily dusted with sugar frosting. I keep thinking I should wrap up warm and go out for a walk and take some photos.
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Whats the most bizzare way a JW has ever tried to "encourage" you?
by highdose inin my case it was my best freind in the cong who decided to encourage me to answer up at the wt by... refusing to talk to me afterwards if i hadn't answered up!
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Gladiator, that is brilliant! If only I could turn the clocks back, to when I was constantly being 'encouraged' to pioneer, mostly from brothers who had never pioneered in their lives and were all snug and warm indoors while I was out pounding the streets in all weathers and living off peanuts. "Yes, Brother Boastful and Sister Smug, pioneering is such a wonderful, joyous priviledge why don't YOU do it?" Oh, if only!! I'm sure others reading that account must feel the same!
I was at a family wedding a few years ago, having been out of the Borg for many years. A sister who I had not seen for about 25 years approached me and, without a word of a greeting, just launched into an attack. "Don't you think it is about time you pulled your socks up Amber??!!!" Oh, I felt soooo encouraged, all warm and fuzzy inside. I told her in no uncertain terms that it was nice to see her too and that my socks were well and truly pulled up better than they had ever been thank you very much! She turned red and started to stutter an apology for offending me
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My mum says her grandchild will be killed by Jah...does he kill Millions of under 12 kids at Armagedon? God is LUV!
by Witness 007 intalking with my anionted mum she tells me how worried she is that our lovely cute grandaughter/neice sarah, 9 months, will have her head cut off by jehovahs angel at armagedon.
{my sister is disfellowshiped and i'm inactive former pioneer/servant 10 years} this sickens me.
i told her how jah loves "even the embroy" of an unborn child.
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THIS SICKENS ME
Me too! I can remember only too well all the talks about how loving and kind Jehovah was and at the same time staring at those horrific pictures in WT literature of little children and small defenceless animals being hurled mercilessly into deep cracks that opened up in the streets at armageddon. No wonder I had nightmares!
My mother used to fret about the children belonging to our relatives who were not in the 'truth', saying what a shame it was that they would never grow up unless we could save them. Well, none of them came into the 'truth' but they are all grown up with kids of their own now!