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  What's your pet-hate Witnessisms? Mine is 'in the truth'. Blegh!!

  by oldlightnewshite in

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  what's your pet-hate witnessisms?

  mine is 'in the truth'.

  blegh!!

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  World wide brotherhood

  The faithful slave

  Jehovah's spirit directed organization

  Householder

  Christ is the head of this congregation

  Whole souled devotion

  Jehovah knows the number of hairs on your head

  Pray to Jehovah on it

  Go out in the ministry
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  30 Things White People Do That Black People Don't

  by BizzyBee in

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  still mopping up the tears of laughter!.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehryl_et5fu&feature=related.

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  I'm black but I:

  Love sloppy joes

  Make reservations

  Kiss my cats

  Have watched Jay Leno a couple of times

  Ate my chicken cold (It tastes better the next day). Does that count if I put a whole bottle of hot sauce on it? Most blacks do

  I'd like to add to that list that white people here in Michigan don't like to wear coats in the winter. I've seen a lot of white peeps go to the Eastern Market here in Michigan without a coat and have shorts on.
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  Please ring in if you have currently hold a "rank" in the WTBTS

  by stillin9 in

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  2. experiences

  just wondering how many active pioneers, elders, ministerial servants, or perhaps even co's visit this forum.

  no need to disclose any personal information just what you serve as.. i am sure other threads similar to this have existed but what the heck.... i'll start off.... i am currently serving as a ms in a congregation in the us.. .

  so what your's rank?.

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  I have been inactive since February. I have not attended meetings, did not go the the CONvention, or go out in foolservice. I finally feel somewhat normal, although it has been a difficult process.
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  How did you choose your screenname for jw.net?

  by Voices in

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  2. friends

  alright, i'm curious now cause i've been wanting to know how certain people go their screennames.

  now some people have their names involved with makes sense and so forth.

  but i guess i'll start out.

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  I chose my screen name because I've been slippin' away from the Borg and I finally had enough of it and I did slide away.
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  If I never have the internet, I would probably be a dub today.

  by asilentone in

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  what about you?.

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  I was a child in 1975 and I was not able to to make that decision for myself. I was able to see then that the WTS was not had a lot of flaws. I always had doubts even though I was eventually baptized. I noticed that most of the "Dubs" were becoming mean spirited and judgemental. A lot of them were living double lives themselves. They flip flopped on so many issues and there was definately with members on the "showing love" to brothers and sisters in "the faith". I've dealt with discrimination in some congregations and if you did not have any position (elder, pioneer, ministerial servant, elderette), you were more or less invisible. That has allowed me to "SlipnSlide" away.
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  From Pioneer to Professor: My Story

  by laverite in

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  i wanted to say hello.

  i knew i was gay.

  i wanted to study and learn about everything i could.

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  Laverite, I really enjoyed your story. I took courage to get your education. My name can be added to this list because I have lived it. I'm just a couple years older than you so I can relate how JW's and the GB frowned on higher education. I just gather that they wanted everyone to be stuck on stupid. How would one be able to take care of themselves and their families without futhering your education. I really resented it. I went to school years later because a high school education does not cut it anymore. There are so many things that happened to me while being a JW. I tried to make nice, but those JUDGEMENTAL folks won't let you. I've had to "check" several" dubs and a few elders. I am really strong willed and I guess they did not like that. Instead, I got ignored and I don't give a shit. It's not like I needed them anyway. I still suffer with depression trying to cope with the after effects of 30 + years as a JW. I no longer go to the meetings and I don't intend on going to the DC this year. I really admire you for telling your story. I am in the process of DA myself the the near future. Thank you.
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  I'd like to know who you were before you were baptized a JW? Were you raised a JW? What religion or denomination of Christianity did you profess before you became a JW.

  by SAHARA in

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  if you were raised a jw, how well did you research the history of the org.

  before you were baptized?

  if you were a convert to the watchtower society , how well did you know the doctrines of the faith before your conversion?

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  I was raised as a JW in training. My mother was studying and my stepfather was disfellowship when they met. My mother did not act like a tyrant in regards to the "truth". She let me make my own decisions about it. I fell under the WT bull****. My congregation was just making up rules. The last ridiculous thing that I heard was a few months back, It was announced from the platform that we should be discouraged from holding hands while in prayer or showing any visible means of affection to our spouses as not to stumble others. You could say that this helped me to decide that those directives that we have been receiving from the Gubbering Body an FDS has become more restrictive. I'm a grown A** woman and to have someone telling me what to do in my own home is borderline Big Brother. I refuse to be a robot and believe what some man made organization declares as something "coming from Jehovah". If they were to pay attention to the flock, they would see who has not been to the meetings, ect. The only time I hear from the brothers would be to get "my time" for the month. Oh, and the CO's visit is this week an one of those "very concerned" brothers told my husband that I needed to know that the "CO is visiting this week". I went, so and now what?
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  Are Jehovah's Witness men good catches?

  by garyneal in

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  i've stated this before on this message board but i was kind of curious about this and wanted to get some feedback from the group.

  in particular, the ladies who are either current or former jw's.. about a year or so ago, my wife went with me to a church i was attending at the time.

  we then later that morning attended a kh meeting.

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  What I've found out that was Witness men like someone who they can dominate. I'm a very independent fading JW. I was raised to believe that the husband is the head and the wife was his subordinate. They do not want someone who has a mind of their own. They play these games to see which potential mate would fawn all over them. I have seen so many "Witless" marriages fail. They allow the "Meddling Elders" to have some say in their personal lives. I know of a few marriages that fell apart from the "lack of taking care of their families support". These men have abandoned "their" families by deserting them. They make their focus on the "truth" rather on their own families. I have even mentioned this to a older elder in my congregation. It's always blah, blah, blah, the two witness rule. I am so sick of the FDS and elders in congretations that don't really pay "Attention to the flock". To me, this is not a game. I don't even think they recognize that I have "SlipnSlided" away.
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  How did you find the strength to leave?

  by SAHARA in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  to all of you exjws, i'm sure you've been asked this question one way or the other many times and i'm sure the answer is different for many of you, i'd like to know directly from you never having a chance to hear or read many exjw's answers to this.

  knowing that you would be cut off from your family and friends and other consequences for your decision to leave, how did you ever get the strength to do it?

  i mean really, i find it fascinating to know that there are so many of you who were at one time very devout, if not at the very least loyal to one of the most successful mind-contol organizations ever who believed all if not most of what the society taught and still you found the courage to risk everything once you accepted that it isn't what it claims to be.

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  I'm currently in the process of fading. This has not been an easy decision at all. I was raised in "The Truth" and finally got baptised years ago. The generation and the events leading up to the 1975 has always been a sore point with me. Although I was a child in 1975, I remember the talks leading up to it. I also remember many folks quitting their jobs, selling their homes and cars, and the mass baptisms. I never got a clear explanation. I got tired of the double standards in my kh and my extended family. I got married last year to my husband (who never got baptized). His dad and stepmother did not attend and tried to talk me out of it because he was not "in the truth". His baptized sister got married earlier this year and she just met him 3 months ago at the time. It was alright because he was an "elder" and had "a little money" I was not okay with this, so I did not attend. I am tired of the judgemental attitudes and self-righteous ways. I don't and never have kissed any ass so that does not make me popular. They always say that you should not stumble others and that is exactly what they do. I'm stumbled by the excessive real estate that the WTBTS has. I myself have donated quite a bit of money. I was a good little dub for a while. I went out in service and attended the meetings faithfully. I can no longer deal with the arrogant attitudes of the elders that think they know everything and just because they say something, that it is the gospel. I will no longer deal with the so called congo members that treat those out of the org better than those IN the org. I will no longer deal with those touchy-feely elders trying to cop a feel. I will no longer deal with the so-called friend who I told secrets to all the while threatening to tell the elders because you feel it's your duty. I have a whole lot to say, but I feel a lot better right about now.
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  Has Anyone Gone Back to College Post 40?

  by daringhart13 in

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  2. friends

  i'm admitting to be very pissed off.....and bitter.

  i'm sick of having no job security (i know its relative), but mostly because i did not go to college....... has anyone gone back to school post 40?

  how was the experience?

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  After being told and made to feel guilty, I did not take advantage of college. I resented it for years because we were constantly told that we were to put Jehovah first. Although I was able to get great jobs (because of being persistant and the willingness to learn), I felt left behind. I finally went back to school and with a degree in Business Administration. What I notice in the congregation that I attend, there are more people my age going to school. I was told to concentrate on the ministry and to wait on Jehovah while the elder/elderette cliques helped their own friends getting jobs.