I had a problem with Rs. We were at a small witness gathering at an elderly sister's house, and I pronounced the word "fork" without the R and apparently it sounded like the word "f*ck." I remember getting screamed at. I also got my mouth washed out with soap, having no idea what I had done wrong. I remember being utterly mortified and confused. I was little.
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When You Were A Little Kid, What Words Did You Mispronounce?
by LoisLane looking for Superman in.
how did you pronounce spaghetti?.
just lois.
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Supernatural Or Coincidence? YOU Decide.
by Cold Steel inokay, this is pretty weird.
is it really supernatural?
or is it just my imagination?.
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laverite
Put it up for sale on eBay. Someone will surely get excited and buy it. But who knows what they will see in the wrinkles. A cat hissing? Two men arm wrestling? A sailboat? Maybe a parakeet winking? They will see whatever their brains want to see. But that's all cool, because then you'll be a few bucks richer.
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Suspicious
by Suspicious ini guess i'm new here.
born in and an ms. things just hasn't been making sense the more i think about it.
i'm starting to get suspicious.
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laverite
Suspicious - just take it easy. Take it slowly if you can. At least try to slow down. You do not have to have everything figured out overnight.
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We Are Disgusting!
by LouBelle inso this is a follow up to the thread started regarding the contact that some jw family members made through my aunt.
they wanted funds to put my grandmother (phylis) into an all inclusive old age home.
they wanted contributions from my aunt and mother.
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laverite
I'm sorry your aunt has been hurt by being treated this way. Hopefully, she will see it for what it is. The JW relatives have cut others off, thereby cutting off sources of financial help for your gran. They are reeping what they've sowed. The financial burden now will fall on them.
They now have to deal with the situation they created. I'm so sad for them. Yeah, right.
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I have an idea
by Crazyguy inhow about those of us that are still going to the district conventions this summer, take a permanent sharpie pen and go in to the bathroom into one of the stalls and write on the stall wall a quick one line message followed by jwfacts.com.
do this once a day in a different bathroom all three days, we may actually get to a few people..
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laverite
No do not destroy property that belongs to others. Kindgergarden lesson number 1.
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Facebook "friend" heard a rumor
by Reopened Mind ini was surprised to get a message on facebook yesterday from a sister in a congregation i hadn't attended in 18 years.
she said she heard a rumor totallyadd and i no longer want to be jws.. funny thing is the last time i messaged her on facebook was january 2011. yes, i had let all correspondence drop with jws as we were well into our fade at the time.. but two and a half years and she wants to know if we want to be jws?
no how are you doing, miss you guys, or news of her family.
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laverite
Billy,
As always, your posts are the best. You are suggesting to "mark" or even disfellowship and shun the offender....Love it. I wish you'd write a book on anything, it doesn't matter. I'd totally read it and be your number one fan.
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not sure if i should but i want to, what do you think?
by unstopableravens inim not dfed yet, i told the elders for a long long time the wt is not gods org, i told them what i believed ,jesus being god, born again, yadda yadda yadda, i have not gone to a jw meeting in a long time, i go to church etc.. but what i feel would be a great relief and really help me be free is to come out on here with a pic and not hide behind unstopableravens username, im not sure if its a good idea or not..
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laverite
Hugs to you!
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Suspicious
by Suspicious ini guess i'm new here.
born in and an ms. things just hasn't been making sense the more i think about it.
i'm starting to get suspicious.
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laverite
Suspicious - you will find a mix of things here, including hateful behavior at times and also name calling (sad, but true). BUT...You will also find loving, caring people who are very genuine. Those two groups don't tend to overlap. There is also another group, the "scholars" (I'm looking at you Leo!!).
As others have said, jwfacts.org is awesome. "Crisis of Conscience" (by Franz) is a must read.
If you are willing to look at the facts, you will find out the real truth.
Best to you,
Lav
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JW Grammar is...
by jw07 in*we are all from different cultural and educational backgrounds, we all experience different circumstances in life, and i don't mean to offend anyone on this forum in any way.*.
with that said here are my observations, and i want to know what you have observed.. in my experience i have noticed a trend: zealous witnessestend to exhibit the worst grammar when compared to non-witnesses!.
i want you to think back, or check it out for yourself if you haven't noticed it.. on social networks: compare comments on anything by jws (especially the uber-zealous ones) with those of your atheist or other religiously affiliated friends.
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laverite
Cofty wrote: " There just seems to be no self-awareness when it comes to making really dumb assertions."
That is the truest thing I have read so far today!
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Facebook "friend" heard a rumor
by Reopened Mind ini was surprised to get a message on facebook yesterday from a sister in a congregation i hadn't attended in 18 years.
she said she heard a rumor totallyadd and i no longer want to be jws.. funny thing is the last time i messaged her on facebook was january 2011. yes, i had let all correspondence drop with jws as we were well into our fade at the time.. but two and a half years and she wants to know if we want to be jws?
no how are you doing, miss you guys, or news of her family.
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laverite
Wow. Maybe you could write her back with this (used from your post above):
Dear Sister ____,
Two and a half years after our last contact on here, I am shocked and horrifed that you message me to find out if we want to be JWs? No how are you doing, miss you guys, or news of your family. You just want to know whether or not to shun us (even though we have no contact anyway).
Your behavior has left me speechless.
Kind regards,
Sister __________