I'm an atheist. But my oldest daughter goes to a private Christian school. We're very involved with that Church socially. Also, I enjoy various events and activities at the local Lutheran church, the United Church of Christ, the Unitarian church, and the local synagogue. I have a lot of friends in these churches and all know I don't believe. It's just not a problem.
laverite
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If you are atheist and ex JW, would you accept any church invitation for you to explain what JW is all about?
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Will the children & babies of Sodom be resurrected?
by Think About It inmost of us know the 1/2 dozen or so flip flops the wts has had on whether or not the people of sodom would be resurrected.
currently, i believe the "newest light" is no, but has the wts said anything concerning a resurrection for their children & babies?
if the sodom children & babies receive no resurrection, that would seem a bit unfair when the wts is willing to claim resurrection for jw pedophile sodomizers.
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Will the babies be resurrected? Yes. No. Yes. Maybe. No, most surely not. Yes, after some noo lite, yes for sure they will be. Um...no, there's no way! Yes...
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What Unusual Watchtower Suggestions Do You Recall?
by laverite intoday, i was on yahoo and clicked on link for "unusual ways" to stay cool this summer.
among the suggestions are putting your sheets in the freezer for one to two hours before bedtime and using an organic cotton pillow (is an organic cotton pillow cooler than 100% cotton regular pillow?
): http://shine.yahoo.com/event/green/five-unusual-ways-to-stay-cool-1885878/.
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Think About It - yes, that's what it was. And where else can we share these kinds of stories. No one else would "get it."
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I finally had witnesses knock on my door!!!!!
by myownlife ini keep missing them i guess.....but had a father/daughter tag team come to my door an hour ago.
i loved it when i asked them about the 'new light' and why that keeps happening when the bible has stayed the same...you could hear crickets....i also asked about the disfellowshipping/shunning thing and they said something about discipline...whatever!
it's incredible that i was once one of them and was so enthusiastic about the borg!
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Myownlife- Great job! You never know, someone you talk to might start thinking someday!
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What Unusual Watchtower Suggestions Do You Recall?
by laverite intoday, i was on yahoo and clicked on link for "unusual ways" to stay cool this summer.
among the suggestions are putting your sheets in the freezer for one to two hours before bedtime and using an organic cotton pillow (is an organic cotton pillow cooler than 100% cotton regular pillow?
): http://shine.yahoo.com/event/green/five-unusual-ways-to-stay-cool-1885878/.
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@MMXIV, ok that's truly hideous. I use a fresh towel every day. I can't help it. I'm a clean freak and like fresh towels. I can't imagine using the same towel for two weeks. But then I have a couple loads of laundry every day.
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What Unusual Watchtower Suggestions Do You Recall?
by laverite intoday, i was on yahoo and clicked on link for "unusual ways" to stay cool this summer.
among the suggestions are putting your sheets in the freezer for one to two hours before bedtime and using an organic cotton pillow (is an organic cotton pillow cooler than 100% cotton regular pillow?
): http://shine.yahoo.com/event/green/five-unusual-ways-to-stay-cool-1885878/.
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Scarred for Life - I think many of us have a bit of PTSD from some posts we read! Whatistruth's post is an example of that. What a hideous thing to do to people -- going to graves to witness to relatives. Talk about victimizing.
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What Unusual Watchtower Suggestions Do You Recall?
by laverite intoday, i was on yahoo and clicked on link for "unusual ways" to stay cool this summer.
among the suggestions are putting your sheets in the freezer for one to two hours before bedtime and using an organic cotton pillow (is an organic cotton pillow cooler than 100% cotton regular pillow?
): http://shine.yahoo.com/event/green/five-unusual-ways-to-stay-cool-1885878/.
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laverite
Hello everyone,
Today, I was on Yahoo and clicked on link for "unusual ways" to stay cool this summer. Among the suggestions are putting your sheets in the freezer for one to two hours before bedtime and using an organic cotton pillow (is an organic cotton pillow cooler than 100% cotton regular pillow?): http://shine.yahoo.com/event/green/five-unusual-ways-to-stay-cool-1885878/
This article gave me a little bit of a giggle and reminded me of some of the funny and outright nutty suggestions that have come from the Watchtower and from the elders/public talks on things people should do to, oh, I don't know...save money for example (among many, many other things).
I remember in the mid-1980s, there was a period of time one elder in my congregation was on a huge money saving kick. Many in the congregation were quite poor and were having trouble paying for their literature AND eating.
This one elder in particular had a thing about shampoo and saving money by diluting shampoo and shampooing infrequently. According to this elder, one was to shampoo one to two times a week at most. He expected everyone in the congregation to follow this suggestion. He would often go off on this topic during talks. Of course he had several teenage children (ranging from 13-19 years old), and they all had acne and very oily hair. His poor kids. The whole family's hair always looked awful. He even went far enough to make suggestions on what to do if you run out of your shampoo allotment. He had this crazy formula of water, baking soda, vinegar and a tiny bit of Tide soap. Needless to say any hair products other than diluted shampoo/special homemade formula was virtually outlawed in this particular congo.
I was so zealous that for a year or so my hair looked truly pitiful (along with most others in the congo). We did have one sister in the congo whose hair always looked great, and everyone seemed to be very suspicious of her. Looking back, I have to wonder what the householders thought.
Does anyone else have similar experiences? Any memories of nutty suggestions from the Watchtower or elders that people were expected to follow?
Oh the memories I have growing up as a born-in Dub! Oh the PTSD that accompanies these memories! Having this discussion board really helps put things into perspective.
~La Vérité
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why I like this site
by nancy drew ini like this site (aside from the fact that we have the jw experience in common) because i have come to realize that all of you are very creative, interesting & courageous.
it takes a special person to exit the jw's.
we all of course are also very different & thats good because we can learn from each other.
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I like the videos.
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Watchtower Ambulance????
by OnTheWayOut ini never heard of it nor ever saw such a picture before.
let's see who can come up with the funniest caption for one of these photos:.
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Wow. Really smart of them to have this. With the cost of taxis in NYC let alone ambulances, this must pay for itself many times over (esp. considering how old so many are there).
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I worry about blood!
by laverite inno, i'm not worried about having a blood transfusion.
i worry about me and my children not getting life saving treatment should there ever be an accident as all next of kin are jws.. as a da'd single/only parent, i worry if i am ever taken out of commission in an accident, and my children (or i) need medical care, that my jw family (they're all jws!!!
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Hi Gary,
Thank you so much for sharing this link to your thread. I’ve read all of the posts in there now. It’s a really great thread. I think everyone with JW family should read it. I feel embarrassed about starting this thread now. I don’t know how I missed yours. So sorry. And again, thanks for your extremely important thread.