Posts by exwhyzee

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received text from my mom

by GoUnion in

so my wife and my parents are at their convention today.

this will be the first time in my life that i will not have seen a drama or baptism.

i will miss the public address, i will not see many of my lifelong friends that i have moved away from.

exwhyzee

"I just wanted to tell you, Dad and I love you, (my wife) loves you and all your friends love you, as does Jehovahs. Please don't throw it all away."

Thanks Mom...I love you and Dad too. I'm not sure how you know for sure what Jehovah does or doesn't think about me but if he loves me as you say, he will always love me and he knows exactly who I am and who I've always been.

I know it's not quite the same thing but when I graduated and left highschool, you didn't say " don't throw it all away" . You knew that I'd always benefit from the knowledge I had gained there and I'd have fond memories of that experience. You also realized that even though it served a purpose and was beneficial for a time, there was no need for me to continue on there forever especially since there is so much broder knowledge to gain and experiences to be had by moving forward.

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watchtowers army assault on our vulnerable elderly in nursing homes

by friendaroonie in

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friends

its been a long time since i have been this enraged at the evilness and shameless exploitation by the jws.

i just got back from the meeting (dont ask) and sat through the km article laying out plans to mass convert nursing homes all over the world.

i am not going to labor the obvious ethical travesty of this plan but i will say that it constitutes a major public health risk.

exwhyzee

Maybe this is what the poster is talking about.

http://www.jjha.org/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqNBP0QP0eg

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Return to the Kingdom Hall!

by One Last Kiss in

i recently did just that and had an unexpectedly uplifting experience.

whilst on vacay i was informed by my jw friend (only dimly aware of my faded status) that wed be visiting the local kh .

so there i was, far from home, not been to a kh in over a year and heading to the sunday meeting.

exwhyzee

I can’t stress enough how surreal yet reaffirming it was to be there, far from the JW community I was used to, seeing everything with new eyes . First thing I noted was the self-importance the elders exuded

Attending a meeting or assembly where you don't know anyone is much like dining at a restaraunt alone or going to a movie all by yourself. Some people have never eaten alone or gone to a movie alone because the thought of it makes them extremely uncomfortable.

Going to an assembly in a strange City where you know no one, can be an eye opening experience, even for a long time JW. It's only then that you have the opportunity to see things as they really are and are able to focus on your own personal experience rather than being caught up in the spirit of the occasion, not because you are learning wonderful life giving truths, but becasue you are enjoying being with old friends and are in your comfort zone.

This is why movie and restaurant critics work alone. For anyone who is sitting on the fence in terms of continuing with being a JW, I highly recommend they try this.

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Remember the YHWH Letters/Buttons/Pins?

by snowbird in

they were written in hebrew script and were popular during the early 70's, when i came into the jw's.. as i recall, there was a qfr concerning them.. anyone else remember?.

exwhyzee

It was our version of the Saint Christopher on the dashboard or the Cross hanging from the rear view mirror.

" Well I don't care if it rains or freezes , long as I got my plastic Jesus YHWH riding on the dashboard of my car...

Goin 90 it aint scary, long as I got the Virgin Mary YHWH assuring me that I won't go to Hell Sheol"

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Remember the YHWH Letters/Buttons/Pins?

by snowbird in

they were written in hebrew script and were popular during the early 70's, when i came into the jw's.. as i recall, there was a qfr concerning them.. anyone else remember?.

exwhyzee

I remember people displaying the Tetragrammaton on leather Bible covers, bumper stickers etc back in the 70's especially during Assembly time. As Kids riding in the back of the car from Seattle to the International Assembly in Vancouver Canada we'd wave like fools, at all the people with Watchtowers or YHWH or the Tretragammaton displayed in their back window of their car.

I also remember there being stern warnings that if you displayed these items, you'd have to be especially exemplary in your behavior and in showing driver courtesy, and strictly obey all traffic laws. Wouldn't want to bring reproach on Jehovah's organizaiton.....you'd be held "bloodguilty" if you turned someone away from The TRUTH ® .

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Finally learned how to live the REAL real life

by forest heathen in

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someone suggested i post an introductory thread.

i am a married, rather young grandma of four precious rugrats, ages 2-9. i guess our only child son and his only child wife didn't want their own kids to be "onlies".

my other half and i married rather young (18 &22) and will be celebrating 31 years together this summer.. i am sort of add, keep thinking i am still 28, love my husband now more than ever, and am so glad i woke up and left the crazy cult.. my husband and i began studying months after marrying and then decided to take the dunk.

exwhyzee

Great to hear your story F.H.. Did any of your old JW friends from Texas, California or Nevada, wonder what ever happened to you guys? It must have come as quite a shock to them to find out you faded, especially since you were sound like you were the ideal Witness family. Any interesting tales to tell in that regard?

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FAITH is another word for OPINION

by Terry in

i strive to understand things by standing in a different spot and looking again.

i like to recontextualize things everybody seems to accept automatically and comfortably.. why?

to be able to see it for the first time, again.. .

exwhyzee

Losingit: Right now, Im in a bad position financially and career-wise. I have faith that things will turn out for the best bc Im working towards it. Plus-- this is the FIRST time in my life that things aren't working out for me as I would've lliked. So my faith that things will improve is a matter of opinion? Using the word faith here signifies a fervent hope and even a measure of desperation. I believe strongly bc otherwise I'd give up from the sheer depression!

Really sorry that things aren't going well at the moment....and who of us hasn't been throught that? It's especially difficult the first few times it happens. After that you aren't so shocked or overwhelmed by the feelings that come go along with trying times.

I think what you are talking about might be hope and trust, rather than faith. You know, based on your past experiences and the experiences of those around you ,that although we all go through hard times, most of the time, most things go well for most people. Because you know this from your own experience, your hope or trust is based on reality and it won't just let you sit back and blindly wait for things to turn around. No magical thinking for you...you'll take action and you won't quit until things are on track again. To me, faith is sort of a last resort when you have no evidence to go on and have given up on looking for it but need to feel better about having done so.

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FAITH is another word for OPINION

by Terry in

i strive to understand things by standing in a different spot and looking again.

i like to recontextualize things everybody seems to accept automatically and comfortably.. why?

to be able to see it for the first time, again.. .

exwhyzee

Faith is a word that is sometimes used when someone wants to feel good about having given up looking any further.

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Detroit Style Ballroom Dancing

by KateWild in

trying to make rcs less of a snorefest.

not exactly award winning either, but worth a laugh.

kate xx.

exwhyzee

At the beginning of the video, the guy talking was saying something about being able to sign up for Detroit style classes from coast to coast. I got the idea he may be selling some kind of dance lessons. If so, this whole dancing at the Hall business seems even more of a departure from the days when the Kingdom Hall was used strictly for worship purposes. We weren't supposed to even like popular music or it's performers in our private lives, but it seems that with the passage of time, they have been forgiven for their supposed immoral lifestyles and suggestive lyricls to the point that Mowtown music is being played inside the walls of "Jehovah's house". Of course Detroit is "Motown" but still, JW's are supposed to be no part of the world around them.

Having said that, I'm glad that they are loosening up a bit, if that's what's happening but for anyone who grew up in the restricted and regulated JW lifestyle, it makes the loss of ones youth that much harder to take. To a small degree it would be like not going to College when you were young, then years later finding out the Society had begun setting up scholarships or grants for deserving JW kids who wanted to go on to higher education. It would make a joke of your sacrafice.

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Implications of the 80 year age limit for the COBE...

by james_woods in

aside from the obvious age discrimination and disrespect, what are other implications of this new rule?.

(persons over 80 years of age cannot serve as a chairman of the body of elders any longer by watchtower fiat).

1) - this means that no one can be a cobe if he was born before 1934. so much for persons alive and in adult understanding of the circumstances in 1914 surviving to the end.

exwhyzee

I suppose they'd have put Moses and Abraham out to pasture if they'd have had the chance.