Joliette

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  Its the memorial, NOT EASTER!

  by Joliette in

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  my mom says dont say happy easter cause she is not a part of babylon the great...i said 'happy easter' to my brother as a joke and my brother goes back and tells my mom like were little kids (i'm 29 and he's 27 with a new baby by the way) and my mom writes me a lengthy email about how i shouldnt joke about babylon the great.

  i am 29 years old, 29. and i can't joke around.

  i know all j-dubs arent like this, but a lot of them are just like my mom.

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  Joliette

  Thank you nugget.
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  What came first? Atheism or the "apostasy" in JW terms?

  by Silent_Scream in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  for those who are atheists: did you become an atheist while being a jw, then left, or did you not view them as the true religion and left, but still believed in god/bible, but later turned to atheism?.

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  Joliette

  So called JW's apostasy came first...then I gradually began to dismiss the bible period. I consider myself to be agnostic, but I'm more sure that god doesnt exist. And I am in the tiny miniority...most of my family and friends are theist. They look at me crazy when I say I have serious doubts that there is a god. Some have even cut me off, but its okay. Goes to show you what our relationship was really based off of.
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  Its the memorial, NOT EASTER!

  by Joliette in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my mom says dont say happy easter cause she is not a part of babylon the great...i said 'happy easter' to my brother as a joke and my brother goes back and tells my mom like were little kids (i'm 29 and he's 27 with a new baby by the way) and my mom writes me a lengthy email about how i shouldnt joke about babylon the great.

  i am 29 years old, 29. and i can't joke around.

  i know all j-dubs arent like this, but a lot of them are just like my mom.

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  Joliette

  I forgot to add, that my mother said that the memorial is on the correct day of jesus's death, while christiendom just picks a random day because it is pagan. Of course the society has it right, everybody else is wrong.
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  Its the memorial, NOT EASTER!

  by Joliette in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my mom says dont say happy easter cause she is not a part of babylon the great...i said 'happy easter' to my brother as a joke and my brother goes back and tells my mom like were little kids (i'm 29 and he's 27 with a new baby by the way) and my mom writes me a lengthy email about how i shouldnt joke about babylon the great.

  i am 29 years old, 29. and i can't joke around.

  i know all j-dubs arent like this, but a lot of them are just like my mom.

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  Joliette

  Thank you guys.
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  Its the memorial, NOT EASTER!

  by Joliette in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my mom says dont say happy easter cause she is not a part of babylon the great...i said 'happy easter' to my brother as a joke and my brother goes back and tells my mom like were little kids (i'm 29 and he's 27 with a new baby by the way) and my mom writes me a lengthy email about how i shouldnt joke about babylon the great.

  i am 29 years old, 29. and i can't joke around.

  i know all j-dubs arent like this, but a lot of them are just like my mom.

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  Joliette

  I forgot to add that my brother is a wanna be JW's who havent been back to hall for 5 years (until recently). He still clings to our mom's everyword and acts like she's second in command to JW, god, whatever. I'm thinking to myself, dude, you need a reality check big time. This is the same woman that excluded him from our little brother's Jehovah's witness graduation party because he wasnt a JW's. I'm thinking to myself, I love you mom, but you are truly brainwashed..
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  Its the memorial, NOT EASTER!

  by Joliette in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my mom says dont say happy easter cause she is not a part of babylon the great...i said 'happy easter' to my brother as a joke and my brother goes back and tells my mom like were little kids (i'm 29 and he's 27 with a new baby by the way) and my mom writes me a lengthy email about how i shouldnt joke about babylon the great.

  i am 29 years old, 29. and i can't joke around.

  i know all j-dubs arent like this, but a lot of them are just like my mom.

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  Joliette

  My mom says dont say happy easter cause she is not a part of babylon the great...I said 'Happy Easter' to my brother as a joke and my brother goes back and tells my mom like were little kids (I'm 29 and he's 27 with a new baby by the way) and my mom writes me a lengthy email about how I shouldnt joke about babylon the great. I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS!!!! I am 29 years old, 29. And I can't joke around.

  I know all j-dubs arent like this, but a lot of them are just like my mom. I swear they are the hypocritical people on the face of the planet. I asked my mom if she would go to my friend's wedding and she said that she would go to the reception, but since me and her got into it, she wasnt going to it. I can't believe how I put my personal feelings aside to compromise for her, for people at the KH but she has a problem doing it. Unbelieveable.
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  How to counter a stupid illustration in the Bible Teach Book

  by NVR2L8 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the bible teach book uses the example of a math teacher who is challenged by a student who disagrees on how to resolve a math problem.

  the teacher then lets him attempt to prove his point knowing that he can only fail.

  the object of the exercise is to show the rest of the students that the teacher is right - that there is only one way to resolve the math problem....this is likened to jehovah letting satan exercise his power over the world so that the entire universe can witness his failure and that only jehovah's ways lead to happiness.... instead of maths, what if the teacher taught chemistry and a student would want to prove that the teacher is wrong when he says that certains chemicals can't be mixed without causing an explosion that would wipeout the school...would any sane, responsible, loving teacher allow such a student to experiment and wipeout the whole class just so the teacher can prove he was right?

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  Joliette

  Sooooo tired. Dont even get me started on my passive aggressive parents.
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  How to counter a stupid illustration in the Bible Teach Book

  by NVR2L8 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the bible teach book uses the example of a math teacher who is challenged by a student who disagrees on how to resolve a math problem.

  the teacher then lets him attempt to prove his point knowing that he can only fail.

  the object of the exercise is to show the rest of the students that the teacher is right - that there is only one way to resolve the math problem....this is likened to jehovah letting satan exercise his power over the world so that the entire universe can witness his failure and that only jehovah's ways lead to happiness.... instead of maths, what if the teacher taught chemistry and a student would want to prove that the teacher is wrong when he says that certains chemicals can't be mixed without causing an explosion that would wipeout the school...would any sane, responsible, loving teacher allow such a student to experiment and wipeout the whole class just so the teacher can prove he was right?

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  Joliette

  Chemical Emotions: Yes they act like their so damn clever.
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  How many got the 'cold shoulder' from JW family that attended the 'special' talk?

  by undercover in

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  2. friends

  well, the memorial and special talk was a one-two punch at trying to guilt inactive ones back to the fold.

  while it doesn't affect those of us with clarity, it can impact those who may have been influenced by us undercover apostates, but yet haven't reached a critical crisis of conscious moment of their own.

  the 'special' talk especially was aimed at guilting those people back with a good guilt inducing section toward the end of the talk (saw the outline on another thread).. i noticed a marked diffence in attitude in family members who attended the meeting while i stayed home and watched the masters.

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  Oh okay, I thought it was a few Sunday's from now...my mom would usually try to invite me.
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  How to counter a stupid illustration in the Bible Teach Book

  by NVR2L8 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the bible teach book uses the example of a math teacher who is challenged by a student who disagrees on how to resolve a math problem.

  the teacher then lets him attempt to prove his point knowing that he can only fail.

  the object of the exercise is to show the rest of the students that the teacher is right - that there is only one way to resolve the math problem....this is likened to jehovah letting satan exercise his power over the world so that the entire universe can witness his failure and that only jehovah's ways lead to happiness.... instead of maths, what if the teacher taught chemistry and a student would want to prove that the teacher is wrong when he says that certains chemicals can't be mixed without causing an explosion that would wipeout the school...would any sane, responsible, loving teacher allow such a student to experiment and wipeout the whole class just so the teacher can prove he was right?

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  Joliette

  ^ Chemical Emotions, right? LOL. I get so sick of the passive aggressive illustrations that the use to get people fooled.