Yeah a lot of Witnesses that I knew grew up struggling. They would still manage to make it to the conventions and the assemblies. Didnt grow up with a lot, but still managed. But of course, they had to do more, cause in the JW's world, you never can be good enough. A lot of witnesses I knew (especially single mothers with children) grew up in housing projects, and a lot of single elderly sisters, or widowed or divorced sisters, are in senior bulidings. There wasnt too many who I knew that owned businesses or had college degrees. That was very discouraged.
Joliette
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Jws and poverty
by Julia Orwell inwhen i say poverty, i mean not knowing where your next meal is coming from or being unable to pay your bills or afford necessary medicines poverty.
i'm talking the kinds of poor people who have to get food from charities kind of poor, or long term unemployment living in a trailer/caravan kind of poor.
holes in clothes poor.
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Ray Franz
by thedog1 inam reading coc at the moment, about half way through.
just finished reading some of the details of what happened in malawi and mexico years ago.
which reminded me that in the early 80's a very well known elder in the country i was then living in went to new york as he had discovered all the discrepencies between what had happened in malawi and in mexico and wanted to know what the gb had to say about it.
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Joliette
I read that book and that was the turning point for me. I never went back to the kingdom hall.
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A story about Reggie and Reginald... and why it makes me cringe... more vomiting
by confusedandalone inso i grew up in new jersey in a very urban part of the state.
i literally only saw white folks if they were in a police car or if i went to the assembly.
the funny thing is at the assembly there was still a level of segregation as well although it was self-imposed.
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Joliette
A video that I did on racial supremacy in watchtower's artwork. Look out for part 2!
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A story about Reggie and Reginald... and why it makes me cringe... more vomiting
by confusedandalone inso i grew up in new jersey in a very urban part of the state.
i literally only saw white folks if they were in a police car or if i went to the assembly.
the funny thing is at the assembly there was still a level of segregation as well although it was self-imposed.
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Joliette
Yeah I can cosign on that one, and yes I have heard stories of GB members being racist, some of them probably still are, as well as racism stories from the districts and circuits. Pictures of white angels in publications, a white Jesus, etc. It basically teachers that whites are elavated and that other non whites had no culture, and that they learned culture and christianity from whites. The watchtower was bulit on white supremacy anyways so it doesnt surprise me one bit. But nowadays the JW's will downplay and say that happened 'way back then.' 'That was then and this is now bull crap.' Then they'll get up on the stage and talk about how bad other religion are.
Any non white person who makes it up to the top ranks of the watchtower must be a real sell out.
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Joliette
He said, how could anyone not believe? I dont believe in god but I respect his opinion. His opinion is the majority of how people feel. Me, I just can't comprehend a god, and probably never will. After what happen with me and the watchtower, no no no. But if you believe in a god, thats your business, just dont put your god off on me.
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Joliette
I can't stand him really. He's a wanna be Jehovahs Witness, a baby wipes lovin black woman hating black man.
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So, here's a new definition of 'apostacy'
by ItsMyLife inif you allow your child to have a part in the nativity play, it's apostacy.
even if the child just stands there, dressed as a an animal.
with no lines.. even if you've been inactive for several months.. talk about extremes and emotional blackmail!.
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Joliette
Thats what the watchtower do best!
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How can I stay motivated for field ministry?
by jgnat inthus asks my beloved and slow-on-the-uptake jw hubby, who is finding it increasingly difficult to drag himself out the door.
so far, i've tried to avoid sarcastic comebacks (i'ts boring and useless!
duh!
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Joliette
I cant believe that three plus years ago I would have taken that question seriously. Thank GOD I am out of that cultish new world order religion.
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Is the WTS backing away from "Bible Tall Tales" ?
by Simon inwhen i was a kid, it seemed like not a meeting went by when you didn't hear about jonah or sampson and other tall tales from the bible.. now though, they seem to have been sidelined.
i guess the rest of the world caught on to the fact that these stories couldn't possibly be true and were so far fetched (yeah, even by bible standards) that they are just treated as 'stories' like aesop's fables.
saying that you believe in them as genuine accounts just makes you look like a crazy zealot.. but the wts is different.
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Joliette
Sometimes I wonder.