Welcome. I too got so tired of always walking a thin line, being "exemplary" and giving my best only to be torn down and told it's not good enough, by people who were getting away with doing things I would never do. I started associating with "worldlings" and felt better because they respected me and built me up.
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by smoresz inwhats up everybody.
i am new to the forum and web site.
well i guess i will give you some background on me.
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My Husband Cuts through the BS!
by 3dogs1husband ina long time ago my husband came up with this.. the wtbts holds out our hope like a carrot on the end of a stick, and we should be motivated to all ways want and try to get it.
if you change you mind in anyway and no longer want the carrot, or just wanna stand and eat the grass, you then will be beaten by the stick.. .
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snakeface
If his counsel point is "Illustrations" I give him a "G".
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New here..
by breakfree injust wanted to introduce myself.
i've been reading your posts for a couple of months now and i think i finally have the courage to join in.
i have written and deleted this post many times.
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snakeface
You know what I don't understand?
We read about all the atrocities committed throughout human history - Hitler's concentration camps, today's crime, all the deaths and suffering from diseases, millions of children dying every day from hunger...and we're told that Jehovah does see but it is not His time to act yet. He has His appointed time, just wait.
But...God forbid a teenage girl should kiss a boy, God forbid a teenager should masturbate or his sideburns be a little too long...well all of a sudden the angelic armies are immediately up in arms, the heavenly courts are looking on as the judicial committee RUNS to act speedily and execute divine judgement against these vile evildoer teens that are contaminating the congregation...gotta take care of this right now.....
these elders are mentally ill.
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My experiences that have turned me away.....
by agent86 ingoogle_ad_section_start hi everyone, i am just new to this site and thanks for a very dear friend that has encouraged me to post my story and would love to hear feedback from all you out there xx.
this is my story.
we were introduced to the religion in 1982, not soon after we were unbaptized publishers (a bit to soon for me even at that age) i really didnt miss the celebrations as much as were werent that well off and my parents worked 6 days a week to pay the bills.
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snakeface
Welcome and thanks for posting your story. I am so sorry you went thru all this. There are many elders who are downright wicked.
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New here..
by breakfree injust wanted to introduce myself.
i've been reading your posts for a couple of months now and i think i finally have the courage to join in.
i have written and deleted this post many times.
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snakeface
Welcome and thank you for sharing your story. Hopefully the good things in your life will displace the past and its hurtful memories.
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Just look at how they changed these lyrics in the new song book
by WingCommander inthis is disgusting!!!
we've all heard that the new song book is really, really, really bad......but i didn't see many examples cited of just how they changed some of the wording.
oh sure, we all know by now how incredibly hard it is to sing along with the garbage they wrote, tempo, lack of beat, odd rythm, timing, etc, etc.
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snakeface
I hope they changed the one about "precious gifts from God our children are..." where it says "He says 'use the rod!'"
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Is the WT going to move on this leak?
by wheelwithinwheel ini'm sure the legal, public relations and other depts.
are all asking the gb how to handle this situation.
and i'm convinced the gb is scratching it's head trying to decipher j's spirit direction in all of this.
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snakeface
Here's a solution! They can disfellowship all the elders and appoint new ones, then release a new book.
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Cardboard books for JW children
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land inhttp://goo.gl/wvyj.
i purposely masked the site name and book name; don't want web searches taking the author here.
it's a new line of cardboard books for jw children.. i found a copy of this one... shall i post a pdf scan?.
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snakeface
Oh how cute! They are cardboard, so the mother can hit the child with them if he/she makes a peep during the meeting. just kidding
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Chaperones...
by BlackTwisted inhow would you feel..when you are alone with someone, that they are your friend, nothing more than just a friend, opposite sex.
just doing nothing but watching "that 70's show", laughing your butts off.
and then the next day, you have a meeting, and the elders come at your neck about being alone with the opposite sex, who happens to be your friend since second grade!
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snakeface
One time a sister with a nonJW husband invited a group of us pioneers over for lunch. I - a single brother - got there first. She let me in because I was carrying some of the food, which had to be put in the fridge. Her little toddler was there. Just as I stepped into the house some of the other pioneers arrived. So I was only "alone" with this sister for about 45 seconds. But boy did I get counseled about being alone with a sister - and a married one at that! The sister did not get counseled.
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ELDERS want to meet with me?
by Smoky inits been about 5 years since i've talked to the elders in the my old congregation.
now the elders from my parents congregation, want to come by and talk with me (sheperding call?).
i know one of them, i believe they feel obligated since i llive in there territory.
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snakeface
I agree with joylynn. They might want some kind of "closure" one way of the other.