Posts by snakeface

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I just wanted to kick off this Holiday Week (USA anyway) with.....

by OnTheWayOut in

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.....best wishes for everyone.

in case you (or i) get busy and don't get a chance to say it later, happy thanksgiving!.

but seriously, no matter your situation, please remember those that care about you and enjoy their company:.

snakeface

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I remember, when I was a regular pioneer... my congregation had 8 pioneers. A few were wives of elders. One of these elders (whose wife was a Reg Pio) got a turkey from his job as a Thanksgiving gift. They decided since we all were off from work that day, why not have a "get together"? The sister cooked the turkey with all the traditional side dishes - stuffing, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie, and invited the other 7 of us over there. It was the most delicious turkey dinner I have ever had! During the dinner we all kept laughing and saying, "I bet the neighbors [or the brothers] would think we're celebrating Thanksgiving if they saw us..."

But of course we weren't...we were just having a get-together and eating food... we sort of joked about it among ourselves for quite some time afterward.

Anyway, this year I am doing something extravagant for Thanksgiving. You see, every year (since my "freedom") my brother invites me to his home, and some friends invite me to theirs. I alternate each year; one year I go to my brothers and the next year to this friend's home. This friend...he and his wife get up very early and cook 2 turkeys (2 different recipes) and all the go-withs, then they drop all that food off at their church where others have a dinner for the homeless. Then my friend and his wife return home and cook 2 more turkeys and all the go-withs, and have their own dinner with friends and family. It is wonderful! But this year since I am a pilot I am flying myself to another city, and my brother and his family will meet me there, and we'll eat at a restaurant that this other friend owns and is the chef there. Meanwhile the other friends will save some leftovers for me; I will visit them Friday and take them flying after I eat over there.

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Share your photo, only if you don't have any problem with it.

by wolfman85 in

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i like to share my picture with you and that you share yours with me.

but only if that does not represent any problem to you.

here is mine.

snakeface

How do I post photos?

I don't have a photobucket account. Can I email 2 photos to someone for them to post for me?

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Name Some Stupid Organization/ Congregation Rules

by minimus in

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there's a lot of them!.

one rule is you can't wear a tee shirt with writing on it if you are working at a quick build kh .

nothing with logos.. let's add more stupid rules that were in your hall or that the organization has.. .

snakeface

Really, EVERY congregation rule is stupid...because those who make the rules are stupid. Those who follow them are stupid. Stupid becomes the norm among them.

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Info on publisher cards???

by OneDayillBeFree in

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so i moved to another hall to better help me fade.

so far it's been great although it is a very long and annoying process!

so i'm very good friends with the coordinating elder in the new hall since we've known each other for years and so instead of mailing them to the other hall he decided to pass them on to my dad so he could give them to me and for me to give them to the other hall.

snakeface

Please tell us, exactly what information is on a publisher card? I would guess Name/address/phone number, date of immersion, other sheep or annointed. But what else? Does it contain notes, let's say, if the publisher had been reproved X number of years ago, or if their hours are low etc.

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Study Edition given out on 'the doors'(TM)

by punkofnice in

a good friend of mine who was never a jdub entertains the jws at his door and enjoys a friendly debate with them.. my friend is an atheist/agnostic (let's not get too picky on defenitions here).. the jws see him as fodder for the kingdom hell.

he tells them he knows me and they make no negative comments about me.

obviously they don't want to put him off methinks.. he was given a 'study edition'(tm) to my surprise.. he read it.

snakeface

As for giving out the Study edition to householders....yes they're not supposed to. But some witnesses do anyway. Same with Organized to Accomplish Our Ministry and other such publications. They don't care as long as they're placing something that they can "count". Some have even given songbooks as gifts and counted them as placements.

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Study Edition given out on 'the doors'(TM)

by punkofnice in

a good friend of mine who was never a jdub entertains the jws at his door and enjoys a friendly debate with them.. my friend is an atheist/agnostic (let's not get too picky on defenitions here).. the jws see him as fodder for the kingdom hell.

he tells them he knows me and they make no negative comments about me.

obviously they don't want to put him off methinks.. he was given a 'study edition'(tm) to my surprise.. he read it.

snakeface

I've also heard witnesses tell householders, "Why don't you believe in Jehovah? He believes in you."

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Your reaction if they drop the shunning policy?

by jam in

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friends

how would you react toward those family members that.

have treated you like you had leprosy.

for years didn,t.

snakeface

Wouldn't matter to me. I left them. I don't have any family members in, and therefore have never been shunned by anyone that matters to me.

However let's pretend for a moment that I did have relatives in, and that they have shunned me for years. I would "forgive" them and asscoaite with them because that might help them realize how much they had been mislead, to their own loss not mine.

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Watchtower's Weirdest Photograph?

by Marvin Shilmer in

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watchtower's weirdest photograph?.

you wont believe it when you see it.

and is available at: http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2012/10/watchtowers-weirdest-photograph.html.

snakeface

Maybe an actual person was in the original photographs but he later DA'd or was disfellowshipped, so they put a fake figure in there to fill the spot.

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Fb status of a Young JW Mom. Sooo Sick!

by 3dogs1husband in

can't believe that we made it through the whole assembly, **** wasn't feeling good last night, has a cold, was pretty cranky, then he seemed fine and minutes later im making a bowl with my hands for him to throw up in while we are sitting (the joys of parenthood) then into a plastic bag, then very quickly ran to the bathroom for even more throwing up, but suprisingly we stayed for the rest of the day.

trying to think of a response.

i am not "out" on fb soooo sick from this i wanna throw up myself...poor children!.

snakeface

This reminds me of the people who not only come to meetings, but also grab the microphones to give their profound comments. Then everyone else catches strep throat.

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How does one go about dating after leaving the WT?

by Left in the Cold in

snakeface

The websites such as eharmony might be a good idea. Another way is to get invovled in some kind of club or activity...volunteering or something like that, or join a church and get involved in some kind of committee (new experience for you, since in the WT the women are only allowed to pioneer and clean the bathrooms) and you can meet people through that particular group. Some volunteer opportunities are: hospitals, animal shelters, museums...probably other things.

As for myself, once I left the WT and went out "into the world" I never tell people about my past, especially when dating. I have some great friends who invited me over for Thanksgiving. They asked what do I normally do for Thanksgiving, spend it with family or what? I said something vague, like "Oh, some years I spend it with relatives up north, some years I stay home...it depends..." Same with Christmas. If a date asks me about my religious affiliation I just say, "Oh, I'm kind of open minded...I don't consider myself any particular denomination." And as for the subject of friendship, I just say that some of my old friends seemed to have drifted away...you know, people change over time....

I feel that is better than explaining that I was in a mind-controlling cult for so many years and am new to celebrating holidays. That might freak them out.