Posts by tia.dalma

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28 years young today (I was born Feb 16 1983) HBD to me.

by Joliette in

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even if i dont really celebrate it like...i'm suppose to be going out for karokee tonight with a friend, then doing something with another friend on the 26th.

two more years and i'll be the big 3-0. man, how time passes.

just some years ago, i was just a breast fed child running wild!.

Lease cars for circuit overseers (worldwide arrangement)

by Gorbatchov in

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yesterday evening a letter of the dutch (netherlands) branch of the watchtower society was read to the congregation.

it stated that the governing body has made a new arrangement for circuit overseers worldwide: the society provides a lease car.

it was backed with some bible texts (...) and the conclusion was that it was financial cheaper for the congregations.

tia.dalma

In our congregasion there was no announcement about this...

But I don't like it.

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last day at the kingdom hall

by ex-Special Pioneer in

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prologue.

get out shouted the audience you must be ashamed of yourself.

the crowd was in a hysterical state, every time that we tried to say something we were silenced by the clapping and screams which got louder and louder of the majority of the two hundred people in attendance.

tia.dalma

Are you sure this happened in a JW kingdom hall?????

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MY DAD IS SHUNNING ME!

by Hairyhegoat in

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well this was no surprise to me that my dad was doing this.

m df brother went round last night to borrow some tools and my dad just had to mention that he was dissapointed with the family and how we don't go to the meetings anymore.

he told my brother that he could not have a proper farther son relationship as he does not share the same faith and hope for the future as him, and if an emergencey situation was to present it'self then he would be their for him.

tia.dalma

@ pirata

He is oposed to the witnesses. He is not very active in his religion, but he thinks I should have stayed in the religion of our ancestors, and the religion that more than 90% of the population in this country belong to. He's got crap ideas like that...

@jookbeard

You, too, have a choice - to come back

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MY DAD IS SHUNNING ME!

by Hairyhegoat in

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well this was no surprise to me that my dad was doing this.

m df brother went round last night to borrow some tools and my dad just had to mention that he was dissapointed with the family and how we don't go to the meetings anymore.

he told my brother that he could not have a proper farther son relationship as he does not share the same faith and hope for the future as him, and if an emergencey situation was to present it'self then he would be their for him.

tia.dalma

My dad is shunning me, too!

This happens since I became a JW.

I hate the world!

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Is THIS the best of all POSSIBLE worlds?

by Terry in

is this the best of all possible worlds?.

if it isn't, wouldn't that be the best possible proof that a benevolent and all-powerful deity had nothing to do with creating it?.

if a loving and benevolent creator was going to create a world--why make one with a built-in self-destruct mechanism??.

tia.dalma

I'm talking about an OPTION to screw it up....why allow that OPTION in?

That option is called FREE WILL.

Unless you want to be a robot, of course.

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England is poisoned for me

by highdose in

i used to live in a part of england that was popular with tourists.

the kind of tourist who wanted to experiance the "real" rural england.

they would come to my town and thrill at the quaint old shops, delight in afternoon tea at the many little tea rooms.

tia.dalma

I wasn't talking about jw parents, but about parents in general, do you think your parents would love you the same if you would be a junky and spent all their money on drugs? No, they wouldn't.

If you would have gone to Harvard and made a great career and a lot of money afterwards they would have been prouder of you, probably love you more.

If parents behave like that, why do we expect from a group of strangers - the congregation - to behave differently?

In the end the world in general behaves like a cult - if you breake the rules, in any society, you are shunned, at work, at school, on your street.

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England is poisoned for me

by highdose in

i used to live in a part of england that was popular with tourists.

the kind of tourist who wanted to experiance the "real" rural england.

they would come to my town and thrill at the quaint old shops, delight in afternoon tea at the many little tea rooms.

tia.dalma

To have the love and acceptance of a congregation, you have to kiss a lot of butt,

Why want the love of the congregation?

In the world, do you have the love and acceptance of the people, no you don't, I don't, noone has it without doing something that others want you to do, even your parents won't love you if you don't do - to some degree- what they expect from you.

Why expect so much from the congregation?

there is no such thing as uncondtional love

Totally agree, but that is not only true for the witnesses, but also for the people in the world, just as the Bible said,

(Matthew 24:12)

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England is poisoned for me

by highdose in

i used to live in a part of england that was popular with tourists.

the kind of tourist who wanted to experiance the "real" rural england.

they would come to my town and thrill at the quaint old shops, delight in afternoon tea at the many little tea rooms.

tia.dalma

Sorry for making that assumption, "in typical JW style".

I read your post again, and in a way I can relate, I don't like the congregation I am in and I had some problems with the elders. But still, I learned that in a congregation of 60-70 people, even if most are unfair and unkind, you can still find one or two with whom you can develop some kind of frienship (I say some kind because you can't tell them everything on your mind), and if you don't find them in your congregation, you can find them in another congregation or in the world.

Besides, the world is not made of JWs only, they are maybe 1 or 2 percent of the population in each country. I think that you associate the pain of being treated badly by jw's with the entire region where you lived. You shouldn't, really, it's not worth it, they aren't worth it.

But since you feel like that about England, I'm glad you found your place and your peace and that you fell happy where you live now.

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England is poisoned for me

by highdose in

i used to live in a part of england that was popular with tourists.

the kind of tourist who wanted to experiance the "real" rural england.

they would come to my town and thrill at the quaint old shops, delight in afternoon tea at the many little tea rooms.

tia.dalma

Let me understand this, you say England is poisoned for you, because of the bad memories you have- those bad memories are just in the field service or do you mean bad memories as being a JW in general?

Because if those bad memories are in the field service, i don't think we should let ourselves influenced and affected so much because they reject the truth.

Of course, I know it's easy to speak, but I was too affected by this when I started to go in field service, then, in time I began to be so untouched by the people rejecting that I did not care anymore about it and about them, and I only kept in mind the reactions that were nice, even now, if I want to remember exactly what a person who rejected said, I realy don't, because I don't care. I don't think we should take it personal when somebody rejects the truth. - even though, it might not be the whole truth that they reject.

I just think of the field service as a chance to tell people that it is not God's fault for what is happening in the world today, that He will change things for humankind same day. I'm not even sure I want them to become witnesses, I just think that knowing the truth about God, having the answer to some existential questions and having hope for a better future will make their life better and easier in this world.