having a conversation with a pimi elder and i asked him how he deals with the fact that he never expected to get old.
i get the feeling that some dubs still have the original generation explanation hard-wired, even though they claim to accept the new version.
so my question is, how old do you have to be to be considered old?
I think it has a lot to do with how you feel and how you act. My mother is close to 90 and says she doesn’t feel old and she certainly does act/live as tho she’s an old lady. Still lives alone. Still drives.
On the other hand I feel so old I refuse to even buy green bananas.
…(and for the very first time), i thought i'd post a new topic completely non-wt-related... about a subject matter i have a particular affinity for.... ..i'm a major movie geek (most people here already know that), but one of the many things i especially like are what i call "middle-finger victory lines".. they are memorable (and extremely quotable) moments of dialogue, wherein the protagonist says an extremely cool or badass comment to a very deserving defeated opponent.... ...usually (but not always) said when victory has just been literally snatched from the clutches of certain defeat, and serving as a tall, proud, and victorious flipoff to the often (but not always) shocked-at-the-sudden-turn-of-events enemy.. my ten favorites:.
"smile, you sonofabitch.
"sheriff brody to the shark......just before firing his last bullet into a scuba tank lodged in the charging shark's open jaws.jaws (1975).
Good reminder for someone who lost years in a Cult:
i get the feelings that stephen lett tries to come across as mr. rogers but there are times it oozes through that he is a lot more dominant and controlling then he lets on.
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Here ya go LoveUni:
do your jw relatives still talk to you?
are you now not very close?
are you avoided?
Mostly yes. We are viewed as just "stumbled". The ones that do not speak have made the decision due to other issues. We wouldn't speak to them either.
at an assembly in texas is it me or are there not too many young folk about 😉.
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Standard JW auditorium seats.
Wonder what high placed brother owns the biz that sells them to the Borg? Bet he makes lots of big donations.
my oldest boy got pissed that i started going back to meetings so i had one last conversation with him as he moved out.
(only went back to try and not loose whole family) during the conversation things got a bit heated and i mentioned a couple of false prophecies in the bible the rest of family heard so now they think i don’t believe at all.
guess their right think my going back was just a ruse, yes that’s true to.
Only you can decide if it's worth going through this.
i get the feelings that stephen lett tries to come across as mr. rogers but there are times it oozes through that he is a lot more dominant and controlling then he lets on.
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Mr Rogers? NO!
Bozo the Clown? Definitely!
i have been thinking... why would anyone want to join the religion or actually stay in the organization.
i understand that people don’t want to lose their loving family and dear friends so some stay in.
but what does anyone really ever get because they are jehovah’s witnesses??.
They also offer "instant friends" via their "love bombing".
Yes, we have learned they are "conditional" friends (vs true friends), but it feels good when you're "IN".
Yes, we have learned they will "unfriend you" in a flash (and I don't mean just Facebook) if told to do so by the JW Pharisees -- even parents, children, brothers, sisters.
Yes, we have learned it's really all about "control".
hi all.. i didn't want to post this in private because i want all to see what i saw.. the protest at the melbourne convention went superbly in my opinion.
the protesters and their banners were more than eloquent and succinct.
you could feel the emotion they all conveyed.
It appears to have been a very well thought out and planned protest. The signs said it all. No megaphones. No craziness. Diehards might dig in deeper, but I believe there are so many JW's who are sitting on the fence right now. They realize that SOMETHING is wrong. Let's hope they go to Google.
it's been a while since i was anywhere close to being active here, or on any other ex-jw forum or facebook group.
i rarely think about the religion and have little-to-no interest in it.. however, i do, very occasionally pop in here.
hence this update, 3 years on since my last one - https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5720228449222656/update-on-my-journey-8-years-after-end-watchtower-control.
I'm fully aware that the majority of my life has been lived. My youth and vigour were claimed by the cult. But it is what it is. I'm determined to continue living the best possible life that I can. Raising my children to be the best possible human beings. Enjoying and learning from life's ups and downs.
I think that describes the situation that many/most of us have found us to be in. It's so great when a Newbie pops up here that is in their 20's or 30's and you realize they escaped before the Cult consumed all of their good years in life.
The greatest revenge is living a happy & successful life!
