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  What went through your mind when you saw this Picture?

  by John Aquila in

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  FirstLastName

  I always felt the well groomed "rebel" lady in the far left corner was uncommitted in her rebelliousness. She only seemed slightly miffed.
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  Ties at the Kingdom Hall

  by CloseTheDoor in

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  couple of weeks ago an elder took a young man aside and crawled all over him after the tms for wearing a "skinny" tie.

  it was one of those 2 inch wide ties.

  nothing bright or scandalous about.

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  20 years ago, skinny ties were in and causing "ripples" then too. I know a friend that opted to wear one of his dads "fat" ties and got in trouble cause it looked like he was trying to make a statement by doing what was NOT in style. Seriously.

  I also had friends that got in trouble for wearing nail polishes in a color other than red.
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  Saturday morning JW knock knock

  by FirstLastName in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was home on saturday morning, around 10:30 a.m. when i heard my doorbell ring.

  i checked my security monitor and could see two jw women at my door.

  i breathed in deeply.my husband works a graveyard shift and was sleeping.

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  FirstLastName

  I was home on Saturday morning, around 10:30 a.m. when I heard my doorbell ring. I checked my security monitor and could see two JW women at my door. I breathed in deeply.My husband works a graveyard shift and was sleeping.

  Historically, the JW's in my neighborhood only knock or ring once. I know why too, cause like me, when I was going door to door, I really didn't want to talk to anyone. I wanted to leave quickly, count my time and not bother anyone.

  I was counting on this and hoping they would not wake my sleeping partner, by ringing the doorbell again. My dogs were already restless cause someone was at the door and they could tell.

  RING RING - UGH!!!!

  I rushed to the door, opened it and wedged myself in the door way so the dogs would not slip out. Two women were there, the one that was holding the magazines was very nervous. Her voice quivered and as she spoke to me she showed me a page in the Watchtower and read a quote.

  I told them I was not interested and that my husband sleeps during the day "so please mark me as a Do Not Call in the future". They were very polite and smiled and said no problem.

  I closed the door and immediately felt so conflicted. I was angry when I went to the door. Angry cause they could wake my husband and because I know TTATT. But then I quickly was very sad. That was ME for the first 20 years of my life. Nervous, not really wanting to talk to anyone, not wanting to piss anyone off (by waking sleeping people in the house). Many are just victims like I was. Like my mom still is. 

  I would never want anyone to yell or be rude to my mom at the door.

  I am sure almost everyone on this forum has experienced this at some point so I am sure this is not a huge revelation. Even when I leave the Witnesses so far behind me, they still find a way to bring up old feelings.

  Fortunately when I husband woke that evening, he had not heard the doorbell at all and we had a good chat about the experience.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
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  Do You Consider Jehovah's Witnesses A Boring Group of People???

  by minimus in

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  i think they are the most boring people on earth.

  they are about as exciting as a dead ant..

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  As I child, I grew up thinking that bible game trivia was great fun. Its quite a yawn to me these days.
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  Can anyone tell me any narrative of having successfully avoided Baptism while being raised JW?

  by SonoftheTrinity in

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  i just worry for my stepkids about their future that way..

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  I was considered "older" at 17 when I got baptized. People wondered what took me so long. However my younger brother was never baptized. He just was never interested in the meetings and did not care what people thought.

  I was to much of a people pleaser at the time unfortunatley.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses and "winter decorations"

  by Lynnie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so how many jw's do you know that do "winter decorations" instead of "holiday decorations"?

  i have a cousin that is upbaptized but very much on board with the jw's but somehow snowmen and pine boughs are okay to decorate the house as long as there is no tree.

  have anyone of you heard or seent his practice?

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  I also knew MANY JW families that had turkey and the fixings on Thanksgiving, but did not call it Thanksgiving.
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  I have a TASK for you to perform. Come on--it will be FUN!

  by Terry in

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  look up in the right-hand corner of this page.. find where it says welcome (name).. did you locate that?.

  now click on your name and observe the new page loading takes you to a top blue bar with a menu.. it should read:.

  active topics search members topics started .

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  FirstLastName

  I have started only three posts. I enjoy reading/ responding to the comments more than starting them. My first intro post was the longest.
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  After Years of Silence My Father Reaches Out to Me

  by truth_b_known in

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  brief history:.

  i was a born in.

  my parents were uber-dubs, but never worshipped the organization.

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  FirstLastName

  I am happy for you. Two weeks ago my mom called and asked me over for dinner. I was suspicious and asked if everything was okay. "Yes", she said, " I just miss you and want to see you."

  Sometimes its simple as that.
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  DINOSAURS - What do Jehovah's Witnesses Believe?

  by Bloody Hotdogs! in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as part of my deconversion catharsis, i have been building a(nother) website to highlight some of the more ridiculous jw beliefs.

  im a looong way from done, but i wanted some early feedback on one article: dinosaurs.

  http://www.jwbeliefs.com/dinosaurs/.

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  FirstLastName

  When I was a kid, my dad who was an elder told me they were God's "lawn mowers". It makes me smile to think of his answer. Only cause I know he did not really know himself what the answer was, but he has to say something.
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  Wedding question

  by lostinthought in

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  can a witness get in trouble for attending an inactive family members wedding?

  just wondering because i am getting married this summer and my mom tried to blackmail me by saying she and other family members would attend but only if i returned to the meeting.

  i told her i am not going back to the meetings.

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  When I married a non JW, my parents attended, but my brother and his wife declined due to "their committment to Jehovah". I think it must be a conscious matter. FYI - I was not married in a church.

  BTW - my brother has since appologized for not attending.