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True Friendship Only Found In the Organization?

by What Now? in

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often times, i read in the magazines that only among jehovahs people will you find true friendship.

FirstLastName

True friendship does not exist for a JW. It is completely conditional on the basis that you are a "good" JW and then you can fit in with the group. If you deviate in any way - your "true friends" will abandon you.

I do not have a single remaining JW friend. And I would say that those old friendships were based on lies I created to make me looking like a good JW anyway. What kind of basis is that ? But I have "worldy" friends, who know the TRUE me - and are better than any fake JW I ever knew.

Sorry to ask, what I am sure has been covered - what is RW?

77

Association: Am i being lied to?

by roxanesophia in

i don't hesitate to bring up with the girl i study with, my criticisms of the religion, and one of those is the association.

i keep reading on here that jw's don't make friends outside the cult, and this is what i used as an excuse for stepping further away from being baptized.

she tells me it's not true, and they can have what ever friends they want.

FirstLastName

I was born in and not allowed any wordly friends. I had girls who were my "friends" at school that could not understand why we could never hang out.

Even music you listen to can be bad associtation. I remember a talk from the platform, were the elder said that "when we listen to music we are inviting that band, or person, into our house. What if Jesus was a guest at our house - would he approve ?"

And as stated before, although she is not "lying" - she is definately not telling the "truth", cause you CAN be friends with anyone - but " would Jesus want to be friends with that person?"

24

Newbie here

by aristeas in

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some forums/boards have a greetings section for newbies, but i couldn't find one here, so i guess i should post here.. i was an active witness in the 70s and 80s but decided i couldn't conscientiously continue participating so i just dropped out.

unlke many others, i don't have witness family.

thus it was easy to just move & drop out.

FirstLastName

Welcome !

16

Since College is a Tool of Satan Jws have been reduced to professional gum scrapers for this years San Diego DC...LINK INCLUDED

by foolsparadise in

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http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/government/thehall/article_8627dd7a-8812-11e0-bc0d-001cc4c03286.html.

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FirstLastName

I am left curious as who was left to foot the bill for all the cleaning supplies. Yes it was rent free to the WTBS, but at what cost for the people who were there cleaning?

I might be totally off - but I am curious.

95

Tell us about your Profile Pic

by Beck_Melbourne in

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just wondering about some of the profile pics...i think its nice to know a bit about the person you want us see, or the person you don't want us to see.

so what were you thinking when the pic was taken, how long ago, and where were you?

mine was taken last month, just after my 36th birthday.

FirstLastName

I love Disney and I am a proud American :)

The proud American is a new thought I am able to have now since I am outside of the Borg.

58

What TV shows were you told not to watch as a JW ???

by run dont walk in

victorian sky has a great thread on music.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/57646/1.ashx.

it got me thinking, about tv shows, anything in particular you were told not to watch, being a little kid in the 70's i do remember hearing shows from the platform that we should not watch.

FirstLastName

I was only really allowed to watch what my parents thought was safe - which was the stuff THEY grew up on and knew about. So I watched a lot of I Love Lucy, The Twilight Zone, The Honeymooners and older movies like The Wizard of Oz. Which reminds me, there was a family I knew of that was not allowed to watch Wizard of Oz cause there was a witch in it.

I did not even see The Goonies till I was in my 20's.

I used to sneak on the TV and watch Rainbow Brite cartoon when I was a little girl and just LOVE it. We did watch The Fall Guy, Dukes of Hazzard, A Team, Air Wolf, Bob Newhart - I think that is because my parents liked those shows.

33

If JWs Come To Your Door How Will You React?

by minimus in

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would you engage them in conversation?

would you be home but hiding?

would you let them have it?

FirstLastName

They come very regularly to our door. My husband thinks its funny and likes to answer the door and tell them that his wife used to be married to a JW that beat her.

64

Music-related jw urban myths

by rebel8 in

i was researching a few....whew...did they ever bother to *think for themselves* or did they just believe every demon-related rumor they heard?

(rhetorical question).

stevie nicks was a witch.

FirstLastName

I remember growing up in the 90's and listening to Led Zepplin and my "super holy " JW best friend heard the rumor that if you listened to it backwards it talked about Satan. We only had tapes and CD's so there for no way for us to verify - but it did not stop her from competely freaking out. I still have the memory of her running outside and ripping the tape out of the cassette and destoying her copy while sobbing tears.

I heard the John Denver rumors also, but because my parents were Led Zepplin and John Denver fans, I never saw much reaction for those rumors.

Everything is base on fear.

62

What Did You Not Do Because You Were A Jehovah's Witness That You Wanted To Do?

by minimus in

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i didn't go to college and of course, "higher education" was never recommended.

still, i never felt terribly deprived because of not going further in my education.. yet, i did wish that i could've had "normal" aka "worldly friends".

i wish that as witnesses, we could've been better integrated with other people.

FirstLastName

I would have dated - which was not allowed until you were "marriage - able" age" since the only reason to date was to get married. I also would have loved to be on the dance/cheer team in school. I was good at sports and would have liked to be on a team while in school.

I wanted to wear a skirt that was not below my knees. I wanted to get a birthday card. I wanted to sleep in on a Saturday morning and not go out in service - I think JW kids are the ONLY people happy to be sick on a Saturday morning - so they did not have to go in service - its hard enough being a teenager - now take the pimple faced teenager, put them in an ankle length skirt with religious materials in their hands and force them to approach strangers and start a conversation about how the world is gonna end !!!

I think I was just venting at the end there....but you get the idea.

:)

37

Throw out that debasing music, you sheeple!

by undercover in

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hot off the presses!

the august awake!

with an article on music.

FirstLastName

I was not even allowed to have a radio in my room until I was well into high school because my mom and dad did not trust me to listen to the right music.

This article only tells me that the WTS does not trust their members to make choices for themselves.