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  "Woe is me" -- so say the JW's

  by Gopher in

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  the way we were taught as jehovah's witnesses made us think everyone who didn't evangelize was in deep trouble.

  1 corinthians 9:16 was often quoted at us by every travelling overseer who wanted to exhort the congregation, and that verse says in part, "necessity is laid upon me.

  really woe is me if i did not declare the good news!".

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  Very good points , Gopher, wish you would have reasoned this to me back in the day when service was life or death..haha

  Woe is me,,,,, yeah I thought of that everytime I HAD to go in service, Woe is me for the heat, the crying kids, the hot car seats, pantyhose ( you poor men with ties), and God my feet hurt.

  Seriously, I always wondered about he scripture that said, "some are teachers" etc. Every time I had to get up and give a talk I felt like a fool, would have a near panic attack and hated it so bad. I did actually good, but for weeks I worked on it, and practiced, and obsessed over it. See I was not a teacher, but my hubby Wild Turkey was a teacher, he was so wonderful at it. We lived in a small congregation so the brothers had many meeting parts . Denny would come in from work at the last min. and work up a talk , or most of the time do it when he got to the meeting. Sometimes he just went up there and relied on his memory from other public talks etc. he did. I would have died of a heart attack to have to get up there like that. And his parts were always the best, lively and funny.

  I know it sounds like I am braggin'. cause I am,,,, he was a teacher and I am sure the friends still at the hall miss him terribly. I can just imagine how boring those parts must be. He really did love the friends and I think that is one thing that bothers him, who will stand up for them now that he is gone. He was always one of those elders who would not get too personal when someone came to him and was such a comfort to those ones. I just hate to see what the congregations are turning to now, all the best teachers are leaving.
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  For those of you that laughed at me.......

  by scootergirl in

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  2. friends

  lol!

  the last of the cucs have been packed.....time to celebrate!

  pickles anyone?

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  LyinEyes

  Hey Scooter, wow , you have been busy!!!!

  You are right canning is a lost art. When you told me about it, it brought back warm memories of my grandmother, she got too old and sick to teach me how to do it. She did teach me to make homemade biscuits and tomato gravey. I wish I had her longer than I did, she was an angel.

  This is kind of funny, but when I was a dub , I knew I would be up shit creek , if i had to lean on those kinds of skills. I would have wanted to have you as a neighbor, and barter for your presserves...LOL. I wonder what I could do in return for you,,,,, I can shovel horse crap pretty good, other than that I am a helpless homemaker. I can't sew more than a button on .

  You know when we chat in here and reply to these post, I can actually visualize your place and I can just see all your cannings. I see you standing at your stove, in your kitchen, and all the jars on the counter. Thanks for letting us see a part of your world. I always love to think about visiting other places and by you telling us about this , it helps us to be in your world for just awhile.

  Hugs, Dede
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  Regarding child abductions...

  by Mimilly in

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  there has been so many in the news as of late - in the usa and the uk.

  some of the poor girls were taken right from their beds.

  do you think there is more of this happening, or that it is just being reported now?

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  I too, have always been very protective over my children , to the point of obsession. I still check on them thru the nite, make sure the door and windows are locked. If they get in a car with someone eles I tell them to wear the seat belt.

  I remember hearing and reading about these kids being taken right out of their beds. I nailed the windows down.

  When the little girl, was taken from her front yard, I wouldnt even let my younger kids out the front door , for any reason.

  I can't let them ride their bike in our neighbor, because teens use it as a cut thru and drive at least 45 mph. They wouldnt even have time to get out of their way. There are no other kids , as we live in an older peoples street, very quiet and peaceful thou.

  I have to find other ways to let them have fun, we got them a trampoline in the back yard. They go to their pappaws ( he has 12 acres) to ride bikes.

  The little ones got upset when I wouldnt let my 17 yr old neice take them to the lake. I am very afraid of them drowning and will never let them go with anyone but me or hub. I didnt want my neice out at the lake by herself either.

  I can not imagine the pain these parents must feel when their kids are taken and murdered. This is a sick problem , the world is just sick to do these things to children.
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  Fluff about fluff (fluff)

  by Elsewhere in

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  so what fluff is your favorite fluff?

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  There is fluff all over my living room floor right now......... seriously. My dog destroyed one of his "babies". It used to be a stuff fluffy rabbit, first the eyes went, then the ears, now the poor rabbit's has no stuffing fluffing in his head. It just hangs there limp.

  It looks like it snowed in here. I hate having to clean up fluff, fluff everywhere.

  I will not clean up fluff in the house,

  I will not clean up fluff with a mouse,

  I will not clean up fluff, I tell you I will not.
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  Ozzie's Weekend Poll #17

  by ozziepost in

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  how's the weekend goin'?

  been too busy to think on really serious things?

  that's good, because this poll doesn't require too much thinking!!

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  Spiritualy weak

  Drifting

  In Harmony with (blah blah blah)

  Donations for the World Wide Work

  Are Not Jehovah's People the Happiest People in the World (puke)

  Loving Counsel

  Mother, Yeah this went on in our circuit too, made me sick....

  The New World
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  Is this the most important thread on this site?

  by Mindchild in

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  2. friends

  dear friends,.

  in light of the recent events on this site and the birthing of a new ex-jw online forum by bboy, i thought the most important thing i can offer any who are interested is an opportunity to positively and personally promote changes to make your online experience here not only more fun, but more rewarding to you personally.

  i did a lot of searching for information about the evolution and changing of online communities and i discovered this article below that just blew me away with its insight and practicality.

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  LyinEyes

  Very interesting Mindchild,thanks for the info .

  Valis, you did a good job of answering those questions, I feel the same way.

  Farkel: I LIKE EVERYTHING ON MY PIZZA, EXCEPT MUSHROOMS!!!!

  ( just wanted to say it loud enough so you will remember I answered ya!)
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  Interesting Conversation

  by CC Ryder in

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  2. friends

  i had an interesting conversation at work yesterday while on break.

  two work mates of mine started to talk about the jw missionaries who were taken captive in the philipines.

  one guy didn't understand why they would take a jw hostage.

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  LyinEyes

  Wow , CC ,, you were almost informal witnessing for SilentLambs,,,,,,,, way to go.....

  Some things just make us have to stand up for the "real truth", and that was a great opportunity for you to do that. Put ole Fred on the right track, little seeds truth will spread and in time this will be the downfall of the WT. We have our part to do,,,,,,,, spread the word , we have to be patient ,but I am sure WT will go down. I know if I was a householder and someone came to my door, after watching dateline,,,,,, or hearing from someone (like you at work) , I would slam the door in their face.

  I bet you felt a wonderful power after saying what you did,,,,,,, I hope to find someone to tell it too.

  Let's go house to house and spread the real truth about JW's ... LOL
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  Disadvantages since leaving the truth?

  by haujobbz in

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  since leaving the jws reality can be hard to get used to these are somethings i found hard to adapt to:.

  1) starting to celebrate celebrations like birthdays and christmas(i dont mean that christmas is a disadvantage its just getting used to the whole idea).

  2) tell others im not a jw because all i used to do is try to convert them and now im telling them i was mislead and dont beleive it anymore.. 3) should i swear,lie,etc.

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  I can think of only a few disadvantages. I heard from the one sister in my ex congregation who still and will always speak to me, an older sister died, and one has breast cancer. These are things I would have liked to know about. The old sister who died ,was my hubby best friends in the JW grannie. I plan on sending the sister with cancer a card anyway. At least she will know I still love her. So that is hard, being cut off from all of them, most I am glad to be away, but some I still care about.

  The other thing is my hubby telling his work assoiciates who are JW's , many scattered thru the US, that we are d/a. Then they will not work him and this is our llively hood. Of course we can make new contacts , but for 10 years this tight network of brothers, who help each other out and invite them to work if it hailed in their home town. We just don't know how that will work out.

  And last but not least,,,,,,,,,,,LOL , having to explain to teachers , why we were in a cult and feeling like a fool. How embarrassing!!!
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  Philippine JW Funeral Photo

  by ErieGuy in

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  LyinEyes

  This truly breaks my heart.
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  Seven006, Anyone Else Who Feels the same Way.

  by Englishman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some years back, on h20, i would sometimes make posts that were generally ignored by the one person that i really wanted a response from:.

  uncle bruce!.

  then one day i received an email from the digger dahn under.

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