Wolfgirl

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  Knock, Knock!!

  by LaCatolica in

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  what was your worst or scariest "field service" experience?

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  Wolfgirl

  *note to self* Get books on the occult and chant when JWs come to door.
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  I'm going to an HRI conference in ENGLAND!! :-)

  by Cady in

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  my prof wrote me and invited me to attend this conference: http://ro-man2006.feis.herts.ac.uk/.

  i'm in absolute heaven!!

  i don't imagine i'll have much free time, but if anyone's close by maybe we could grab a drink?

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  Wolfgirl

  Bit too far away for me. But I bet you'll love it. I fell in love with England the first time I visited, and made a promise then and there that I would someday live here. :)
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  WERE THERE ANY SCAMS IN YOUR CONGREGATION?

  by badboy in

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  any takers?

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  Wolfgirl

  A brother "bought" my father's window washing business (hee-hee!) and never paid for it. My father refused to pressurise him for the money, because he said that would cause problems in the congregation; i.e., not taking your brother to court. I told him he was being stupid.
  And of course, there was always Shaklee, long distance phone companies, Tupperware, candles, chef stuff, etc., etc., etc.
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  Ever go back to a meeting "just for fun"?

  by WLG in

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  thinking about going sunday...just to see it once with my "new eyes".. what do you think?

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  Wolfgirl

  That's not my idea of fun. More like...torture.
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  What do JWs think when...

  by Wolfgirl in

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  ...they see things like this?.

  http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13517979,00.html.

  the picture is of a church destroyed by a tornado.. now, i'm fairly ashamed of myself to admit that when i was a jw, if i had seen a photo like that, i would have felt pretty smug.

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  Wolfgirl

  ...they see things like this?

  http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13517979,00.html

  The picture is of a church destroyed by a tornado.

  Now, I'm fairly ashamed of myself to admit that when I was a JW, if I had seen a photo like that, I would have felt pretty smug.
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  How many do you remember ?

  by vitty in

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  when you were in the borg how many scriptures did you know off by heart and could remember chapter and verse.. id say i could remember about 20, and they were the ones we would constantly use !

  sad really after 20 years.

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  Wolfgirl

  I used to be really good at remembering what it said where. Now I remember what it said, but not necessarily where. :)
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  worst Bookstudy book

  by darth frosty in

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  2. bible

  what is the book you liked the least studying at the bookstudy?

  for me it was the isaiah books.

  side question which book did you like the best?

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  Wolfgirl

  There were too many boring books to name a "worst," but I particularly didn't like doing the Family book. I had abusive parents, especially my mother, and to sit there reading about how happy JW families are made me so sad. I thought I was doing something wrong, and I was so lonely.
  At least the Greatest Man book was easy to follow and focused on Jesus. (Not that I care now...I am agnostic.) To be honest, I preferred books that had lots of pictures. That sounds stupid coming from a fairly intelligent adult, but the pictures gave me something to do to alleviate boredom. I would study them more than anything else, and then my mind would wander.
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  Other than spiritual conversations you've heard at the Kingdom Hall.

  by JH in

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  i remember once talking to a brother at the kingdom hall, who was a car mechanic, and i asked him a little question about my car, and he replied, we don't talk about this at the kingdom hall, meaning we should only talk about spiritual things.... .

  gee, i couldn't believe what he told me, when just about everyone at the hall talks about anything butt religious stuff..

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  Wolfgirl

  I remember getting in trouble for handing out thank you cards after my graduation party, in which I had to thank people for the little hair clips they bought me, whilst watching them lavish cars, etc., on a girl who was studying. I was annoyed coz I'd been "faithful" all my life, busting my bum, and she walked in and they treated her like royalty.
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  Rural Service

  by buffalosrfree in

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  rural service was always the most fun for me and my family.

  we loved it.

  i almost always drove out there and i mean out there from 14 to 25 miles from the hall we drove and then spent at least 1/2 of the day or all day out there in the "door to door" service.

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  Wolfgirl

  I preferred it to city, that's for sure. Less doors. :)
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  Do you think you are normal?

  by jwfacts in

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  2. experiences

  i always felt unique from everyone else.

  being a jw i never quite felt like i was from the same planet as all the other school children.

  as a jw i fit in, but still not quite, as i was a bit too indepentdant a thinker.

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  Wolfgirl

  Define "normal." :)