A female JW probably would be dealt with more harshly than a male JW. I had a co-worker who loved Thunder from Down Under, so a bunch of us would go with her to see it once a year because she was dying of cancer. Oh, that and the gorgeous male dancers!
Posts by Mum
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44is going to a strip club a disfellowshipping offense?
by monis1 ini'm pretty sure it is, just wanted to confirm.
this would be someone who went once and only looked....
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Does The Governing Body Have A Plan B For When The End Never Comes?
by frankiespeakin inwhat say all you thinkers out there?.
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Mum
"Jehovah told us that, because of your wickedness, he is extending the last days for another overlapping generation. Suck it up!"
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Idiotic WT reasoning for birthdays
by Batman89 inadditionally, birthday celebrations tend to give excessive importance to an individual, no doubt one reason why early christians shunned them.
(ecclesiastes 7:1) so you will find that jehovahs witnesses do not share in birthday festivities (the parties, singing, gift giving, and so forth).
school and jehovah's witnesses p.18.
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Mum
The real reasons for not celebrating birthdays: (1) It creates expectations of gifts, costing money that could go the the worldwide pedophile fund' (2) JW's might have a good time, enjoy themselves, and come to prefer that feeling and participate in activities other than meetings and field service; (3) if the party is loud, it might be heard by the neighbors and bring "reproach" on the corporation; (4) having birthday parties could lead to going to college; and (5) Gerrit Loesch doesn't like cake and, therefore, disapproves of eating it for any reason.
Birthday parties! Why not just take a gun and shoot yourself in the head and get it over with!
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Handing in '' Field Service Report '' even if you're very ill.
by RULES & REGULATIONS inmy mom has not been to any meetings or participated in field service since august 2013. she cannot walk due to all her medical conditions.
she is either in bed or sitting in a wheel chair.. our family hired a caretaker monday - friday to help her eat, take her to the bathroom and sit with her in case she needs anything.
in the evenings and weekends, we have family members take care of her.
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Mum
Does your mother have the motor skills and mental capacity to write letters? I'm not advocating that she do that, but that is how an infirm sister in a congregtion I attended allegedly got her hours in.
What a drag it is getting old - especially if you're a JW! It's probably too late for her to learn to stick up for herself and tell them where to go! Sad indeed!
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Had an argument with my wife about tinkerbell :(
by BU2B inone of my co workers mother made my 4 year old a blanket with the disney character tinkerbell on it.
as soon as i got it i knew trouble lay ahead.
i wanted to reason with her before my daughter saw it so as not to cause a disruption, but it didn't work out that way.
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Mum
Wow! It's no wonder that kids brought up as JW's don't understand good from evil, right from wrong, appropriate from inappropriate, that other people have feelings, and a lot of other basics. Clearly, BU2B's wife doesn't understand these things. Who gets hurt if a blanked has an appliqué of a fairy on it? Or eats a cupcake at a school party? Or gets a gift-wrapped present? I could go on and on.
What kids need to learn is to be safe and not to hurt themselves or others, not a bunch of gobbledygook about imaginary things! Bless you, BU2B, for exposing your child to some normalcy. She will remember how she felt when you guys did things together, not a bunch of nonsense rules!
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Detroit Style Ballroom Dancing
by KateWild intrying to make rcs less of a snorefest.
not exactly award winning either, but worth a laugh.
kate xx.
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Mum
I'm gobsmacked! The dancers did not look like they were having fun. They were trying to be perfect and stay in perfect lock step. Any deviation from the rehearsed moves probably would have ended in a trip to the room in back. However, I am glad they got to learn some dance moves so that when they wake up, they can go dancing in the '50's and know what to do.
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HOLY HELL!!! These people are freaking watchtarded!!!
by DATA-DOG ini just got done with the first day of the rc!
freaking delusion!!
propaganda films a go-go!!
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Mum
I recall attending a convention after my exit. I went for my daughter's sake. I wasn't entirely "un-brainwashed" at the time, and had to accept the possibility that my child might choose to be a JW when she grew up.
As I sat there, I listened to nothing but fearmongering. The speaker was making it clear that there was no safe place outside "Jehovah's organization." I had made myself impervious to the manipulative tactics and sat there amazed that I had once listened to this kind of nonsense and taken it seriously!
Eventually, there was a JC meeting. I took a tranquilizer before going. It was going to be me versus four MEN! My soon-to-be ex-husband at the time was in attendance, too. The meeting had been called at his insistence. The focus of the meeting was to get me to confess (I was reminded of Orwell's 1984) to adultery so that my ex could marry his hateful JW "girlfriend." I'm very proud that I remained calm as I sat there thinking how lucky I was to live in a time when they couldn't just take me outside and tiue me to a tree and set me alight, because I felt certain that was just what they would have done if they thought they could get away with it.
That JC meeting was the straw that broke the camel's back. After that, I was free. I totally understood that they could not be from God anymore than Adolf Hitler or Joseph Stalin! I went to my friend's place of employment and celebrated! I've never looked back for a second.
Grateful to be free,
SandraC
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Heads Up: If you are an older JW, WT has no further use for you!
by AndDontCallMeShirley inwt is retiring district overseers, has sent older jws serving at bethel packing despite years of faithful service, and as of june 1, 2014, has announced that any elder that has reached 80 years of age is no longer valued or wanted as a cobe.
in wt land it would appear that older people have little or no value, and wt sees no reason to use them in any meaningful capacity.
i wonder how this makes older ones feel after devoting their lives to wt's interests while shelving their own hopes and dreams?.
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Mum
Having a "use" for other human beings sounds like slavery. In fact, JW's proudly tout themselves as "slaves." The old folks may be lucky in that sense. However, they need not count on their "loving brothers and sisters" if they're infirm or sickly. I am old, but I have "entered into the joy" of having no master.l
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International conventions - Seattle
by Lynnie injust found out from my jw mom that the congregations located in the suburbs north of seattle.
will be renting buses to shuttle people back and forth to the international convention at husky.
stadium.
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Mum
Lois, I think facilities in undesirable parts of a city can be rented for a lot less money than more desirable venues. They may be out to "witness" to the poor, uneducated, vulnerable people who live there. I think it most likely that the grimy pounds and pence are their chief motivation for anything they do.
1963 was my first assembly, and my first trip to New York City. I was a 16-year-old hillbilly girl who had never been anywhere. I was so excited. I actually had a 6-year-old boy hang around me as if he had a crush. There was also another boy who sat with me and was very sweet - and good-looking. Those were the days. But, of course, as time went on, things changed - a LOT!
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GB
by Finallyfree12 inmight be a dumb question but who cares.... is there only one gb or is there one in each country?.
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Mum
Hey, snowbird! Welcome back. ADCMS is very astute, isnt't he?