Thank you for sharing the rest of the song Blondie. Really interesting words.
Theonlyoneleft
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Have you watched the Smallfoot movie?
by Theonlyoneleft inso relatable to jw’s.. a funny children’s movie that has a song called “perfection”.. one part goes like this “ if there's a question, causing you to go astray, just stuff it down inside until it goes away”.. poignant song.
check it here:.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d08rlbruoco.
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Have you watched the Smallfoot movie?
by Theonlyoneleft inso relatable to jw’s.. a funny children’s movie that has a song called “perfection”.. one part goes like this “ if there's a question, causing you to go astray, just stuff it down inside until it goes away”.. poignant song.
check it here:.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d08rlbruoco.
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Theonlyoneleft
So relatable to JW’s.
A funny children’s movie that has a song called “Perfection”.
One part goes like this “ If there's a question, causing you to go astray, Just stuff it down inside until it goes away”.
Poignant song. What do you think?
Check it here:
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If You Criticize A Person of Color Are You A Racist?
by minimus inseriously, it’s getting to a point that you can’t make a negative comment about someone without being charged as a racist, homophobe or sexist!
if you criticize a female, you are obviously sexist.
if you criticize someone who happens to be gay, you must hate homosexuals.
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Theonlyoneleft
Being mixed race myself this is not a subject that I pay attention too much in my life anymore.
When I was younger yes... segregation was the worse. Today I’m lucky to live in a multicultural society that is normal to see different people weather is race or sexual orientation.
So in retrospect I measure my words if needs be, I know I’m not racist and if I offend anyone without knowing I apologise taking note for the next time.
*Are we being critical towards a person because one of their faults or do we have mixed feelings about their race towards the individual?
Maybe this is the question to ask ourselves.
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Shall I disassociate myself too? I’m the only one left now.
by Theonlyoneleft inplease bear with me as this might be a long one,.
the question above has been circulating my mind for a while and i’ve been wondering if there’s anyone that thought the same or done it.. we normally associate shunning and disassociation with jehovah’s witnesses that are normally baptised, but my situation is a reversed one.. i was a bible student that left a long time ago on my own free will, never shunned never ostracised by my jw’s siblings and their families.
the years have passed and situations have arisen that has made me uncomfortable of the knowledge of particular outcomes within my siblings and families.. i’ve been thinking to stay away from my family( living in a different country ), as i don’t want to be preached on or feel out of touch and segregated by their opinions of me and my family.
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Theonlyoneleft
Thank you. It’s true that if any of my family Wakes up or Fades... I’m the only one left that they can really turn to.
Maybe I’ll always be the only one left of the five. Who knows? ☺️
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Shall I disassociate myself too? I’m the only one left now.
by Theonlyoneleft inplease bear with me as this might be a long one,.
the question above has been circulating my mind for a while and i’ve been wondering if there’s anyone that thought the same or done it.. we normally associate shunning and disassociation with jehovah’s witnesses that are normally baptised, but my situation is a reversed one.. i was a bible student that left a long time ago on my own free will, never shunned never ostracised by my jw’s siblings and their families.
the years have passed and situations have arisen that has made me uncomfortable of the knowledge of particular outcomes within my siblings and families.. i’ve been thinking to stay away from my family( living in a different country ), as i don’t want to be preached on or feel out of touch and segregated by their opinions of me and my family.
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Theonlyoneleft
Thank you jws for sharing your story. Enlightening!
thank you to all of you that are challenging my clogs on my way of thinking. 😊
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JW Malaise
by Half banana inmalaise according to the cambridge dictionary:.
a general feeling of being ill or having no energy, or an uncomfortable feeling that something is wrong, especially with society, and that you cannot change the situation.
where the dictionary says society, read "the society"........... is there a malaise in the jw world?
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Thank you for clarifying the amount of meetings we had. I never saw it as 5, wasn’t even aware of that. All I knew was “you have to go to the meeting tonight!!”... three repeatedly phrases a week that my sister used to rumble on and on about.
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Why Did You Stay In The JW Religion As Long As You Did?
by minimus inwere you so indoctrinated that you just couldn’t leave?
was it due to family pressure?
was it your friendships that you didn’t want to lose?
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Theonlyoneleft
For me was simple. I was 13, my father had died and I was no longer dragged to meetings and to weekend ministry by my older siblings.
i lived a double standard and felt that I was a sinner and not good enough all the way.
i had to be honest with myself and god... couldn’t carry on being a double agent. This was only because in those days I really needed to fit in...mixed race child living in a crispy white world, already bullied at school... following JWs rules would and did in some instances made life impossible...from teachers to fellow students.
even at that age there was the others double life standards that I noticed. This is my most permanent memory.
How could my family be so nasty at home and so nice in the Hall?
I couldn’t make it if they were nasty or nice. So was an easy choice and I never looked back.
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JW Malaise
by Half banana inmalaise according to the cambridge dictionary:.
a general feeling of being ill or having no energy, or an uncomfortable feeling that something is wrong, especially with society, and that you cannot change the situation.
where the dictionary says society, read "the society"........... is there a malaise in the jw world?
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Half Banana FIVE meetings? Wow!
There were three in my days, then Saturday and Sunday ministry. I remember how I used to hide behind whatever I could find when we would knock on people’s houses that used to go to my school.... so terrifying. And my teachers would mark my school tests with a red marker when my answer to the evolution question question started as... If this really happened...ouch... 0% on my school tests score 😤.
Things have changed and I’m glad about it 😊. The more crazy changes the more wake up.
My sister does carts, they studied from tablets and have access to JW.org? What’s this is all about? In my local town...I see JW’s near the carts... no interactivity with the public, they just stand there unless they are approached. On my day we actually pestered people.
But you know what?...More crazy please sir more!!!! Can I please have some more!? 😌
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Half Your Children Are Dead And Your Still Happy?
by The Bethelite inhalf your children are dead and your still happy?
i have/had a jw friend who has five daughters.. she was a born in as her daughters were also.
two of the daughters are out and have waken up.
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Theonlyoneleft
Wow. This reminds me of something... I once told my sister that I was glad that one of my nephews had decided to stop studying because at least she could still have a relationship with him and help him out. He was having a hard time.
He still had family around if he was not baptised....she was not happy.
My nephew was asked to leave the family home as he wanted to go out to night clubs and come home late hours. Huh?!?!? Probably not to influence the other four siblings...two baptised, one young child and one student.
So my nephew went to live with his gf....and has since been hopping around with no certain place to live, getting jobs... losing jobs.
How weird... I have children too... mine have done their naughty deeds too.... and trust me.... one has driven me up the walls......BUT never ever I would think of kicking them out for any reason... as my family are all JW’s who would help them?? Live a life without a stable home?! No way!
If I always stay close... I can help, encourage and share with them whatever they need. I think that once anyone has brought children into the world it’s our responsibility until the day we die. This is what I feel and can’t understand otherwise.
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Uber’s ruin everything
by Steel inhas anyone ever been to a jehovah witness social event and you are having a good time till a couple idiots show up and have to twist everything back to the society.
how many pioneers in your cong?.
do you hear about russia?
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Theonlyoneleft
Reading some of your comments is really making me feel that the invitations to those gatherings that never happened was a good thing! 😊
a few few years ago my brother, now the elder, got married, they had what he described to me a “pioneer wedding”. The congregation was a large one and they wanted to share their happy day with everyone so they asked that instead of gifts, that they would be given financial help or physical help making the wedding come true.
Well.... by that date I had left a long time ago and I was invited, note that my sister the disfellowed was not.. she is now back in the fold as she went back.
i was really impressed that brothers and sisters were so eager to help, making, baking, hairdressing etc etc... WOW... I thought...so much love.
Forward to the wedding day.... all went well, the reception was filled with everything needed.
I had found really hard to look for something to wear that would not put my brother and new wife to shame as a non JW person... last thing I wanted to do.
I must just done my job just right because.... sisters forgot who I was as they openly made awful jokes and comments about the worldly people to each other in my presence. I felt so appalled.
I didn’t understand that these people filled with love could be so filled with excruciating dismay to others.
To me living in a ‘worldly world’ this is not exactly a big deal... but these were God’s flock...chosen to return to earth hopefully to fulfil the paradise. Outrageous I thought!
my brother’s wedding was low in alcohol... I don’t drink at all but I was curious about this... why I asked? He replied that was better this way than to see brothers falling drunk. AGAIN I thought..... God’s flock can’t abstain from it after two glasses and say that is all I’m allowed before gets too much???
i don’t get it! THIS is the flock!
Can’t witnesses see that the organisation is not real?! If you have to pretend to be happy and be someone else, speak bad about others to make yourself feel better and superior to keep a nit connection within your group... this is not the Truth as they put it.
The world is filled of people that judge, that are not exactly good hearted.... but if these people don’t claim to be part of God’s people.....the true religion.....then it’s expected but when you claim that you are following something special and behave in an appalling way... is not the truth. Better to be in the world and live freely.