Posts by lilbluekitty

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my diehard jw wife has never had a bible study...

by oompa in

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i mean how many of them really even want that?...most jws give away any interested person to a good ol pioneer..and not sure how many of them really want to make a disciple either....i mean she drives around endlessly with her chick friends...lots of starbucks...dunkin and kk...and they dont want a frikkin study....really????

?...........just a vent...oompa.

btw in my legal divorce papers response today i did say she was not blameless...stated that chose to be part of a religious sect that shuns me totally since i am no longer a believer...and that it has caused me extreme distress and anxiety....

lilbluekitty

I never had any real studies. I read the Bible Stories book to a 6 year old or something when I was like, 10 and I counted it as a study somewhat, though I was not baptized. No clue if I counted it as one on the slips though.

In 5th grade I was "friends" with a mentally unstable/mentally handicapped girl and I used to pray for her at recess, like we'd sit on the picnic table and I'd try to teach her how to pray and then just do it myself. I got in a lot of trouble at that school for passing around the Young People Ask book (probably because it had subjects like Masturbation...How Do I Resist The Urge? When I think about it now I'm mortified!!) Anyway about the girl, my mom tried to study with the girl's mom but my mom said they had demons and we weren't going back again. Dunno if they really did, they were both nuts...and Catholic lol.

I used to give a boy Awakes in high school because my dub guy friend said he knew him and that he was interested but he (the high school guy) was afraid to get caught because his family hated dubs and he might get shipped off to Mexico if he got caught. It may have been a load of bull, no clue. The boy did take the mags, I suspect he probably threw them out later. I believe he's gay now...

That's about it for me...it used to depress me so much, like my actual worth as a human depended on me studying a book with someone and getting them to get baptized...blah what a life....

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OK, What is this summer's District Convention Theme?

by Quarterback in

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got the news this week as to where we are going to be, but, the elder making the announcement couldn't tell us what the da's theme was.. is this now a secret?

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lilbluekitty

They should be sheep costumes...like Shaun the Sheep...

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There must be JWs in my neck of the woods...

by Aussie Oz in

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16 months and counting...no visit by a carload of time wasters doing rural witnessing.. i'm home everyday except when i am not, same for the wife, and still no visits.. either the closest congregation are real slack or there are none assigned to our locality!.

mixed bag, depending on what i have been reading, i would either want to play with them nicely or sting em up by their thumbs.... maybe it's best they stay away.... oz.

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lilbluekitty

I never see them here lately and the Kingdumb Hell is only like 3 miles away or less from me. Not that I'd really want to see any, I kind of freak out for a second when I see one. =P

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How Many Out There Have to Hide or Be Stealthy When They Visit This Site? I know I do.

by PaintedToeNail in

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i cannot look at this site freely, it would make my hubby and son very upset.

i have to hide what i'm looking at, or try to view this page very late or very early in the morning.

hubby has taken to getting up at 11:30pm or later, to see what i'm doing on the computer.

lilbluekitty

I was sneaky with this site (and others) at first only because my husband has never been an JW (he's a Christian) and I had been very into the JW stuff for awhile and I didn't want him to know I was having doubts but eventually I just told him and he didn't bat an eyelash. If I was living with my mother still though I would have to be pretty careful deleting my history and stuff, but at least she let me have the computer in my room so I could close the door and if she opened it I'd have time to close the page at least.

I think in your case, just tell them you're looking at something embarassing, like say you think you're having a female problem and are looking it up. "I need a little privacy, do you mind?" and smile and try to blush. That's what I would do anyway, with the husband that is. Not sure if that would help you or if you would feel too much like you were lying.

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Can we not write like a Jehovah's Witness tonight?

by Paralipomenon in

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rules:.

1) cannot use 'you, me, i' sutible alternatives are 'us, we'.

2) do not make statements, you have to makes statements in the form of a negative question.

lilbluekitty

In these the final hours, do we not see our spouses slumbering on as the rest do while we yet remain awake on this wicked and lawless internet? Perhaps it may be beneficial for us also to rest, now that is night, for the hour is coming that we must awake and rise up and lay down and inculcate things on our hearts and on our minds, though we know not what inculcating means, though it sounds slightly erotic, brothers, does it not? Nevertheless, we must not allow ourselves to yet grow weary, for you wives must go and launder your husband's uniforms and be busy in God's (your husband's) service! "Go and eat the fatty things, and go eat the sweet things!^ Drink, and get drunk, and puke and fall down!*" (Hilarities 45:6)

^ "And he went on to say to them: “Go, eat the fatty things and drink the sweet things, and send portions to the one for whom nothing has been prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord, and do not feel hurt, for the joy of Jehovah is YOUR stronghold.”" Nehemiah 8:10

* That is an actual scripture in the NWT which used to send my sister and I into fits of giggles: “And you must say to them, ‘This is what Jehovah of armies, the God of Israel, has said: “Drink and get drunk and puke and fall so that YOU cannot get up because of the sword that I am sending among YOU .”’ Jeremiah 25:27

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Where to Worship???

by enda75 in

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i haven't been to a meeting in years but always thought about going back.

i can't go back now that i realize that i was raised in a cult.

i can't go to church because i have been brainwashed that it's false religion.

lilbluekitty

What do you mean about collection plates? My church has a basket that a guy holds by the door, if you want to put in money you can, if not, you don't have to and no one looks at you funny at all. It's basically a walking contribution box. No one forces you to put in money if you don't want to.

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Where to Worship???

by enda75 in

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i haven't been to a meeting in years but always thought about going back.

i can't go back now that i realize that i was raised in a cult.

i can't go to church because i have been brainwashed that it's false religion.

lilbluekitty

I live in an area where there are churches everywhere, I guess because I live so far down south in the US so I just went to church with my husband (he's never been a JW) and I was scared about going for a long time but then we switched to a more modern church and I feel more comfortable there than at a KH so I think it has to do with your mindset. Do you have religious friends (non-Witness I mean)? Maybe trying to go where they worship. Do you still believe in JW teachings? Just start researching different religions and their beliefs and attend where you feel most comfortable.

I commend you for still feeling like you need a place to worship God, I'm on my way to converting to Christianity (I'm non-denominational who happens to go to a baptist temple) but it's up to you where you go. Good luck, I hope you find someplace you feel enjoy going to. :)

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Do JWs have a biblically normative relationship with Jesus christ?

by Vanderhoven7 in

i would say that that would be impossible...given that jesus christ is simply an angelic being in wts eyes.. jehovah's witnesses have about as much a relationship with the angel gabriel as they do with jesus.. and, no...tacking on the name of jesus at the end of a prayer is not evidence of relationship..

lilbluekitty

Agreed.

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Pros about being a jehovah's witness

by raxxxx in

can you personally think of any pros of being a jws?

anything that you have experienced that was and still is beneficial to you now from when u were a jw?.

lilbluekitty

To be honest, there are some good points to me. As long as one sticks firmly to the lifestyle, one can avoid certain things: STDs, teen and unplanned pregnancy, drug/cigarette/alcohol addiction (as well as health problems those things cause), not spending a ton of money for Christmas presents and holiday decorations/birthdays...but that's about all I can think of.

Some things seem like benefits but are not really such as a big ego, "knowing" that one is "doing the right thing", thinking one is better than everyone else, or that the org. is better than everyone else, fake happiness when one has just been brainwashed, some of you know that "rush" you'd get when everyone was clapping at the end of a convention or whatever or when the music swells at the end of one of their bragging videos. But of course those are not REAL benefits, but they feel like it for awhile.

Oh, and I got really good at taking notes from being a JW, learned some good study habits and public speaking tips and I did learn a decent amount about SOME of the Bible, at least the Old Testament.

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Am I still an Ex JW?

by darthfader in

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i was thinking the other day about being an ex jehovahs witness... will i always be an ex jw?

will i know when im no longer an ex jw?

what can i do to become less of an ex jw and more of a normal person (whatever that is)... for me, being a jw was a little like a cross between the firm and hotel california where i feel like, at any point, one of the friends will spot me and either accost me or report me to the elders.

lilbluekitty

I don't consider myself an ex-JW as much as I consider myself to now be a follower of Christ and whenever I decide to get re-baptized, I will then consider myself a Christian, not an ex-JW. I say consider yourself you, whatever is the big thing in your life, your main hobby, your main belief, whatever. If I had become someone not interested in religion, then I would consider myself an artist, because that's what I am. So consider yourself to be whoever you are now, not who you were in the past. I hope that makes sense :)