Nope, not going. For the first time ever in my life! (I was a born-in.)
lilbluekitty
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Did You See A Lot Of Drinking Among JW's???
by minimus ini did!
most jws that i know of love to drink.. interestingly, i noticed the heaviest drinkers were bethelites..
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lilbluekitty
My father's side of the family are pretty much all alcoholics. I mean totally. My grandfather (former elder) would get so drunk he'd walk around naked (pretty scary to accidently see as a 9 year old girl!) and my dad would have empty wine bottles and glasses on his bedside table and a half-empty bottle of rum next to the closet. Everytime I'd go to his house as an adult he'd fix me a drink, even if I didn't ask for one. We spent Christmas in Myrtle Beach two years ago with his side of the family and one woman who's not actually family but my aunt's best friend was pretty shocked at how much everyone drank. I mean my grandmother, dad, aunt, everyone all got totally drunk and then posted the photos all over Facebook for everyone to see, even their non-JW friends were shocked at the pics. My sister (when she still talked to me) was always talking about needing a drink.
I too, as a JW, and even sometimes now struggle with desperately wanting to drink and get a buzz on but now I feel the need much less than I did then. Back then it was one of the few things that made life worth living.
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What's Your Status? Are You Technically Still A JW?...
by minimus inare you disfellowshipped, disassociated, active, inactive???
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lilbluekitty
Inactive. I get visits sporadically, sometimes a few close together with lots of nagging from this one lady and her husband (the only JWs who bother me now that I changed my phone number) and other times nothing for months. I got a memorial invite (I haven't answered the door in months, I let my "worldly" husband answer it) and promptly threw it and a magazine about "true Christianity" in the trash. Maybe they finally noticed the big cross on my door and the new Easter wreath...
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JUNE 2012 AWAKE!
by St George of England inthe new awake!
is up for digestion.. another 537 bce article to be shredded - see page 12. george.
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lilbluekitty
They love that Cyrus cylinder don't they? Meh.
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Approval of child baptism
by JWB inapproval of child baptism.
"young pioneer partners.
persis, who lives in cameroon, became an unbaptized publisher when she was six years old.
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lilbluekitty
My sister was nine. I'm two years older and didn't get baptized til I was 18, partially out of the intense pressure I went through every day of my life because of my younger sister being so "spiritual." "Why aren't you baptized yet?" "And your sister was only 9? What about you?" "What's holding you back, is it a lack of faith?" etc. It totally sucked. I did become a publisher (and gave talks) starting at age six. To be honest I didn't really know what I was doing, my mom wrote all my talks and told me what to say at the doors.
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I am so confused by the JW's saying the UN is the 8th king
by booker-t inhas jw's always taught this that the un is the 8th king?
i just happen to stumble across the june study watchtower at my aunt's home and glanced throught the mag and saw this teaching.
i don't remember the jw's teaching this back when i was in.
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lilbluekitty
They've been teaching it at least since the mid-90s, it's in the Revelation Climax book, I remember studying it several times as a kid and then a young adult. This is nothing new.
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Barack 2012
by Celestial inobama will be reelected.
i won't vote but i'll bet my hands on it.
who in their right mind would want a right-wing gop candidate?
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lilbluekitty
Because I'm clueless about politics (mostly), who are the Democratic candidates?
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Will Jehovah himself kill me, or will Jesus, Satan, or someone else?
by InterestedOne ini've heard people here say jw's believe that jehovah will slaughter non-members of the jw religion when armageddon comes any day now.
does the watchtower teach that jehovah himself will do the killing, or is it delegated to someone else like jesus, satan, angels, or humans killing each other?
who is the actual killer in the picture?
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lilbluekitty
Well, doesn't the Bible say it's Jesus and the angels who does it? Dunno what JWs believe about that, it was never very clear.
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Pioneers Bearing No Fruit
by TOTH inmy father in law's sow has been a pioneer for what...twenty plus years now?
she has yet to see any of her studies progress to baptism.
i know this is an excellent thing but to jw's you would think it would be tragic.
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lilbluekitty
My mom only ever brought one or 2 women into the lie, and I don't think either of them are dubs anymore. I've never gotten anyone to the point of baptism, nor has my sister (who, like my mom, is still in.)
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Attended 2-Day Circuit Assembly--Highlights
by Cadellin insince my spouse is an active elder, i accompany him to sads, cas and das, at least for the time being.
anyway, i thought i'd share some of the more odd/disturbing bits from the latest "sanctify god's name" ca.
there wasn't anything particularly new but the tone toward porn, higher ed, bad assoc, "habitual" murmuring and harmful gossip is definitely hardening, as are the cautions against social networking.
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lilbluekitty
If I was ever somehow forced to go to a DC or CA, I'd purposely laugh my ass off as loud as I could until I was thrown out.