Hi Scared, Welcome!! I understand your frustration. My parents were very hard line JW's. The only way to please them was to do well in the "truth". My dad died early in my last year of HS which left me alone in the house with my mother. Although I was never put on restrictions. I could have if I had been found out. I made the mistake of marrying at 17 to escape the stranglehold of my mother and the overseers at the KH. I ignored my studies and wasted my last year at school. Please be smarter than I. Apply yourself at school and brainstorm with your councilor on ways to attend college like scholorships etc. See if partime work is available. It might take your mind off things and show your mom you have inititiave. Like others have said make a real plan to save enough money to move out. If possible, pick a time when you and your mom are having a pleasant convo to confide how much more meaningful the meetings would be for you without the restrictions but don't ask for them back anymore. Let the elders look like jerks for being so unmerciful! Don't express your doubts anywhere but here- it will make things worse. Hope this helps.
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40So I'm going through a really difficult time right now.
by scaredtospeak ini was publicly reproved last year and the elders have taken their sweet time in reinstating my "privileges".
it's been six months and i can't answer at the meetings or participate in the theocratic ministry school.
in all honesty- i don't care about the privileges.
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Killing In Self Defense
by Cold Steel inthe man was moving around in the darkness of j's home with a gun.
he was certain j. and his family weren't there, but he was wrong.
when a door suddenly opened and a dark figure fumbled for the hallway light, he had only a moment to act.
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Sorry I can't make paragraphs so here is another account. A close friend of mine was a little born in JW boy during those same war years. He recently related to me what he personally witnessed. One Sunday while the witnesses were having their meeting in a rented building in Klamouth Falls Ore. a flashmob showed up. The entrance to the building had one of those long wooden crossbars. When the brothers heard the angry shouts outside they quickly latched it and started to DISMANTLE the wooden benches they had been sitting on in order to make CLUBS for EACH of the brothers. My friend was terrified as he saw the door repetedly buckle as the mob used part of a telephone pole for a battering ram. Somehow they didn't break the door and eventually left. Of course, the cong thought Jehovah had saved them. The point though, is JW's were ready and willing to arm themselves with WHATEVER was available. There was no debate, no hesitation. It wasn't until realatively recently that self defense was even questioned.
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Killing In Self Defense
by Cold Steel inthe man was moving around in the darkness of j's home with a gun.
he was certain j. and his family weren't there, but he was wrong.
when a door suddenly opened and a dark figure fumbled for the hallway light, he had only a moment to act.
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Just to lend support to the fact that the WTBT$ not only left self defense issues up to the individual concience, but prepared themselves for confrontation. I have two firsthand accounts. As most of us know, in the WWII years J Rutherford had purposely incited hatred for JW's by his articles, speeches and prohibition of ANY service in the military. Not to mention the lambasting of any and all religion- especially RC. He then could use persecution as being evidence of being "true Christians". During those turbulant years my father was a "Company Servant" and special Pioneer who drove a "Sound Car" blasting the Judges bombastic sermons in residential neighborhoods. Nils Jansma's father related to him that my dad was given a baseball bat to cary with him in the car to be used should trouble arise. Dad asked the brother in charge "HOW HARD SHOULD I HIT SOMEONE? Do I hit to KILL or just wound? The answer? "Use YOUR best judgement". Sure enough a man attacked my dad. I'll bet he was surprised when he got wholloped with the bat. The man took off after the beating. Nills said I guess **** decided not to kill him! LOL
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Is This ALL the Society Meant By Big Stuff Coming?
by millie210 inok, internet tv, some new songs and updates on a couple obscure prophecies no one cares about.... .
i for one was so disappointed at the smallness of it.
i guess i bought the hype that when they said "big", they meant it.. .
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3rdgen
I too, was thrilled to learn who Gog of Magog isn't. The question had plagued me for decades. BOC thanks for the furthur clarification.
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Killing In Self Defense
by Cold Steel inthe man was moving around in the darkness of j's home with a gun.
he was certain j. and his family weren't there, but he was wrong.
when a door suddenly opened and a dark figure fumbled for the hallway light, he had only a moment to act.
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3rdgen
sorry
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Killing In Self Defense
by Cold Steel inthe man was moving around in the darkness of j's home with a gun.
he was certain j. and his family weren't there, but he was wrong.
when a door suddenly opened and a dark figure fumbled for the hallway light, he had only a moment to act.
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3rdgen
It is clear the NY alphabet soup (as Darth calls it) has changed their minds about self defence. Why? When they could have left it up to "Ceasar" to decide? IMHO it is because as tensions mounted worldwide against JW rhetoric against all governments fearing being BANNED as a potential terriorist threat, they banned guns, removed songs that had lyrics about Christian warfare, marches, The Sword of Jehovah and of Giddeon" became "and work for it's sanctification." By making the religion appear to be Pacifistic they could make a better case for JW's posing no threat to any society or government. In short the move was made for self-preservation. Many have stated before: decisions made by GB are reactionary.
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Is the AGM today?
by hamsterbait inanybody going or who can give us the noolite hot from the gb a$$?.
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3rdgen
I don't care if a particular rumor is true or not other than the potential it has for being a source of parody. It feels soooo good to be free of all the angst associated with the borg. I remember late night TV hosts who were bummed that GW Bush was no longer President- NOT for political reasons but b/c he gave them such good comedic material. The GB are clowns. The parodies on this board helped me see how rediculous the JW cult is. I hope these rumors are true so BillyX, Outlaw,and the rest can roast them!
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@Sam Whiskey Why?
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Well, it was your basic KH wedding, now 40 years later
by JeffT inmy wife and i still like each other.
fortieth is "ruby.
" since rubies aren't in the budget, we went to ruby beach for the weekend.
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3rdgen
Nice to see such a happy couple. Congrats!
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Well, it was your basic KH wedding, now 40 years later
by JeffT inmy wife and i still like each other.
fortieth is "ruby.
" since rubies aren't in the budget, we went to ruby beach for the weekend.
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