the more outspoken I become, and the less I tolerate being told what to do.
Posts by pamkw
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58Finish this sentence "The longer I'm away from JW's......"
by doodle-v in.
here's mine: .
the wackier they seem to me!!!
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End of a truly horrible week
by pamkw inhere it is friday, and i am soo glad.
i have been away from the computer for a while because my computer was in kansas with my sister and i am in alaska, working.
i came up here to take what i hoped was a great summer job.
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pamkw
Here it is Friday, and I am soo glad. I have been away from the computer for a while because my computer was in Kansas with my sister and I am in Alaska, working. I came up here to take what I hoped was a great summer job. It is really good, but being away from my boys has been hard. And all I have been planning for is to get them here in June. And it looked so hopeful that they would come by the 13th. But now, I am not sure. I feel like I have moved for nothing, and nothing is working out. And to top it all off my health has not been so great, I had another seizure a couple weekends ago, and now my boss is constantly asking me if I am okay. and I know people mean well, but I am not an invalid, and get tired of talking about my health all the time. The only good thing that happened this week is I moved out of the employee housing and into an apartment. It belongs to a friend of mine and I am staying here while she is gone. I hope to have my own place before the month is over. Living with a bunch of other adults, most of whom are just strange, was the second hardest thing I ever did. Being away from my family was the first. And to top it all off, one of the men who was living in the house with us, committed suicide on Wednesday night. That was two nights after I had moved out, and the only thing I could think when I heard was I am so glad I wasn't still living there. I feel a little guilty about that, though I know I shouldn't. But tonight I am just bummed out and am wondering why I even started this whole adventure. I am going to met up with some of my former roommates and we are going to go see Harry Potter tonight. It is soo nice to be able to get on line and read the board. I don't feel like I have went so far away somehow. thanks for letting me vent a little.
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What first gave you doubts ?
by rick1199 inwe all know the big problems with the wts, but what was the first thing that made you realise there were problems with the organisation ?
with me it was realitivly small stuff like an 8 year old getting baptised and a comment my best mates made about another of our friends asking if we should be hanging round with her as she might be bad assciation (she had just been reproved, but they had been mates 20 years).. .
how ever the first time i ever thought something was really wrong was when i was about 11 and my grand farther died, and mu mum wouldn't go to the funeral, i remeber thinking that surely it was better to say good bye properly than worry about if the service was in a church.. .
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pamkw
My mother's favorite daughter, the stauch, holier than thou jw, is starting to have doubts. She suffers from depression and mood swings. the elders have told her that missing meetings is a sin. And later and elder told her that not being prepared for the meetings is a sin. So the other day an elder asked her why she wasn't at the meetings she said she really didn't feel good and she wasn't prepared, and since both missing and not being prepared were sins what difference did it make if she was there are not, she was sinning either way. I guess the elder didn't have much to say to that. So my sister is starting to wonder why she is trying since she can't seem to do anything right anyway. I was soo glad when I heard that, because it means she is finally starting to think just a little for herself. And she is getting tired of the guilt. this is a tiny crack, but who knows where it might lead in a few years. I hope for her daughter's sake it leads to something good. Pam
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Anyone been "marked' from the platform?
by avishai ini heard it wasn't s'posed to happen, but as late as '89 i've seen the elders give obvious references about who to mark from stage.
i can't give the exact example, but , say it's along the lines of "nobody is to go to that three story house on blank street.
" that obvious.
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pamkw
I was never marked, but a friend of mine was. the talk made it very plain who they were talking about. This girl was in high school and everyone knew her business. It didn't help that her dad was a total jerk and told everyone his daughter was no good. She had done nothing wrong except hold a boy's hand at school. (she later married this guy, and they are still together, it has been many years.) She stopped going to meetings because people treated her like she was df. I have been publicly reproofed and df before. Not fun. Now I am just ignored, and I like that. Though my sister did try to get me in trouble a few years ago, but the elders decided since I no longer went and most people didn't know me, that it wasn't worth the trouble. Pam
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Great News, Employment Up
by Yerusalyim inthat lagging indicator of employment is silencing the "jobless recovery" critics, in the last two months (march and april) 600,000+ new jobs created, and the january and febraury figures are up.
are you still working?
newly employed?
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pamkw
yeah, I'm newly employed, but I had to move all the way to Alaska from Kansas to get a job. I have been up here 2 months, and my boys have still been in Kansas. Isn't the most ideal thing. But they will be up here soon, come June 13 if all works out right. I feel like I got my job, because I spent hours looking, and not because of anyone's tax cuts, etc. Pam
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pamkw
Oh cool! How great.! Hasn't happened to me yet, but I am sure it will in the next few years.
Congrats.
Pam
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Does the average witness have a good understanding of basic doctrines?
by eyeslice inunfortunately, in my experience not.
even most of the elders i have met have a poor knowledge of what the society teaches.
some basic questions will still get "mature" ones scratching their heads.. .
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pamkw
No they don't. My mom didn't even know they changed the mission statement in the Awake, until I showed it to her. Then it didn't really mean anything to her. She has the standard Jehovah will make it clear one day response.
Pam
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In The End----What Will JWD Be Known For?
by minimus inwhen h2o and a few other boards were around, a few years back, they all became known for something unique.
h2o was where you went to see some great debates and really learn how to disprove the "truth".
randy's site was one of the first places that gave snippets of all the local ex and jw gossip, for the week.
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pamkw
Friends. This place is where all the great friendships happen.
Pam
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Stupidest thing a JW ever told you
by Nosferatu inwhat is the stupidest thing a jw ever told you?
we all know that they say a lot of stupid things, but what really topped the cake?.
for me, it was an elder telling me i was progressing really well when my meeting attendance was down and my field service hours were slipping.
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pamkw
Here's another one. Just a few months ago, I was talking to my mom, and she commented that my brother's little children will probably not grow up to be adults. She said it so matter-of-factly. Like it was no big deal.
When my oldest son was born she said, "he'll never have to go to school, etc. He will be 21 this summer.
Why would you want to worship a so-called god that would kill your grandbabies?
Pam
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Stupidest thing a JW ever told you
by Nosferatu inwhat is the stupidest thing a jw ever told you?
we all know that they say a lot of stupid things, but what really topped the cake?.
for me, it was an elder telling me i was progressing really well when my meeting attendance was down and my field service hours were slipping.
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pamkw
I was once given a bunch of clothes for my son, and a couple of them had smurfs on them. My son liked smurfs, and my aunt was like "I never let my kids wear smurfs." I think I said something like my kid does, and took the shirts. She muttered about that for the rest of the day. She kept telling me to throw them away. Always thought the whole smurf thing was unbelievable.
Pam