Posts by mercedes

i'm really glad i can join your community because i've been in the wts for the last 14 years and now i'm on my way out and it's great to meet like-minded people!.

about me: i started learning jw ways when i was in my teens.

Happy belated b day to me: 30 years old on Feb 16th.

by Joliette in

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thought the world was gonna end between 2000 and 2010. can't believe its still here.

been on jwn for almost three year now.

damn it feels like heaven on earth to be an apostate!

mercedes_29

Happy Belated Birthday Joliette! I turned 33 the same day.

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Age Difference?

by simplesally in

she is older, he is younger.

what's the largest spread in years that you have heard about that is.

1. fun.

Is anyone here hooked on Downton Abbey?

by exwhyzee in

my wife got me started watching this show last year.

we've downloaded the previous seasons on netflix and have found it to be really well done.

the story line, scenery,costumes,old cars and compelling characters have us hooked.

mercedes_29

I loved the show the first time I watched it. Surpsisingly my husband enjoys it too. I love the costumes and pretty much any of Violet's lines.

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Multitudes of people are named Jesus ,how many do you know of that go by the name of Allah ,Yahweh , Adonai , or Jehovah ,

by smiddy in

i do recall a person who changed his name to yahweh ben yahweh , that is the only person i have ever heard of , are their any others ?.

smiddy.

I was reading a local paper in CT about 10 years ago wherein an African American woman named Jehovah was pictured in an article. The elders thought it must have been a mistake because Jehovah wouldn't allow His name to be used by a mere mortal.

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Why did you pick the name you have now

by label licker in

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just wondering if your name describes what you saw, how you were treated when you were "in" or now "out", maybe your personality, ect.... i'm label licker and the why i picked this name was because of all the licking up one side of elders and down the other to either be an elder or ministerial servant.

one time i was standing right in front of this brother who wasn't made an ms yet and he totally ignored me and talked right over my head speaking really loud trying to catch the co's attention.. got sick of watching the poor elderly sitting all alone or standing against the wall like a wall flower with noone to talk to and yet all these label lickers would take turns picking up the elders elderly parents and take them shopping and do their groceries at least four times a week while out in service, yet, there was noone there to take a meal to a sister who just got out of the hospital with a heart attack.

when i had shown up at her apartment with a meal she asked if i could wash her private and change her bandages.

mercedes_29

mercedes because I like the cars, 29 because it's my favorite number

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What's you BIGGEST pet peeve/disagreement with the WT or GB?!?

by TeenageInsider in

for me its the district conventions.

not bragging in anyway, but i was born-into a family of 'higher ups' im talking co's and zo's..... and there is a room that they set up in the conventions/stadiums called the "chairmans office".

i always have access to these rooms, because im usually with one of my higher up family members who give talks and all that other crap.. anyways, while everyone in the convention is sitting in the sun, eating a slimy, soggy bolognia sandwich, the chairmans office is air conditioned, has a variety of chilled beverages, 'coke, pepsi, diet coke, gatorade, dasani water bottles,' not to mention the 'danishes, sandwich triangles, cookies, cakes, muffins, fresh coffee, and for lunch, pizza, salads, pastas, and lasagna'.

mercedes_29

I didn't like how the same rules didn't apply to everyone. If your dad was an elder or you gave a lot of money you could get away with anything. I also hated how women were treated as second class citizens.

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As a JW, how did you feel about shunning?

by jwfacts in

i am interested in the answers for a new poll.

also, feel free to suggest other options, wording etc.agreed in full with the watchtower guidelinesagreed with shunning in general, but not for familywas stumbled by this practice but shunned as instructeddid not agree with the practice and secretly associated with disfellowshipped people .

for me personally, i did not agree with the practice and secretly associated with disfellowshipped people, even whilst at bethel.

mercedes_29

I felt bad for kids who got baptized at 9,10,11 before they knew any better and then their hormones kicked in then did something to get DF'd. They were cut off from everyone important in their lives because they got baptized. Another case that bothered me was that of a lonely, divorced woman who was taking care of her elderly ailing father and her daughter just moved out and married. She started drinking heavily and was DF'd for drunkenness. I thought it was awful since she had no one else and her life was falling apart - what motivation did she have to stop drinking at that point? Never liked the policy but I didn't openly go against it since I didn't want to get hauled in the back room.

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