@ skeeter- your #1 struck a nerve because my best friend's grandmother who i considered my own was sure black persons were in no way going to make it into the new world. to her it was against nature and the funny thing is, she had 2 friends who supported and cared for her as she got older who were black. quite an absurd assumption and rude to say in front of friends but then how often are jws known for their tact. and that reminds me of my dad's favorite definition of tact...tact is the ability to tell a person to go to hell in such a way that they anticipate the trip :)
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New girl in town here for support
by joyfulfader inhi everyone here on jwn.
i admit to being a lurker for quite some time before joining and now i am ready to post and i want to introduce myself.
i am/was 3rd generation and daughter of the po (as it was termed at the time) for most of my life.
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Spanish congregations District Assembly / rides for the kids.
by jam inany truth to this.
the spanish brothers in texas (da).
provided an amusement park for the young on the.
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I have attended several meetings in spanish. i am bilingual but my daughter is not so i could not move to the spanish cong back when i was going. it is an entirely different world. the culture is so different and since i am completely immersed in the spanish culture most of the week as a spanish medical liason i have learned how different things are. Now i dont go to any meetings as noted before but they have a much more liberal view of things. clothing is so different and there is a more family feel. my opinion i guess that could be influenced by the fact that i speak the language but i can see them providing a bit of diversion. probably not condoned but i can see it happening...maybe.
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New girl in town here for support
by joyfulfader inhi everyone here on jwn.
i admit to being a lurker for quite some time before joining and now i am ready to post and i want to introduce myself.
i am/was 3rd generation and daughter of the po (as it was termed at the time) for most of my life.
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btw skeeter and all others...loving 40!! Really is the new 30 :)
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New girl in town here for support
by joyfulfader inhi everyone here on jwn.
i admit to being a lurker for quite some time before joining and now i am ready to post and i want to introduce myself.
i am/was 3rd generation and daughter of the po (as it was termed at the time) for most of my life.
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I must say that i am the first to say that I dont have all the answers...in fact i have found that i have very few. i am just starting because the fear of looking outside the WTS is so real that it is almost paralyzing. i swear i almost felt the elders were setting up surveillance. i know they werent but it is the fear they instill in us as we embark on a diametrically opposed journey. I often wonder if they see the TTATT and ignore it for the sake of family peace and ease of life (though lies are not easy to maintain comfortably). I sound so paranoid but i am truly not. i dont worry about seeing anyone. i have done nothing overt that could be labled as wrong. Yes i am a proud member of this forum but they dont have the right to know this info. as someone recently said on another post...theocratic warfare in reverse. dont tell people what they are not entitled to know. I am so excited to continue and learn more esp with the advice i have received from all of you on just this post alone. i have been reading so many other posts and commenting but i have found that people here seem to have a much greater appreciation for finding the truth with real study and not staged study under duress. Thanks everyone for the help and extra info from all posts. i am seeing many things from perspectives i never considered from people of all ages. Love it.
I was visiting the family of my daughters friend today and they were discussing a person that they met in field service who claimed all they taught was lies and that the NWT was a bible written to prove jws only. she was horrified that anyone could reject the truth. the best part was when my daughter discreetly looked over at me and rolled her eyes lol...as the mother of a teenager i couldnt love an eye roll more!!!!! Proud mom here :)
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New girl in town here for support
by joyfulfader inhi everyone here on jwn.
i admit to being a lurker for quite some time before joining and now i am ready to post and i want to introduce myself.
i am/was 3rd generation and daughter of the po (as it was termed at the time) for most of my life.
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@ ding-I am just starting to read COC in a PDF. Not too easy but I think ray franz mentions that. I think that's where I read that...maybe it was here somewhere...
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New girl in town here for support
by joyfulfader inhi everyone here on jwn.
i admit to being a lurker for quite some time before joining and now i am ready to post and i want to introduce myself.
i am/was 3rd generation and daughter of the po (as it was termed at the time) for most of my life.
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@jws- that was super cool!! I would love to do that but they know who I am...... Arrrrrgh!!
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New girl in town here for support
by joyfulfader inhi everyone here on jwn.
i admit to being a lurker for quite some time before joining and now i am ready to post and i want to introduce myself.
i am/was 3rd generation and daughter of the po (as it was termed at the time) for most of my life.
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I can't recall a picture of anyone studying just the bible. I would look but I threw all my books in the trash. Was cathartic
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New girl in town here for support
by joyfulfader inhi everyone here on jwn.
i admit to being a lurker for quite some time before joining and now i am ready to post and i want to introduce myself.
i am/was 3rd generation and daughter of the po (as it was termed at the time) for most of my life.
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@ Aware! - thanks for the tips. I will look that one up (as well as others). It seems best to just go back to the basics. Read the bible. It shouldn't have to be this difficult. @ jws - I want to say I was in no way trying to give myself a compliment but women can be very insecure. I have to say that I have never understood the cattiness...there are some way more attractive women out there but that is great for them. Very jr. high-like. I was always so conscious about the length of my skirts and the modesty of my clothing. I really was trying to be the best witness I could be. Giving talks and demos at the very last of the last minutes, reg pioneering as a single mom, really trying my best to follow the rules so my daughter and I would live in paradise. Now I live for now until otherwise notified...
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Question about blood
by XPeterX insome jw's accept certain plasma fractions.if the plasma is extracted from human blood then who's blood is it that they use?jw's won't donate blood.do they let others donate blood instead?wtf.
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Btw...i am donating at the next opportunity :)
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Question about blood
by XPeterX insome jw's accept certain plasma fractions.if the plasma is extracted from human blood then who's blood is it that they use?jw's won't donate blood.do they let others donate blood instead?wtf.
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It completely bugs me that witnesses use a product that they refuse to supply. think about taxes...the government uses the money for good things that help society (jws are some of the first to take advantage of these to enable them to pioneer) and then also uses the money for corrupt and violent things. witnesses MUST pay their taxes and get in trouble if they dont (usually). So why cant witnesses donate blood realizing that another "brother" or "sister" might need one of the fractions and just let it be that the blood could be used as a whole?? Seems like the usual BS double standard to me