Posts by FayeDunaway

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Introducing myself! Come say hi!

by Sparlocks_Apprentice in

hello all you wonderful people on the "evil" interwebs.

i'm joining this site once again because i forgot my old username and such.

i like the new layout!.

FayeDunaway

Ok I could only watch half a minute of that. It's been 5 years since Ive had to listen to witness propaganda and can't take it. Now I get it about sparlock.

The moms face when she says 'oh, your FRIEND gave this to you.' Totally freaky. Like the part in LOTR when Frodos sees Bilbo turning crazy over the ring 'it's MINE!' ...when she says it, a quick ugly dark shadow passes over her face. I can't believe they are showing kids this stuff. horrid brainwashing of children. As if the friend was EVIL...no, the mom is evil.

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Introducing myself! Come say hi!

by Sparlocks_Apprentice in

hello all you wonderful people on the "evil" interwebs.

i'm joining this site once again because i forgot my old username and such.

i like the new layout!.

FayeDunaway

And welcome!!

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Introducing myself! Come say hi!

by Sparlocks_Apprentice in

hello all you wonderful people on the "evil" interwebs.

i'm joining this site once again because i forgot my old username and such.

i like the new layout!.

FayeDunaway

You were in more recently than I was, so I'm afraid I can't update you on stuff as well as others here. I've heard a few references to 'sparlock' and have no idea what that means, so fill ME in :)

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I've been invited to go on a habitat for humanity build

by hoser in

jw
friends

i've been invited to go to central america for a week on a global village project.

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are there any possible issues that the congregation might have with me doing this?.

FayeDunaway

Lol don't you know that you're just supposed to WATCH the world suffer so that you can say 'see? Armageddon is close, it can't get worse!'

it's distinctly non witnessy of you!! Otherwise, the only ties habitat for humanity has with Babylon the great is that jimmy carter and his wife are very Christian. I don't think this charity is directly tied to a religion tho, at least not officially. I don't think they can indict you of anything directly.

Go help people!!

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I quit the Theocratic Ministry School

by My Name is of No Consequence in

after almost 24 years in the school and doing it since i was nine years old, i officially resigned.

it has become increasingly difficult to prepare talks, especially with the new format for brothers.

i did not mind doing them; i actually put the time and effort into getting them out.

FayeDunaway

LOL on the ministry school overseers wife!!!

it seems like everyone is so miserable. They're waking up, saying 'I'm not going to do this anymore.' No wonder they're giving so many talks about loyalty and compliance.

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How old were you ??

by Clambake in

when you had to start dumping your worldy friends ??.

just curious that's all.

not being a witness ( ubm here ) i think everyone has known a jw kid and at a certain age " my mommy won't let me play with you ".

FayeDunaway

I had witness friends my age from the Congo that were complete frenemies. Trying to mange friendships with them was constant drama since I was little! I tried for a long time, but in middle school said 'I am so done' and made friends with a book smart group of worldly girls. They were soooo much fun, so much better, such a relief. But really there's only so close you can get to them. I wasn't allowed to hang out at their houses or go to their birthday parties, so they were much closer amongst themselves than with me :(. Anyway, so later after leaving the religion, I tracked down my worst witness frenemy who had been long disfellowshipped. Guess what, she's the sweetest most accepting person now. The religion and her screwed up mother made her miserable. She has moved on and is happy. We are truly each other's oldest friends now, and we've got each others back.

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Midweek Meetings no longer Necessary

by Tech49 in

i am sure we have all seen the recent letter to the boe concerning the change that will take place to the meeting arrangement during the week of the co visit.

to recap the basics: the meeting that usually contains the cong bible study (book study) and a co talk will be discontinued, publishers are encouraged to use their family worship night that week to cover book study material.. so here is a point that i think has been missed, or not even considered:.

if that particular meeting is hereby deleted from the schedule, the co and his wife will never ever have to participate in or go to another "book study", or "bible study" night again.

FayeDunaway

Thanks guys. Omg TREAT NiGHT was a huge fun thing for the kids. Seriously, what have they got now??? I guess still donut/bagel breaks after an hour and a half of service...(not worth it)

they should have disbanded Thursday night meeting instead. Or Sunday...Sunday is useless. At least Thursday prepared you for service (theoretically...) and is a good platform for announcing disfellowshippings....always exciting. Sunday is just one loooong drone.

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"You young ones..."

by My Name is of No Consequence in

"you young ones, are you worried about college, a career, retirement?

the end is so close!".

how many of us have heard that and are better (or worse) for it?.

FayeDunaway

So much success in life comes from who you know, connections you have, doors someone has opened for you, pure luck of being somewhere at the right time. 'Worldly' people know to jump on those opportunities, they are precious. Witnesses jump in the way of the door, 'hey, don't go in there, Armageddon is near! That could distract you from the real life!!' I had a witness piano teacher who sometimes got excited about my progress, and would say 'I could train you to be a concert pianist!!!.......but those are worldly goals, pioneering should be the focus, this old system is ending.' Ugh. Either we closed those doors for ourselves, or someone else closed them. I remember a 'sister' bragging at a wedding that her son had been offered a couple of million dollar baseball contracts when he was finishing high school, but he chose to turn them down to pioneer. Wonder where he is now.

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Midweek Meetings no longer Necessary

by Tech49 in

i am sure we have all seen the recent letter to the boe concerning the change that will take place to the meeting arrangement during the week of the co visit.

to recap the basics: the meeting that usually contains the cong bible study (book study) and a co talk will be discontinued, publishers are encouraged to use their family worship night that week to cover book study material.. so here is a point that i think has been missed, or not even considered:.

if that particular meeting is hereby deleted from the schedule, the co and his wife will never ever have to participate in or go to another "book study", or "bible study" night again.

FayeDunaway

We left shortly after they dropped the home book study. I knew I wasn't going to stick around to see the long term results, but I thought this was a serious mistake by the society. The home book study drew you very close to several families in the cong. You were never as close to other people as those in your book study. Hasn't disbanding this been detrimental to the community feeling (and also, pressure to keep going) in the congregation? Anyone still in, can you see/feel the difference?

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Do you feel bad throwing away literature?

by stuckinarut2 in

jw
friends

so do you feel bad throwing away your old literature?.

what about your old song book or bible from your early days in the org?.

if so, is it because of sentimentality, monetary cost or because it might be 'sacred' ?.

FayeDunaway

No..definitely not magazines or brochures, but I was sentimental and kept a copy of the great teacher book, bible stories, my witness bible and mustard songbook (what an ugly color) unfortunately didn't have a copy of the pink songbook anymore, would like one.

The books I chucked, I just tore off the covers and recycled the rest. No I didn't feel guilty. And the newer paperback books recycle nicely without any alterations :).