Posts by nuthouse escapee

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Fall Fairs/Harvest Festivals & Elder Killjoy

by nuthouse escapee in

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when my children were young my ex and i looked forward to going to the fall fair.

we chose a rural fair as it was more interesting.

there were cattle shows, a chicken barn with all breeds of chickens, and of course all the displays of fruits and vegetables.

nuthouse escapee

Splash: agree Fairs are enjoyable & like I said, we went anyway. I just thought the elder was a total a**.

Designs: I think I would have liked to introduce that elder to the giant pumpkin--head first! lol

Balaamsass: Same here, we eventually adopted a standard answer when asked what we had done the weekend before or were planning to do. "Nothing Much" became the best response. Beats saying none of your @#%&*# business.

Wing Commander: Some people are miserable and aren't happy unless they rain on your parade

Panhandlegirl: Good for your SIL. I won 1st prize in the women's nail hammering contest one year. That was cool.

Blondie: thanks for sharing that info on Sukkot. I checked that out on Wiki the other day. What I found interesting is the description given to the festival (as stated in your post) that it was/is considered the most unreservedly joyful celebration so much so that it is referred to as The Season of Rejoicing.

So as usual we have elders giving personal viewpoints. Way to go for cherry-picking scriptures.Leslie

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The generation that saw the end of the Vietnam War will never die!

by life is to short in

so what will be the new light on having such a young gb member?

will it be that obviously jesus clearly meant that evidently, plainly, unmistakably and with out a doubt (matt 24:34) that this generation that overlapped with the generation that saw ww1 and would overlap with the generation that saw ww2 which would than clearly overlap with the ones who saw the end of the vietnam war will never die.. this new gb is younger then i am and i just barley remember the end of the vietnam war.. how do the older ones keep believing this?

how can someone who is in their 60's to 80's swallow this?

nuthouse escapee

LITS, good topic. The R&F won't notice or connect the significance of the newbie being so young, and those that notice will be afraid to say anything........and the beat goes on...........-Leslie-

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Dental Problems are interesting

by Terry in

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my appointment with the oral surgeon was this morning at 10 a.m.. the tooth i'd cracked had to be tended to.

i knocked the whole top off by eating a cube of ice.

(yes, the word "moron" comes to mind..:).

nuthouse escapee

The horrors of dental neglect. 3 years ago had an absessed upper molar, pain came and went until it didn't go away. 9 months later it got so bad I had to get it pulled. Found out after it was pulled that the roots went into the sinus cavity and the floor of the sinus was pretty much non-existent. Needless to say everytime I drank anything after the extraction, it would run out my nose. Wasn't allowed to blow my nose and had to sneeze with my mouth open. Took 3 months to finally close and another 6 months for gum to become solid enough not to break through again. Learned my lesson. Go regularly for check-up & cleaning. Leslie

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Fear of discussing doubts

by KingAgag in

when i was having doubts about being a jehovah's witness, i was terrified to talk about them to anyone.

i knew that having a different opinion than the watchtower was 'wrong'.. i wrote about my experience here - http://www.jehovahswitnessblog.com/real-life-experiences/fear-discussing-doubts/.

please share your experiences too!.

nuthouse escapee

Before leaving I had expressed doubts to my ex, all he said was "It scares me to hear you talk like that". Finding someone on the outside who understands what it REALLY was like as a JW is difficult. If you can find a friend who will listen and who wants to understand what makes you tick the following is something I found to help me.

Something that worked for me was to print out some of the experiences that ex-JW's posted on the forum and the outcome they suffered. I also shared articles posted regarding doctrinal changes and flip-flops over the years. Printed out pics of WT. articles showing the horror of Armageddon for all who didn't live up to the standards of being a JW. I have shared these with my best friend and she told me that she knew the religion was weird but she had no idea how evil it was.

She now hates the cult as much as I do and plans to give any JW's that come to her door an earful!-Leslie-

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What Did You Do As A Witness That Could Have Gotten You Into Trouble Had The Elders Ever Known About It?

by minimus in

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my elder buddy and i would frequent strip clubs when we wanted to.. a few friends knew i enjoyed clubbing and music concerts and i seldom ever spoke of my private social life to others.. i know many jws, including elders, that drank excessively but that wasn't considered too big a deal..

nuthouse escapee

Convinced my parents to let me sleep over at my worldly girlfriend's house. She set us up for dates. Went to an R-rated drive in movie (I was 15 & baptized). Didn't watch the movie. -Leslie-

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Views on handing out literature during field service

by Joey Jo-Jo in

it is brought to my attention that some non jw's deliberately accept jw literature just to throw it in the bin.. their intentions are perceived as positive meaning these non jw's throwing their magazines away is a good thing.. what is your view on the matter?.

should they accept or not accept their literature, and why?.

is accepting literature benefiting or damaging the cult, and why?.

nuthouse escapee

I refused to pay for magazines when picking up literature. If a householder contributed for the mags then I would put that $$$ in the box. I thought it was a scam to have us pay for them and then give them the cash from a householder, in effect paying twice for the literature.

As to the posted question I'm really not sure which would cost them more. _Leslie-

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Fall Fairs/Harvest Festivals & Elder Killjoy

by nuthouse escapee in

jw
friends

when my children were young my ex and i looked forward to going to the fall fair.

we chose a rural fair as it was more interesting.

there were cattle shows, a chicken barn with all breeds of chickens, and of course all the displays of fruits and vegetables.

nuthouse escapee

Thanks Quendi, received & repliedLeslie

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Latest news on the new JW.org

by rip van winkle in

up and running for 1 week.

started with 139 languages.

currently 155 languages.

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Wonder how many of the unique visits were fellow apostates. It wouldn't surprise me if they 'fudged' the number for those requesting a study.Leslie

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Fall Fairs/Harvest Festivals & Elder Killjoy

by nuthouse escapee in

jw
friends

when my children were young my ex and i looked forward to going to the fall fair.

we chose a rural fair as it was more interesting.

there were cattle shows, a chicken barn with all breeds of chickens, and of course all the displays of fruits and vegetables.

nuthouse escapee

When my children were young my ex and I looked forward to going to the Fall Fair. We chose a rural fair as it was more interesting. There were cattle shows, a chicken barn with all breeds of chickens, and of course all the displays of fruits and vegetables. We looked forward to seeing the giant pumpkins that had been carefully milk fed to produce 'enormous' pumpkins. The best of fruits and veggies were judged, given ribbons and put on display.

So we innocently mentioned to Elder Killjoy (our book study conductor) that we were going to the Fall Fair. Next thing we know he's launching into the, "it has roots in a pagan festival" tirade and I'm thinking OMG is this guy for real.

I realize that there are pagan harvest festivals BUT....I also know that 'Jehovah's' people were to celebrate the ingathering and harvest of the first fruits, a week long festival no less. These people truly are Killjoys and try to find something to pick at no matter how trivial. We went to the fair anyway! Leslie

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They will be DFing me soon for apostasy...

by RayPublisher in

well i figured i should give you all an update.

they will be dfing me soon for apostasy.

it is not a huge surprise and i am not afraid nor "shaking in my boots", however i will admit it is stressful right now.

nuthouse escapee

The freedom after disfellowshipment is a gift. No longer having to look over your shoulder is liberating. I like your planned press release. It is well written and tells the story calmly, certainly not the rantings of a crazed apostate as the WT. would like others to believe we become after leaving. I agree with above posters that emphasizing the personal loss and appealing to the emotions of the potential reader is a good idea.

I am sorry to hear that your family has been torn apart by this. I admire your courage to do the right thing and to be true to your principles despite the consequences from the Borg. Keep up the good work. Leslie