Posts by LoisLane looking for Superman

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How Many Prayed Out Loud whilst they were at a restaurant?

by LoisLane looking for Superman in

jw
friends

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not loudly, but just so your table could hear?.

ll.

LoisLane looking for Superman

A number of times we would have the DO or CO out at a restaurant with us.

When my ex would defer to them to say prayer , almost always, they would say,

"Out in public, we each say our own silent prayer". lol

They didn't want to look weird, either! lol

Oh, come on somebody!

Who lives around me?

Let's go out for dinner, doesn't matter how many people join us,

and say prayer , out loud, lol

And I'll say hallelujah at the end... Real loud.

Oh... Let's all wear any old JW convention badge, so we can give all the credit to WT... lol

But let's not stiff the waiter. That is not nice.

LL

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As a parent, did you ever have a swimming pool and invite neighbor kids?

by 4thgen in

being 4th generation, i realize that am socially stunted, in regard to those that are not jws.

i am forging ahead and endeavoring to build a life outside of jw's.

i am trying as i can to socialize my child to make friends and be a normal kid.

LoisLane looking for Superman

We had a swimming pool in our back yard. The rules were if you went out in service in the morning, you were invited over for the afternoon.

We had lots of fun, lots of BBQ's, lots of parties. The only part I didn't like, was when I was a little girl, and people would come over and walk around the pool and gaze into the water and say, "But how safe is the water for children?" I never clicked in that this was my mom's cue she was waiting for to push me into the deep end, even in winter, unheated water, fully clothed, with leather shoes on. I would struggle to the top and make my way out, smiling of course, anything else was not acceptable. I guess the part I didn't hear was her probably telling the parents, as I was trying not to drown in sometimes freezing water, "Always make sure your children know how to swim... "

My 8th grade class was invited over. My dad helped the boys to make old fashioned crank style , ice cream.

I don't know how long your outdoor swimming season is but I wish you joy, fun and lots of happy memories.

I would definitely vote yes for a swimming pool.

LoisLane

26

In Death lies Glory

by BluePill2 in

i was alone at the new branch construction site in ticuantepe (nicaragua).

everybody had taken off for a weekend assembly in the capital and it was my turn to have watchman duty and guard the site.

we had dogs and i only had to walk around the perimeters and check all the gates and entrances.. suddenly a young boy appeared at the main gate, breathless and visibly nervous.

LoisLane looking for Superman

BluePill2... Your last paragraph, ^^^^^ yes, we have all seen that.

I wonder what the normal people think of JW's? The dead person's work mates and neighbors that come, besides relatives that are not JW and hear really, nothing said about the dead one.

Looking back at those unemotional informercial memorials/funerals, how did WT/JW/GB treat us? They treated us like we were just good for nothing slaves.

Dead you say ? Too bad. Recruit another person we can turn into our free labor drone's.

LoisLane

PS BluePill2... Did you realize we 'signed" up at the same time? (OK, 4 days apart). lol

I am recuperating, still, from all the evilness , and all the silly wack a doodle changes that were enforced and "you have to's" of the WT/JW/GB.

I am draining them out of my mind.

I wish you well in the journey of your life.

44

New Financial Arrangements

by Joe Grundy in

dear friends.

i never was a dub.

i am not a qualified lawyer or accountant.

LoisLane looking for Superman

Before the Tech Stock bubble, I was aware that you could buy yourself an established Bank anywhere in the world, many were already set up, to own outright or to possibly launder money. The

older the established Bank was, the more valuable it was.

I am curious to know how many Banks does Watch Tower own, with who knows who's name is on it, with how many millions, billions in it?

LL

324

Is this new donation arrangement for real?

by nugget in

just read a post on jwsurvey about the new donation arrangement.

congregations are to pledge a monthly amount to be sent to the society to fund the building of assembly halls and kingdom halls.

congregations who already have a loan from the society will no longer have to pay back the loan but the amount pledged should not be less than the current monthly repayments to the society.

LoisLane looking for Superman

D of S... You are a funny guy. ^^^^^

Your last sentence is just a string of words, that unfortunately, we all know. I want to throw after I read your last sentence.

LoisLane , trying to recover after decades of WT, indoctrination.

26

In Death lies Glory

by BluePill2 in

i was alone at the new branch construction site in ticuantepe (nicaragua).

everybody had taken off for a weekend assembly in the capital and it was my turn to have watchman duty and guard the site.

we had dogs and i only had to walk around the perimeters and check all the gates and entrances.. suddenly a young boy appeared at the main gate, breathless and visibly nervous.

LoisLane looking for Superman

Everything you said Clarity! ^^^^^

It hasn't been 2 years since I understood that I will die. So much has happened during that time. My sister died 9 months ago. I wake up and I think she is not here anymore to experience this beautiful day. I will never see her again. Her husband still thinks he will see her in the JW belief of a resurrection back to earth. The latest Watchtower of will you be able to marry your loved one again... Is so Watch- tarded !

I so want to have grandchildren. It makes me think what was the point of living? Of the agony? Of the struggle if I do not? To me the point of living means children and grandchildren and love and happiness and family. When you do not have those things, what do you have?

I am sorry for the young 20 year old boy who died. Watch Tower lied to his family and WT lies for their own gains. He is dead and gone.

Everything dies. I am happier to know the real truth. I can take it. It was hard, but not impossible to accept.

I try hard now, not to waste what precious time, counting down, that I have. As a person thinking I was going to live forever, all my desires were put on hold for what I was brainwashed to believe was a higher and nobler cause. Wrong, and I have to live with that.

LL

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Had an argument with my wife about tinkerbell :(

by BU2B in

one of my co workers mother made my 4 year old a blanket with the disney character tinkerbell on it.

as soon as i got it i knew trouble lay ahead.

i wanted to reason with her before my daughter saw it so as not to cause a disruption, but it didn't work out that way.

LoisLane looking for Superman

dogon ... During prayer at the KHall back in the 1970's, I looked down at the boys summertime shirts standing in front of me. The boy's shirts were a print with all Egyptian pagan images on them.

Totally an " untheocratic " pattern! I showed my ex, an Elder. He just shrugged his shoulders.

The father of the boys grew-up to go in the circuit work with his wife. Hi John!

The oldest boy, got his JW girlfriend pregnant. Her uncle was a JW District Overseer. Her Uncle actually came out and married them! Hi Wayne!

LL

44

New Financial Arrangements

by Joe Grundy in

dear friends.

i never was a dub.

i am not a qualified lawyer or accountant.

LoisLane looking for Superman

Hi Joe Grundy, I want you to know that I value your opinion, especially since you have never been a JW.

I was born in, and surrounded by JDumism my entire life.

I really haven't gotten to know normal people, without witnessing to them, and that is not going to be any kind of a normal interaction between adults.

You and jgnat present logical and sound thinking, without it being filtered through any type of pre-existing WT twisted sayings.

There are a few more that were never JW's that post, and all of your comments are appreciated and listened to.

JW's are, sweet little abused sheep, for the most part. This excludes GB and other high ups that are in for their ego's etc.

Thank you Joe for taking the time to follow what WT/GB is up to, and caring.

LL

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A Thread for Cyclists - Where Do you Ride?

by cofty in

i took up cycing a couple of months ago just to get fitter and lose a bit of excess weight.. i bought a second-hand hybrid bike (weighs only slightly less than a truck) and fitted road tyres.

four or five times a week i will go for a ride after work for an hour or so.

i am fortunate enough to live in rural north england surrounded by limitless quiet roads.

LoisLane looking for Superman

Gypsy Sam that deserves a WOW! So beautiful! I love palm trees. (Living where nature grows, waters, and fertilizes Douglas fir trees...) lol

LL

30

Big Time Hypocrite

by Iamallcool in

jw
friends

my dad told me this story long time ago.

there was an long time elder that is never married.

he got caught going to brothel one day after a brother followed him there.

LoisLane looking for Superman

I know a brother in the next congo to mine, where I grew up. A very nice couple, both JW's, but seemingly that was not enough??? lol

To free himself, he went to Las Vegas and got a girl. His wife just happened to be visiting the same Hotel with her Grandmother and saw them.

After he got back and confessed to her and the Elder's he got DF and they got divorced. I don't think she ever told him she saw him. She remarried a man of her choice and was happy.

Hi Janet if you are out there!

LL