Cimarrona

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  It's My 25th Birthday!!!

  by Cimarrona in

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  2. experiences

  and i'm glad to alive and celebrating!

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  Cimarrona

  And I'm glad to alive and CELEBRATING!
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  Non JW wife/JW husband Christmas tree debate

  by spacegirl443 in

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  2. friends

  first post here and looking for advice and help.

  sorry in advance for it being so long :(.

  i'm a happily married woman (no kids) who is a non-jw, presbyterian to be precise.

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  Spacegirl,

  I truly feel for you. I've never been married to a JW or otherwise, but growing up, I closely observed a few "mixed" marriages (most often with JW wife/non-JW husband) and can tell you that (1) peace and harmony are, at best, fleeting if not altogether non-existent and (2) there is absolutely no respect by the mate or their JW family/friends for the beliefs of non-JW partner - THE GOAL IS ALWAYS TO CONVERT. PERIOD. Ironically (to JWs at least), of my four older sisters, my sister who married a non-JW is the only one whose marriage lasted more than five years (and is still going reasonably strong). When I was a teenager opening up to my parents about my romantic interests and such and talking to my mother about her romantic past leading up to my father, in relation to my non-JW brother in law, she said that him being a good husband/father was a tool of the devil to mislead us into association with worldly people. You hear me, Spacegirl? She said the only reason that a man who she'd known upwards of ten years at this point would treat her daughter and grandchildren well is because of the devil. And let me tell you - on the JW spectrum, my mother is a liberal leaning moderate. Be careful.
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  For a good laugh, check this out on jw. org

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. social
  2. humour

  go to jw.org and watch some of the caleb and sophia videos in solomon islands pidgin language.

  hilarious!.

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  "Hahaha their ancestors were kidnapped and enslaved and forced to purge their pagan ways (including their language) and embrace Jesus and English in order to advance European/Anglo-American empire. And they still speak English so funny. It's cute. Hahahaha." 🤔🤔🤔
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  Name a song title..........

  by punkofnice in

  1. social
  2. humour

  replace one word in a song title with the word 'elder/s'.. eg.

  the elders are back in town' (boys).

  smoke on the elder (water).

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  Another one bites the elders
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  Daughter gets fondled -- mother's loving strategy takes back seat

  by FatFreek 2005 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  nightmare on elm street.

  mother to elder: tiffany, my daughter, shocked me last night.

  she told me she was fondled by our hispanic neighbor after she babysat for their children.. elder: that is terrible to hear, sister.

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  You took the words out of my mouth @oppostate. I'm unclear why the fictitious assailant had to be identified ethnically... besides racism.
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  "Slaving For Jehovah Is Great, Because Your Life Won't Go Wrong." Sigh...

  by Sorry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  granted, i'm a pimo status, so i normally just play on my cell phone and ignore everything during meetings and assemblies.

  but at the assembly this past weekend, my ears were pricked for two experiences of two sisters dedicating themselves to pioneering.

  this was probably because i was extremely freaked out by both of them.

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  There are several examples of racially charged WT language that really shows the impact that the social climate of late 19th/early 20the century U.S. had on the org - overseer, pioneer, and slave come to mind.
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  Stranger Things on Netflix

  by Cimarrona in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i've been knee deep in this netflix series "stranger things," which is a science fiction show about a group of adolescent friends in a town where a government lab has been doing experiments.

  it took me like a year to get around to watching it.

  but so glad that i finally started.

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  I've been knee deep in this Netflix series "Stranger Things," which is a science fiction show about a group of adolescent friends in a town where a government lab has been doing experiments. It took me like a year to get around to watching it. But so glad that I finally started. I highly recommend it. It's well written and beautifully shot. I even shed a few tears a couple times. Anyway... watching Stranger Things makes me wish I'd had the opportunity to develop genuine friendships as a child (the worldly kids were, well, worldly; and the witness kids were bad association). It also makes me feel sorry for all the dubs who are going to miss out on some great television cause it would probably fall under the label of "occult" (even though it's not). Sigh.
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  Religion is just like Advertising!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a thought occurred to me today, that religion is just like a clever marketer or advertiser.

  first , a "problem" is created, then the advertiser offers the "solution"!.

  religion does the same!

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  As Rutherford was known to have said: "Advertise! Advertise! Advertise!" Lol.
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  JWs don’t break up families

  by Jules Saturn in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i get very angry when i hear this claim being made by jws and get even angrier when i read the article they have on their faq section on jw.org which i’ll leave a link here:.

  https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/families/.

  i know that the majority of this article is written about having a spouse that isn’t a believer and how the bible encourages them to stay together but that’s one of the things that can cause division in a family, for an example if a son or daughter marry a nonbeliever or a worldly person the parents aren’t going to attend the wedding.. once i was told by an elder that if i continued with my behavior of wanting to seek worldly friends and worldly companionship that i would have to leave my home because the holy spirit would leave my house and that would have a huge impact on my family.

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  I'm remember going over this from the Reasoning Book during the service meeting. You shouldn't have to practice explaining things that are true. IJS.
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  matured mentally

  by Akid48 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i dont know if any one else is feeling this but after waking up i feel like i matured mentally etc.. im only 13 maybe its just me but i wanted to know if any had this feeling just a quick post..

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  Congratulations to you for being 13 and waking up. I don't know you but I'm proud nonetheless. I've found that I've matured mentally, emotionally, and intellectually - and six years later, there's still so much more maturing to do. Keep the not-faith, kid.