Posts by stephanie61092

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Ekala Convention Hall To be Sold - Sri Lanka

by Sanath in

sri lanka has only one convention hall which is situated at 44, agaraduguru mawatha,ekala,ja-ela wp.

this was built on some where around 1990's.

now the sri lanka branch committee has decided to sale the property.what is the reason behind this??????????????

Sophie gives even more than ice cream money to the WT

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The memorial beauty pageant

by BlackWolf in

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since the memorial is coming up soon and its about time for me to go shopping for a new memorial ( aka easter) dress, i've realized what the memorial really is for us teenage girls, a beauty pageant!

the memorial is the day i spend painting my nails, curling my hair, and carefully applying makeup because my mother says i have to "represent jehovah" and look my best.

in reality its just to impress the newcomers and to compete with the other girls.

It's so very true. I would do it for the memorial, conventions and assemblies. I always had to have a new dress, and I would always go the extra mile with hair and make up. It was the most fun part of these events. It's funny to look back now at how hypocritical I was. I used to mock people who only showed up for the memorial in that they were no better than worldly people who only went to church on Easter. But I was the same as a religious worldly person on Easter, with buying a brand new memorial dress.

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Little Free Library

by pbrow in

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hey all,.

almost finished with a "little free library" to set up in front of the house and was wondering if anyone else has put one of these up?

got to thinking that it may get filled up with my tots fav periodicals, watchtower and awake.. anyone else had any experience with this?

stephanie61092

Unfortunately about a year ago I would've been a JW to fill your lovely little library with Watchtower and awakes (and maybe a bible teach book here and there). There are many free little libraries where I live and I would hit them all up when I was in early morning service. Easy way to pass the time and rack up the placement count.

I feel like I need to apologize to every business/home owner I littered with JW propaganda.

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Advice help

by Undercoverbrother in

but i have been undercover for about 3 years.

recently i stopped going and faded(close to a year without stepping into the hall) .

an old flame of mine (who is active witness) came back into the picture.

stephanie61092

You haven't been to the meetings in over a year. IF somehow they reach out, DONT take their call. A lot of people get in trouble because they're still actively attending the hall, and elders can't have someone commenting/giving talks/etc. if there's potential for a JC. IF they somehow get in touch with you, deny anything immoral happened. Don't deny you texted/saw her, because that could be easy to prove with text messages. But deny, deny, deny anything more than PG happened

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Advice help

by Undercoverbrother in

but i have been undercover for about 3 years.

recently i stopped going and faded(close to a year without stepping into the hall) .

an old flame of mine (who is active witness) came back into the picture.

stephanie61092

You haven't been to the meetings in over a year. IF somehow they reach out, DONT take their call. A lot of people get in trouble because they're still actively attending the hall, and elders can't have someone commenting/giving talks/etc. if there's potential for a JC. IF they somehow get in touch with you, deny anything immoral happened. Don't deny you texted/saw her, because that could be easy to prove with text messages. But deny, deny, deny anything more than PG happened

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What song explains what you have gone through in life?

by brandnew in

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this is mine....watch "coolio ft. l.v - gangsta's paradise (official music video)" on youtubehttps://youtu.be/cpgbzylnz7c

stephanie61092

Same as Village Idiot...

Losing My Religion

At first I was heartbroken but now I'm relieved.

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Would you have married your spouse if you weren't both JWs?

by 3rdgen in

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friends

ok, i've had some wine, but i'm curious.

objectively speaking, but for the religion, did you have enough in common with your spouse to have met and married as non believers?

stephanie61092

Not married, but as for my boyfriend... There's a possibility we would have met even without being JWs. I moved to his area for work and we probably would've eventually met as he seems to have a connection to everyone (popular guy!). I know I still would have been attracted to him ;) Some things would've been different though for sure. For one, when he was 18, he got DFed and managed to get himself reinstated and when we met, I had a great deal of respect for him because of that. So that aspect would've been gone if we were never JWs. However, I'm grateful to have wound up with someone who woke up not long after me and is helping, encouraging me through this dreadful process. Now, I'm not so sure I could be with a person who didn't have a JW background and who couldn't appreciate the craziness and trauma that the cult inflicts onto people.

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Scientology, FLDS, jws what's the difference?

by Ghiagirl in

i feel a little better i didn't believe in polygamy or that a volcano erupted and we flew out of them and came down to the earth or whatever scientologists believe.

but at the same time all 3 groups have the same cult qualities.

anyone who doesn't believe is called an apostate, members get shunned whether it's disfellowshipping or disconnecting.

stephanie61092

The documentary on Scientology is called "Going Clear"

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Long time lurker, first time poster ...

by LettMorrisSplaneit in

i finally had the guts to create a profile to be able to post.

i've been lurking for a few months and have read all your experiences and comments dutifully.

you have been a great help in my process of waking up from this cult posing as the one true religion.

stephanie61092

Hello and welcome! Best of luck in your wake

up process. This board is a great place to start.