Posts by Snoozy

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How is it that well educated and financially stable people become Jehovah's Witnesses?

by 21stcenturywoman in

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when i was growing up most of the jws around me were poor and lower middle class.

some were middle class, but very few were upper middle class.

only (maybe) about 1% were college educated.

Snoozy

Of the two that comes to my mind , the husband of one ws a control freak..he insisted his house be imaculate at all time even tho they had 2 children. She decided to pioneer one month and would get up at 4 am to do housework..he eventually joined because he liked the fact he could continue to boss his wife and kids around legally so to speak..

The other couple couldn't have children and were heartbroken..they were given the hope of having children in the "New System".

Come to think of it many either had controlling husbands or couldn't have children..do I see a pattern in the 50's and 60's?

Adopting was really hard to do in those days..

Snoozy

Edited to add that there were also those that had many kids and were just looking for some kind of hope..relief

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Songs that remind you of your Mum . . .

by nicolaou in

i remember my mum standing at the kitchen sink preparing little cypriot meat patties in a beat up enamel dish.

there was a window overlooking the small garden where me and my brother and sisters used to play (wonderful, wonderful times before the cult got its tentacles into our family).. my mum used to sing lots of tunes but this lynn anderson song is the one i remember .

actually choking up a little .

Snoozy

ex why zee, you just reminded me that I had always taken my parents for granted..then one day in grade school at parent teacher night a fellow classmate came up to me and said "Your mom is so beautiful and your dad is so handsome..I had never even thought about it before..I had to agree.. After that I looked at them with different eyes..

Snoozy

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Songs that remind you of your Mum . . .

by nicolaou in

i remember my mum standing at the kitchen sink preparing little cypriot meat patties in a beat up enamel dish.

there was a window overlooking the small garden where me and my brother and sisters used to play (wonderful, wonderful times before the cult got its tentacles into our family).. my mum used to sing lots of tunes but this lynn anderson song is the one i remember .

actually choking up a little .

Snoozy

Mouthy wrote:
SNOOZY!!!! Thank YOU so much!!!!It was BOTH of those my MUM used to sing to me...

I havent heard them since ..That was SOOOOO Kind of you to get it for me

SOB SOB!!!!! Over 80 years ago she sang them to me. She had a loovely voice
I really appreciate you doing this for ME

Oh gosh, thanks Grace... I was hoping you would see them before they got lost in the crowd..Hugs

Snoozy

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What's the most dumbest/petty thing you've heard of someone being "stumbled" over?

by Reality79 in

- some loser once took offense that i hugged a sister goodbye at a leaving do and ran back to the elders like a little child telling on me.

i was 15, this sister was in her 40s at the time.. - this elder said someone told him they saw me with a copy of the sun newspaper.

yes, this paper is known for its 'page 3' topless girls but far from pornagraphic and i wasn't even thinking along those lines.. - one brother who had a good job was 'counselled' because he was actually able to buy himself nice things including a new car (shock, horror!!

Snoozy

My teen kids at the time were told to NOT hang around the black witnesses kids in public or have them over to our house because others (JW's included in that others) may not understand and get stumbled into not wanting to be a witness . It was OK to do at the hall and assemblies tho..

Pissed me off royally. I thought ,"What a bunch of hypocrties hiding behind religion . Using that for an excuse for their own prejudice.." I never thought for a moment that it was because they were afraid we would stumble someone.

Snoozy..

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What's the most dumbest/petty thing you've heard of someone being "stumbled" over?

by Reality79 in

- some loser once took offense that i hugged a sister goodbye at a leaving do and ran back to the elders like a little child telling on me.

i was 15, this sister was in her 40s at the time.. - this elder said someone told him they saw me with a copy of the sun newspaper.

yes, this paper is known for its 'page 3' topless girls but far from pornagraphic and i wasn't even thinking along those lines.. - one brother who had a good job was 'counselled' because he was actually able to buy himself nice things including a new car (shock, horror!!

Snoozy

I was never counseled..

But when I was a young mother of three I did a sister's ironing to pay for the gas she used picking me up and taking me to meetings and taking me out in service..a brother found out and counseled her for letting me do that. That he said was like charging me to do somthing that should be coming from the heart. Paying for gas was a option, not a requirement. Letting me iron to pay for it was wrong. I found out later that it was another sister that told on her..she told the brothers this sister was taking advantage of me. It just so happened this sister that told on me, I also did her ironing but she was paying me for it. A lot more than the cost of a tank of gas..so she was right!.

Don't even ask about being uninvited to the anniversary party.

Snoozy

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Do You Blame Your Current Life's Issues Because You Were A JW?

by minimus in

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do you tend to blame your problems on the fact that you were a jehovah's witness?.

Snoozy

No, I blame them on the problems I had that led me to become a JW..no one twisted my arm and forced me to become one. I was not born in. Even then a born in can grow up and leave anytime they want. I blame it on a person's personality and personal shortcomings..we can always change who we are..even if we can't change what we were..

Snoozy

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When did jehovah's witnesses become "the truth"?

by Hobo Ken in

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what's the best explanation?.

always since russell founded them?.

chosen in a specific year by jesus?.

Snoozy

Believe it or not some even called it "The Way" back in the 50's. I know there is a religion that goes by that name but they meant it was the only way to get everlasting life when they said it. Instead of "The Truth some witnesses said "The Way". I don't know if the magazines ever reflected that saying but I heard many I associated with call it that back then.

I did find one article a while back tht called it that in discussing a bible scripture but have no idea where it is now.

Snoozy, who never ever refers to it as "The Truth"". I always call it the Jehovah's Witness religion or the WTBTS ..

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Songs that remind you of your Mum . . .

by nicolaou in

i remember my mum standing at the kitchen sink preparing little cypriot meat patties in a beat up enamel dish.

there was a window overlooking the small garden where me and my brother and sisters used to play (wonderful, wonderful times before the cult got its tentacles into our family).. my mum used to sing lots of tunes but this lynn anderson song is the one i remember .

actually choking up a little .

Snoozy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOWuerPPEcQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob0YKZdHCZw For Mouthy...

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Songs that remind you of your Mum . . .

by nicolaou in

i remember my mum standing at the kitchen sink preparing little cypriot meat patties in a beat up enamel dish.

there was a window overlooking the small garden where me and my brother and sisters used to play (wonderful, wonderful times before the cult got its tentacles into our family).. my mum used to sing lots of tunes but this lynn anderson song is the one i remember .

actually choking up a little .

Snoozy

OMG Broken Promises my Mom sang that too! (Bonnie lies over the ocean) Only thing is my Mom only sang it when she was mad at my dad or the world.. Whenever she would start singing it I knew something was in the wind..I usually went to my girlfriends house for a while..my Dad confessed to having an affair when overseas in the army and I think if had something to do with that, Whenever she thought of that she would sing that song..and not in a pretty way.

A cure story, when I was cleaning out my Dad's stuff I came accross a tape recorder..my Mom had previously passed away. A year before. Anyway, I pressed play and there was my Mom singing a love song to my Dad..I got goosebumps and started crying it was so soft and pretty.

Snoozy

JW Facts...

by Snoozy in

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i just went to your site ( www.jwfacts.com) and noticed that the article on jw's celebrating wedding anniversaries is no longer there?

am i just not finding it or is it gone?

if so do you have any idea what site may have info on it?.

Snoozy

I just went to your site ( www.jwfacts.com) and noticed that the article on JW's celebrating Wedding anniversaries is no longer there? Am I just not finding it or is it gone? If so do you have any idea what site may have info on it?

Thanks, Snoozy