When I married in 1998, I had been out of the JW's for a while. I knew that if I was going to have a wedding with my JW parents present, I would have to bend to their wishes, (no this, no that). So I did the rebellious thing and got married to my fellow on a beach in Jamaica. Wonderful and romantic. When we got back, we had a reception at home a few weeks later. My JW parents did come to that, and it was lovely!
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We shall NOT watch how we walk
by mikepence inmy family will not be attending the march.
i respect bill and what he has accomplished, but i believe that attempts to control the march and the marchers, are misplaced -- even damaging for victims of abuse -- who have been controlled enough!.
the last thing victims of abuse need is to be told to keep up appearances.
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My goodness, in the JW's I had more issues than a stack of magazines. However, I plan on showing my own protest. There's a KH near my house and I am going to put a stuffed lamb inside the doorway to show my support for all silentlambs. And Mike Pence, why did you solicit for money and then turn a quick about face. Sounds like a whim on your part. There has to be some civility at the march, and Bill has a right to put his wishes in if he chooses.
I need some money too. I am not a moocher, but a very charming sponge.
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My cat--Need Your Help in Naming Her
by patio34 ini have a new cat.
a smallish young adult (1-2 years old) female, with black & gold back and white chest, belly and feet.
i can't come up with a name i like.
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Why don't you name is Splendor - so when it goes outside and pees, you can say "Hey there's Splendor in the grass."
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The worst company I worked for.
by Preston innope, the above isn't a cryptic reference to my experience wallowing in the low spark of domineering elders, self-righteous piblishers, and heavy handed overseers.
it is however an accurate statement regarding my 7-month stay at an internet company here in arizona that sold ink cartridges over the web.
it was my first full-time job after i graduated from college with my bachelor's degree last year, and in my mind it was one of the most poorly run companies in the world.
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Oh goodness, what a wonderful thread to do my venting. My worst job experience came in about 1990. I had just broken up with my first fiance. (thanks in large part to our different religious beliefs and his was his refusal to join the JW's, well good for him now that I look back in retrospect). I quit my job because he and I worked at the same place (another good reason for not dating people that you work with...) I got a job a small CPA firm here in the D/FW area and the first few weeks were OK. However I was expected to drive around my car and do all the deliveries for the office. Well there was one minority partner in the firm, "Lisa", (I can say her name because of reasons explained) who enjoyed berating me at different times. She and I were the same age, but because she had the CPA diploma on her wall, she said we weren't equals. What a wonderful thing to tell your subordinate! One day I said I work with her, and she says no you work FOR me! I was plotting her demise in my dreams at night to get thru the job. She would yell at me if I parked in different spots in our parking lot (although none were assigned, she was just looking for things to yell at me about.) I put up with this for months until I couldn't take it anymore. I went to the head of the firm and explained my frustrations. He was sympathetic but yet did nothing to change her abusive manner towards me and especially other women in the office. I finally went in and told my supervisor if that B_ _ _ _ _ doesn't leave me alone, then to just fire me. I didn't want to quit, because then I wouldn't be eligible for unemployment benefits. Well, the next day I was fired. My JW elder father took me to a local cafeteria and we had a "Get Fired" party.
Fast forward 10 years and last summer someone that knew me from the firm asked me about Lisa. Whatever happened to her, do you know? I said I think she got married, however that's it. Well I typed her name into www.google.com and found her name on a "in memory of" website. I thought, is she dead? I contacted my old employer and they said she had died from the effects of childbirth and her baby died soon after. I thought what a tragedy to happen to this person. Even though I had "plotted" her demise in my thoughts, I had no idea she had really passed on. She was just 36 and had wanted to be a parent so badly, so badly that it killed her. I felt so bad for all those negative feelings I had towards her, and learning upon her untimely death how I hadn't dealt with all that anger that I harbored against her and people like her. I thank God I now have the real Jesus and don't have to "worry" about whether I will be saved in the day of Jah's anger. No more going door to door to earn my place in the new system.
With the JW's I have the throw up and go syndrome - heave and leave!
Edited by - TresHappy on 14 August 2002 16:54:31
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Watchtower judges man on size of nose.!!
by avengers inwatch tower judges man on size of nose .
1921 "the size of the nose, as also the size of the eyes, is not without significance.
the small-nosed man cannot have a judicial mind, whatever his other excellencies may be.
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Wasn't Charles Taze Russell into phrenology, where he based a person's "spirituality" by the bumps on your head and the shape of your skull? I remember someone telling me that years ago. I think it was Lorri MacGregor.
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Jeffrey Lynn Caldwell - he killed his wife, mom and sister named Kimberly in July, 1988. Does this sound familiar?
Jeffrey Caldwell was executed by the state of Texas on 8/30/2000.
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Did man go to the moon?
by sleepy indid man go to the moon?.
just watched an amazing programme that claimed the moon landings were faked.i was supprised at how compeling the evidence against a moon landing was.anyone know more about the subject?.
if it is true that this didn't happen it raises a whole lot of questions about how trust worthy our governments are.
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I really believe man went to the moon. The only good thing about that movie Capricorn I is that O.J. Simpson was killed.
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JW's inability to answer a simple question
by Jigrigger inhi folks,.
it never ceases to amaze me how jws will dance around an issue when even the simplest of questions is put to them.. check this out at just jws.
http://groups.msn.com/justjws/debate.msnw?action=get_message&mview=1&id_message=3684&lastmodified=4675384219743916467.
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The JW's like to twist more than Chubby Checker.
Tres Happy
When I was a JW, I had the Throw up and Go Syndrome. Heave and Leave!
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homophobia is a mis-nomer
by sawthelight insince phobia means "afraid of", i think the term homophobia should be clarified.
to most people i would be considered homophobic, howeve, i'm not afraid of homos, i just don't like them.
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I flirted with homosexuality in college, having a fling with a few women. From the beginning I knew it wasn't right, I was just intoxicated by the taboo of it all. (Plus if my mother knew, she would die!!!) I guess it was sort of a Anne Heche thing, because eventually I got over this phase in my life and am happily married to a great and wonderful guy.
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Prevalence of JW Suicides - Real or Imagined?
by AMNESIAN inin one or two recent threads i've seen reference to the possibility of a rising number of jw suicides being another of the organization's very dark realities about which it is vigilant in keeping concealed from its pub populace.
is there anyone reasonably informed regarding this?
is there reason to suppose the incidence ratio among jws is any higher than among any peoples/religion?
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I thought I was "happy" JW, but I was fooling myself, which made me more depressed. When I sought out a counselor, I was urged to "go to the elders," which I did. They told me all I need was the organization and the WT as my counselor. When I threatened to hurt myself, I was finally taken seriously. My depression is stable with medication and leaving the WT was the best thing I ever did. Exiting isn't that easy, but when it's done, it's much better than crashing your car into a telephone pole.