Yes, I wrote those snippets a couple of years ago. I forgot about them actually...thanks for the compliment. They were a composite of many of the young couples I saw in the congregation. Frustration at its finest. I should go back and read those again. Perhaps I'll have a muse and start rewriting again!
TresHappy
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You mean to tell me, normal people don't get married at 17 or 18?
by free2beme inas a witness, most if not all of my friends were married by 18, with many woman married by 17. it was so normal, that when i left the religion and met all these people married in their 20's and later, that it seemed like they were starting late.
i actually was a late person in getting married, i was 23. i remember being one of the few people my age in the congregation, not married yet.
i actually remember thinking, where am i going to find someone to marry, that is not yet taken.
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Live like you were diein'
by startingover ini'm just listening to tim mcgraw sing this song about this.
what would you do if you were told you had a few months to live?.
i personally have been reflecting on this because my mother was recently told she had a real short time.
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TresHappy
I thought I was going to live forever...oops I was having a WT flashback...
I love the song; but I doubt I would ride a bull named Fu Man Chu.
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You mean to tell me, normal people don't get married at 17 or 18?
by free2beme inas a witness, most if not all of my friends were married by 18, with many woman married by 17. it was so normal, that when i left the religion and met all these people married in their 20's and later, that it seemed like they were starting late.
i actually was a late person in getting married, i was 23. i remember being one of the few people my age in the congregation, not married yet.
i actually remember thinking, where am i going to find someone to marry, that is not yet taken.
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TresHappy
I think many married young so they could have sex and wouldn't get the big D/F. My parents married that young (weren't JW's at the time) and they've been married over 50 years. Me, I was the last to marry in my family, at age 35 - I just didn't find anyone to marry until then!
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Going to Memorial Service for the first time.....what should we expect?
by whyizit inwe spent 6 months "studying" with a jw couple.
they claimed the wts had all the answers, but they actually couldn't answer any of our questions.
(we are devoted born-again bible-believing christians.).
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TresHappy
You will see the children all dressed in their Sunday best; you will think you're at an Easter Sunday service. You will see many dressed in sharp outfits; because the Memorial is a great time to go out and buy a "memorial/Easter" outfit. You'll see the young men directing you in the parking lot because this is the only time of year they get to do anything other than handle the microphones during the WT study. Everyone will be seated after sundown and listen to the same drab ol' outline we've heard a hundred times. It will last about an hour; afterwards many of the JW's will go out to eat together. As others have said; you just get to pass the wine and the bread; Jesus is not their mediator but no one ever told me that until I heard it from a pioneer during a book study. You will be lovebombed; because tons of people go to the Memorial; it's the first thing most potential JW's go to so they get to see what they're really like.
BTW, I got my invitation from my parents tonight to go to the Memorial - which I turned down.
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Witnessess are like...
by beautifulisfree inmy 'worldly' friend told me this the other day and i thought it was pretty funny.
jdubs are like mushrooms they are kept in the dark and fed sh!t.. .
okay your turn- witnessess are like:.
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TresHappy
smelly farts on a elevator...no one wants to smell them either.
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worst Bookstudy book
by darth frosty inwhat is the book you liked the least studying at the bookstudy?
for me it was the isaiah books.
side question which book did you like the best?
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TresHappy
The blood booklet. I actually remember my father trying to place that horrible booklet in the door-to-door work. I remember the look on the people's faces. Maybe it wasn't the blood booklet; maybe it was the Trinity brochure. Whichever thing it was it says the same thing: blah blah blah blah...
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Worst/strangest bookstudy group
by Virgochik inok, i was reading the "worst bookstudy book" thread, and it got me thinking about the worst book study groups i went to.
once, my dad was study conductor and the study was held in an elderly sister's home.
there was antique furniture and doilies on the tables.
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TresHappy
I started out in a horrible book study and then changed to a great book study...they actually had fun. The horrible one met in an elder's home. It was informal, but my parents went and MY MOM would come over during the meeting and mess with my skirt to make sure I wasn't showing anything (mind you I was in my early 20's by then...) I thought that's it and went to another book study. Not long after the only sweet family that went to the horrible book study were killed in a horrible car accident. The parents died, several of the children. I think one or two kids actually survived the crash and one died later and one did actually make it but had injuries. I asked Mom about that child not too long ago and said she was married now but thankfully has no memory of the crash.
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Autopsy
by ethic ini am not a jehovah's witness.
i am a physician, training in pathology.
in that capacity, it is my duty to perform autopsies on patients who die in the hospital where i work.
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TresHappy
I thought autopsies were only done when there was a non-attending medical person at the time of death; such as car accident, murder, etc - if a person is found dead, things like that. Most JW's would not object to an autopsy; since they believe when the body dies the soul dies too...actually JW's view of death is one of the few things I actually believed when I was a JW.
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Blessed Oh Jehovah - Prince to appear on American Idol...
by TresHappy inpop superstar prince will reportedly appear on american idol to both coach contestants and perform on the hit tv series - in a bid to maintain high album sales.
the notoriously shy star has just released his latest lp, 3121, which debuted at the top of the us billboard chart.
according to pagesix.com, executives from prince's record company convinced him to appear on the show to keep the album at the top of the charts, after noting a huge spike in album sales when barry manilow appeared on the program earlier this year.
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TresHappy
Pop superstar Prince will reportedly appear on American Idol to both coach contestants and perform on the hit TV series - in a bid to maintain high album sales. The notoriously shy star has just released his latest LP, 3121, which debuted at the top of the Us Billboard chart. According to PageSix.com, executives from Prince's record company convinced him to appear on the show to keep the album at the top of the charts, after noting a huge spike in album sales when Barry Manilow appeared on the program earlier this year. According to one source, "It wasn't easy though because Prince apparently hates the show and has never even watched it."
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Songs that helped you through leaving the cult of JWs....
by Sirona intell us which songs helped you when you left....it might be something others choose to listen to.. one of mine:.
"i don't believe" by skunk anansie.
cold blood, broken smile that is all that i have to give.
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TresHappy
Go away little girl...