Posts by Tameria2001

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Dating within JW's

by 720Reddog in

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how was dating in your congregation?.

The congregation I attended when I was a single JW sister, didn't have any single brothers, but there were several females. But when it became known there were several of age single females there were a few and I called them creepers come looking for a wife. None of my friends fell for them, fortunately. But before it was over most of us did eventually get married.

The first one of use to get married got married to the wrong man, they were divorced within less than 7 years.

The second one to get married met a brother originally from California who had temporarily transferred (work reason) to Kansas City Missouri. About a year after they were married they ended up moving back to where he was originally from.

The third one married a younger brother from the same congregation. He was about 3 years younger.. I believe that he wanted to marry someone like his mother because her personality and style of dress was just like his mother.

I was the next one to get married to my husband. We met at a kingdom hall build. He was from another state as well. I didn't know it at the time but he was a PIMO, but we had quite a lot in common. Our parents both became a JW to survive the big A in 1975 for starters.

This happened after I had moved away but another sister just couldn't find the right brother, and she ended up getting disfellowshipped twice for dating "worldly" men. When I last heard she had been married twice, and both times she married total dead beats who left her and their children without any support. She had to move back home until she could figure out what to do.

There were several others but I can't tell you what happened to them. As far as actual dating, there really wasn't. We all got married to the first guy we were "dating".

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147th Gilead prt. 3 - this could stumble people

by neat blue dog in

during gerrit loesch's talk just released, he goes on a long list of the false end times predictions throughout the millennia.

i didn't expect it, but then he goes into the precursors to the bible students who, when their dates failed, changed christ's presence to have happened 'invisibly'.

then it goes right into the jws, and he reads the quote from millions now living will never die about how we can 'confidently expect' the resurrection in 1925, and then the life everlasting book that predicted 1975. of course, he doesn't say how it's still going on, namely with the overlapping generation and its' accompanying convoluted chart, but still, this is more than they've ever said on the subject, especially recently.. it almost sounds like a forced statement, to address any backlash from people reading 'apostate lies' online, because he also says how the gb 'humbly' admitted mistakes, referencing the non-apology after 1975 that disturbed raymond franz.

Tameria2001

It doesn't surprise me because when I left a couple of elders came by my door to double-check and asked me why. I knew that I had to keep it brief because they wouldn't listen if it were very long. The one thing I brought up was the scripture in Deuteronomy about false prophets and 1975. I know that I was not the only one who brought this up to them. But when it comes to the majority of the rank and file, the GB knows that that won't phase them any, it didn't with my mother, who became a JW because of that lie.

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Latest Circuit Assembly Money Assault!

by eyeuse2badub in

probably not new to many of you but i'm gonna post it anyway!.

i went to a circuit assembly last week at the fremont, ca assembly hall in fremont, ca to be with my wife so she could be there to 'witness' the baptism of a person she "studied" with about 2 decades ago!.

at the main entry to the assembly hall there are 3 or 4 large double door entrances.

Tameria2001

Spiral, I don't think it will be tithing, but rather membership dues.

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Who's Happy To Go Abroad and Drive on the Other Side?

by snugglebunny in

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friends

i do it most years.

being in the uk, virtually every other country nearby drives on the right.

we drive on the left.

Tameria2001

Roundabouts really drive me a bit batty, but I'm slowly getting used to those things. My first encounter with one was about 5 years back, but it was not one that I drove on very often (Arkansas). Then I went to visit a relative in Missouri and really got confused, they had added one after we have moved away. Now they added another not far from where I currently live. My husband keeps hitting the curve on that one. lol

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If You Had The Choice To Live Anywhere In The World or Any State Where Would You Be?

by minimus in

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friends

i do like the usa but winters suck!

florida has some charm but it gets brutal with heat and humidity.

california is too looney.

Tameria2001

Biahi, I was watching something the other day about a woman who left a cult called the Quiverfull, that she grew up in, and she said the Duggars are members.

Here is the video if your interested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WQy4LGUQRg

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Self Driving Vehicles

by TD in

i was so stoked about the whole idea a few years ago, but am having serious misgivings at this point.. what are your experiences / impressions / opinions?.

Tameria2001

I have no desire to ever be inside a car that drives itself.

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Children

by Freedom rocks in

hi i haven't posted for a while but i have a question and would appreciate any advice offered.

i left the cult 2 years ago and i'm so happy now.

i struggled at first and with the help of the lovely men and women on here i got stronger and started to find myself and ive grown as a person (i'm not being told who i am or who i should be anymore).

Tameria2001

@Freedom Rocks, there is a man who has a Youtube channel who left the JWs, and in some of his videos, he talks about what he did to help his own children and the indoctrination that they had. His children are/were still fairly young. Here is one of his videos, but there are a few others where he talks about his own children. He might have some ideas for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbseKo5fpAY

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If You Had The Choice To Live Anywhere In The World or Any State Where Would You Be?

by minimus in

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friends

i do like the usa but winters suck!

florida has some charm but it gets brutal with heat and humidity.

california is too looney.

Tameria2001

Biahi, I haven't met any of the Duggars, but I have met several different people who know them personally and they all say the same thing, that they are all completely crazy.

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If You Had The Choice To Live Anywhere In The World or Any State Where Would You Be?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i do like the usa but winters suck!

florida has some charm but it gets brutal with heat and humidity.

california is too looney.

Tameria2001

Exactly where I am living, Northwest Arkansas, United States. For the most part we have fairly mild winters, and hardly any snow.

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Stupid armageddon false alarms

by purrpurr in

when i was 5/6 i remember being in the car with my jw mom and a jw sister.

they noticed a yellow ish glowing cloud in the sky which really freaked them out and they both declared that it must be a sign that armageddon was here!

they then spent the whole car trip declaring that the police and army were about to come and round up all of us.

Tameria2001

There were too many for me to count. But here are a few that really stuck out in my memory.

An older sister who claimed to be of the anointed said these words to me, "If we knew how close we were to the end we would just die of a heart attack."

Several brothers from the stage (different talks) would say, "We are in the final seconds of the last hours."

But the biggest confirmation was when George Bush said in a speech at the UN, "Today we declare peace and security."