Had one for less than a week, only because my husband won it. Couldn't figure out how to operate the stupid thing, and I'm talking about the startup. But after all the weird stuff I hear about it, I'm glad I don't have one.
Tameria2001
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Do You Have ALEXA?
by minimus inwhat’s your opinion of having alexa ?
is it something you would get if you don’t already have it?
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What to do when you're PIMO and dont want to date a jw?
by nowawake14 inwhat are your thoughts on that?.
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Tameria2001
Then don't date a JW, but until you can be honest with yourself, don't drag anyone else into the problems you are dealing with.
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Tameria2001
Global Warming is the last thing on my mind. A while back I did take a look into it and discovered why the earth is heating up, and it is not just the earth, but our whole solar system. Global warming/global cooling it's been that way since the beginning of time. Now if one wants to do something about global issues, pollution though is an altogether different subject.
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Head Coverings for Women
by Diogenesister inwatchtower's ignorance around the historical background to many biblical directives has had a very negative effect on the lives of witnesses.. for instance paul said women should cover their heads because in corinth prostitutes walked the streets plying for business with their heads uncovered.
hence head coverings were never a symbol of headship but a directive very specific to that period, as was the blood directive!!.
watchtower leaders have been lawyers, businessmen, civil servants and door-to-door book salesmen, never, ever historians or biblical scholars.
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Tameria2001
I never understood the purpose behind that whole Sister must have their head covered Then when there were no brothers there to lead for field service, I would see people like my mother put a paper towel or napkin on top of her head. Now mind you my mother is a very obese white woman with an afro.
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An old memory...
by Biahi inwhen i was newly divorced,still attending meetings, some of the younger married sisters got friendly with me.
we went out (to bars) after the meeting, we hung out, etc.
then one “ friend” asked me for a favor.
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Tameria2001
resolute Bandicoot,
I asked him if this ever bothered him, and he told me no. Yet, on the other hand, there were things he told me about that made me wonder if it did play a part. As a teen, he became very sexually active and also developed a drug addiction. Eventually, he did go into rehab when his best friend died from a heroin OD. It was his grandmother who helped him with that, and his parents still don't know about that even to this day. He's been clean for 35 years, although there were a couple of times that he did come close to slipping. It was before we had left the Watchtower, and his JW parents and brother were being total pricks to him.
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An old memory...
by Biahi inwhen i was newly divorced,still attending meetings, some of the younger married sisters got friendly with me.
we went out (to bars) after the meeting, we hung out, etc.
then one “ friend” asked me for a favor.
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Tameria2001
My husband when he was 13 years old lost his virginity to his JW babysitter who was in her 30's at the time.
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Money! How much did you "Contribute" To The WTB@TS When You Were A Member
by The Bethelite ini was in full time service for six years including bethel.
once i got out of bethel, i figured i had already given them six of the best years of my life (ages 18-24) working as a slave/drone in their factory, so i rationalized that i had given them enough... so over the next 27 years i would say maybe $200 bucks is it.
i think their whole "voluntary contributions" idea is biting them in the ass, because over all jehovah's witnesses are a cheap group people with a few exceptions.
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When the Watchtower change from charging fo the literature to asking for a donation was when I stopped giving any money. What had happened was what I did before was the very first time I picked up anything at the literature department I paid for it out of my own pocket. Then afterward I would take the money I got from the householder from the publications to buy more literature.
But after they changed it from charging a set amount to the donation for the world wide work. There was an elder actually had the nerve to tell me that I need to pay for it out of my own pocket and then also give any money I got from the householder as well. This pissed me off, but I didn't say a word, just ok.
After that, I went in and ordered every single past bound volume and any other publication the Watchtower had at the time. I did not pay for it. I did that because I was giving the Watchtower a What For. Also at that time, I decided to stop asking for any kind of donation, so the Watchtower was actually losing money at my end.
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WT Teaching That You Can't Leave Behind
by jhine inafter posting on another thread it became apparent to me that it can be difficult for some ex jws to totally shake off all wt teaching , even after leaving the org.
do you still feel guilty going into a church for a wedding or a funeral .
can you bring yourself to celebrate birthdays or christmas .
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Do you still feel guilty going into a church for a wedding or a funeral?
No, I actually started attending a church, well several even before I sent in my DA letter. I was looking for answers.
Can you bring yourself to celebrate birthdays or Christmas?
Yes, but for a long time, I was in conflict over the holidays. To tell you the truth it took me 18 years before I was totally free of any conflict regarding anything involving religion or the bible.
Would you hesitate to accept a blood transfusion if you needed one?
I had one, it was either that or not being around to raise my two young sons, and leaving my husband behind.
Does the indoctrination that you received still work to put a barrier between you and the rest of society in the way it was intended to when you were "in"?
Do indoctrination but a barrier between me and the rest of society, no, but dealing with selfish pricks has.
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Would You Stop Buying A Product Because of Political Differences?
by minimus inwould you stop buying nike products because you didn’t like their politics?
conversely, would you give business to a company because you liked their political stand on a matter?
would you stop watching an entertainer because you disagree with their political perspectives?
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Political views no, but them being a total @$$ towards me would, and yes there are a few businesses on my cr@p list.
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If You Could Live In Any Era or Decade What Would It Be?
by minimus ini kind of like the 50’s and early 60’s because of the innocence and “happy days” outlook by that generation.
it seems most people were pretty innocent and real.. would you rather be living in a different era or is this century working for you?
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I have a different viewpoint of that time period from listening from my parents. My mom grew up in the north (Wisconsin), and my dad grew up in the south (Texas and Oklahoma). My mom has mostly pretty good memories of her time growing up, my parents were both in the military when they met and were married in 1966.
My dad's memories from that time period were not good memories. His dad had major issues with alcoholism, and because of that, his family was homeless on several occasions. There was a lot of bad things that were going on in the past. The issue with memories of the past is that people will remember the happy and good memories while forgetting the bad and rough times.
If I could pick any Era or Decade to live it, it would be now. With the aid of the internet, it exposes things that are going on in religion to name one.