Posts by Tameria2001

perhaps not a topic for everybody... mine.. in both sp service in a foreign field in europe , the freedom and helping people to read and write in spanish .

doing a lot of work in the congregations.. in missionary-service.. helping congregations in a third-world country and see good results in family relations.

and the siestas from 13:00 to 15:00..... who has good memories of bethel?

My main memory was how broke and in debt I was. I recall the number of times my car was used out in field service, and no one helped towards the fule cost of the car. Where I was living at the time was a mostly rural area. I was still living at home with my parents, and how my mom forced me to go out in field service every single day, and how exhausted I was. It never failed on a Thursday I would always fall asleep in the car. Me being a regular pioneer was all my mother's idea, and at the time I just did not know how to tell people NO.

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Role Call, Number of Family Members Who Have Shunned You!

by The Bethelite in

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just one left, my sister.

i haven't talk to her in over 15 years.

the rest are all dead.. i'm not counting my ex wife and all her family.... .

Tameria2001

2 - Both my father and mother shun me, and my dad has never been a JW

4 - My sister is married to my husband's brother, and their two children.

4 - My sister in law and her husband, and their two sons.

2 - My mother and father in law.

2 - My husband's cousin, and her husband.

1 - My husband's uncle, who also left the Watchtower many years ago.

1 - The cousin who lied to my mother and convinced her to become a JW back in 1973.

10 - The children of that cousin, and their spouses, and two of their children. There would have been one other to this count, but he passed away at the age of either 34.

So a total of 26 people that I use to have a relationship with, and knew very well, but that number is a whole lot higher now because I've been out for a little over 18 years, so that means even more family members that I didn't get to know because of that stupid, hateful, and unbiblical rule of shunning.

This is not even counting the number of relatives who know about the shunning, never have been a JW, but choose to shun us anyways.

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What happens to Bethelites?

by rickroll in

so if someone puts their life into serving the cult for free at bethel, then say after 25 or 30 years they are not able to for one reason or another such as illness, or family issue or old age, does the cult have any safety net for these people or is it you serve until you can't and when you can't you just go away?

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Tameria2001

I've heard from several different people, both JWs, and former JWs both say the same thing, they don't even give them a plane or bus ticket home.

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What statements hyberbolize and really don't mean anything?

by Esse quam videri in

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our thoughts and prayers are with them.

send me a copy of your prayer.].

every parents worst nightmare.

Tameria2001

Cut the cheese, I could never figure out why someone would say that when someone farted.

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Did you have a Narcissistic JW Parent?

by Butterfly607 in

did anyone else have a parent who could be described as highly narcissistic who was a jw?

how was that for you growing up?

which was worse - the narcissistic religion or the narcissistic parent?.

Tameria2001

My father in law is. I don't think my parents are, but they are in a different category of a negative personality type.

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Do You Support Sanctuary Cities?

by minimus in

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if you do support sanctuary cities, would you be happy to live in one?.

hey, in the bible, sanctuary cities were acceptable, right?

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Tameria2001

I won't live in one. I can understand why they were first created, but the problem is that people abuse that, which in turn ruins it for those who really need it.

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January 2020 Watchtower - the anointed

by Listener in

it's very odd that the jan. 2020 watchtower was nearly 3 weeks later than normal.

another odd thing about this watchtower is that it has two articles (about the anointed) that is very similar to two articles they wrote only four years earlier.the fact that they have even reprinted two articles that are only four years old suggests that they continue to have numerous problems surrounding their teaching's of the anointed and problems with those claiming to be anointed.here are a few of the differences between both the 2016 and 2020 articles -2016 watchtower states.

anointed christians need to be taught by jehovah just like everyone else.. 2020 watchtower statesof course, anointed christians need to be taught by jehovah through the congregation just like everyone else.. four years ago, they acknowledged that it was only jehovah who were teaching the anointed but the newest watchtower now states that it is through the congregation.watchtower 2016 states there will be 144,000 ruling with jesus in heaven.

Tameria2001

I find it quite interesting that they would say Also, some anointed ones might not stay faithful. I take this meaning that there are "false brothers", how about "false brothers" in the governing body. Didn't they say they are not inspired any more?

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Do You Think That Belonging To Certain Political Parties Suggests You Are Uneducated or Poor?

by minimus in

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i hear some people say that if you are a republican or democrat that you must not be very educated, intelligent or monetarily stable.

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do you think it’s proper to paint any person as less than favorable because of their political opinions?

Tameria2001

I don't think it is proper to think less of a person regardless of their opinion? People are constantly changing and evolving. Being Republican or Democrat doesn't drive me nuts, but it is when they go to the extreme left or right, is when things go wonky. The problem happens when the Us verses Them mentality kicks in.