Posts by Tameria2001

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I Had Lunch Today And Met A JW Who Hasn’t Gone To A Meeting Since 1998

by minimus in

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he was in our hall.

i knew his whole family and they were all witnesses.

this guy always had a frown on his face.

Tameria2001

He told me everyone said that he and his wife would never last and now they are together 43 years.

This sounds so very familiar because when my husband and I got married, my parents said our marriage wouldn't last five years. Then my mother repeated it again when I informed her that my husband and I were leaving the JWs. She said, Now that you no longer have Jehovah in your life your marriage will fall apart before the year is up." That was over 18 years ago, and my husband and I have been happily married for 26 years this year. The ironic part is that we actually got happier after leaving because we were free to be who we really are.

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How it will end for the believers

by iankiptoo in

today, many signs have been fulfilled showing that we are in the end times and much has been said in regards to armageddon, tribulation... etc but little in regards to what happens to those who believe and what transitions them to be free and escape from all that to the final destination.

this is my focus and message is based on that.in creation, there were two trees at the centre of the garden of eden and we are familiar with what happened;man ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil and then we are familiar with the ramifications afterwards.

now through jesus christ, the events that will lead to the end for those who believe are in 3 stages1.knowledge will be increased (daniel 12:4)there will be a transition, knowledge will transition from that of the tree of knowledge of good and evil to also include knowledge of the tree of life and this brings with it a transformation that will bring in the second phase2.healingthe knowledge/belief/faith will bring about spiritual transformational healing, also practical knowledge i.e.

Tameria2001

I came across some information a while back, but I can't recall where I found it. Anyways the information was about the end of days were actually a mistranslation, it should have said the end of an era, not destruction. If I can find it again I'll post a link, or if someone else knows this they can.

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What was your favorite video game?

by LoveUniHateExams in

i've never been that big on video/computer games but i used to have a ps2 and my absolute fav game was star wars battlefront ii, released by pandemic in 2005.. you could choose to play as three different classes of soldier and fight for the rebels, the imperials, the republic or the battle droids.

as you played and gained points by killing the enemy, you could unlock a fourth and fifth class of soldier.

you could also play as a hero or villain - such as darth vader, luke skywalker, princess leia, etc.. there was something absolutely awesome playing as darth vader and cutting down or force-choking rebel soldiers on the tantive iv.. .

Tameria2001

Sims, and other slow games.

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Did You Ever Get Hit On By An Elder?

by minimus in

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the organization stresses to elders to be careful with members of the opposite sex.

never be alone with a sister whether it be in field service or paying a visit by means of a shepherding call.

do you know of any elders that flirted or were overly “touchy” with females?

Tameria2001

He was not an elder but a ministerial servant. It was when the kingdom hall (the one I was attending at the time) that we were building. While there, a very fine-looking brother was flirting with me big time. I didn't know who he was but later learned that he was married with two children. I'm not sure why he was flirting with anyone because later on I got to meet his wife, and she was just the cutest person, with the sweetest personality, that I have ever seen. Yes, I did fall in love with the whole family. I did call him out on his behavior because I don't play those kinds of games. For some reason, that really impressed him, and I ended up getting a job through the government.

I was rather ballsy and brave when I was a single sister. I didn't have a problem calling people out of their unacceptable behavior. I think that was why none of the single brothers were interested in me, and thank god they weren't. I would have turned them down anyway.

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Total strangers are more loving than God

by pleaseresearch in

imagine this.

someone has been involved in a car crash or shooting.

total strangers usually rush to the aid of the victims.

Tameria2001

They would say that the injured one called out to God and he sent those strangers to help.

The problem with that thinking is what about all those who did cry out to God but help never came in time, or ever?

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Did You Think Jehovah’s Witnesses Were Typically “Racists”?

by minimus in

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i was a jw from infancy.

we had a melting pot type of congregation.

i grew up with all types of witnesses , all with different backgrounds.

Tameria2001

I don't remember any JWs who were racists.

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Did you EVER falsify your report card ?

by Chook in

every single watchtower soldier lied to god out of fear of the brooklyn popes..

Tameria2001

I wished - I'm still kicking myself for not thinking about doing that. I was too honest for my own good.

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Good memories of full-time service?

by fulano in

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?

Tameria2001

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.