I did. I was accepted by the jws as finally being one of them. I also felt like I had to be on my best behavior at home as my parents were are not jws and here I was, a rep of the creator of the universe, so had to be perfect.
Julia Orwell
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Feelings after baptism
by Kool Jo inso for those who got baptized....a question for you:.
did you feel any different?
in the talk prior to taking the plunge, we were told that baptism would would show that we're in subjection to jehovah, so that we could do his will...personally, i felt that somehow i'd have a greater urge to do more spiritually, but i didn't..the feeling wore off in a couple days, and i still had the desire to do college ect...my attitude about life didn't change.... how did ya'll feel after your baptism in the borg?.
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Are JWs more negative than normal people?
by Julia Orwell incompare a typical conversation with a jw to one with a random non-jw:.
run into jw in the shops.. .
jw:[surprised] julia!
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Julia Orwell
Ah, the ubiquitous 'oh.' When a Jw has no answer and cognitive dissonance kicks in. Keep it up though, as you may get them thinking.
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The December 2013 study WT is up at JW.org
by Mickey mouse inhttp://www.jw.org/download/?fileformat=pdf&issue=20131215&output=html&pub=w&langwritten=e.
here's one extract:.
9. why should we be on guard if someone begins to speculate or to speak critically?.
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Julia Orwell
We had a guy in my old cong who would go around telling others about his own interpretation of scripture. They JC'd him, but couldn't hang apostasy on him. Naturally I gravitated towards this guy because he could think outside the square. That's what they want to stop: people from listening to people like him.
Thought Police is next.
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Are JWs more negative than normal people?
by Julia Orwell incompare a typical conversation with a jw to one with a random non-jw:.
run into jw in the shops.. .
jw:[surprised] julia!
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Julia Orwell
Yeah what's with JWs trying to lure you back and talking about terrible, depressing things? This elder came to the door the very morning his sister had died, and went on about how the Bible prophesied gay marriage in the last days and how terrible gay marriage is and on an on about how hard life is in this system, while trying to cadge a cup of coffee off us and trying to get us to come back. Go figure. Talk about flies with vinegar.
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Nov 2013 KM Question Box. Head coverings on Doorstep bible studies
by BroMac inshould a female publisher wear a headcovering if she is accompanied by a male publisher at a door step bible study?
when a female publisher conducts a regular ,scheduled bible study and a male kingdom publisher is present, she should wear a head covering.(1cor.
11:3-10)the july 15, 2002 issue of the watchtower, page 27, explains: this is a pre arranged session of teaching where the one conducting the study actually presides.
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Julia Orwell
Gone up, not gone out. Still, it's a matter of quantity over quality.
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Nov 2013 KM Question Box. Head coverings on Doorstep bible studies
by BroMac inshould a female publisher wear a headcovering if she is accompanied by a male publisher at a door step bible study?
when a female publisher conducts a regular ,scheduled bible study and a male kingdom publisher is present, she should wear a head covering.(1cor.
11:3-10)the july 15, 2002 issue of the watchtower, page 27, explains: this is a pre arranged session of teaching where the one conducting the study actually presides.
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Julia Orwell
Not a great many of them happen. You're supposed to go through one of the little lessons in the middle of the Watchtower, which has about 5 paragraphs on a topic such as "Who is Jehovah" and the really basic JW doctrine. One lesson comes out each month, and in theory you go through it in weekly 15 minute sessions aka 'door step studies'. In practice it doesn't work like that because you know how it is with RVs; they're not home, they've got kids running around and can't stop to talk, they're busy, off to work, or something like that.
It's hard to pin people down at home and if you can get three of these 15 minute sessions over a month with one householder, you count it as a study on your slip. Hence, the number of bible studies seems to have gone out, but most fizzle very quickly and aren't the hour-long sessions of yesteryear.
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Well Those Wacky Door Knocking JWs...
by Iown Mylife inhttp://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20130912/sun-valley-jehovahs-witness-church-usher-pleads-no-contest-to-sex-acts-with-underage-boys.
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Julia Orwell
He may not even have been an MS: just some guy who carried the microphones or something, or the guy who sits by the door to the lobby to open it when someone goes out to the loo.
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Annual Meeting open to anyone in Australia?
by RayPublisher ini just saw this quote on a forum for uber jwdubbs:.
"in australia branch territory everyone can come, public included, however not going publicly advising it, plus no tickets are going to be used".
i wonder if that's really the case?
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Julia Orwell
OH gosh if it's gonna be at all our halls I can expect a visit from an elder or two to try to 'encourage' us to come. Sheesh! Well, better be on guard the next few Saturday mornings.
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Are JWs more negative than normal people?
by Julia Orwell incompare a typical conversation with a jw to one with a random non-jw:.
run into jw in the shops.. .
jw:[surprised] julia!
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Julia Orwell
" The witlesses are bogged down on imaginary issues such as everything being against their religion that they cannot appreciate anything."
So true. They're not able to enjoy moments with family, the beauty of the garden or chilling out at the beach. It's so hard for them to stop during their routine and just look at a beautiful sunset. Or they go to the other extreme, and live for their holidays ie the escape from being a JW for a week in a place like Bali.
One of the things that actually helped me wake up was taking a look around at beauty and goodness in the world and honestly saying to myself, "It's actually not that bad..."
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How to stir up a hornets nest
by trujw ini think i am going to write bethel posing as my asshole elder super self rightous brother in law talking all kinds of apostate crap on the borg.
then sit back enjoy all the fireworks in his hall when bethel contacts the boe or whatever the po is called now and bring him in the back room.
my own theocratic war strategy.
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Julia Orwell
Ah, yes. Revenge fantasies! I have them too, but at the end of the day I don't want to waste my time in giving these suckers a single word from my brain.