Posts by vajeni82

We had a pioneer in our cong. who live hand to mouth everyday. She basically existed on a couple bags of potatoes and water for the week, unless somebody invited her to dinner. She even went so far as to read by candlelight to save money on her electtic bill, but she kept regular poineering anyway.

When her mom passed away, she was granted custody of her younger brother and had to quit pioneering to work and support him. People actually gossiped that she was being materialistic!

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Snarky Question

by earthfire in

so i have a question that's been bothering me for years.

i know this is extreme but i think you'll see where i'm going with this.

so ex-jw's are evil we're on "satan's side" as my dad told me and we aren't worth a hello.

vajeni82

My immediate snarky reply: Because the GB has decided they can make more money by not moving everyone to a sealed off commune.

I will say, a lot of the items you mentioned (concerts, secular books etc.) are frowned upon in various degrees depending on what congregation you go to.

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2013 DC new releases - rumors ???

by obarac in

there is rumors that in this years dc nwt will be released and also new tracts.

any other rumors about new releases?.

vajeni82

Maybe there will be questions at the bottom of every page that you can hilight the answers to! I also like the connect the dots idea!

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At what age do most or many JWs kids count as "publisher?"

by Gayle in

what is considered as a requirement for them now-a-days to turn in their time as a "publisher?

" among born-in, how young were you?

my parents became jws when i was 9 yrs old.

vajeni82

@Gopher - Very Interesting. She always did. She included any magazines and books we placed on her sheet as well.

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Your worst store accident?

by Apognophos in

mine: i was walking around a grocery store with one of those snapple iced tea boxes dangling from one hand, looking for the other thing i ran in to buy.

suddenly the flimsy cardboard side of the box came unglued, and bottles dumped out, smashing open on the floor.

a river of iced tea began to run down the aisle.

vajeni82

When I was about 8 months pregnant, I reached up to the top shelf for a bag of oyster crackers. Apparently, the bag had been cut when they stocked the shelves because tiny little crackers poured out and filled my glasses and my shirt. I happened to inhale a bunch of the salt, so I was coughing quite a bit too. My black shirt was covered in crumbs.Even though it wasn't my fault, I was pretty embarrassed.

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At what age do most or many JWs kids count as "publisher?"

by Gayle in

what is considered as a requirement for them now-a-days to turn in their time as a "publisher?

" among born-in, how young were you?

my parents became jws when i was 9 yrs old.

vajeni82

I was 7 & my sister was 6. We started at the same time. I seem to remember our mom counting our time as her own before that. Is that normal procedure? I can't remember.

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Why did the organization stop providing food during conventions?

by redvip2000 in

i'm sure many of us still remember these times when the organization used to sell food at conventions.. i also remember that when this was stopped, the official reason was that the "brothers" were missing some of the program because of all the preparations.

typical watchtower "pretend we care" excuse.. i've wondered if there is another reason behind it, tied to perhaps finances or logistics that was the real deciding factor.

history and typical "modus operandi" of the society tells me that if there was some money to be made that way, they would not have stopped.. wonder if anybody has more info on this..

vajeni82

Probably for the same reason that they are "allowing" people to print PDFs of their publications. MONEY. Why spend it on something they don't hae to?