Posts by yrs2long

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I Seened it With My Own Eyes @o@

by Funchback in

things i saw as a jw:.

* the "f" word spelled out on the information board in the back of the hall.

the person used the tacks used for posting letters and talks and spelled out the expletive.

yrs2long

An elder telling my ex-husband to put me on the merit system and make me earn the right to go places.

A sister frisking my brothers as they were leaving the bookstudy.(She pretended she was playing but she frisked each of them and thoroughly at that!)

A friend of mine who was separated from her husband went with him to disneyland with their two kids, had a good time, fooled around just the one time and she got pregnant. An elder asked the husband if he was sure the kid was his (after all, it was only the one time) and from that point on the husband refused to claim the kid.

Elders giving my elder father a bent and useless key to the kingdom hall.

An older brother reading the watchtower saying 'bitches' where it read 'birches'. He had everyone's undivided attention after that.

A smurf running out of the kingdom hall (that's a joke, folks!)

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Who is coloured?

by Defender in

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this was written by a black guy in texas .

when i born, i black.

when i grow up, i black.

yrs2long

LuckyLucy, please help me understand your line of reasoning. Which of these statements, if any, are you saying is true:

characteristics of jailbirds=black or latino
characteristics of serial killers=white?

characteristics of black/latinos = jailbirds
characteristics of whites=serial killers?And which of these statements(again, if any), are you using to support your statement

You have to admit some ethic groups have certain charactisitcs

I am tempted to conclude that you are using statements c and d as support since they are the only ones that mention the characteristic of an ethnic group.

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I Need To Gain Weight??

by Dutchie in

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i am so bummed!

i went to the doctor yesterday and he said that i was too thin and that i need to gain 5 or 10 pounds.

i don't understand why.

yrs2long

Hi Dutchie,

I've read over and over that the rule of thumb is 100 pounds for 5 feet and five pounds per inch above that. I am a little concerned that you aren't eating much protein. Are you getting your protein through supplementation or by combining beans and rice or something else? If not, it isn't advisable to skip the meat/protein. Or else you will begin to need more than weights to tone up. I have only just been educated regarding this very subject myself.

I've also read that your body has a need for a certain amount of protein and that it will begin to break down muscles and other protein stores in the body to obtain it. You will start losing definition all over the body, including from the muscles in the face. You should probably investigate if this is something you wish to continue doing.

On the other hand, I've also read that underweight people have a higher life expectancy than overweight and even normal weight people.

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Goodbye, I Hope You All Have a Great Life

by Robdar in

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goodbye everybody.

i have enjoyed my time here for the most part.

i have made some great friends and a few not so great enemies.

yrs2long

Robyn,

Good luck and take care. I've enjoyed chatting with you.

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Where are the Feminine women?

by 4skins in

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some months ago i took my annual vacation to the land of kangaroos--you know--where men are men and sheep are skittish?

as a social commentator i have a vested interest observing cultural changes and trends, etc.

in the professions and trades in oz the genders dress as androgynous as their counterparts in the us.

yrs2long

Where do you think I'm going for this year's vacation?

oops, basically a repeat of 6of9's post

Edited by - yrs2long on 29 July 2002 0:1:9

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My uncle was found DEAD this morning

by Fire Dragon in

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my jw dad called me this morning and told me that he found my jw uncle dead, face-down on the floor in his home.

he's taking it hard.

i was shocked to hear him say that he wanted me to be with the family.

yrs2long

Fire Dragon,

I'm sorry about your uncle. I hope the time spent with your family is pleasant despite the circumstances that bring you together.

Hang in there.

yrs2long

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I have this friend who needs some advice...

by Hmmm in

i have a friend named uhhh... timmm, who is in a bit of a quandary.

he has decided to go public with his apostate leanings, because it is becoming too hard to play the role of a meek, spiritually weak witness--complete with looks of pity and concern from his mother and siblings, and contempt from his sister-in-law.

timmm is sure one brother will have nothing to do with him after this, and he can live with that.

yrs2long

If the worst-case scenario occurred how would Timmm fare? Would he be okay? Would he be able to live a productive life if his worst fears in connection with his family were realized? Will Timmm be okay at the end of his days to have dedicated his life to looking after the family?

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Let the dead bury their own dead

by Hmmm in

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my (non-jw) grandmother is visiting from the southwest this week.

the usual family get-togethers are planned.

my ms younger brother was complaining to me about how unreasonable our (jw) mother is being.

yrs2long

This is a sterling example of the level of control that exists in dubdom. We all know very well why your brother is so reluctant to miss another meeting. Christ, we don't just have to please jehovah; there is the society, the brothers and sisters and don't forget the worldly onlookers. Only to walk away and come to the realization that the worldly folks never gave a damn. All the things I did not do so as to not stumble anyone; even matters of conscious were little ways in which to display your faith, or lack thereof. And I am glad that I was only a female in the organization and no one really epected me to reach out for anything.

I can recall a 'brother' who dumped his fiance on the day of their wedding because she didn't go out in service earlier that saturday due to last minute wedding arrangements. You wouldn't believe how many sisters rallied around him proclaiming his great spirituality and love for jehovah. The girl was utterly humiliated and devastated and it was only a few of us who proclaimed him blacklisted for life.

Thanks for the reminder of all we gave and gave and yet we could never really be sure if our service was acceptable to jehovah god.

edited because of the shocking number of typos

Edited by - yrs2long on 23 July 2002 1:1:23

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KM- Disfellowshipped Relative 8/02

by WildTurkey in

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edited by - wildturkey on 20 july 2002 13:59:47.

yrs2long

"For example, if the husband is disfellowshiped, his wife and children will not be comfortable with him conducting a family Bible study or leading in Bible reading and prayer."

Is this an example or a directive? What if they are comfortable with it? The society is telling the flock that they shouldn't be doing this.

Oh why didn't I see this stuff clearly before?

Also, this:

"After hearing a talk at a circuit assembly, a brother and his fleshly sister realized that they needed to make adjustments in the way they treated their mother, who lived elsewhere and who had been disfellowshipped for six years. Immediately after the assembly, the man called his mother. and after assuring her of their love, he explained that they could no longer talk to her unless there were important family matters requiring contact. Shortly thereafter his mother began attending meetings and was eventually reinstated.

Shouldn't 'love for jehovah' be the deciding factor for one's decision to come back? They are suggesting using this as a tool for getting the errant ones to return; the tool being, just as Gwyneth said, "emotional blackmail".

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Romance status

by Crystal in

just curious as to who is single and who is not on this board.i have been with my boyfriend going on 3 years now.

we just moved in together in feb.for the most part we get along great but he has some weird habits.he also thinks i spend too much time on this site(which i do...but heck i finally belong!!

)so its hard to relate to him on the subject.he thinks i should just forget about it.sometimes i think i might be better off with someone who has more or less been where i have.

yrs2long

I agree, WP. When I turned my back on the society, an exciting new world opened to me. Now, as for interacting, where are the instructions?

As for my being a tech nerd, I blame that on genetics. Always did enjoy breaking things with an eye for trying to fix them. Only that got me more spankings than chemistry and tool sets from my not-so progressive jw parents.