My grandma told me a story like that that happened in the 60's. She needed exactly something like $52 and she prayed and they got the money. I said that was because God answered your prayer not because you were a Jehovah's witness...and then I thought...that's the only answered prayer that you got ever? That's sad!
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Jehovah generously provides?
by Rattigan350 inthe june 15 2013 w pg 13, para 6&7 has an experience of a pioneer that needed $66 to pay her rent the next day.
she prayed and went to work at her job as a waitress.
when she finished her shift she had received a total of $66 in tips.
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Is this true? Do the elders really do it like this?
by Julia Orwell ini put this week's wt paragraph about disfellowshipping on my fb page and said how poor robert's family didn't even check to see whether he was dead or alive in 16 years and a friend of mine of the 'conscious class' commented about how unchristian she felt disfellowshipping to this degree is, and i agreed.. another friend, and uber-jw who has a host of illnesses and yet pioneers, who everytime she and her husband go to another congregation, if he's not appointed within three years they move to another and try for an appointment there - he used to be an elder and no one is willing to promote him again- replied to my thread.
now keep in mind she has a dfd son and she doesn't even know whether he is dead or alive, because she follows the wt to the tee.
she replied, among other things,with this:.
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lriddle80
I do have a story, though. When I was about 9 (and barely conscious of anything around me, really) I was in class and they asked if anyone would like to be in the paper. I, of course, raised my hand high. So what we had to do was pretend to be working on a...christmas tree cutout thing made of construction paper. Whatever, though, I wanted to be in the paper. So I did it. The next day, of course, it was on the front page and my pink jacket was standing out so clear. So that next book study on Monday night, which was held at a sister's house. I tried to raise my hand to answer and they wouldn't call on me. I then started to raise my hand on every paragraph and they still wouldn't call on me. Some of the people around me suggested that maybe they didn't see me, even though there were only about 20 of us there. I then started to stand up and raise my hand and they still refused. I cried. So that next Wednesday, they called me to the back and told me why they didn't call on me was the article in the newspaper. Oh...oops. Well, so I wasn't allowed to comment at the meeting for about a month. Well, because of the kind of kid I was, that made me not even want to answer very much at all anymore. You think they could have told me that in the beginning of the book study, right. So cruel. I have no doubt they would disfellowship someone on the spot!!
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Any "inappropriate" or "saucy" conversations out in Field Service car groups???
by Gojira_101 ini thought of one that happened to me, i think i was 16 and regular pioneering at the time.
i was in fs with my friend, i think she had to be about 18, and we were in a van with older married sisters, my friend and i were the only single ones.
there were 6 of us in this van and my friend and i of course were forced to sit in the back (meaning we couldn't escape by jumping out of a moving van), anyway, the conversation turned to discussing molestation.. the two oldest sisters sitting in the front then started going into detail about how they had been molested, and it wasn't just "i was molested by..." no they went into detail.. i was shocked!
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lriddle80
Nothing really inappropriate...just usual gossip.
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Is this true? Do the elders really do it like this?
by Julia Orwell ini put this week's wt paragraph about disfellowshipping on my fb page and said how poor robert's family didn't even check to see whether he was dead or alive in 16 years and a friend of mine of the 'conscious class' commented about how unchristian she felt disfellowshipping to this degree is, and i agreed.. another friend, and uber-jw who has a host of illnesses and yet pioneers, who everytime she and her husband go to another congregation, if he's not appointed within three years they move to another and try for an appointment there - he used to be an elder and no one is willing to promote him again- replied to my thread.
now keep in mind she has a dfd son and she doesn't even know whether he is dead or alive, because she follows the wt to the tee.
she replied, among other things,with this:.
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lriddle80
Wow, Londo, what a heartbreaking story! I was out for about 2 years and my life was falling apart and so I wanted the whole "prodigal son" return. So I called up my parents and told them I wanted to come home, which meant, return to everything I once knew. I was broken from the world. Then they told me that I could but couldn't bring my "lifestyle" with me. They completely misunderstood my repentence. So I didn't go home and shortly after met my (now) husband and we have a child and a wonderful life, starting going to a baptist church about 4 years ago and now know the truth - Jesus! But what a journey to get here!! My parents/family would never leave either, just because they are ingrained socially and they bought everything hook, line and sinker! I never did get disfellowshipped, and am really avoiding it, to tell you the truth, because I don't want the complete shunning and I don't believe in it. I think people will repent on their own if they are really a follower of Jesus...and, didn't he forgive our sins already? Sin isn't the master of us anymore if we are truly "saved"...what in the world, right? I do believe that sometimes sharing with someone (more like an accountability partner or mentor) if you have fallen into sin, and then you can pray together and encourage each other, but the agony and guilt that sin brings on...that is punishment enough!!
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Dating as a JW
by BU2B inthe jws have a way of either eliminating or making miserable the things most people find to be highlights of their lives.
when i started dating my now wife, and yes i married the first person i ever dated at age 19 by the way, what should have been a great time became mostly miserable.
her parents didnt make it any easier.
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My dating experiance was horrible as well! I was 16 and my dad made it the worst! I would get in trouble for nothing and then get grounded from seeing my boyfriend. I was baptized and he wasn't, but he was the only guy in the KH that I could date, so it had to be him! We did fool around at times, but nothing too serious. I would feel guilty about it and tell him we should stop, but then he wouldn't really follow through on that and I was weak, so that was that. I figured we'd get married! The brothers were always trying to keep us apart and said I was following him around too much at the KH and assembly hall. I wasn't allowed to go on many dates, chaperoned or not because of how young I looked and my "step" dad said he felt jealous...which seemed weird. Finally, he got baptized and I was so happy, but then...as soon as he got dunked, he broke up with me because we had been fooling around and he didn't want to get in trouble now that he was baptized. What a jerk! The whole thing was so traumatizing!
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My wife buys "50 shades of grey??? How shes changed since being inactive!!
by Witness 007 inso this morning we flirt and i tell her what a "dirty girl" she is for buying those books...but i was thinking this from a girl who broke a frying pan on my car years ago because i didnt want to go to the meetings.
slowly i wore down that rock that she is with little facts and qoutes...i would not have stayed with her if she remained the fanatic witness she was....also she now swears like a sailor...i like that..
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I refuse to read them because I do judge them a bit...but my sister, who is still "in", has read them and she doesn't read anything! I like thrillers better like Dean Koontz and Ted Dekker.
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STAY AWAY FROM MY KINDGOM HALL," LORD'S EVENING MEAL" INVITATIONS REVOKED!!!!!
by AuntConnie ini am very angry, pent-up rage call it!
so you will understand why and with great ease this subject is able to flow off my tongue onto the keyboard, because this time of the year is worse than your christmas time jitters!
anxiety, stress, compulsive babbling nuts are invading our service groups!
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This must be a joke...if not...eesh!!
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conscious of my spiritual need, what next?
by stillhurts inso once you leave, what next?
have you found anything from a spiritual standpoint that brings you happiness and satisfaction?.
have you been so scarred by the teaching that "all religions are wrong", that you can't see the truth anywhere?.
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lriddle80
I was out for about 9 years and I would read the bible from time to time, but always thought I would eventually go back. I was invited to a baptist church and then I started working at a food bank and started reading the bible again, this time with a searching mind. The food bank was a place that had representatives from most of the christian religions and there wasn't much work to do, so I spent a lot of time asking questions, debating and learning. It was so great! I believe in the divinity of Jesus...for instance, "In the beginning, God created the heaven and earth" and then in Colossians it said that everything was created by Jesus...that was one case where I could put those together and it made sense. I think of it that God is like a family, Mother/Father/Child or someone described it to me with an egg: Shell/Yolk/White, 3 parts, but the whole is called the Egg...so, whatever, it kind of makes sense to me and there are so many more instances where Jesus was worshipped and accepted that worship...so, whatever, I've accepted this after much debate and study. I once studied and researched so much that it was making me sick. As far as crosses/torture stakes go, well, what does it matter, isn't it the sacrfice itself that is important? I missed that whole point when I was in!
Another good book is Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis...he explains a lot about different doctrines!
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Part 2 of Botzwana's story....The final part.
by Botzwana inhttp://monstercafesaltillo.blogspot.mx/2013/03/my-story-as-jehovahs-witness-part-2.html.
again comments are appreciated..
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lriddle80
I left the "truth" about 13 years ago and they haven't disfellowshipped me yet...of course, I'm not going to go inviting the elders for a "meeting" to discuss anything...will they disfellowship me if I don't agree to a meeting? The last time I went to a KH was when my grandpa died and one of the elders came running up to me "happy to see me" and asked immediately what KH I was attending and I told him I wasn't and he looked sad and said some witnesses in my area were looking for me, but I didn't give him my address, so...I have to admit, having the "apostate" label would bother me even though I know it isn't true...and then I would lose my mom/dad/sister/brother/aunt/uncles/grandma entirely instead of just half, which is the way it is now...so you're probably gonna be all right in the disfellowshipping dept unless you actually go and have that meeting, I think...
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In All Honesty Would You Have NOT Given Blood To Your Child If He or She Needed it?
by minimus inas a "faithful witness", i never had to deal with this on a personal level.
i imagine the pressure must be extreme with the elders and others "supporting" you to do the right thing.. do you think you would have given blood to your family member, especially your child if you were in that situation..
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When I was in the hospital in labor with my son...they had me sign a paper on whether or not I would let them give me blood if something were to happen...I signed it "no" because my mom was standing right there...but if something really were to happen, I would tell them to give me blood for sure! I think survival would have kicked in, but if I were unconscious, I guess I would have died because I signed the paper...