I will go to Catholic weddings and funerals. What I will never do again is Easter Vigil. Oh. My. God. Sooo loong.
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Went to a Catholic Funeral Today
by Captain Schmideo2 init was for a dear friend of the family that i have known all my life.now, bear in mind that i was born and raised jw, so my experience with catholic ceremonies can be counted on three fingers, a wedding, a "regular" mass, and this funeral mass.once they got down to the actual speaking about the deceased, i felt emotionally involved, but prior to that, i was watching and had questions about aspects of the services (these i have seen in common for all three times i have been in an rc church):why the "sing-song" voice during the prayers?
does god hear it better if you sound all spooky tenor?i observe that every time a reading from one of the gospels takes place, it is preceded by a big musical number:"alleluiah!
alleluiah"( "and nowwwwwwwwwwwwwww, heeeeeeeeeeeeeere's jesus!".
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The poor and deprived life of JW children.
by Esse quam videri ini find it hard to believe that adults on this forum make such a big deal about not celebrating birthdays, x-mas, easter, halloween, etc, etc, etc.
i grew up as a jw kid and it actually made me feel good, being different from the other kids in school.
we went to meetings.
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I never missed those things as a child, either, because I had never experienced them. But, as I started enjoying them as an adult, I finally understood what I had missed out on and it became very clear that I could never deprive my own children of such joyous experiences.
Also, adults would buy magazines from me when I was small just because I was cute. I clearly remember being jolted by that understanding when I became a teenager and there were no more "pity" sales.
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Graduating college May 14. Update on Getting my GED and going to college thread from 5 years ago.
by noni1974 inhttp://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/187163/getting-my-ged-can-go-college.
i started this topic 5 years ago letting everyone know i had decide to get my ged and go to college in hopes of getting an education so that i could have a career instead of just a job.
i wanted fulfillment and a future, not just another job that has no really future in it.
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Congratulations, Noni. I'm so proud of you. -
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What type of paint, nugget? It looks a little too saturated for watercolors. -
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OMG!!! If you love the 80's, this is freaking AWESOME!!! Totally RAD!!!!
by DATA-DOG inhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ztidn2dbyby.
dd.
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What. The. Hell?
Gotta love the dinosaurs + karate + fast car theme.
Where in the world do people still like this weirdo?
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Questions for those that believe in Electricity
by OnTheWayOut inyou can't see electricity or hear it or feel it.
well, there are sparks and lightning bolts and heating elements and the light and heat of filaments.
and somehow, it lights up neon in a tube.
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Actually, I'm now convinced that the Theory of Amperage must be true.
However, these electrons couldn't have started moving on their own! I just can't believe in Spontaneous Voltage! God must have provided the first divine Volt!
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"Your good example is much needed for the young ones the congregation."
by Yondaime inhey guys n gals, sorry its been such a long time since i've posted.
lately i've been very busy balancing between my school work and cult activities.
since i've been doing pretty well "spiritually"(enough field-circus hours, attending meetings, underlining my literatrash, reading, praying and serving as the mic-master) my coordinator grabbed me to the side after a meeting and talked to me for twenty minutes straight congratulating me about how good i am doing.. then he paused for a good five seconds and got all serious.. then he proceeded to tell me that the young ones in the hall aren't doing too well.
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Waiting for them to drop the hour requirements to 5 to 6 hours simply because no one is qualifying anymore. -
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Compliment or criticism - what affects you most?
by EdenOne ina bit of introspection on this one ... just read on someone's post that a compliment makes him "float" for hours, and it got me thinking; within the spectrum of comments that people make about me, from compliment to criticism, which is the type that most affects me?.
after my experience as a jehovah's witness, i find that i've become suspicious of compliments and over-sensitive to criticism.
because a common technique of elders was to compliment someone before going down to business, that is, giving hard counseling or discipline.
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I can't stand to hear someone criticize someone else behind their back. If she's gossiping to me about someone else, then she'll surely gossip about me to someone else. -
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Old Witnessy Pics
by snugglebunny inso what have you got?.
i'll start.. 1958 aboard steamship arosa star, english and german jw's bound for new york for 8 day assembly at yankee stadium.. .
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Wifi, thanks. My favorite is of the older couple coming out of the baptismal pool together, arm in arm. So much hope on their faces. -
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Golden Rule: Pure Garbage?
by willmarite inon another thread a poster made the comment that the golden rule was garbage.
she said it was arrogant and made assumptions.. i didn't want to derail that thread so i started another wondering if this is a common thought about this belief on this forum.
i guess i naively thought the value of doing to others as you want them to do to you was generally accepted as positive.. i understand people have different opinions of jesus as a person but i don't want to get into that here.
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I guess I never viewed the golden rule as referring to specific behavior.
I just thought it meant treating people with general positives like kindness, compassion, and empathy. It doesn't seem like anyone would not appreciate being treated that way.
Interesting.