My family celebrated everything the first few years my mum was a Jehovah's Witness. Or at least studying with them. It's an indistinguishable line really. But then we sort of dropped Halloween one year. And then Easter. And then Christmas. And then 4th of July. We kept celebrating my sister's and my birthdays for a few years longer; my 10th birthday was my last "real" party. We still went out to dinner on our birthday's though at a restaurant of our choice. We didn't have real Thanksgiving dinners, but we went out to restaurants then too and had turkey anyways. We didn't watch fireworks on 4th of July though. Damn. But I really do think most, if not all, JWs secretly [or not] celebrate Thanksgiving.
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Did You Ever Celebrate Birthdays Or Holidays As A Witness?
by minimus ini knew some that secretly celebrated thanksgiving, the 4th of july, christmas (the day after) new year's eve, and birthdays.
my family always had a turkey on thanksgiving and we might invite only close friends that we knew would not get stumbled.
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Does anyone here still go to the meetings
by Brandy5 ini was just wondering if anyone here still go to the meetings.
if so why do you attened?
eddited to add are you married to an active jw .
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I have to go. Because my mum is a JW. And I have no choice. Well, I do, but all hell could break lose. So yes, I suffer through every single meeting.
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Please forgive me.....I didn't mean to
by Tatiana in..get anyone in trouble.
what i thought was a good idea....seemed to be a bad one.
innocently, i wanted to send each person here a valentine card.
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I enjoyed it. Don't usually get actual e-mail. Mostly just junk.
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So What's Your Porn-Star Name? (Fluff, BTW)
by Englishman inyou take the name of your favourite pet as the first part of your porn-star name, then you take your mothers maiden name for your porn-star surname.. which makes me...george bennet, hmm fairly ordinary i suppose... but her ladyship becomes...poppy male...ah, it works sometimes then!.
this could be good.
englishman.
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Mandy Byers
Keesha Byers
Georgia ByersOR
Marie Bennett
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Women as elders
by Lady Lee innot that i would ever go back but valis brought up an interesting subject in another thread.. what would the borg be like if... .
they let women be elders?.
they treated women as equals?.
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Great idea! I think I'll frequently start to ask why women can't be elders and debate when they use Paul's misogynist books to support their answer. They'll either have to consider my ideas or I'll get DF'd. Great both ways, since I have to go to meetings anyhow. And that way of being DF'd would be more dignifying than having sex or doing drugs and having people whisper dirty things about me behind my back.
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Wasting Time In The Ministry--How Did You Do It??
by minimus ini know of a couple of elders that regularly went out in the ministry throughout the week.
no matter which street they were on, they always seemed to be near the same spot.
someone here talked about the michael jackson moonwalk.
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Well, when I wasn't in the same group as my mum, I'd sometimes make up calls that didn't actually exist that were someplace pretty distant from wherever we were. Then after pointing out random roads, I'd choose a house that was up for sale/abandoned/etc, or "forget" exactly where it was.
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Favourite JW Movies
by Stephanus injaraczic park.
the hunt for yk's october.
the fellowship of the wrong.
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The Children of the Lamb - The brainwashed zombie children suddenly begin sacrificing themselves to a mysterious Jehovah.
The Children of the Lamb II : Jesus Returns - They're at it again, even worse this time.
The Watchtower Wives - The WTS decide women really are too inferior to belong in the congregation, so they make their own who will stay quiet at meetings, fulfill her husband's wishes and consent to marital rape.
Cinderella - A story of a young JW who is not allowed to go to parties or date, must abide by the rules at all times, breaks them anyway and finds happiness. [Oh wait... they wouldn't like that one, would they?]
Scream - A story of how a sister was df when she didn't scream while being raped.
Armageddon - ...
[Don't] Remember the Titans - A reminder of how sports can distract you from your ministry work.
Grumpy Old Men - A tale of the congregation elders.
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Surviving Conventions.
by embalmed inany tips on how to get thru convention meetings as painless as possible?
i have the most awful time doing nothing for 4 hours straight.
last time i resorted to doodling in my "note" book, but i got it taken away.
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Thanks much for all your replies. I'm 15/F, btw. And the social phobia thing would be a nice idea, but considering I'm already on meds for that, it'd be weird if it all the suddenly stopped working. But I did find a few ideas I could use, including the PT job thing.
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Surviving Conventions.
by embalmed inany tips on how to get thru convention meetings as painless as possible?
i have the most awful time doing nothing for 4 hours straight.
last time i resorted to doodling in my "note" book, but i got it taken away.
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Any tips on how to get thru convention meetings as painless as possible? I have the most awful time doing nothing for 4 hours straight. Last time I resorted to doodling in my "note" book, but I got it taken away. Any other ways to pass the time?
Also, what can I do to keep from going out in the ministry? I cannot do this every Saturday for three more years. The regular meetings I can handle, as much as I would rather be elsewhere, but HELL I hate knocking on people's doors. And I think it'll start getting suspicious if I'm "sick" every Saturday.
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Any advice?
by embalmed inam new, but have monitored this site and read stuff on it for a long time.
have a dilemma.
history [skip this if you want]:.
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Am new, but have monitored this site and read stuff on it for a long time. Have a dilemma.
History [skip this if you want]:
Before I was born, my grandmother always invited JWs in her house to converse with them. She never really considered being a JW, she just liked to talk to people a lot. She would take the magazines out of courtesy, but after they left, she would throw them away. But my mum read them. Even though she never talked with any of the JWs. So after my grandma died, when I was 3, my mum started studying with the JWs. When I was around 5 she started attending meetings. My last halloween was when I was 6 and my last Christmas was when I was 5. Funny thing is, I was at a Catholic school from K-2nd grades. But I was eventually placed in public schools and my last b-day was my 10th. I have had social anxiety problems and ADD, so attending meetings and going in the door-to-door ministry work was hell for me. I never got that presents-all-year-round thing, and I got mad at the kids in the watchtower who said they didn't feel deprived and all that crap. And technically, I'm not a legitimate child because I was conceived by artificial insemination, so it's very good my mum didn't find the "truth" before I was born.
The Problem:
My mum is still a JW and me being only 15, I have to go to all the meetings and listen to all the BS from the WTS. I've avoided going to meetings, service and conventions especially by de-setting my mum's alarm clock, acting sick, distracting her, everything I could think of. But it's frankly getting troublesome to do all that crap. I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas to get at least myself out of the congregation without having to wait another 3 years? Or would it be better just to put up with the 5+ hours of torment each week?