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  things I do not like about xmas

  by zen nudist in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

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  aside from the reasons jws give as it being a pagan holiday renamed..... i do not like the fact that parents think nothing of lying to their children about this mythical santa claus.

  and the constant hollywood movies making anyone who exposes the gag as an evil monster...while giving children reasons to believe that santa claus really does exist after all...ignore your older friends who have been poisoned by the secular world.. i find it appalling to ever teach a child to simply expect people to give them things just because the calendar says a certain day.. i find the mindless devoution to christmas to be just as appalling as the brainwashing jws do against it... i see people in my office acting like german clocks... the clock strikes easter and the decorate the office, strikes holloween and they decorate again...strikes christmas and more decorations..... then the frets and worries over what to get who and how much to go into debt over it.. i knew one lady who spent over $300 on a child less than two and was very depressed about two weeks later when the novelty wore off and only very inexpensive things returned as the main attraction.

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  I may be odd man out on this one. I was born and raised a JW and I've ALWAYS liked Christmas. I agree with not promoting the Santa lie and gimme gimme gimme 'cause you gotta. To me, it was never about the "stuff". It's the smells, the atmosphere, the food, the songs (O Holy Night always gives me the chills), the visits from friends, (most of them JW's) etc;. Did I say, most of them JW's? The hardest part about all this was that I had to keep most of this happiness to myself, appear to be somber in public and "tsk, tsk" everyone who celebrated because I "felt sorry for them" . There were a select few JW's who privately admitted liking Christmas as much as I do. The feeling I get is probably the same feeling that the little Whos (from How the Grinch Stole Christmas) felt when the Grinch stole all the presents and they all joined hands and sang "Fah who for-aze! Dah who dor-aze! Welcome Christmas, Come this way!" They had not presents but the spirit lived on. I like that.
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  Going For A Song

  by Englishman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  they say that memory is all about association.

  when we recall a happy or desperate time in our lives, a song or tv programme or even an ad can bring the era concerned flooding back.. these are my "leaving the dubs" selections:.

  my song was "beautiful sunday".. my tv programme was "monty pythons flying cicus".. my tv ad was "click on here and turn up the speakers.

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  This one does it for me. I remember a specific place and time and smile whenever I hear...

  Diary (By Bread)
  
  I found her diary underneath a tree.
  and started reading about me
  The words she'd written took me by surpise
  you'd never read them in her eyes.
  They said that she had found the love she waited for.
  Wouldn't you know it, she wouldn't show it.
  
  When she confronted with the writing there,
  simply pretended not to care.
  I passed it off as just in keeping with
  her total disconcerting air
  and though she tried to hide
  the love that she denied,
  wouldn't you know it, she wouldn't show it.
  
  And as I go through my life, I will give to her my wife
  all the sweet things that I can find.
  
  I found her diary underneath a tree.
  and started reading about me.
  The words began stick and tears to flow.
  Her meaning now was clear to see.
  The love she'd waited for was someone else not me
  Wouldn't you know it, she wouldn't show it.
  
  and as I go through my life, I will wish for her his wife
  all the sweet things that she can find
  all the sweet things they can find
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  Crazy JW Superstitions...

  by Confucious in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hey!

  ok, we all know of this uncanny word play about not saying, "you were lucky," and not saying "bless you" after someone sneezes.

  but this is a bizarre one i heard.

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  If you start getting a strange feeling in field service and have an uncontrollable urge to turn around and go to a particular house, more than likely that person was praying for you to come.
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  Annoying JW Buzzwords...

  by Confucious in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey guys, .

  was just wondering what is your worst jw buzzword.

  probably all of us hate the "just leave it in jehovah's hands.

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  One final one from me and I'll retire from this thread. Drum roll.....for the buzz word I hate most of all:

  ENCOURAGEMENT!!!!

  To therapy I go hee hee, to therapy I go ha ha...
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  Annoying JW Buzzwords...

  by Confucious in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey guys, .

  was just wondering what is your worst jw buzzword.

  probably all of us hate the "just leave it in jehovah's hands.

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  (In prayers) ``give us a portion of your spirit" (which portion: white meat or dark?)

  This one almost made me wet my pants!!!! ROFL
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  Annoying JW Buzzwords...

  by Confucious in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey guys, .

  was just wondering what is your worst jw buzzword.

  probably all of us hate the "just leave it in jehovah's hands.

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  1. In harmony with...
  2. This paragraph helps us to appreciate...
  3. Show of hands. How many of you have.........?
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  Annoying JW Buzzwords...

  by Confucious in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey guys, .

  was just wondering what is your worst jw buzzword.

  probably all of us hate the "just leave it in jehovah's hands.

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  1. Jehovah's HAPPY people
  2. We are doing a life saving work
  3. After a discourse: Brother so and so could you take back the love from our congregation to yours? ( This followed by thunderous applause)
  4. We must keep up with the celestial chariot
  5. The time left is reduced
  6. Have you turned in your time this month?
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  Annoying JW Buzzwords...

  by Confucious in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey guys, .

  was just wondering what is your worst jw buzzword.

  probably all of us hate the "just leave it in jehovah's hands.

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  fraidycat9

  As you all can tell by now, this topic has gotten me all riled up!

  1. Heart condition
  2. New in the truth
  3. Bible aids
  4. Kingdom Ministry (used as a noun) "Hey, have you received your new "Kingdom Ministry?"
  5. Back calls or Return Visits: "Don't go to that house, that's so and so's "return visit"
  6. Fruitful territory
  7. Exemplary in the congregation
  8. Have a share in
  9. Comment
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  How many raised in "the truth" have left??

  by L_A_Big_Dawg in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this subject has been gnawing at me for awhile now.. so many of you:.

  1) were raised in "the truth?".

  2) did you get baptized and at what age?.

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  1. Yes

  2. Yes. Age 17

  3. Fade: In my forties
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  Annoying JW Buzzwords...

  by Confucious in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey guys, .

  was just wondering what is your worst jw buzzword.

  probably all of us hate the "just leave it in jehovah's hands.

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  fraidycat9

  1. Spiritual banquet (of well oiled dishes)
  2. Let?s sing song number ___ (Pick one. Any one.)
  3. Car group
  4. Territory card
  5. "A" school
  6. "B" school
  7. Second school
  8. Third school
  9. Householder
  10. Modest dress
  11. Attendant
  12. ?The field?
  13. The arrangement
  14. Aid (as in I ?aided? so and so into the truth)