Posts by pronomono

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Any one from Colorado?

by raven in

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any one on the forum in the colorado area?.

i would love to get to know local ones who are out of the organization or who are currently df'd da'd faded.

i am going through some tough times trying to endure the journey of fading out of the organization and would love to get to know all of your stories as well as those locally!.

pronomono

I'm not from there, but I'll be visiting Denver for the first time this week for work. I'm looking forward to all the craft beer and edibles.

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Awww, you "love and miss us"? Really? Then why ignore us?

by stuckinarut2 in

so we received the obligatory "shoved under the door" memorial invitation and "return to jehovah" brochure the other week.

it also had a hand written note from two elders saying "we love and miss you" etc.... so why then when one of them saw us at the grocery store, did he pretend to not see us and then ignore and quickly walk away?.

the sincerity is wonderful..... dont get me wrong, we dont want any attention from them, but it's an interesting observation anyway.....

pronomono

Yep, I felt the love of this requirement, too, for the memorial invite. Totally fake and put off to the last minute. That was the first time a JW had come to see me in over a year. Not one call. Like you, I didn't mind it. It was nice being left alone. But at the same time it really shows their lack of love and highlights their actions only come from an insincere sense of obligation.

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I ate a REESES PEANUT BUTTER CUP

by JWdaughter in

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it had a football printed on it!

do they sell more because of it?

do they think i need a reminder of the season (its been a rough season for football in seattle)?.

pronomono

OMG! The Christmas Tree Reese's are the best. You can't go wrong with all that Peanutty goodness, blob or not.

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The new me and DE shaving

by PlatinumFix in

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i haven't seen a thread quite on the same subject so weren't sure where to file it :) so 2016 will be the start of the new me.

i've nearly cleared my small amount of debt.

i'm going to get some new clothes and stuff as a single person.

pronomono

I started DE shaving about a year ago off and on. It's my luxury shave for when I want to take a little more time for myself. Get a razor you like, spend a little extra to get a good quality brush (badger, not boar), and get a multipack of razors to see which you like better. I like Feather and Shark razors the best so far. Some of the cheaper blades didn't seem to cut as well or last as many shaves. But with DE razors as cheap as they are, you can afford to replace the blades each week or more often depending on how much use it sees that week.

Here's what I got the first time around and I highly recommend it:

http://www.maggardrazors.com/product/edwin-jagger-del8614bl-long-handled-black-safety-razor/
http://www.maggardrazors.com/product/frank-shaving-finest-badger-26mm-faux-horn-handle/
http://www.maggardrazors.com/product/build-your-own-sampler-10-packs-15-off/

Maggard Razors also has sample packs of shaving creams so that you can find the scent you like without being stuck with a tub you don't. I got the Taylor of Old Bond Street sample and found three scents that I liked and quite a few that I didn't. Watch some YouTube videos to learn the proper lathering/shaving technique and start practicing.

Then one day you'll decide it's time to move up to straight edge shaving.

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Honestly, Do You Still Act or Think Like a JW?

by minimus in

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or do traces or attitudes still rear its ugly head of your past involvement with the witnesses?

pronomono

...and I still have a tendency to use "JWs versus worldly people" when comparing JWs to everyone else. I have to stop and correct myself with "JWs versus regular people" when making the comparison.

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Honestly, Do You Still Act or Think Like a JW?

by minimus in

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or do traces or attitudes still rear its ugly head of your past involvement with the witnesses?

pronomono

Yeah, sometimes little things get to me from my previous mindset.......

- whistling Kingdom Melodies, racking my brain to figure out "what's that tune", realizing what it was, and then I'm like WTF?

- wishing someone good luck, thinking I don't believe in luck, remembering I still don't believe in luck but it's not as bad as JWs say it is, and then looking around to make sure I didn't offend anyone

- stopping to say a prayer before I eat, then stopping and remembering I don't believe in God and it's the same prayer I've recited word-for-word for the past 20 years

- waking up at 9am for field service when I intended to sleep in and getting up to do housework (or be lazy) instead

Just lots of little things that have been engrained in my mind and schedule for over 20 years that's hard to overturn in the short time I've been mentally out. Consciously, I don't agree or want any of it, but subconsciously I'm still weeding some things out.

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Why Do You No Longer Believe in God?

by Tenacious in

i know this question has popped up from time to time but i really would like to know how you guys, those that no longer believe, came to that conclusion?

was it the wts and all its crap?

was it something you read?

pronomono

Define god.

Guardians of Doctrine, according to the GB.

So according to this definition, although I do not believe in G.O.D., G.O.D. does exist in a self-appointed way.

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Did you like hymns as a jw?

by jean-luc picard in

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i was just explaining to mrs picard........ never a jw, and not english, how we used to celebrate the harvest festival, when i was 7 and younger, before my parents converted to jw'ism.. i loved to sing "we plough the fields and scatter".

of course, singing such hymns is, to a jw, paramount to apostasy,with the death penalty like punishment the ensued.. how really stupid their harsh rules.. did you have any favourite hymns?.

i think we would all agree, that they beat the pants off the "kingdom melodies".

pronomono

I never cared for the words, but I like the melodies of some of them. I like Amazing Grace as played on Scottish bagpipes. I still think it's a beautiful tune, even though I don't agree with any of the words.

Funny thing, I still find myself humming Kingdom Melodies. I have to stop and think about where a certain tune came from, and then I'm like "Dammit!" as I remember it's a Kingdom Melody.

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Fighting about college

by cognac in

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my nephew is a sweet, smart, thoughtful person.

he wants to go to college.. normally, a mom would be proud to have a son like this.. nope, not a friggin jw mom.

apparently, he's being selfish to both her and jehovah.

pronomono

I can't say enough how thankful I am that I went to college. I hope your nephew gets the same opportunity, one way or another. My mom wasn't too happy about me going, but my dad supported me fully. He agrees with the JWs on a lot, but not on their views of education. College doesn't guarantee a good future, but it gives you a great foundation to build on. Your nephew is lucky to have you looking out for him.

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Any funny stories of when a"brother" giving a talk, said something "funny" or "questionable", and didn't even realize it?

by Dunedain in

there were always all types of speakers in the org.

myself, growing up a "witness", must have heard all types of talks, and given by all manner of speakers, especially on sundays, when almost every week we would get a "visiting" brother giving the public talk.. sometimes, you would have a "great" speaker, all fluent and animated.

other times we would get a comical speaker, one who would maybe purposelly get a few laughs outta the audience.

pronomono

One brother mentioned during a public talk that we shouldn't give a half-assed effort in our service to Jehovah....... He thought the saying was half-fast.