LoverOfTruth

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  Hi everyone! im also a newbie here.

  by dhand in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi everyone, thought it was time to say hi after nearly a year lurking on this site!!

  abit about me... i was born into the jw's and have been baptised for about 15yrs and was appointed as an ms about a year ago.

  i have been a die hard jw for the last few years, but because of the arrogant and unloving attitude of certain 'spirit appointed' men within the cong and circuit i began to wounder if what i had really was 'the truth' and caused me to do some digging on some of the fundamental teachings.

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  LoverOfTruth

  I think the major reason many of us left is the "Severe" Lack of Love. At some point all the Talk (Brainwashing) about "How They Have Love Among Themselves" Rings False.

  Welcome To the Group. :-)
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  I feel really angry

  by Quester55 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i feel angry, bitter, resentful and stupid.

  when i was in my 30's and young and strong, and had a long stretch of life ahead of me, i went along with the jw's and didn't get my education.

  now that i am 50, divorced and barely making a living as a teacher aide, i am scrounging around trying to get the loans and grants to enable me to go to school to earn a b.a.

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  LoverOfTruth

  Get your education, even if it is a little bit at a time. This will build confidence. Don't be in a hurry to get married. This might short circuit all of your plans.
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  Why I will NEVER be an elder again

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so the po confirmed what many on this board already know.

  at latest round of co to elders meeting, the co quoted from the society outline.

  any elder or ms who encourages college for his kids or others or who allows his children to go to college will no longer qualify.. he then asked if i was going to take the cos encouragement and reach out again to be an elder and get my hours on the ministry up.. i replied "i will never be an elder again - i strongly approve of further education and college and have been through college myself.

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  What the Elder needs is a Wife he can use as a scapegoat. All he has to say is his wife is promoting college. I pushed all four of my kids to go to college. I was always considered the "bad" parterner.
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  Why I will NEVER be an elder again

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so the po confirmed what many on this board already know.

  at latest round of co to elders meeting, the co quoted from the society outline.

  any elder or ms who encourages college for his kids or others or who allows his children to go to college will no longer qualify.. he then asked if i was going to take the cos encouragement and reach out again to be an elder and get my hours on the ministry up.. i replied "i will never be an elder again - i strongly approve of further education and college and have been through college myself.

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  LoverOfTruth

  Good for you. It was a brave act to stand up for yourself.
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  What Global Warming?

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  see:.

  http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/january-2008-4-sources-say-globally-cooler-in-the-past-12-months/.

  metatron.

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  LoverOfTruth

  I'm more concerned about the plight of Bees. They seem to be disappearing from the earth.
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  Court Orders Return of Sect Children to Parents

  by jamiebowers in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24878696/?gt1=43001.

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  I think the government was totally wrong to take the chldren away from their mothers. It was cruel.
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  How do you tell somebody that they do something that is socially awkward...

  by DanTheMan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ...and annoying?

  my sister, who i am close with, has a tendency to talk and laugh at very high, at times even piercing volumes when she is in social situations where there is more than say, four or five people present.

  it's like, her volume increases exponentially with every person that you add to the mix.

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  I don't think she realizes these tendencies at all. My sister is like me where she wants so badly for everyone to like her that it works against her. She would be so much more likeable if she would just relax a little.

  You mention your sister is like you. With that said, I suggest you use your own experiences to express show you occasionally become annoying to others (and give examples). This is extremely common behavior with those of us who suffer from insecurity.

  You might mention how you have to keep a check on yourself but it's tough without oustide, loving guidance from others. ASK HER TO HELP YOU. I'm certain she will begin to recognize these behaviors in herself and you will grow together.
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  Opinion poll: Is it wrong for grandparents to buy presents for all but one?

  by cognizant dissident in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my parents (jw's) have 4 small grandchildren between the ages of 5 and 8. they recently went on a trip and brought back presents for 3 of the kids but left out one because they "didn't have time to find anything".

  my sister was very upset and refused to accept the present for her daughter if they had nothing for her son.

  my parents thought she was making a big deal out of nothing and since gifts are voluntary, technically, they don't have to buy them for any of the kids and can do so as they choose.

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  LoverOfTruth

  My sister was very upset and refused to accept the present for her daughter if they had nothing for her son.

  I have no doubt your sister made a wise decision.
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  Preparing for Armageddon

  by Wordly Andre in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i was a kid i can remember really being scared that armageddon was coming, you know the crap about it's almost here, and i would never live to see high school and all my classmates would be killed by jemima, i used to have nightmares when i was a kid over this.

  i know of some family and friends who have since left the org, some have told me stories of how their family would prepare for armageddon, like keeping food and extra copies of watchterror and awacks, and have some kind of rehearsal for the end, some sounds like those old 1950's movietone shorts about preparing for the a bomb, did you or your family do anything weird to prepare for armageddon?

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  LoverOfTruth

  I wasn't raised a JW but I always believed in a God who loved me more than anything you could imagine. With that said, I never believed he would hurt people in such a cruel way the watchtower teaches. I often said, "the God I love doesn't act like that"

  I never prepared for armageddon. Neither was I so foolish as to not prepare for the future. I know some who cashed out retirement accounts and so so forth. (One JW cashed his out and took the family to Disneyworld)

  Many JWs didn't encourage their children to go to College; I didn't give my kids an option.

  It's no wonder, I didn't make it as a "Good" Jehovah's Witness and never quite fit in.
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  Video of my daughter going to the prom on the Party Bus!

  by MsMcDucket in

  1. social
  2. family

  her friends are in the video too!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sasxi9rz20.

  i couldn't get heather to wear a shawl, shrug, or go without the sweater!

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  LoverOfTruth

  It's really wonderful to see our children growing up, ready to explore the world.