Tempest in a Teacup

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  Convention Cartoon

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so last night they played the convention cartoon.

  there were a few laughs from the audience, overall though people seemed a little taken aback and tight lipped.

  like no one gushed about it afterwards, no applause, just like it was nothing new at all.

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  whathehadas One thing I noticed. There was NO person of color depicted in that cartoon.

  Those were doodles in black and white. How did you come to that conclusion?
  
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  Sorry, But Your Sad Story Doesn't Make Me Feel Better. Is it supposed to?

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have very recently come out of a bout of severe depression which lasted for years.

  i have ginormous underlying issues which i hardly talk about, especially to my family.. today my sister came in, wanting to force me to do something she wanted.

  her strategy was to make me feel bad for feeling bad, just to show me that my problem (which she has no idea of but thinks she does) wasn't the biggest in the world.

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  I have very recently come out of a bout of severe depression which lasted for years. I have ginormous underlying issues which I hardly talk about, especially to my family.

  Today my sister came in, wanting to force me to do something she wanted. Her strategy was to make me feel bad for feeling bad, just to show me that my problem (which she has no idea of but thinks she does) wasn't the biggest in the world. She went on and on and on about some miserable life of some miserable acquaintance of hers.

  I have seen this happening with people so very often. Why do they assume that when they tell you a super sad story about someone it will make you feel better about yourself, by letting you know that yours is a small problem compared to someone else? Is it supposed to work?

  I remember blowing a new relationship like that. That person told me that they worked with so many people and knew about so much sadness that they're always happy and think everyone should because things can be so bad. I replied that my issues were so debilitating and have so many implications and ramifications in so many areas of my life that I wouldn't accept anyone telling me that it's not a "real" problem, just because I'm not living on the street and eating stones.
  

  I'm sorry but this doesn't work with me and it is something that I don't adhere to. If the scar in my heart were to be visible on my body, I guess very few people would be able to look at me.
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  Convention Cartoon

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so last night they played the convention cartoon.

  there were a few laughs from the audience, overall though people seemed a little taken aback and tight lipped.

  like no one gushed about it afterwards, no applause, just like it was nothing new at all.

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  Sorry I'm going to be the party pooper here but I sure liked the doodles. I'm always doodling so it was a feast to my eyes.

  The audience in my hall reacted stupidly. I was praying and hoping that they wouldn't applaud. But a few did; I'd say 10 persons in about 50. Not the frantic ecstatic applause though, a very cold one which lasted for half a second.

  The general laughter were forthcoming throughout the show though.
  
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  weird questions people ask you at the KH?

  by Truthexplorer in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i meet sister ott zealot.

  she says ah .... its lovely to see you; how are you doing.

  i said yeah i'm fine thank you!

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  Thé country I grew up in... Well, that's part of the greetings among witnesses, especially old timers. It sounds more like....how's thw WORSHIPPING?
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  Does Anyone Know Where This Picture Came From...

  by MADMARY in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it couldn't be from a watchtower cover, right???

  does anyone know?.

  mm.

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  OrphanC: about that pic I'm going off topic here, but I think the quote is nonsense. lol. No one can turn your hourglass (life) around for you. Or someone may just come, and knock it to the floor.

  Sorry, I couldn't help it. I have a ginourmous beef with silly internet quotes lol!
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  Mummy Dear Lies at Assemblies

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my zealously fanatic jw mum is aware of my current "tourist-jw" life.

  what she doesn't know for sure is that she's part of the ones who brought me to this.. my mum was a quite moderate jw, she even got publically reproved once.

  in our house, there was no daily text, no family study, no eating together, no preaching together, no watchtower study...even though she regularly checked my wt to see if i studied it.. being a single mother, she had a quite busy work schedule, so from the moment she woke up to the moment she went to bed, you'd better not waste a single minute of her time needlessly.

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  I distinctly remember that if my answers to whatever questions I was asked in the interviews wasn't good enough, I would be coached into giving better answers. You know, not truthful ones, but ones that set a higher standard.
  (...) I believe very little of any personal experiences given from any stage. I assume most to be exaggerations at least, outright lies at most.

  having been there myself, I know this to be true and I started to question the veracity of it.

  As a teen, I was given a part. I still don't know why they asked ME do to that. I had absolutely no serious experience to fit the brother's talk. They eventually let me tell about one experience of my everyday life (meaning: not interesting); they -the brother giving the talk and the co- told me what to place emphasis on, and how, and what details to downplay and how.

  My story still ended up too flat. LOL, too everyday-ish I think, given the weak applause The thrill-thirsty audience gave me. Ha!
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  Mummy Dear Lies at Assemblies

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my zealously fanatic jw mum is aware of my current "tourist-jw" life.

  what she doesn't know for sure is that she's part of the ones who brought me to this.. my mum was a quite moderate jw, she even got publically reproved once.

  in our house, there was no daily text, no family study, no eating together, no preaching together, no watchtower study...even though she regularly checked my wt to see if i studied it.. being a single mother, she had a quite busy work schedule, so from the moment she woke up to the moment she went to bed, you'd better not waste a single minute of her time needlessly.

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  The whole belief system is a delusional fantasy. Why did you expect it to have limits?

  I believe it rather works the other way around. These little things pieced together prove that the system has a problem, i.e. from insiders' point of view.

  Now if your eyes are open, it's a different story.
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  How to Choose a Wife!

  by snugglebunny in

  1. jw
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  back in the day, when my family moved to a new congregation, i fell head over heels with a young sister who was an elder's daughter.

  it wasn't long before we were talking about marriage and i was contemplating buying her an engagement ring.

  my parents were not happy at all.

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  I remember they also said the same thing about cleaning the hall: the singles who do it, despite being nicely dressed are humble and therefore will make good spouses!

  Ow!
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  How to Choose a Wife!

  by snugglebunny in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  back in the day, when my family moved to a new congregation, i fell head over heels with a young sister who was an elder's daughter.

  it wasn't long before we were talking about marriage and i was contemplating buying her an engagement ring.

  my parents were not happy at all.

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  By the way, I remember an elder asking in a talk: 'if an able bodied person puts in 2 hrs in a month, how many will s/he put in once faced with the responsabilities of marriage?'

  I remember nodding in agreement. If only I knew back then!

  Stupid fools. Everything is good to get people to preach. Like...if you don't preach, you'll be punished by not getting a spouse.
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  How to Choose a Wife!

  by snugglebunny in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  back in the day, when my family moved to a new congregation, i fell head over heels with a young sister who was an elder's daughter.

  it wasn't long before we were talking about marriage and i was contemplating buying her an engagement ring.

  my parents were not happy at all.

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  It's also a very standard practice where I live. Which explains why I'm still single

  Totally pointless though cos people who want to get married will just fake their time. How do you find out if they really did 15 hours in the Month? And if they genuinely did it out of their hearts?

  Ask your parents and the co's wife that question.

  There are more vital and relevant issues when considering a marriage mate and you should rather focus on those.

  Stupid man made rules propagated by brainless robots.