Tempest in a Teacup

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  Letter to be read at meeting this week about the downsize

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a family member who is a bethelite informed me today that there is a letter to be read soon ( this week or next) concerning the downsizing.

  so probably someone who has their midweek meeting early in the week will be able to fill in the details.

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  Tempest in a Teacup

  At least someone is going to remove BETHEL SERVICE from their career options. For what it's worth.
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  Ooo...Mmm...Ggg premonitory dream. Can't believe it

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, the whole weekend i spent it dozing on and off.

  this morning, before waking up, i had a dream.

  i was passing by a building in france (i don't live in europe) and then i recognized a certain building as the one where one of my friends who lives in that country lives.

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  How strange, all these things! Diana, I wonder how you cope with having this regularly. I wish this doesn't happen to me again.
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  Ooo...Mmm...Ggg premonitory dream. Can't believe it

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, the whole weekend i spent it dozing on and off.

  this morning, before waking up, i had a dream.

  i was passing by a building in france (i don't live in europe) and then i recognized a certain building as the one where one of my friends who lives in that country lives.

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  Tempest in a Teacup

  I was actually mocking 'my stupid dream ' of her moving, but to a different side of her building. To which she answered that she didn't believe that it's stupid because they did move to another side of their building.
  

  I will have to look at that book, Cofty. The first question that came to my mind was...what are the odds?
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  Ooo...Mmm...Ggg premonitory dream. Can't believe it

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, the whole weekend i spent it dozing on and off.

  this morning, before waking up, i had a dream.

  i was passing by a building in france (i don't live in europe) and then i recognized a certain building as the one where one of my friends who lives in that country lives.

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  It hardly slept. I think this is too heavy for me to process. I mean, when I called her what I knew was that she had moved; I told her about some of the details of my dream before she said anything.
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  Ooo...Mmm...Ggg premonitory dream. Can't believe it

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, the whole weekend i spent it dozing on and off.

  this morning, before waking up, i had a dream.

  i was passing by a building in france (i don't live in europe) and then i recognized a certain building as the one where one of my friends who lives in that country lives.

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  So, the whole weekend I spent it dozing on and off. This morning, before waking up, I had a dream. I was passing by a building in France (I don't live in Europe) and then I recognized a certain building as the one where one of my friends who lives in that country lives. I get down from the bus and I go inside the building. Saw a woman sitting down folding clothes which belong to my friend. I told her who I am, and I ask where my friend is. She said my friend isn't around, she went out to get some meat because she's receiving guests that night. She told me that in actual fact my friend was moving out of that room.

  I ask where the new place is. She said I had to just go round the building, there's an opening under a tree, I could use it to get inside and wait for my fiend there.

  I go round the building and get in. The place looks new, big and almost empty, with the exception of her husband's few clothes laying around. I don't stay for long and I leave etc...

  THIS AFTERNOON...I receive a skype message from my friend. Note that we haven't spoken for a month. She drops the message: "hey how have you been. We just moved, I'm super tired. Wanted to let you know, next time you come to France, we'll be happy to receive you in our own place'.

  I didn't know what to think. I felt lost. So I called her. Several times, I couldn't wait to tell her about my dream. I started with "you're not going to believe this " followed by the dream.

  AND THEN she tells me... Your dream was true. We actually moved to another apartment in the SAME building. Jaw dropped me...'what, I mean...WHAT'? So why did I have that dream?

  This is the first time I'm experiencing something like this. I'm the type who would chuckle and brush this off had someone else told me this story?

  What is this? I'm amazed and scared at the same time.
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  If JWs Were More Tolerant Would It Help Their Money Woes?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  they don't want you bettering yourself.

  they hate college education.they applaud you if you quit full time secular work and instead, "pioneer".

  they cry that they have money problems.

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  As a matter of fact, yes. When you keep hammering into someone's ears negative things about how evil they are for earning their money, one day they'll stop giving you their evil money .
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  "Sorry, sister; but the CO said he isn't going to visit anyone durind the Special Week."

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  third post about the big disappointments that woke me up.

  i'm writing them in no particular order.

  these episodes made me bitter when they happened.

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  Third post about the big disappointments that woke me up. I'm writing them in no particular order. These episodes made me bitter when they happened. They all happened within a short time span (about a year ) and they made me question who these people actually were. After all these incidents, I developed an instinctive fear and repulsion for JWs. Before long, I started drifting away from them to shield myself from their callous ways.

  In my family, we always made it a point to receive the co when he's visiting. Ever since I've been living on my own, I always tried to respect the tradition. What we normally do is that 4 or 5 single people will decide upon a weekly day to have the co for lunch.

  it normally worked well. We sometimes had splendid visits with heart to heart, up building conversations with the COs and their wives. Other times, it was quite boring but the joy of having the CO over for a meal was still there.

  Then came this CO. Utterly disrespectful. Terribly inconsiderate. It was pure hell sitting through his talks because the man would just be standing there spewing INSULT after INSULT. He gave me the impression that I was a slave instead of a believer.

  It was the first time he was visiting our congregation. So as usual, I gave my name to have him and his wife over for lunch, together with other people in the cong. This was done the week before his visit. After the first meeting, which I thoroughly hated, elders called me to let me know that brother CO had rejected all invitations to homes for the duration of the week. I asked why. They told me that he said that he only enjoys having sandwiches for lunch and so he doesn't need to go to anyone's house for that.

  It was such a jaw dropping moment! Like seriously? Yes. He's cancelled all invitations? Yes.

  Okay. Cool. Never ever in my life had I seen or heard of a CO refusing all invitations to have lunch with congregation members. In my culture, that's a big no-no, and I'm sure he was aware of this.

  Turns out, he actually lives in our area and I suppose he just wanted to be going to his own home since it wasn't that far away. That, I heard weeks later. Which ever way, I thought it was quite insensitive of him to actually refuse to visit members of the cong for that. I guess he knew so too, since he invented the sandwich excuse. I mean, we will make sandwich for you if that's what you want. What matters to us is to have you over. Mr CO knew that but couldn't care less about our a**es.

  Needless to say, I missed his next visits (3 I think). I always found a reason to be absent that week. I couldn't stand the mere sight of his arrogant self.

  For his second visit, elders were asking who would like to receive him. Turns out, for whatever reason, that this time around he was willing to fulfill his COly duties. They naturally approached me about it. I happily said 'no, I can't ' and turn my heels.

  For his first visit, I was disappointed because there were some things I was wanting to discuss with him, and at that point in time, any encouraging words would have greatly helped me in the state where I was. As at the time of the second visit, I had learnt my lessons and I was looking for the way out.
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  "You don't go to the platform to say nonsense."

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  second in a series of reminiscing disappointments that cut me off this religion one string at a time.... actually, i had a one week break which i spent quite poorly: not sleeping at night, so i could catch up on my favorite shows, eating crappy foods the whole day, booze and hangovers.

  i'm an introvert and really, this for me is an ideal holiday :).

  but...all the above, coupled with having too much free time has brought back some demons who had been sleeping...and snoring.. back to the topic.. in my former congregation, there's one wannabe-elder-no-education-hates-his-job-envies-others-mysogynist-ministerial servant.

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  Lol! Something like that. No, I just happen to love the language.
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  "I'm feeling down, I'm not faring well; I need help, please help me."

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today i remembered one of my disillusionment episodes, when i was going from rejection to rejection, and i was discovering the wide gap between spewing beautiful words and actually translating them into actions.. a few years ago, in my darkest hours of depression, it occurred to me to send the following sms to one of my closest friends in the congregation.

  i truly believed in her friendship and thought i could count on her.

  it was one of the very rare moments in which i was ready to put myself completely out there and pour my heart out to someone.

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  Ow, I did get professional help. It's just one of those times when memories strike.
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  If you are a current active JW, What rules do you deliberately break?

  by Truthexplorer in

  1. social
  2. humour

  do the lottery.

  celebrate my child's birthday.

  sign workmates birthday cards.

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  Oh yeah, and higher education. GUILTY!