I have never voted, but this time I will to voice my disgust at the current administration...
This guy Bush makes me sick.
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when the election rolls around, will you be pulling the lever for w?
i will, unless somebody comes along with the offer of free supermodels for me.. czar
I have never voted, but this time I will to voice my disgust at the current administration...
This guy Bush makes me sick.
when i first was studying with the duds, one of the things i found interesting is that duds are ok with drinking alcohol, "in moderation".
i never was a big drinker, usually one drink if i'm out and will have to drive and no more than three in any 24 hour period, even if i'm staying home.. i wonder if the fact the "the judge" was a rumpot contributed to the soft attitude on alcohol?
most of the brothers i knew were big drinkers and many of the older elders drank more with dinner that i drink in a weekend.
Here in Miami drinking is very prevelent amongst the congos. It was always a riot to see elders and servants at "get togethers" drunk. And ofcoarse 2 weeks later would come the local needs part about drinking. Scince I was always the one known in the congo as the "cool bro." and wouldn't tell anybody anything, I went out with alot of the bro's and sis's and partied very hard. I guess thats why I was never df'd. I know with my knowledge I could have enough dubs in trouble that they would have to delete a congo on the area.
My favorite bier - Fohrenburger ( from Vorarlberg, Austria)
My favorite drink - My father in laws homemade Obst Schnapps
don't you sometimes feel like "coming out" on this board..... as in my name is blah blah and i was in this cong etc etc.
i know some who have done so here.............it's not that i'm embarrassed about giving my details or letting people know here........the only thing that stops me is ...............ahhh f**k it.
jgull.
I could careless if people know who I am.
Robert Reilly
Snapper Creek Cong.
Miami, Fl
USA
i would say the best thing is when one has just started studying and coming to meetings for the first time they are treated like gold.
but things really start to detiroriate quickly from there.
the worst thing is the control.
Best thing - Secret fornication with elders daughters
Worst thing - Boring "get togethers" with no alcohol...
i've read a lot of threads of late, where people stated when they did something wrong they would go the elders the next day and confess.. i find this truly bizzare !!!.
okay, maybe i didn't have a conscience as a jw, i did alot of things wrong, but, that would be the f--kin' day i would go to the elders and confess anything.
i would never tell those old goots anything, because then they would have something to hang over you for a long time.
Hell no, I never did. The group of young ones that I associated with were ratted out by a goody goody for drugs and sex one time. We found out and before the JC was formed the 8 of us got together to get our stories straight. Deny, Deny, Deny... It was the best!!! Result was private reproof for 3 of us. The best part was the goody goody saw the errors of her ways and apologized to us. She then came over to the dark side of the force.
has anyone noticed that jws who appear to be higher up on the 'socio-economic' ladder get special treatment at the kh?
no matter how many khs i've visited, i've noticed that jws who are not well off socially/financially/physically are treated with less respect/dignity than those with a business of their own, or just a higher quality of life.
i've been to many 'gatherings' where jws filter themselves out according to race or socio-economic standing.
Class distinction is so prevelent in the borg. I can remember breaking friendships so as to "move up" in rank amongst my peers. I can remember going to get togethers at prominant elders houses and there would be no black and or hispanics there (even though the cong was very well mixed). I can remember elders daughters who pioneer during the summer months work only with the ones who had nice cars. I can remember making fun of ones who had to stay at the cheapest hotel during the DC. I can remember the hateful gossip and slander about people who were maybe a little different or didn't have as much as others. I feel so bad now that I have been set free from the borg. Like sndy420 I feel deep regret for all the disgusting things I have said and done to people who didn't deserve it. Being apart of the troof and being an outcast at the same time must be a horrible feeling.
did any jw's ever sieze anything you owned due to demonic possesion?
did they ever burn anything to free it of demons?
my mother was and is famous for this.
It's funny how even dubs have their urban legends...
I remember hearing the one about the smurf getting up and walking out of the kingdum hall. And does anyone remember the DC when they played "Another one bites the dust" backwards??? It supposedly said decide to smoke marijuana. What a joke!!!!
Racism was big here in Miami. It was very rare to see a white group of dubs hang out with a black group of dubs. Then there was the whole spanish thing. We would have football games spanish dubs against white dubs. Talk about always on the verge of a rumble. And there were elders and MS there too, on both sides. People who say dubs aren't racist are blind...
as a jw, were you ever put on restrictions?
how did you feel when you were told that a certain "privilege" was being taken from you?
were you given any warning by the elders in charge that what you did merited a removal of some sort?
I'm with Wildhorses, I loved restrictions. They restricted me from commenting and also being in the TMS. When they tell you it like they are taking some great thing away from you. Ofcoarse you always act like it hurts
did any jw's ever sieze anything you owned due to demonic possesion?
did they ever burn anything to free it of demons?
my mother was and is famous for this.
I had a friend whose mother would say she was attacked by demons all the time. One time I left my skateboard at the house and she saw the pic on the bottomof the board of a dragon. She then asked her elder husband to rush home to pray while she put the board outside the front door. The next day she told her son she could here the demons flying around the house trying to get in. To stop them she slept on her bed surrounded by bibles. I felt so sorry my friend grew up like this. No wonder he left the house at 16. To this day he has told me she is still obsessed with the whole demon thing. But I think most dubs are...