After every assembly my father would have a regular text reading and weekly bible study for about 2 months. Then he would just complain how his children were not into spiritual things like "perfect jw family so and so". I also remember visiting my friends house on saturdays and having to go through the grueling 2.5 hour family watchtower study. Boy did it suck!!!!!!!!!!
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Att: ex-Elders and Their Kids: Did You Really Have a Regular Family Study?
by Room 215 infriends, this is a sort of poll, directed mainly at -- but not limited to --ex-elders, their wives and kids.
it was my impression that, with the possible exception of meaningful personal prayer, the other aspect of the idealized, exemplary jw lifestyle that was portrayed at the assemblies and at meetings-- the regular, weekly family bible study -- was the one most neglected.
it seemed to be something the ``other" spiritual family did and the one thing we constantly agreed we ``needed to work on.".
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Sunshine State
by Dimples inanyone here from florida?
you don't have to say what city.... i was just wondering.
i live in the sunny south.. dimples
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I live in good old Miami (Kendall). Home of the WORLD CHAMPION FLORIDA MARLINS!!!!!
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Just curious...
by kj inhow many of you were actually brought into the jws by someone at your door?
how many were born in or brought in by family?.
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Born in....
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Your REAL name???
by Odrade inhave any "faders" ever accidentally "outed" themselves by signing their real name to a post?
i'm really paranoid about that, and often go back and recheck my posts to see if it says "odrade.".
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I have posted my name on here before and no one I know has said anything to me. So here it is for all my former elders in my old cong.
Name: Robert Reilly
City/State: Miami, Fl
Age: 31
X-cong: Snapper Creek
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The boring and uneventful lives of a JW
by YellowLab ini faded as a jw about 8 years ago.
to me the meetings were just plain boring as hell and so "robotic".
i never did feel true love amongst the brothers and sisters as they always like to tout.
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Yellowlab you said it well. Now that I have been out for awhile I can now see how depressed everyone I know that is a jdub is. My younger sister told me that my mother takes prozac for the depression. When my sister was still living at home my mother had her put on prozac too. When she left home the depression stopped and so did the drugs. I've been told by many xdubs that I wouldn't believe how many dubs are on anti-depressants....
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Were You Ever Put On Any "Restrictions" While You Were A Witness?
by minimus inthe elders and the watchtower society are big fans of using "restrictions".
anytime a person has judicial action taken against them, they are imposed with "automatic restrictions".
even if a body of elders felt that a person was too fragile to have any restriction placed upon them, they were required by the society to "restrict" them in something.......were you ever put on restrictions?
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Being that I was always on restrictions from the time I was 14 years old, I really considered it a good thing. I was only going to the meetings cause I had to and also my only social life existed there. Restictions meant I was never expected to do much as far as "reaching out". So when all the other young dub boys were preparing talks and aux pioneering, I was doing my own thing. They had to do the mics and read during the meeting while I stood in the back and talked to my friends. So yeah I was on restrictions and yeah it was cool...
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what do you do when JWs call at your door now?
by franklin J ini have been away from jws for 20 years, after having grown up as one, a pioneer and ministerial servant.
i have rebuilt my life, am very happy and have a wife and three kids who never were part of jw.
i have moved back into the town i grew up in.
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I never had them call on my house either. My house is in a gated community and they won't even let the pizza deliverer in without a resident buzzing him in...
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Espresso
by Beans infinally i got myself a espresso machine as i have been wanting one for so long!
i am a coffee freak and this will help me get through the cravings for a quick caffeine fix!
i bought a krups machineas i love fine german products!
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My espresso maker of choice is the Jura. It is made in Switzerland and they have many models at prices from $350 to $2500. A good investment for a espresso lover. Drinking one right now!!!
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What's the most ridiculous thing you were ever counselled on?
by micheal inone of the cornerstones of jw's is counsel.
they just love to give counsel and many times they will literally make things up just for the sake of counsel.
i was once counselled for joking around too much.
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I bought a 4x4 truck and a couple elders pulled me aside to let me know that it shows how week I was spiritually. They told me that how did I ever plan on pioneering in that vehicle, and how was an older sister supposed to get in the vehicle. That was the point in me buying it!!!
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How Does Your Internet Persona Differ From....
by Frannie Banannie inhow does your internet persona differ from your face-to-face personality?
do you interact with people differently on the internet than you would face to face?
yes...i know.....the second and third questions are a re-phrasing of the first...that's in case someone doesn't "get the drift" of the first question.... frannie b
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I'm pretty much the same funny/sarcastic person in real life. I am definitley more of a rebel online than I am in real life. I also think I flirt more online but my wife says I'm always flirting...