Only MJ in the evenings when the kids are asleep....
Posts by yxl1
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60Do You Smoke???
by minimus ini'm curious as to whether you've ever smoked.
i've never put a cigarette or any thing similar to my lips.
i've never had the desire.
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Do witnesses quit smoking more easily?
by JH inwhy is it that witnesses can quit smoking quite easily compared to people of other religions?.
every new person who joined the organization who smoked said that they quit quite rapidly.
i heard some say that they tried to stop smoking and never was able to, but since they joined the jw's they were able to stop.. .
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yxl1
My mum was a 40 a day smoker. When she joined the collective, 25 years ago ,she quit...just like that. Back then, she always claimed that she never suffered any withdrawal. "Jehovah gives me the strengh" However when pressed, she now says that she fancies a ciggie every now and then.
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UK only - What assembly circuit were you in?
by truthseeker ini think there are about 20 cong in each circuit (correct me if i'm wrong).
i was in the sussex circuit, can't remember which number though.
any of you remember which circuit you're cong was assigned to?.
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yxl1
Coming from the New Addington Cong (Near Croydon) I was dragged to Dorking then Camber and then Haysbridge
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What are people/parent so scared of in life, that makes them join the JW's?
by run dont walk ini asked my mom this recently, and did not get an answer ..... she just said because it's the truth, and became very flustered.. death ???.
kids falling into drugs ???.
pregnancy ???.
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yxl1
IMO, I think a lot people join religious groups because of their fear of dying. I think if there was no promise of some form of everlasting existance, most people wouldnt bother.
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South East England - love of the greater number cooling off
by truthseeker inhi everyone, in the congregation i grew up in, it was very cold and unloving.
circuit overseers would come and go, they would give counsel and nothing changed.
at one time even the do came at the same time as the co and gave counsel to 'widen out'.
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yxl1
Ahh the Dorking assemblies. Who remembers the donut making machine? And the freshly made icecream?
I'm pretty sure that was just before we moved to Cambersands.(An enclosed butlins holiday camp the Dubs rented...Any one remember?) Now that was a laugh. I got baptised at Cambersands because I could go back to my room and blowdry my hair! (Well it was the 80's)
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South East England - love of the greater number cooling off
by truthseeker inhi everyone, in the congregation i grew up in, it was very cold and unloving.
circuit overseers would come and go, they would give counsel and nothing changed.
at one time even the do came at the same time as the co and gave counsel to 'widen out'.
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yxl1
Englishman,
Where's your tie man!?
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Stu New
by stu inhi there im new here so a brief biog to say hi.
ill be a bit vague cos not sure how safe with poss jw's seeing as friends and parents still jw's and im not d'sd or df'd just stopped going.probably being paranoid.wonder why?was brought up jw did 'bad things' in teens whilst pioneering felt sick with guilt then got doubts started hanging with worldlys got grassed up by my sis for doing drugs but manage to avoid ds/da and left fairly quietly.
i live in birmingham england have been my own man for over two years but after the initial great im free feeling i guess im a bit flat now.
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yxl1
Welcome Stu.
These guys will make you feel at home!
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Whats the craziest thing you've done at the Kingdom hall?
by yxl1 ini was given the "privilege" to open the kh early to switch on the heating.
they even gave me my own set of keys.. every saturday night, me and another jw would drive to the kh with our amps and guitars and .
jam until the early morning, using the stage and the kh's pa system.
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yxl1
Phew!! What a relief to know that I wasnt the only person who wanked during the "meatings", sat through public talks
stoned out of my head, broke into the KH for a prank and got jiggy with it at the KH. The only thing I'm really embarised about
is that I would swap purses and wallets of anyone who was stupid enough to leave stuff in their pockets and then leave them hanging in the
cloakroom...Mind you, it almost caused a fight between two sisters
I can now see why noone liked me....heh
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Are JW's prejudice ??? 15 questions (not talking about race)
by run dont walk in, what do you think ............ 1) will a jw parent allow their son/daughter date someone who is not a jw ???.
2) will a jw parent allow their son/daughter marry someone who is not a jw ???.
3) will a jw parent allow their kids to socialize with other kids after school or weekends ???.
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yxl1
My older sister was dating an Elders son. We were invited to Sunday lunch to meet his family.
During dinner the Elder made a joke about me being the first black person he's met that doesn’t like bananas.
Later on in the evening, he "joked" that if his son married a black person, she'd end up looking like a fat mamma.
Coming from a black family and growing up in a predominately white congregation I can't answer the question of "Are JW's
Prejudice???", but I can say that at least 50% of my congregation were. Maybe its not the same everywhere else, and maybe things have
changed since, but I'll never forget the subtle abuse be encounted on a weekly basis. Espcially from the older members.
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Just met my son's girlfriend
by Dawn inyep - she's really cute too!.
so after meeting her, i'm thinking back to when i was 17 and had my first real love.
he was "worldly" .
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yxl1
Dawn,
Your post reminded me of a little incident that happened just before I left the Dubs. There was an Elders daughter who was 17 years old and who happened to be interested in a young black brother who was 20 years of age. When things started getting serious (ie they would go on the field service together – chaperoned of cause) the young sisters father approached the young brother and told him to keep away from his daughter. After two weeks of constantly asking the Elder why he was no longer allowed to see his daughter, the Elder eventually wrote him a letter stating that his daughter was too young to date, and should be using her energies praising Jah. He also mentioned that even though he had no problems with blacks, mixed marriages never work!!
Within a month, the young sister was ENGAGED to an older (nearer the fathers age!) brother who happened to be a good friend of her dads and who happened to be a Ministerial Servant!
They were married, pregnant and divorced within a year.