Posts by smack

i originally joined and lurked for the longest time, before i started posting on a regular basis.. this board was a place of comfort through justification.

i still clung to some old feelings of dread, and the old "what if?

smack

I worked it out straight away, but I can't work out what Simon's nick means

Steve Mack

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What do you do for a living ??? Would the elders make you quit your job ???

by run dont walk in

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this one is my biggest pet peeves.. growing up in the borg, i had a hard time finding any job, let alone a decent paying one.. i had to quit many jobs because my parents said "i was missing out to many meetings and field service.".

but how come the elders who worked at ford, chysler, gm, or any big factories, that worked shift work, and missed meetings every three weeks consistently for decades, and that was okay.

the response i would get was, "well they have a family to raise and look after.

smack

I work for the national broadcaster, so for a few weeks each December I put heaps of Christmas stuff to air. I used to put 'Songs of Praise' and other religious programs to air on Sundays. I worked for a cable TV operator and did a few months on the Australian Christian Channel. I never had the opportunity to work on the Adult channel, I was over qualified.

An elder at my old clan was in the take away food business, family members were the only employees. He was partner with a non JW. He had meeting nights changed to suit his busy nights. When the clan split, his son went to the other cong, so that they wouldn't miss so many meetings.

Elders can't make me do jack

Steve

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1975..Let's Keep It Alive!

by Englishman in

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1975. the end of 6000 years of man's existence, and logically, therefore, the start of the 1000 year reign, which meant that armageddon had to be done and dusted before that.. i remember it well!

the hype at assemblies, my dad giving up his job and selling his home to move where the "need was great", now minimised by mother with her "oh so you're another seventy-fiver are you" comments.. now it's just something that occasionally embarrasses jw's, some of them deny it ever happened, others think that it was all too long ago to be relevent.. maybe we need to put 1975 into a slot where we can all relate to it.

maybe those of us who remember that year could chip in as well.. so, what did happen in 1975?

smack

There were so many idiots, so few comets. We'd just returned from serving where the need was greater. 4 wasted years

Steve

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I NEED SOME HELP FOR A FRIEND.......

by Mary in

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i'm really concerned about a close friend of mine.

she and her husband stopped going to the meeting about 10 years ago (that's not why i'm concerned) but remained pretty low-keyed up until about the last year.

we've obviously talked at great length about the religion and how it screwed us royally and have even had some laughs over it (i've shown her some of my posting here and she's roared with laughter).. a few years ago, she got a tatoo because she always wanted one and of course couldn't while she was a dub.

smack

Let her be, what's the worse thig that'll happen, she'll die from it? We all die eventually, some of us just live first.

Steve

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Growing up a gay Jehovah's Witness (My Life Story)

by m0nk3y in

i feel the need to express how i feel and felt about my life as a gay man.

i was brought up from birth as a jehovahs witness.

this has played a major part in my life and it has been a real struggle to get past.

smack

After reading that, all I can say is what I went through seems miniscule to what you've had to take.

Good onya sandgroper

Steve

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How do you want to 'go'?

by dmouse in

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of course, nobody really wants to die, but if you had a choice about how...how would you like to go?.

some people i know would like to pop their clogs after a game of golf, some in the pub with friends.. personally, i want to be shot in bed by a jealous husband when i'm 96.

smack

Anytime, not bothered anymore. Don't want this living forever crap.

Having said that I wouldn't mind hanging around observing the next generation..... and the one after that.....

How? Not by my own hand for sure.

Reports of smacks death were grossly exagerated ;)

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another one of those... goodbyes

by MrMoe in

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no instant messenger, no emails, nothing.

well... it is complicated.

the entire time i was married i went to a friends house one time.

smack

Bye Moe

Steve