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  Good Experiences as a Jehovah's Witness

  by minimus in

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  instead of bringing out the negatives about being a witness, let's relate some good experiences!

  i'll start.

  i remember a sister that brought up all her kids up in the "truth" and her husband was very opposed but later he started studying and he even got baptized.

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  Well, there was this one time when we called on this lady, blah blah blah, yap yap yap, bible study, blah blah, read her a scripture, yak yak, baptism talk, yadda yadda, I was sooo proud..... oh, wait, you didn't mean that kind of experience did you?

  As far as good(??) memories, I've got a lot of them, but they are so jumblied up right now in dubbie stuff that I can't answer really well. I mean, what were the good experiences "as a Jehovah's Witness" and what stuff (like with my family or a few friends) had nothing to do with witnesses, and would it have been better or worse if I were not a JW at the time? I mean, those hot summers where we went up to the river after service and played at the swim hole and the rope swing surely was a better experience because we went out in service all day first until we had heatstroke, then rushed up to the river to swim for 30 measly minutes, then loaded up again to get home for dinner right? The whole experience would have been so diminished if we had spent half the day up there, huh? AND you know we all had a much better time because our swimsuits were so modest. Uh huh, no bikinis for us. That would just wreck everything. LMAO! Bitter? who me? Obviously, I still don't have any perspective on certain experiences yet. Who knows? Ask me in a year.

  The congregation gathering thing is true. The big group activities have been actively discouraged for about 10 years or so. Recently though, I have been told by family that the last C.O. visit they talked a whole bunch about the need to SOCIALIZE as a congregation and individually. I guess the old "no gatherings" policy hasn't been working-LMAO and people have been going *gasp* outside to get a little social activity. SOOO, my family NOW thinks that that solves all my problems, and I can COME BACK. AAAARRRGH!

  (not trying to hijack the thread, really Min. Haha.)

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  Stupidest thing a JW ever told you

  by Nosferatu in

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  what is the stupidest thing a jw ever told you?

  we all know that they say a lot of stupid things, but what really topped the cake?.

  for me, it was an elder telling me i was progressing really well when my meeting attendance was down and my field service hours were slipping.

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  My mother-in-law just told me this morning that JW children in schools have to put up with their unruly classmates. That is why they bring home bad behavior. That JW children don't act rebellious on their own.
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  Bad odor expereinces at the Kingdom Hall

  by Joker10 in

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  i personally didn't smell anything funny inside a kh.

  lol.

  but do anyone of you have had bad experiences like having to hold your breath because the person sitting right next to you really smelled?

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  There was this huge hick family in one of the halls I went to. They ate all kinds of weird food--health fanatics. You did NOT want to sit behind them at the meeting, if you get my drift.
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  my dad passed away

  by azaria in

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  he passed away last friday.

  i never thought i'd ever enter a kingdom hall but we did it.

  it wasn't a pleasant experience.

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  sorry for your loss. (((azaria)))
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  Sep Km 2003 - Reduce labor?

  by truthseeker in

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  "god kept making it grow.

  " how thrilling it has been to see the growth in the united states field!.

  during the 2003 service year, over 70,000 new bible studies were started.

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  haha! this has been in the works for quite some time. In addition to reducing the workload, all printing will be moved to Wallkill, and non-essential personnel sent home or moved elsewhere. Makes you wonder if WTS is planning on selling some of that prime Brooklyn Heights real estate at huge profits...besides 360 Furman bldg that is.

  As far as the book printing work being distributed to other countries...even WT can see the benefit of cheap 3rd world labor. I'm certain it's much cheaper to house 100 bethelites in Nairobi, Kenya, than in Brooklyn Heights.

  Funny though how these announcements are all couched in "jehovah's blessing" wording, rather than a "smart business move."

  and I repeat: bleh.

  Odrade
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  Could you get reinstated?

  by Gadget in

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  if you wanted to, would you be able to convince your local elders to reinstate you?

  you'd have to go to every meeting, sitting at the back, showing 'the right attitude' and not talking to anyone.

  you'd have to do this for 6 months to 1 year.

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  No. It would make me physically ill, and I mean that in all sincerity. The last year I was trying to be a good JW, I was sick all the time. Colds, flus, headaches, body aches, panic attacks, you name it. Now I am really quite healthy. I do NOT have environmental illnesses, but the psychosomatic effect (mind/body) was that of physical illness from, I believe, suppressing the feelings of hurt and doubt from being associated.

  Now that I KNOW it is all a lie, I couldn't live through all the b.s. to "get the privilege" of being part of that lie again. In all sincerity... NO. If it came to a choice between having to be a part of that again or be disfellowshipped (we are trying to fade) I would take df'ing in a heartbeat.

  I understand why you are asking though. So what you need to do, is ask yourself if giving up two years or more of your life worth it to try and get your girlfriend out. THEN ask yourself if you think the relationship will survive your fading after coming back in. Finally, after you determine those two things, ask yourself if you will be able to keep your true feelings about the Organization to yourself, even from your girlfriend, as you try to live all of these lies. I wish you the best, you have some really tough and heartbreaking decisions to make.

  Odrade
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  Would you ever visit Bethel?

  by freedom96 in

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  you ever been driving, and traffic builds up coming up to an accident?

  human nature being what it is, everyone stops to see the accident.

  of course, by the time we get there, we are so pissed at the traffic, we slow down ourselves to make sure we see what all the fuss was about.. compare that perhaps to seeing the biggest accident of them all, bethel.

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  I never went, however, my parents went on the day of my wedding

  What???!!! That's sick. talk about emotional blackmail. Can I go puke now? *walks off muttering obscenities*
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  Which Kingdumb song did you hate the most?

  by iiz2cool in

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  i read through the thread entitled "what is your favorite kingdom melody?

  ", but i couldn't find any i liked.

  i found quite a few i really hated though.

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  "if your bodeeeee members youuuuu controoooool, you make know that the truuuuuth is your oooooown!"

  bleh.

  And "Dark Days are HERE, Man lives in FEAR... dum du du du DUM DUM" then it changes to that tweedly melody:

  "but the bible holds out a reason for CHEER..."

  bleh bleh.
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  Would you ever visit Bethel?

  by freedom96 in

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  you ever been driving, and traffic builds up coming up to an accident?

  human nature being what it is, everyone stops to see the accident.

  of course, by the time we get there, we are so pissed at the traffic, we slow down ourselves to make sure we see what all the fuss was about.. compare that perhaps to seeing the biggest accident of them all, bethel.

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  LMAO @ Irongland! What were those pics. Now I need to hook up my scanner. I have whole albums full of stupid factory/home/office tours at Bethel. I have been several times. Been there, done that, bought the postcards! HA.

  Seriously, don't tell them you are a witness. They give tours to "worldly" people, think they can impress them with how clean it is compared to other printing facilities. Has anyone ever toured actual other printing facilities? Oh, so we'll just take your word for it...

  Last time I went to NY, I did NOT do any tours. Everyone who knew I went (JWs) were horrified to find out I spent my time being a tourist of *gasp* NYC!

  Odrade
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  Has anyone given up love for the organization?

  by Victorian sky in

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  hi all, just wondering how many have given up the man or woman they love for the borg?

  i know it's a painful subject for some.

  i gave up my first love when i was studying.

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  Well, singleness is a gift you know.

  Odrade