Posts by pratt1

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Did you have the bookstudy at your house?

by karter in

we did for many years it was great becouse we had small children.

however you are expected to have a supper now and then after having food droped then ground into the carpet a few times i called it quites on the suppers although i'd invite some for beers after.

one bookstdy conducter announced there was going to be a supper next bookstudy so i announced no there wasen't he spoke to me after something about unwritten rules i said '' the phraseas call it oral trditions"

pratt1

We had the BS in our basement.

I hated it as a kid because I had to keep my room clean and mom my made sure that I shared my toys with all the other kids whether they were friends of mine or not. (I guess I was a selfish little bastard).

It became downright inconvinient when I started going to college, because I was always expected to attend no matter how tired or busy I was.

After a while I just stopped going and I would use another entrance into the house so that most of the time, no one knew I was home.

My mom absolutely loved the "privledge" of having the BS in her home.

She is actually disappointed that the BS is no longer a meeting.

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JW Mom killed in house

by Wordly Andre in

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http://www.pe.com/localnews/murrieta/stories/pe_news_local_s_sdead29.4016de2.html

murrieta - a 40-year-old mother of two was killed in her murrieta home monday morning, authorities said.

coroner's officials identified the woman as isabelle jarka.

pratt1

I am truly sorry for both families involved.

No one wants to believe that some one they love could be capable of such a horrific crime.

I don't want to rush to judgement but it certainly looks as if the husband is responsible.

It is not logical that you would come in to your home and find your house ransacked and your wife dead and the first thing you tell 911 is that your house has been broken into.

This was probably not premeditated, even though he had such a high valued life insurance polciy on his wife.

More likely it was an opportunity presented itself killing, perhaps after an argument or after a new financial setback and he did not think the entire process out throughly.

Sad, sad news.

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California JWs -- Are they different than most JWs?

by B_Deserter in

i've heard stories from people multiple times about their trips to california and how they were surprised to find out how lax the witlesses out there were concerning rules, behavior.

just wondering if anyone can confirm or deny that.

pratt1

We used to say that the further away the congo was from Bethel, the weaker congo.

Since we were from NYC, we prided ourselves on being the most "spiritually minded" and Cali, being the weakest.

But consider the source, we were hanging out at discos, bars, and strip clubs, with Bethelites I must add, so who was really weak?

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Meeting schedule rearranged...WHY?

by sir82 in

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official speculation thread.... even if a reason is given for the meeting rearrangement when it is announced on 4/27, we all know how the society spins things (e.g., awake magazine being reduced to one issue per month to "put more emphasis on the bible" real reason.. .

so why is the society doing this?

on the surface, it seems to be a loosening of control.

pratt1

I definitely think it is because of the lack of "quailified" homes to have the bookstudy in.

Remember, you need to be an example in the congo to have the bookstudy in your home. That means no disfellowshipped children, active in the service and a clean, well kept and safe home.

This eliminates about half of the congo.

It is a real burden to have the book study in your home every week on the family.

My mom's hall had a hard time finding enough homes to service the congo.

They have allowed my mom to have the bookstudy in her home for many years although dad is an unbeliver and at one point quite the smoker.

Calling quits on the book study is just a way for the borg to bow out gracefully and quitely without letting on that they just don't have enough "privledged homes' to have the service in.

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JW nostalgia?

by R.Crusoe in

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lots of 'worldly humans look back with affection and positive emotion at their past life and loves and adventures!

this is especially true for periods in life humans have often devoted themselves to!.

it is lovely to see and hear ones with natural experiences and happiness to relate!.

pratt1

I sometimes miss the really big gatherings we used to have in the NYC area, at discos and community halls.

We would invite almost all the young people in the circuit and there would be over 500 people sometimes at these gatherings.

I dated a lot and ran with a pretty fast and sopisticated crowd.

believe it or not we thought we were spiritually strong, many of us pioneered or went to bethel.

I pioneered and went to college, so I got a pass from the elders most of the time.

We really did think we were "special".

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Joel's Pioneer and Bethel Chronicles Part 1

by joelbear69 in

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i had auxiliary pioneered the summers between 9th & 10th .

10th & 11th and 11th & 12th grades.

generally this was .

pratt1

Good to see you back on the board Joelbear.

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Eliot Spitzer - Should he have resigned?

by pratt1 in

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Sorry, I ht the enter button too soon.

Your Opinion: Should he have resigned or should he had fought the charges and stayed in office?

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Eliot Spitzer - Should he have resigned?

by pratt1 in

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How many DF'd and DA'd ex-JWs still believe it's the truth?

by Nellie in

i just got off the phone with my sister-in-law.

we don't talk regularly at all - but today the discussion turned to our beliefs.

she's da'd herself 15 years ago, but she is still filled with guilt over not being able to live up to the standards of the witnesses.

pratt1

I know many who feel as though the DUBs have the "truth".

Most of them grew up as dubs and they never learned about any other religions.

For the most part, they are still childlike in their fears of learning something new or even speaking bad about the dubs, many are afraid of committing the "unforgivable sin" what ever that is.

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Reinstatement to inactivity.

by R.F. in

a person is disfellowshipped, works hard to get reinstated and once they finally are, they go straight to inactivity and you almost never see them in the kingdom hall again.

when i was an active jw i couldn't understand why a person would go through the process of reinstatement only to become inactive.

i understand why now .

pratt1

Yes, I did it.

I got reinstated and then I just faded away.

I did it partly because I wanted to stay close to my family and part because, I wanted to prove to the elders that I could do it if I wanted and then I would leave on my own terms.