No, I moved too far away from everyone that ever knew me as Witness, but GOSH- I wish I would get asked that stuff, I'd have so much fun with it!
I love the Christmas card idea!
Effervescent
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If a Witness speaks about your exit to you, does this happen to you too?
by free2beme ini have been out of the religion a long time and do not make public the fact that i was one, to the general people in my life.
mainly as, it is not something i feel is necessary to understand me and i also do not like the odd conversations that seem to come from it.
the other day, a person from work, whom i did not know was a witness.
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A JW's view of JW's who refuse to shun
by Honesty inyou are committing the same sin that king saul committed or that miriam and aaron committed.
you are acting presumptuously and going against jehovah's arrangement.. .
you can't have it both ways.
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Effervescent
Agape love is not just a feeling. It involves work. AND sacrifice.
Gee... If it's so much trouble I think I'd have to say nevermind... I have plenty of people who will love me for who I am with no effort required... I wouldn't want their brand of "love". This sounds more like some kind of crash diet or boot camp.
So you're in danger eh? I've always heard there's a lot of risk in treating people with basic human kindness. Look out the next time you hold open a door for someone... lightning bolts might get you!
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Odd announcements for disfellowshipping
by Jerohobobonadad ini've not heard a great deal of df announcements to be fair, but i remember when i was about 9 or 10, i was visiting a friend during the summer vacation.
at the midweek meeting, his elder dad got up to give an announcement.
he began by mentioning a large plant, from the cities botanical gardens that had made the news, that flowered once every 50 years.
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Effervescent
That's terrible! Not only was that cruel to the lady in question, but also to any friends and family in attendance. Nothing like stomping on a person when they're already down.
I don't think I've heard anything even close to that... just your usual- so and so has been disfellowshipped... before the change to what they announce now.
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Which biblical names do you find cool?
by JH inwhich biblical names do you like, and maybe you'd name your child that way?.
i like this one: bathsheba.
oh, here are a few to choose from .
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Effervescent
Hadassah
I always thought it was a pretty name... and I believe it means "myrtle", which grew in the area I grew up.
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Overheard at the S.A.D.: Only Witnesses Understand Eph. 5:28-33
by under_believer inat our special assembly day, there was a visiting speaker from bethel.
don't remember his name, but he was a humorless and austere gentleman who was very clearly a company man.
he said many questionable things, especially in the way he generalized about "the world" and "worldly ones.
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Effervescent
It amuses me the way they presume to speak for what other churches teach and speak on. Unless they are a recent convert from another religion I have to think they wouldn't have the first clue. Or do they have some sort of espionage system where Bethelites sit in a back pew with sunglasses and a trenchcoat and a tape recorder? sheesh.
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Your going to the meetings whether you like it or not!
by Atlantis inyour going to the meetings whether you like it or not!
thousands of jehovah's witness children have heard those threatening words backed-up with spankings, whippings, or even severe beatings.
but what if they are too small to understand?
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Effervescent
Ah... the good old, "if you were an Isrealite child they would stone you" routine... I remember that one quite vividly! My Dad had beating down to an art form. Quite a few times I can remember hiding bruises from my friends in gym class... although I don't remember why I did that. I think I was afraid he would get in trouble and then I would get worse because he'd be mad at me.
I thought this was interesting-
Some parents argue that they do not make their children attend because they do not wish to force them into the truth; they believe in waiting until the child is old enough to take its own stand. When the child reaches an age of responsibility it will take its own stand, but why not give it a good start during its formative years, a start along the right path that leads to life, instead of letting it alone for it to become a prey to childish folly and Satan? Protect the child from itself and others.?
I like the usage of the word "it". It served to show me how children are looked on as objects with no individuality.
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So the school calls me to ask if Zach is home sick...panic sets in...
by FreedomFrog ini sent him off to school this morning and i didn't walk all the way down where i normally do because he's 8 and gets a tad embarrassed that his mom still walks down with him.
so for the most part, i sit on my steps at my appartment trying to listen if i hear him scream.
well, i just watched "without a trace" were a child missed her bus and she was kidnapped and at the end of the story they found her dead.
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Effervescent
One thing we did before we moved out to the sticks and my older girls wanted to play with neighbor kids was buy them walkie talkies. They weren't allowed out of range anyways, so anytime I wanted to I could check in to see exactly where they were and with whom.
I hear ya though, its soooo hard to not coddle your babies forever!
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If U Don't Go To All The Meetings & Conventions You're Not Jehovah's Friend
by minimus inso said an elder's wife who is considered the most respected sister in the congregation.
she said this at my mom's bookstudy where many elderly attend.
when my mother told me what the elder's wife has said, i said, "well, it's better to know now where you stand with jehovah than later, i guess".
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Effervescent
I agree with Mary... I'd like to hear some scriptures to back THAT one up... sheesh, the least she could do is come up with an out-of-context-one!
What a butt-head.
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So the school calls me to ask if Zach is home sick...panic sets in...
by FreedomFrog ini sent him off to school this morning and i didn't walk all the way down where i normally do because he's 8 and gets a tad embarrassed that his mom still walks down with him.
so for the most part, i sit on my steps at my appartment trying to listen if i hear him scream.
well, i just watched "without a trace" were a child missed her bus and she was kidnapped and at the end of the story they found her dead.
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Effervescent
Ooops, was typing when you responded! Glad to hear he was ok!
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So the school calls me to ask if Zach is home sick...panic sets in...
by FreedomFrog ini sent him off to school this morning and i didn't walk all the way down where i normally do because he's 8 and gets a tad embarrassed that his mom still walks down with him.
so for the most part, i sit on my steps at my appartment trying to listen if i hear him scream.
well, i just watched "without a trace" were a child missed her bus and she was kidnapped and at the end of the story they found her dead.
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Effervescent
I'm assuming all is well now? Don't leave us hanging cause now *I'm* worried about him!!!
You're not alone in the worry wart department. If there is even a little tiny bit of wiggle room for panic to creep in my head it probably will. It's so bad that when my two year old sleeps in a little longer than usual in the morning, I have to keep checking on her to make sure she's still breathing.
Ok... so some of us Moms are a little neurotic!