It's interesting to see how little things have changed. Attitudes are still the same. Outlook toward women is the same, stupid rules for inane practices still the same. It's just like watching a really bad soap opera. You can miss a year or five, tune back in and the same people are still living the same screwed up lives.
Effervescent
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Elders teach "Don't raise your hat to a lady! - it's worldly."
by ozziepost inback when i was a boy in the 1950s many men wore hats and so did my father.. one evening at the kh he was called in to the backroom by the elders for a 'meeting after the meeting',.
his crime?
he had been seen raising his hat when greeting women!!!!.
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US members - your driver license is on line
by Gregor inthis new database allows anyone to view your drivers license on line.
not a good idea in the age of identity theft.
there is a box to check if you want it removed.
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Effervescent
I think I was premenstrual when I took my pic.
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Another Watchtower for JWs to 'beat eachother with'!
by Gill inmaking decisions for a jw is never simple.
every decision seems to be loaded with a 'what if' scenario and also, a 'what will people say' on top of that.. the april 15, 2006, is a classic for showing why the average jw is so messed up, it's amazing that he/she even knows what to put on in the morning!.
'how can you make decisions god's way' is a classic for messing up, even the sanest head.. page 14 of this article:.
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Effervescent
Snicker* ; I said 'dark-sided!' *Snicker*
LOL @ LisaHaha! My hubbie and I have taken to discussing whether things are "dark sided" or not.... and then busting out laughing....
I'll never forget that clip.
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What was the nastiest house you got invited into?
by Virgochik inwe actually has a study with a disabled elderly couple living in a trailor.
it was wall to wall filth, rat infested and smelled awful.
i was a child, but mom and dad brought me along anyway.
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Effervescent
I had been in some gross homes in field service in my time, but none as bad as you guys have described...
I did have a non-JW friend later on though, who was the worst housekeeper I had ever seen. I loved her dearly, but for a stay at home Mom, her home was almost unliveable. She would have piles of 20-40 dirty diapers piled all around the house. Wherever she changed the baby the diapers just stayed. It was just filthy beyond belief. Garbage of every kind piled up, rotting food... uck. I would offer to babysit her kids so her hubby and her could have a "date night" then I could clean her house while she was gone. To her credit after some time she did get better. Maybe by being friends with a neat freak? Or not, I don't know. I was glad for her kids though...
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What Things Did You Think Were "Demonized"?
by minimus ineverything, when i was growing up was connected to "demonism".
handwriting analysis was borderline.
wind chimes would bring the demons right to your porch!
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Effervescent
I can remember listening to a radio program with my mother about strange luminous balls of fire coming out of kitchen appliances called ball lightening
I've actually seen this stuff... a once in a lifetime event, but it was from an airplane, not in my kitchen. Cool beyond explaining...
Pretty much anything that was a no-no was classified as demonized. Music, tv, movies, games etc etc etc.
The concept that yoga was demonized scared me as a kid. The thought that stilling your mind would allow demons in was pretty disconcerting. I can remember thinking about it in reciting scriptures over and over in my head so that it wouldn't be still and allow demons to come in. Does that make any sense?
I can remember certain Disney movies were big no-no's. Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty etc... anything with witches or magic.
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Do you have a good job, a crappy job or are you self-employed (happily?)
by seesthesky inhi - just curious about how you all are making it - you working some shitty job?
- a pretty nice job?
- a damn rocking job?
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Effervescent
Self employed and LOVING it! I had a job at a bank that I really loved, the JOB part anyways. I couldn't stand some of the people I had to work with, and their little chicken dances over every little issue that came up. (Not with me, with the work we did in general) Then there was the Supervisor who would tap her clicky shoes on her plastic chair mat allllllll day long. clickclickclickclickclickclickclickclick ARRRRGH! Basically what it came down to though was that I was paying to work, because of having three children in daycare, two full time and one after school. I started my own business and although it's frustrating at times, and I've really struggled with my discipline, but when you see all your hard work getting results finally it feels soooo good. All your work is for YOU, not some corporate head living in a city somewhere. It's been alot of hard work but so worth it.
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Did anyone actually enjoy field service?
by Check_Your_Premises in.
did anyone ever actually admit it if they hated it?.
cyp
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Effervescent
I did believe that this was "Jehovah's Service" - just that there must be something wrong with me, if I did not like what I was doing.
This is exactly how I felt.... pretty much about every aspect of being a Dub, but field service most of all. I would actually feel physically ill when it was my turn to get out of the car, and borderline panicky the rest of the time. I thought it was because my heart was bad though...
It seemed to me, though, that no one else in the congregation much liked it either. Nothing was said to the fact, but it seemed to be treated as a chore and something to bear. There was no "joy"... shoulda been my first clue.
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Respect your Elders - they just moved up a class!
by unclebruce ini just found this article from fellow adelaidite b kotwall.
elders now are "glorious ones"
in the past the watchtower society (wts) claimed that the "glorious ones" in 2 peter 2:10-12 and jude 8 are of the "anointed" or "144,000" or "remnant" of such.
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Oh wow.... that's ALL their already inflated ego's need.
I can totally see the Elders I know taking this and running with it.
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Working with STUPID PEOPLE!
by jojochan ini have to get this off of my chest....i hate working with stupid people!
i feel better now.. but seriously...you know what i'm talking about.
why does it feel like everyone that i work with has a brain the size of a cherry pit?
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Oh- I SOOO know where you're coming from!
I worked in the accounting department of a local bank for a few years. The Officer of the department thought it would be a good idea to hire someone straight from housewares at the local department store. The girl didn't even know how to turn on the computer, and they expected her to balance accounts???
I can feel my blood pressure rising just thinking about the inbred people in that place.
I got out and started my own business... I LOVE my coworkers... me, myself, and I, and I never have to talk to anyone face to face... it's all done online. I go to work in my pajamas and can cruise online discussion boards to my hearts content. I friggin LOVE it!
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Did I Miss Something?
by MerryMagdalene inare there any of you who actually experienced this?
(from awake 5/22/94 young people ask--what if i fall for an unbeliever?).
think of how much your religious values have shaped your emotionsthe joy you experience at christian meetings, the thrill of sharing the bibles message with a receptive person, the pleasure of studying the bible itself.
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Effervescent
I must have not gotten the memo on that one...
I wonder if the person who wrote that did it with a straight face...