Posts by carla

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Family Insists on Having Relationship with My Child -_-

by Cimarrona in

hi gang, i'm a single mother of an 8 month old baby boy.

i've been df'd for over six years now.

my parents are super dubs and most of my siblings are dubs (on paper - a couple have been inactive my entire life but still claim to believe) with the exception of a brother who was never baptized.

carla

It is not easy being a single mother much less with the added jw crap to go along with it. That being said, your job as a parent is to protect your child. Protection means physically, spiritually, mentally and naturally from sexual abuse which is a problem within the jw cult.

It is not easy to clean the house, do errands, etc... with a child as a single parent (or even a married parent) but millions of parents do it every day. You need to stop relying on your parents/family for anything if you want any leg to stand on at all regarding the jw issue.

Find a way to move out of their place even if you do pay rent they are still in 'parent mode' and you are still depending on them.

If they want a relationship with your child it should be under your strict supervision, never, ever leave a child alone with a jw, any jw, including your parents. They WILL take any opportunity to attempt to brainwash your child further confusing a young mind. Let them know in no uncertain terms that if they want a relationship with the grandchild you are a package deal and where one is welcome so is the other. Furthermore there will be no talk of anything jw related at all.

Please protect your child.

I would suggest you find a group of young mothers to befriend and trade babysitting services, advice and friendship. Try 'Meetup' and find a group you may be interested in or a play group to get to know people.

If you have to move across the country and start over to protect your child, so be it. Start thinking of alternative options.

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Wave your phone lights and dance at the Assemblies!

by days of future passed in

my sister sent me this youtube.

in it are witnesses waving their phone lights and dancing in the aisles.

sorry if this vid has been posted before.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k7iw-zisgw.

carla

Blondie posted this about clapping years ago, I don't think they would have anticipated all the digital devices now-

Here is another way the WTS avoids the issue and allows room for speaking out of both sides of their mouth.

*** km 4/72 p. 4 Question Box ***

Is it appropriate for the audience to applaud each part of the ministry school or service meeting?

Audiences composed of Jehovah’s Witnesses are truly appreciative. It is a fine thing that they want to show that appreciation for the efforts of their brothers and the material they present from the platform. In some parts of the world in our day such appreciation may be indicated by applause. But applause should be spontaneous, from the heart. Also, it is usually an expression of appreciation for something out of the ordinary. And so, at large assemblies, including circuit assemblies, when special programs are arranged for and our brothers devote additional time and effort to their assignments, we find the audience applauding not only at the end of the talk but sometimes during it.

But should this be true in our Kingdom Halls? Surely there can be no rule against it if it is done spontaneously and out of heartfelt appreciation.But normally we do not applaud these assignments because, for one thing, it can readily become perfunctory and so lose real meaning.

There is something all of us in our Kingdom Halls can do, however, to show genuine appreciation for the efforts of the one speaking and that is to stay alert during the talk, keeping our eyes on him and showing by the receptive expression on our faces that we are following his thoughts and are benefiting. Also, we often find it possible to talk to the speaker personally after the meeting, letting him know that we enjoyed his presentation.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/244696/clapping-meetings-assembly?page=4

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Talking Janet Jackson and Religious Freedom with the Wife

by OnTheWayOut in

jw
friends

my recent sidewalk discussion with a couple of jw's has gotten me in the mood to say more when appropriate.so the wife and i were riding in the car and cat stevens comes on.

i mentioned to her that cat stevens left music when he was still popular and converted to islam back in the 1970's- how he was told that his music would have to be morally acceptable and he found it easier to just abandon making new music for at least 20 years.

so i didn't really remember all the details and i figured the conversation would die.

carla

Well done!

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Important spiritual food

by moreconfusedthanever in

todays watchtower study is all about singing complete with instructions on how to sing.,............

"but we all have the responsibility to sing praises to jehovah.

so hold your songbook up high, lift your head, and sing with enthusiasm!".

carla

and in other news, how to wipe your butt.....

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Wave your phone lights and dance at the Assemblies!

by days of future passed in

my sister sent me this youtube.

in it are witnesses waving their phone lights and dancing in the aisles.

sorry if this vid has been posted before.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k7iw-zisgw.

carla

poppers!

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Wave your phone lights and dance at the Assemblies!

by days of future passed in

my sister sent me this youtube.

in it are witnesses waving their phone lights and dancing in the aisles.

sorry if this vid has been posted before.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k7iw-zisgw.

carla

Are the conventions like this in the US? Midwest? I find it hard to believe my jw would not see how damn hypocritical it all is. He absolutely hated the televangelists and this is exactly what it looks like now. He also thinks churches that have modern music (guitars, drums, sounds systems,etc..) are over the top and not about God, just like going to a 'rock' concert or something.

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Annoying jws

by Jrjw in

jw
friends

a 'concerned' jw in my congregation rang me earlier and said she's noticed my daughter sits miserable at the meetings and said she's a right miserable girl in general.

i said she's happy and hyper when she's not at the meetings they're just really boring and she doesn't want to be there.

apparently i'm a bad parent coz she feels that way.

carla

Tell an elder or better yet, send a letter to NY that she is stumbling you and child due to her overbearing attitude and besides she is not an elder, why is she doing 'sheperding' calls? This will get her off your back permanently.

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You Just Can't Make This S--t Up!

by FedUpJW in

i know this is kind of trivial but i don’t want to partake in something that might have connections with something that jehovah disapproves of.

i checked the watchtower library and i didn’t find anything on gingerbread man cookies.. .

good lord...how incredibly stupid and helpless are jdubs getting?

carla

People always ask me why it's ok for my jw to eat Christmas cookies, Easter and Halloween candy, I never remember the current light on it. Make a wonderful anti witness all by itself. I don't even have to get snarky about it, just let it hang there to ponder.

Usual response? "sounds kind of cultish doesn't it?"

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Is Kim Jong Un a jw?

by eyeuse2badub in

worldkim jong un expands his war on christmas with new ban on singing and drinking.

aol.com 14 hours ago .

reactions.

carla

Doesn't like Christmas, having fun, parties, tells people how to groom themselves, does not allow individual freedoms, promotes group think, thinks he is always right, etc .....hmm, quacks like a duck.....

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Unprivileged

by Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho in

something just dawned on me today as i processed my assimilation into the real world (thanks to our new poster, @jester, giving me a major throwback to my first post).. when you're a jehovah's witness, you really are in some sort of la la land.

things which are perfectly normal are acts of eating from the table of the demons.

things which are horribly grotesque and extremely unjust are branded as "righteousness".

carla

You forgot the "privilege" of the holy toilet brush! my jw once told me that was a 'privilege' he had to do before he came home and he might be bit late that day. I found it odd the women weren't relegated to that chore considering their view of women and all. I must have spent the next 30 minutes or so thinking of all the smartass comments I wished I had said when he said that. I said nothing and walked away giggling to myself. Ubm's must amuse themselves sometimes.