The local hall here has had their blue JW.org sign up for a while now . It sticks out like a sore thumb ....bright blue sign against traditional brick ....looks tacky to me . Also noticed there has been a major remodel going on for several weeks now . Big tent set up in the parking lot ,with trailers and full parking lot on the weekends . Saw some JWs in the paint aisle in Walmart with official JW name tags on (must have to wear ID while working the remodels now ?
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Just saw the new JW.org sign on the local KH sign
by Still Totally ADD ini work about a block from the local kh and i notice there was no jw.org sign on it.
i said to my wife are they not following the cults rules on this.
will just yesterday as i was driving home from work there it was on the corner of the kh sign jw.org it was about 1 foot x 1 foot in size.
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Feeling sad over a wasted life in watchtower
by wannaexit init's been 12 years since i first read ray franz's books and the scales came off my eyes.
by that time i was in my forties.. since 2002 i went back to school and have worked with 3 very professional organizations.
but my biological clock is ticking away and while my peers are looking forward to retirement, i am only beginning.
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Thank You Wannaexit for making your heartfelt post !
This is why I still visit this site .It is the only place I can go ,that I know others will truly understand what it is like to have a life experience as we all have had . I too have days when I look back ,and get sad,angry over the lost years spent being loyal to a cult .
I was raised a JW ,and did not leave until I was 44yrs old . At that time my own kids were growing up ,and starting out on their own. I just could not in good conscience tell them to spend their lives as I had .I wanted more for my kids than I had . I am thankful all three of them are living life free from the indoctrination .
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If you have been inactive for over a year can you get disfellowshipped?
by cognac ini've read conflicting things so was hoping to get this clarified.. .
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It is their club ,their rules . They do whatever they want . We had been inactive for three yrs . they came by and invited us to a JC meeting ....what was that about ? I think it really depends on the Elder body and the size of the congregation .Small KH are way more involved in the peoples lives than big city ones .
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Happy Halloween From Troubledmind
by troubled mind inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekcpscmpfh0.
this was my husbands costume yesterday !
hahaha he cracks me up .
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This is how we should follow the local JWs going door to door . I can put a Watchtower in his hand .nn
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Happy Halloween From Troubledmind
by troubled mind inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekcpscmpfh0.
this was my husbands costume yesterday !
hahaha he cracks me up .
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Happy Halloween From Troubledmind
by troubled mind inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekcpscmpfh0.
this was my husbands costume yesterday !
hahaha he cracks me up .
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKcPscMpFH0
This was my husbands costume yesterday ! HAhaha he cracks me up . Homemade costume ,and he won the local costume contest too !
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Do you remember the 15 minute break at the Sun. meeting?
by 3rdgen ina poster on another thread reminded me of when there was a 15 min.
break between the talk and the wt study on sundays.
the break was supposed to be to allow jw's time to drive their bible studys home from the talk.
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Yes I remember the 'break' the only good thing at Sunday meeting. In 1967 we moved North from North Carolina to Illinois. The new KH was right across the street from a small grocery store that had penny candy !!! What luck . Of course the brothers would mention many times that kids shouldn't go over there ,but of course we did it anyways. Running around playing tag in the front yard of the hall was good fun too.
My feelings were that they stopped the break, because too many people used it as an excuse to LEAVE and go home early .
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Has growing up as a JW affected my ability to forgive ?
by troubled mind ini really don't understand the concept of forgiveness .
lately in my life several people have thrown that term around so easily ,and i am confused .
is it because we were taught to cut people off so easily as jws that i find it hard to forgive ?.
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Has growing up as a JW affected my ability to forgive ?
by troubled mind ini really don't understand the concept of forgiveness .
lately in my life several people have thrown that term around so easily ,and i am confused .
is it because we were taught to cut people off so easily as jws that i find it hard to forgive ?.
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Thank you for the replies ! They really help . I don't think I am to far off base then when I expect someone to show they have really changed ,or expect them to apologize honestly for their transgression before forgiving them.
This is how I have been thinking about forgiveness ......Forgivenss is a gift ....it should not be expected ,or demanded .Only the one giving it can decide if they are willing, and able to do so . No one should try to force or manipulate someone in doing so either.
In our family right now my estranged Father in law is dying . Some family members can not understand why my husband has not dropped everything ,and run 1000 miles away to be by his Dad's side . When I tried to explain that he does not have a close relationship with him ,and gave a short history of why ,I was slammed as a liar .My words were turned against me ,and they blamed the JW religion we had been in as the problem . When I emphasised it was not the religion ,but the violence issues ,I was told to forget ,and forgive the past . The Father in law is a stranger to our children ,yet family expects them to call him and show their respects......but they don't even know him ! How can they respect him with any amount of honesty .
It really will not take much for me to just walk away from this craziness . That is what bothers me ....do I give up on people to easily ? Are all families this nuts ? When a family member berates you ,calls you names ,says that your lying ....are you just expected to forget it, and go on as though nothing has happened because they are related to you ?? Don't think I can do that . I am not prone to retaliate back in an unkind way ,but the person doesn't get another chance either .
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Has growing up as a JW affected my ability to forgive ?
by troubled mind ini really don't understand the concept of forgiveness .
lately in my life several people have thrown that term around so easily ,and i am confused .
is it because we were taught to cut people off so easily as jws that i find it hard to forgive ?.
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I really don't understand the concept of forgiveness . Lately in my life several people have thrown that term around so easily ,and I am confused . Is it because we were taught to cut people off so easily as JWs that I find it hard to forgive ?
My Christian friend is always telling me we must forgive others .....and I my answer back to her was WHY ? I understand the concept of not harbouring hatred because it can affect your health . But why do I need to forgive someone if I think they are dispicable ? If you treat me badly ,I usually do not give you another chance . For example she had a relative that cheated and mistreated his wife ,and the family said they had to forgive him ,and give him not a second ,but third chance .To me that seems like your just setting yourself up to let him mistreat her again .I had a hard time understanding why they would do that ..
Another example is of a man that was estranged for yrs from his son .This man had physically abused his son's Mother in front of him when the son was a child .Finally they divorced ,and after the divorce he went on to physically abuse his next wife .He never was abusive to his children ,but the son resented what the Father had done to his Mother . Years went by ,and the son ,and Father never saw or spoke to one another . Decades past ,and now the elderly sick Father is seeking sympathy from the son . Is it wrong that the son no longer has feelings for his Father ? Isn't it his choice whether or not he goes to him now ? He has been told that the past is the past ,to get over it ,and to do the right thing because this man is family ... But I think family is not just family because you share DNA ,I think family has to remain deserving of respect .....is that because I am brainwashed from JW days ? I ask because that is exactly what I was told from other family members .
Do you understand what I am saying ?,sorry if it is not clear . What do you think ?
