Posts by kitten whiskers

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my field trip to Bethel

by themonster123 in

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a few years ago, when i was an active witness, i went all the way from california to the east coast for vacation to visit my witness friend.

her family took me to bethel (one of the many things we did)...seriously, what was the big deal i've been hearing about my whole life how ," oh bethel is so great!

" when i finally saw it when i was 18, it was like walking through a building with a bunch of walls with pictures of paradise on the walls and watching random people do printing press stuff.

kitten whiskers

1st trip to Bethel: Starry-eyed young girl. (Canada branch)

2nd trip to Bethel: Starry-eyed 19 year old searching for "Mr. Spiritual" and hoping to find him amongst friends that were working (enslaved) at New York Bethel.

3rd trip to Bethel: Engaged and on bus tour with fiance. Skipped the tours and went around city by ourselves! Lots of fun kissing in back of the taxi cab, walking the Brooklyn Bridge and going to the top of the Empire State Building! New York can be fun if you avoid the Bethel tours!!!!

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Did you have a favorite food at the assemblies (when they sold it there)?

by kitten whiskers in

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hubby and i got on the topic last night.

he was wondering what i was eating- a frozen jello pudding cup.

i remember getting them at the assemblies, especially the hot summer district assemblies.

kitten whiskers

Hubby and I got on the topic last night. He was wondering what I was eating- a frozen jello pudding cup. I remember getting them at the assemblies, especially the hot summer district assemblies. If you got there early enough for breakfast, you could get a frozen pudding, frozen orange juice, cheese or apple danish---just to name a few.

For some reason, I still LOVE frozen pudding. We started reminscing about our favorites. As a kid, the danish, pudding and the Sunday afternoon drama were your main attractions!

Hubby loved the burritos at the circuit assembly. He even remembers them making doughnuts and french fries! I do not remember those. I know the food wasn't grand or gourmet, but it's amazing how after all these years, it's the only place I ever had frozen pudding and that I still love it. Hubby misses the cheese danish with the frosting on top, they were his favorites. Anybody else have anything they especially remember?

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Satan's Star (scan)

by AlphaOmega in

here is a scan from the 1978 edition of "my book of bible stories" !.

http://i17.tinypic.com/4i1q8sz.jpg.

satan makes a star shine ?

kitten whiskers

This always bothered me too. I know the bible shows Satan is powerful, but this always seemed to give him glory to me. I could never believe that. This is another tangled web I am trying to unweave in my mind.

kitten Whiskers

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How did you dispose of your JW books? (Or did you?)

by exwitless in

little drummer boy and i have a small house and we do not have room for the wasted space all of these books are creating.

here's a brief rundown of what we have:.

several nwt hardcover bibles, chinese bibles (lots of chinese students in our town), insight on the scriptures, concordances, a few bound volumes, song books, km books, reasoning books, the entire bible on audio tape, and more.

kitten whiskers

We just cleaned out garage yesterday and found some still packed up from our move. We tossed the studied ones, but the ones like new I am thinking of putting on ebay. They are the ones I saved so our daughter could start her own "theocratic library". YIKES!!!! Now I am just saving a few that will show the kids the changes in doctorine over the years that greatly affected us. I am going to box up the "Paradise" book for sure, generation change compared to what I was taught to believe whole heartedly. I just want to keep a few on hand, almost all of our family are witnesses and I am sure they will try someday to sway the children. I am going to use them as ammunition along with the cards and letters of those who loved us conditionally. Its too much bother to burn them and wait, so we put them in the garbage dumpster, there is no scavaging allowed at our dump. The ones I pitched before we moved I put in a private dumpster I had delivered to the house to use during a remodel. After years and years of carefully preserving these "treasures" YUCK I didn't flinch to pitch them. The kids were helping pitch them too. We only threw out one or two other books that were non-jw. The rest of the books from our childhood, etc. are for a garage sale. I think the kids will notice that the jw cult control ones were all we were really concerned with pitching. We even threw out the huge meeting case hubby used to tote with all the literature and found an old service bag still packed. Good riddance to that way of thinking. Kitten Whiskers

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Good for a giggle onSt Patrick's Day

by Gregor in

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if you are going out with friends or just to work tomorrow get a packet of lime koolaid (lime jello works too).

don't wear any green but put a pinch of the powder on your tongue to make it bright green.

when challenged about the lack of green just stick out your tongue and tell them you just ate a leprechaun..

kitten whiskers

That is hilarious! I wish I would of thought of that for my kids today! They did the whole "Green Eggs and Ham" thing at school! thanks for the laugh! A Lass with an Irish heritage, Kitten Whiskers

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You Are Going to Die at Armageddon

by The wanderer in

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you are going to die at armageddonduring public talks, assemblies and written throughout the watchtower literature .

was the threat that anyone who was not doing gods will, would suffer the loss of their life.

during the great day of god almighty.. what affect did that have on you?the fear brought on by this doomsday message probably kept me in the organ-.

kitten whiskers

It was both the reason I stayed AND the reason I had the courage to leave. I will admit that when I get a "brainwashing" attack from my mom or mother-in-law that fear breifly creeps back in and I am in terror again. It may last a day or two and I may have bad dreams, but talking about it with hubby and thinking rationally again puts me back in perspective. Knowledge trumps fear.

At the District Convention of 2005, my husband had to work, I drove 2 small children and myself 3 hours one way to attend. During the final sessions of the afternoon talks, the brother on stage started an almost "hell and damnation" speech. He stated those that weren't going in service a great deal basically were going to be destroyed at Armageddon. I couldn't stand to hear his arrogant speech and I was furious that he would paint Jehovah so cruel. I woke up my sleeping children and LEFT. It was about 30 minutes before the days session was over. I was so mad. I had worked so hard and my faith was so "weak" , I thought, and here I was coming to Jehovah's feast for encouragement and being given condemnation. It was only 6 more months and one last try at a circuit assembly that broke me and I was gone!

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Please say hello to my wife.

by nicolaou in

i've been posting here for quite a long time, so long in fact that it just doesn't feel right that my wife isn't a part of it.

earlier today i created an account for her with the username heron, she'll know why.

i'm not sure if my wife will ever post here but i would feel much more comfortable knowing she is aware that i do.. this is the one post i am going to ask her to read.. so, i'd really appreciate it if you could say hello to my lovely wife.

kitten whiskers

Hello Heron! Hope you know there are many here who have similar backgrounds. It is a hard road and nice to use the "therapy" of the board and others shared experiences to grow. Hope you enjoy your time here and always feel welcome! It's also fun to log in and see what the "hubby" has put on the board!

Feel free to read to your hearts content even if you don't post! It's great learning from others!

Kitten Whiskers

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No good deed goes unpunished

by twinkletoes in

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the last congregation we were at, decided to invite a neighbouring congregation to their territory to help them with the field service.. the elders asked my husband, if we would host the bbq for the brothers and sisters after the ministry, as we have a large garden.

we were told not to worry about the amounts of food, as everyone from the other congregation would bring something.

not even a bag of crisps arrived.

kitten whiskers

My heart aches for you! I know many who always complained but never put themselves out for others. They always thought everyone else should be perfect and cater to them. Very sad.

We were never asked to host a gathering (party) but we tried to start a tradition at our congregation. We would invite the friends over, everyone bring a passing dish, and we would supply many other items. It usually cost us about $200.00. That is ALOT for a small family with babies and many financial pressures. It was a lot of hard work, but there was never any time to socialize and we felt a real need to try. We wanted a little traditional thing for our kids to look forward to every year, seeing how they couldn't look forward to christmas, birthdays, etc.

The first time I don't think any elders but one showed up. There was a fantasy football game they were playing. The next year, after much planning and organizing, the circuit overseer had called a meeting for all the elders in the circuit on short notice. So no elders again until after the meeting 2 showed up for about an hour.

We did this for 3 years. I think I only recieved 2 thank you notes and one was from my mother. We were NEVER invited to anyone's house for dinner or anything. We really tried to reach out but mostly got burned. Sorry you had it worse, I feel so bad you had to supply all the food and lose your items from your freezer. It breaks my heart. You and your husband did a good deed and tried your best. You can be proud of yourselves that you did, any other group would have taken up a donation to cover the expenses and not trample upon your hospitality.

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Where the hell is Matt?

by purplesofa in

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feel good video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnf_p281uu4.

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kitten whiskers

Cute! A real feel good view! I wasn't expecting to travel the world this morning-thanks for the opportunity!

Kitten Whiskers

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Daughter wants JW grandpa (shunning us) to help her get a car . . .

by Madame Quixote in

some time back, my daughter, (a senior in high school), and i were car window-shopping for her.

she suggested that she ought to ask grandpa - (a jw who is shunning us) - to help her buy a car.

i had actually suggested it a long, long time ago when i was still sometimes in contact with the jw family, but my feelings in the matter (of contact with jw family) changed last year, and i've decided it is better for my mental and emotional well-being to discontinue my efforts at "keeping the lines of communication open" with the jw family because of their shunning policies and evangelism.

kitten whiskers

My personal opinion: She has an opportunity to have wheels. You have graciously provided that yourself. I didn't have a car in high school. I wished I did, but I couldn't afford one and wasn't working at the time. When I graduated my grandma gave me her old super compact car. I was able to keep it in gas and insurance and very happy to have it. The heater didn't work, and in Michigan winters that is a problem! I used to drive with a blanket on my lap. There was only AM stereo and I took a battery powered cassette player with me and buckled it into the seat next to me. I was so happy to have the freedom that the other problems could be dealt with. Now, I wouldn't want my daughter to go through the same thing at all. I hope I can get her a dependable and reliable vehicle when the time comes (late high school/college), but if she really wants something, she will be grateful for anything that is an improvement over shoes or a bicycle!

Keep to your guns!

Kitten Whiskers