Another ENTP "Rational" woman here. I think as N's we question authority a hell of a lot more than S types. Someone explained it this way to me once: S types have a worldview and when they get a new piece of information, they fit it into the worldview they already have. N types (especially NT's) have a worldview, get a new piece of information, and flex the worldview to accommodate the new information. I've always referred to myself as an information junkie - I always want to know more, which with the B'Org is hard because they just repeat the same crap over and over again, and also, heaven forfend you get any information from anywhere ELSE. Something else I've noticed about N's vs. S types, and I don't mean to sound offensive, but S types enjoy small talk, just talking about not really anything - they enjoy the process of visiting. It is comforting and comfortable to them. For me, small talk is incredibly uncomfortable and totally meaningless. When I talk, I want to have a discussion, I want it be interesting and thought provoking and lively! That, I have found, after many long years being married to an ESFJ husband, is disconcerting and stressful for S types. *sigh* I am SO glad I'm going to university!!! I can talk and argue and discuss and all that and I get to know stuff and they think it's a GOOD thing!!! And as a woman, I can even disagree with a man and point out (as I did recently with one of my profs) when he's missing the point! Even better, he doesn't look grave and disapproving, he looks thoughtful and slightly sheepish!! *clears throat* Ummm, sorry, didn't mean to get all worked up about that. Its just such a relief to be out and able to be who I really am. I never could before.
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A call to all NF's and NT's (Myers Briggs)
by becca1 inok, some of you may be sick of these personality type issues but here goes.. i've noticed that whenever these topics come up, nf's and nt's come out of the woodwork.
in case you didn't know, these are the minority of the geneal population.
in a random setting you will have only 2 to 5% of n's (infp, infj,enfp,enfj,intp,intj,entp,entj).
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Did you find it hard to work and go to all your meetings?
by JH ini remember when i had a seasonal job and worked 40 or 50 hours a week, i missed many meetings, cause i was too tired to go to a 2 hour meeting.. i prefered to rest or keep that precious time for myself.. when i was layed off, then i found the time and energy to go to my meetings..
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ROFLMAO Finally-Free!!! It's so freaky to roll those old terms out. *SNORT* The true language indeed!
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How Far Up The "Ranks" Did You Go In The Organization?
by minimus inat age 18, i was a regular pioneer.
at 20, a ministerial servant.
at 24 an elder.
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brunnhilde
Being a woman, I regular pioneered until I couldn't stand it anymore. Was married to an MS that was made an elder. Guess this is really more a thread for the guys since wimmen are useless in the B'org except as the "large army" of drones...
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He's throwing the books out :-)
by NanaR inhey all,
hubby is right this minute bagging up all the wt and awake bound volumes that have been languishing in the back room and putting them in garbage bags.
this is the same hubby who swears he is "going back" to the kh "some day".
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I'm with you, Finally Free. Those things are dangerous! Don't we all remember those experiences about some poor sucker finding a tract or something and coming into the troof from it?? I find a shredder to be timeconsuming, but also cathartic when I'm having a down day :->
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Name "UNWRITTEN" Rules That JWs Are Supposed To Follow
by minimus inas with the scribes and pharisees, there are a number of unwritten rules that witnesses are supposed to follow.
here's a couple : "worldly" kids in society depictions are shown quite often wearing their baseball caps backwards.
jehovah's witness youths would not want to imitate that "look".
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SeanGuy, why exactly are you here? I know, since I've been out less than a year, that when I was walking away, the counsel from the GB was very emphatic about avoiding apostates, especially online. I'm pretty damn sure if you were to contact the Society, they'd tell you this site is exactly the kind of thing they're talking about. If you haven't figured it out yet, we're not too fond of the GB and Dubs around here. Most of us are bruised, battered and will never recover from the damage done to us. So unless you are prepared to 1. ignore the counsel from the GB and the organization you seem to hold in such high regard and 2. shut your mouth and listen to what we've been through instead of prejudging and assuming you know better with all your YEARS of "faithful service", there really isn't any reason for you to linger.
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Name "UNWRITTEN" Rules That JWs Are Supposed To Follow
by minimus inas with the scribes and pharisees, there are a number of unwritten rules that witnesses are supposed to follow.
here's a couple : "worldly" kids in society depictions are shown quite often wearing their baseball caps backwards.
jehovah's witness youths would not want to imitate that "look".
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Rules, I had to LOL when I read about the "pioneer shuffle"! How well I remember that! What about no watching of tv shows or movies that had magic, OH, except for the Disney movies, cause that's DIFFERENT! SNORT!!!
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Anyone in GA willing to help expose a pedophile?
by DebraDoll inafter spending 2.5 hrs on the phone with a lifelong friend whom i had not been in touch with for several years, she revealed to me that she too had been molested in the 70's by my uncle; s.m., a well known elder at the time.
he began his career in sexual deviance while living on staten island ny in the early 60's.
he moved to plymouth nc in the early 70's while married to my young aunt linda.
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Same shit, different day. And yet, we have Grissom's shining example of how things have really changed for the better in "Jehovah's organization." brunn
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MAT. 24:14 FULLFILED - MIAMI ASSEMBLY
by pixel ini was talking this morning while i was preaching with this sister, and she asked me: do you know that the preaching work will be done soon?
i asked her: what do you mean?
she responded back: a sister (and i know her also) told me that her brother heard that the preaching is gonna be over because there are only two countries that jw can't go because it's too dangerous and yada yada yada.
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Something definitely has them all atwitter - we had a phone call today from one of the elders in my old cong talking and talking blah blah blah (left a message - LOVE caller id) that "time was short" and blah blah blah. He even read a scripture - poor rank and filers! The GB must be feeling a money pinch and feels the need to scare the drones back into line. brunn
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Ever hear an experience at an assembly that you KNOW was slanted?
by Bonnie_Clyde ini remember one at a district assembly.
a brother was being interviewed as to why he never chose over time work at his job.
he said he worked for a small printing company and that he was content with working regular hours.
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Hmm, my dad was on stage at a C.A. because we had been "summer" pioneering together. This was before I was baptized and my "theocratic goal" was to become a missionary. *SNORT* As if there was ever a snowballs chance in hell of a single woman being allowed to attend Gilead or Bethel or ANYTHING. Upon further reflection, tho I supposed I should be grateful. I just remember listening to my dad talk and thinking I hardly even recognized myself in the "experience."
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Help replying to this unbelievable email. Puke alert.
by heretic inher jehovah's witness parents refused blood transfusions for her.
his jehovah's witness parents refused blood transfusions for him.
her jehovah's witness parents refused blood transfusions for her.
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I don't know if this is any help, but wikipedia has this interesting little bit... Blood Main article: Jehovah's Witnesses and blood According to a peer-reviewed article published in 2005 in Journal of Church and State, Jehovah's Witnesses are allowed to accept blood provided it is in the form of blood fractions. Kerry Louderback-Wood, the author, alleges that labeling the currently acceptable blood fractions as "minute" in relation to whole blood causes followers to misunderstand the scope and extent of allowed fractions. She also claims that Witness publications misrepresent the medical risks of taking blood and the efficacy of non-blood medical therapies in critical situations.[91] Statistics have not been kept on deaths due to refusal of blood transfusions. However, a 2002 medical journal stated: "In the CEMD the very high risk of mortality in women who refuse blood transfusion was highlighted. The death rate in this group was 1 per 1,000 maternities compared with an expected incidence of less than 1 per 100, 000 maternities." [92] brunn