We always read it before dinner as a family, since we all left at different times in the morning. Such rubbish. I hated it, I just wanted to eat! It was just another way to make sure that your mind was constantly on spiritual things, lest your mind wander away.....
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The "Daily Text" a mini Brainwash before breakfast? YAWN!
by Witness 007 ini hate the damn daily text!
i would wake up tired, looking for coffee and some eggs after a party night and my mum or wife would say "first lets read the daily text".......so not in the mood!
it's like a mini brainwash in case you forget your a witness later in the day.. remember whaen it came with the yearbook attached?
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I took the '1914 Generation' prophecy seriously, did you? Do you even remember it?!
by nicolaou ini was born in 1964, 50 years after 1914. even in my teens i was doing the sums.
i had a worse case scenario figured out - if the 1914 generation could apply to babies and even if they lived to be a 120, i would still only be about 70 years old after they'd all died!
i figured i was part of the first wave of 'jehovah's people' that really would live to see the new order - guaranteed!!
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Like Nellie, I was astounded when they announced this at the Convention and everyone applauded. I was like "WTF". How could they change such a fundamental thing? I didn't go to college because this system wasn't going to last, so why did I need a degree or a good job? All the people who never put aside money for retirement because they'd never have to worry about it. The houses that weren't bought, the children people didn't have. All because Armageddon was right around the corner. When I heard this change, I immediately thought it was changed because time was running short, this generation wasn't going to last much longer, Armageddon wasn't upon us, so the so called "faithful and discreet slave" had to do something to keep its members from questioning,and that is one of the biggest reasons I left.
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How did you REALLY feel when you where out in field service?
by megaflower ini never felt comfortable knocking on door and i hoped no one would be home.
my presentation was short and to the point because i did not want to get into discussions.
as we walked from "door to door" i secretly wished i could be like all the ones i saw in the nighborhood.
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I did not enjoy field service at all. I did auxiliary pioneer quite often and I was a regular pioneer for about a month ( until my husband told the elders we had fooled around before we had gotten married 5 months before ). I did this because it was my christian duty. I used to knock on the door soooo quietly, secretly hoping no one would answer the door. I used to look at the side of the street that had the least amount of cars and offer to take that side. I am a very anxious person when it comes to talking to people I do not know, especially when the topic is religion. I don't answer the door to strangers, yet I expected strangers to answer the door to me. I am so glad to have no part of field service any longer. I do not miss it one bit!
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/14/books/14grim.html sorry I gave no other info. Here's a link about the author. :)
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Please read the book "Infidel". A little bit of insight goes a long way.
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Reveal something you hate about your town
by JH inhere, they decided to pick up the trash only once every 2 weeks from now on in the winter time......gee, years ago, they picked it up twice a week... .
just the rats will enjoy this....
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Heck, I'm just excited to get my trash picked up every week. Most of the surrounding towns have to pay for trash pick up!!! Plus I am excited that all my recycles ( except for cereal board ) get picked up every week. I have nothing to complain about!
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What about your JW past are you thankful for?
by nvrgnbk inin the interest of self-healing and finding the peace that comes from being grateful, can you think of anything at all that was positive about having been one of jehovah's witnesses?.
not to be misunderstood with missing something about it, is there something about the experience that has enriched you?.
to answer the question myself, being forced to face the fallacies of the teachings of jwism, i was also prompted to look past those teachings and reevaluate everything i believed in.. that experience was frightening and unsettling, but i'm thankful for it.. i now have a greater appreciation for life in all its wonder than i did when i took it for granted as one of jehovah's witnesses.. i'm more determined now to find meaning in this life, after having lived for so long for a future that was never to arrive..
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About the only good thing I came away with is not being prejudiced against different races. That's about it.
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JW's Raised In - Did you get bullied during you Grade School Years?
by BBOARD indue to the way i was raised a jw i constantly felt guilt for trying to act like the other guys and it made me stand out even worse.
to this day, due to this, i nowdays become somewhat physically ill whenever i hear a brother give a talk where he says (many here have heard it in different forms) "if jehovah was looking at you youths in the congregation during school could he tell the difference between you and a worldy person.
" myself and most of the other jw guys during middle school and high school did not have the confidence or the "rough and ready to fight" type of body language so we tended to get picked on.
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I never really got picked on in elementary school, thank goodness. In High school my witness friend and I got picked on a bit. We were both girls at a Tech school in typically boy shops. We would play football with some of the boys at lunch time. The girls would always say that we only played with the boys because that was the only way we could be touched by boys because we were witnesses and couldn't have boyfriends. Oh yeah, and they also called us lesbians. Lol. Like witness girls could even be lesbians! ha ha
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SAVED! the movie. Who's seen it???
by Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit ini've seen it before, but it's on right now as well.
i forgot how funny it is, and how true to life the religious obsession is played!
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Seen it a few times. Love it. It is too funny. Mandy Moore cracks me up, especially when she throws a bible at Jenna Malone.
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What's the deal with beards????
by bittersweet inok, so my brother in law, a former elder, decided to grow a beard a while ago.
he initially grew it because he had a small rash he was trying to cover up, but that has since gone, and he has kept the beard.
he kept the beard because it made such a fuss that he decided if he shaved it off it would be like giving in to the brothers.
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Ok, so my brother in law, a former elder, decided to grow a beard a while ago. He initially grew it because he had a small rash he was trying to cover up, but that has since gone, and he has kept the beard. He kept the beard because it made such a fuss that he decided if he shaved it off it would be like giving in to the brothers. He has been told he is a bad spiritual head to his family, that he is setting a bad example for his children, and that he is not being a humble follower because he won't follow the brothers instructions. All of this over facial hair. My brother in law is from England, and he said it's not a big deal over there. He has asked the brothers to show him where it states in the bible one cannot have a beard. Of course there is nothing. Apparantly the last time it was addressed by the society was back in the 70's. Now a days many professional people have beards. We are no longer plagued by those crazy hippies who gave the beard a bad name, so what's the deal?? Personally I find the whole thing hilarious.