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  Were you born into the jw faith?

  by nakedmvistar in

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  how many of you on this forum were born into the jw faith?

  do you think this put you at a disadvantage when leaving the org.

  do you think that someone who becomes a witness later in life would have an easier time adjusting back to a "normal" life?

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  PurpleV

  I was born and raised a JW. I had a horrible childhood, my mother was depressed and life was nothing more than humiliation after humiliation at school (I was in the pariah clique), topped off with humiliating door-to-door work and 5 hours of mind-numbing boring meetings.

  To top it off we weren't the most 'theo' family, my father only went on Sunday to placate my mother, and she preferred getting her own territory and dragging me out in service rather than go with the study groups. So I was a pariah at the KH too.

  It's interesting how many of us left because we couldn't imagine living forever with only JWs. I would rather be dead, so I left.

  It wasn't hard for me to assimilate myself into the "world." I reveled in my freedom, I loved the holidays and singing the national anthem and voting and being like everyone else. The worst thing about being a JW was how abnormal I felt. It was a real relief to become 'normal.' I'm not a pariah anymore.
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  Does the Good outweigh the Bad?

  by JH in

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  does the good in the organization outweigh all the bad in the organization?

  what would you add to the pros and cons on this list?.

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  PurpleV

  But what "good news" are they actually preaching?

  That in order to survive the coming Great Tribulation(TM) you have to become one of Jehovah's Witnesses, otherwise you'll be annihilated and your eyes picked out by crows (including children.)

  That's not such good news for 99.9% of the world's population.
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  Not intrested in Christmas

  by sleepy in

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  i'm just not interested in celebriating christmas.maybe the witnesses had that one right.. if i had children i would probably give presents , just so they don't feel left out , thought not having them myself did me no harm , maybe it made me stronger.but christmas is just one big fake pushed by big businessess, i am not their pawn to be played with.. ok you can have a good laught a few drinks and all that but all the while we are being taken advantage of by the comercial world .imagine the money they would lose if their was no christmas.. can't wait for that big turkey tomorrow though.

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  PurpleV

  I like giving and getting presents. They don't have to be expensive, but it's fun to tear off wrapping paper and watch other people's faces as they tear off their wrapping paper and see a present. I don't buy for the sake of buying, I try to choose stuff people would really like. It's a nice feeling.

  Sure, there's commercialism, and some people take to extremes. And yes, there are some people I have to buy for because of family political reasons, and yes that sucks. But it doesn't ruin it for me. I make lemonade out of that lemon by trying to find meaningful gifts instead of wrapping up a generic picture frame.

  As a raised-JW I like Christmas, I feel like a little kid and so glad I don't have to PRETEND to not want Christmas like I did as a little girl. "Oh no, I don't mind not getting presents, or having a tree. I don't mind standing out not making Christmas cards in art class. I don't mind not being able to hum along at pretty carols. I REALLY don't mind going out door-to-door on Christmas morning and freezing my little skirt-clad butt off while peeking through doors and seeing trees and lights and music and smelling turkey and cinnamon."

  NOT!

  Merry Christmas to all

  Hugs, V
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  Proplog: 4 Days Until Armageddon Begins.

  by SYN in

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  according to your predictions here, the beginning of the great, bloody war of ghod is on...friday.

  it seems that tgif won't be applying this week after all...damn, time to organize a big old party on thursday night, so that when the end begins, we'll be far too smashed to notice .

  ok guys.

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  PurpleV

  no budgies have been bashing against my windows

  LOL@SYN
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  What Double Standards Do JW's Practice?

  by minimus in

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  one double standard that always got to me was how a body of elders would talk about how a brother needed to "qualify" for some privilege by being a good example for weekend service and yet a number of elders would hardly ever go out in field service at all!

  or how they would use 2 hours to literally gossip about everyone in the congregation, and then give a local needs talk on the need of not talking about the brothers and minding our own business.........what double standards got to you?

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  PurpleV

  You're supposed to rip the transfusion needle out of your arm but you can sit down and enjoy a nice bloody, rare steak.
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  Theocratic Ministry School change

  by Nosferatu in

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  i heard recently that the theocratic ministry school has been modified.

  instead of giving the student's grade from the platform, it will now be done in private.

  did they finally realize that telling the student that he's getting a "w" is humiliating him, or is there scriptural reasoning for this change?

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  Does this mean that the meetings will finish 3 minutes earlier

  Nuh uh, the last-ditch-preaching moment closing prayer will now last 3 extra minutes.
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  Vicar to kids: Santa is Toast

  by PurpleV in

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  ny daily news december 12, 2002 (reuters) .

  vicar to kids: santa is toast .

  london--a british vicar reduced children to tears and stunned their parents when he said santa claus and his reindeer would burn to a crisp while delivering presents at supersonic speed.. lee rayfield shattered the illusions of dozens of children at a school service on tuesday when he joked in his sermon that santa and his reindeer would burn up flying at 3,000 times the speed of sound.. "there were a lot of children there who still believe in santa, or did so until last night," sue smee, who took her 5- and 9-year old sons to the service, told the daily mirror yesterday.

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  PurpleV

  Big Tex, and everyone

  Of COURSE there's a Santa Claus. Oh, you may have skeptics, who will point to the "facts" and use twisted logic to convince you that the earth is round and Santa is impossible. But I am here to tell you, there IS a Santa Claus!

  I first met Santa about 24 years ago, when I was about 20 and had done the "fade". My new worldly BF bought me some jewelry and his family got me neat sweaters and stuff. When my parents saw my loot and went ballistic, it helped cement my exit. I had more love in one evening than I'd had all my life.

  Santa re-appeared in 1994, when I joined a church and saw the beautiful Christmas put on for the homeless. Food, lots of FOOD, good food too, turkey, stuffing, mashed, GIFTS, pie, caroling. I saw hope and love on burned out NYC faces that had seen suffering I could not imagine. They went on to sleep in our homeless shelter.

  Yes, many of us remember the pagan origins of Christmas and becry the commercialism of frantic gift-giving and say, "Bah, humbug! I hate Christmas!" That is understandable, even expected. But that doesn't affect Santa Claus. Santa has visited all of us at one time or another. Santa isn't limited to Christmas. Who do you think was behind that wonderful college graduation celebration? Who do you think quietly arranged for your surprise birthday party? Who else would have the patience to hold your head as you rode the porcelain bus when you got drunk as a skunk when you realized the Lie? Only Santa. And I love him very much.

  MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!
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  Do you really need liquor at a wedding reception?

  by ronin1 in

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  this is in response to the post on december 10, : "a wedding gone bad"-.

  the question: do you really need liquor at a wedding reception?.

  here is my story:.

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  PurpleV

  LOL @

  Dont you have to be drunk to get married?? lol

  I remember when I was 15, i went to a wedding where I had a major crush on the groom, and because I was under my JW aunt's supervision I couldn't have a drink, so I went around unobtrusively finishing off drinks abandoned in plastic cups by others. I had vodka, gin, Jack, tequila, wine, Manhattans, whatever I could find. Needless to say the only recollection of that night is the bride asking me under the stall "Is that you, V?" and me, in my hurling misery, said, "NO!!!!" Therefore, I denied myself, and not one cock having crowed at all. Then I vaguely remember my aunt taking me home. My mother was NOT pleased LOL. In my own defense, I was quite naive.

  Hugs, V (Of the Why Did I Bring Up That Nauseating Memory Class)

  Whatever is forbidden, is desired most.
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  Vicar to kids: Santa is Toast

  by PurpleV in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ny daily news december 12, 2002 (reuters) .

  vicar to kids: santa is toast .

  london--a british vicar reduced children to tears and stunned their parents when he said santa claus and his reindeer would burn to a crisp while delivering presents at supersonic speed.. lee rayfield shattered the illusions of dozens of children at a school service on tuesday when he joked in his sermon that santa and his reindeer would burn up flying at 3,000 times the speed of sound.. "there were a lot of children there who still believe in santa, or did so until last night," sue smee, who took her 5- and 9-year old sons to the service, told the daily mirror yesterday.

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  PurpleV

  He had also pointed out to the children that it was logically impossible for one man and his sleigh to deliver 378 million presents in just 31 hours.

  Maybe I should have posted this in the "Child Abuse" forum. Bah humbug!!!!

  Or, maybe we should point out to the Governing Body that it is logically impossible for the number of anointed remnant to INCREASE with each passing year.
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  Vicar to kids: Santa is Toast

  by PurpleV in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ny daily news december 12, 2002 (reuters) .

  vicar to kids: santa is toast .

  london--a british vicar reduced children to tears and stunned their parents when he said santa claus and his reindeer would burn to a crisp while delivering presents at supersonic speed.. lee rayfield shattered the illusions of dozens of children at a school service on tuesday when he joked in his sermon that santa and his reindeer would burn up flying at 3,000 times the speed of sound.. "there were a lot of children there who still believe in santa, or did so until last night," sue smee, who took her 5- and 9-year old sons to the service, told the daily mirror yesterday.

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  PurpleV

  NY Daily News December 12, 2002 (Reuters)

  Vicar to kids: Santa is Toast

  LONDON--A British vicar reduced children to tears and stunned their parents when he said Santa Claus and his reindeer would burn to a crisp while delivering presents at supersonic speed.

  Lee Rayfield shattered the illusions of dozens of children at a school service on Tuesday when he joked in his sermon that Santa and his reindeer would burn up flying at 3,000 times the speed of sound.

  "There were a lot of children there who still believe in Santa, or did so until last night," Sue Smee, who took her 5- and 9-year old sons to the service, told the Daily Mirror yesterday. "It has left us parents with a lot of explaining to do."

  A repentant Rayfield told the Daily Telegraph, "I am mortified and appreciate that I have put some parents in a difficult position with a lot of explaining to do."

  "I love Christmas," he added. He had also pointed out to the children that it was logically impossible for one man and his sleigh to deliver 378 million presents in just 31 hours.