do you celebrate and how long have you been out?
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3 years for me and yes i do..
I don't remember celebrating xmas tho relatives would give us a few presents at that time - more than our JW mother ever did for my whole life.
My most pleasant memories was of the neighbor girl's tree. The smell of the tree combined with the big hot bulbs of multi colored lights that looked like they were from Candyland is the best for me. Otherwise I haven't any feeling for it. Same thing with birthdays etc. I feel bad about trees killed for no reason - they aren't even good for burning.
these come from the golden age of june 8, 1932:.
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Do you perchance, know what the dope they are referring to?
In Victorian days, they used Laudanum (opium) for pain killing, tonic, calming the nerves....
Is the pus squirter a reference to vaccinations? - just one of the WT's dangerous policies.
when i was a young teenager one of my friends stabbed another in the arm with a hunting knife.
i was a witness to the event and we were all appalled by it.
but being kids after a few months when the victim wasn’t around we would try to get this guy to come out and play with us .
Jw's are forced to pick friends in a fishbowl. How many "friends" that we had, would we really have picked if not being a JW? I never had any friends with my interests except one. But then, if I hadn't had only her as a choice, I would have drifted off from her.
It's not like you couldn't have bad "worldly" friends, but you aren't forced to like them or have to put up with behavior that is negative because it wouldn't be "christian"
just beyond frustrated with my jw mother.
she’s a prescription drug addict.
she’s been that way since before i was born.
What a cute little girl. From what I see I your thumbnail, she looks a lot like you.
What a sad situation you are in. But from what you say, she is enjoying being a martyr. Strange isn't it. But she's is who is and you have to save yourself.
celebrating holidays is wrong if you are a witness.
but almost every jw that i know of has turkey on thanksgiving day.
they say , every day is a day of thanksgiving.
Someone should send a card to Warwick commemorating their years of being with the UN.
14 and this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.. .
19 go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[b] the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that i have commanded you.
and behold, i am with you always, to the end of the age.”.
The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 4They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.…
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-january-2019/do-not-be-anxious-i-am-your-god/.
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Coming to a Kingdom Hall near you!
Looking at the picture, it seems like it's USA or Britain being portrayed. They are capitalizing on what the Russians are doing in their country and implying that it will be here too. Piggybacking.
backstory:.
so my born-in cousin who recently left the org is looking to start an ex-jw / group instagram based in socal.
he asked me if i had any ideas for a photo that can used for the instagram page and this is what i made for him:.
Baldeagle, sad but true. That would make a great poster outside a kingdom hall or a billboard.
https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jw-celebrate-holidays/.
mostly we read about the regular holidays in the western world.
now the other ones are also named, because some witnesses could be in doubt .
Anything fun has to be eliminated. I would imagine since the Jewish religion celebrates the leaving of Egypt, the WT didn't grab that as something the witnesses could celebrate.
Hahaha they could celebrate when the WT leaders were thrown in jail and got out. Everyone could dress in sackcloth and eat dry bread for "3 days".
one sunday, we took our dad out for lunch.
since it didn't open till 12:00, we were going to have to kill time.
this restaurant is situated with other businesses around a small park and when we parked, we noticed there was a cart to the right in the park.
Rub a dub - that does sound creepy. Like a zombie movie actually.
Years and years ago, I went to a grocery store before work and there was a brother standing by the entrance with magazines. I smiled at him as I walked up. Hi he said, you must be a sister. Witnesses are the only ones that smile or say Hi to me he said.
I would say it's like a secret society that reaffirms itself by the members giving the secret handshake. A confirmation that they belong to the ones in the know and that the work they are doing, has value. I could see the cart work being just that. Something that other witnesses see and can feel a part of it all without a word.
