Posts by wasasister

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POLL: If you're not actively a Christian - do you celebrate Easter?

by somebodylovesme in

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i actually forgot it was easter this weekend.

someone mentioned it yesterday, and i was pretty embarassed to have missed that little line on my calendar.

oh, well; since we are not practicing any religion and feel no more affinity toward christianity than toward, say, sikhism, i felt no ache in not partaking in the bunny-rabbit traditions.

wasasister

Now that I'm not afraid of pagans, I rather like their seasonal celebrations. After all, the return of the sun impacts me much more than some ancient dinner of bread and wine.

Easter to me is about rebirth, colors, and a celebration of life. I love the colored eggs for no reason other than they are pretty and fun to look at. I had a little private celebration after the equinox, will bring baskets to the people at work, don't eat ham....

Spring is my favorite time of year and a darned fine time to party.

Wasa

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To Dubs and Newly Ex-Dubs

by Farkel in

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i'd like to do a little informal survey.

i'm wondering how many pieces of literature are actually distributed to the public.

not how many pieces are reported placed, but actually placed.

wasasister

First of all to Hadenough:

First of all I have to say...this tread does not deserve to be minimized as worthless and/or too difficult to calculate. At least you, in the majority of your threads start with a contribution of research and information rather than just start a multitude of threads with questions thrown out for everyone else to answer. I appreciate all the time and effort you put in to providing informative threads.

Ya-huh....Second that.

Next: I often faked hours, but for some reason would not fake placements. Not sure why I made that disctinction. I was pretty good at literature placement - maybe it is the salesman in me - when I actually talked to a person, I usually left at least a magazine.

But the truth is, I took way more pieces of crap literature from the Kingdom Hall than I actually left with the public. The rest was "stored" in a rotting cardboard box in the garage, or surrepticiously tossed in a plain brown wrapper in the recycle bin.

I would speculate a majority of the material printed by the Corporation is NOT distributed to the public, but instead is either deteriorating in some Witnesses' storage or making up landfill.

Good question and bite me Minimus,

Wasa

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Hello

by cameo in

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i'm a new person here and i have a question about a family member.

hopefully, you can help and i will appreciate any and all answers.

if a man marries a jw gal and the jw gal cannot get her husband to convert (he has no interest in joining, but supports her beliefs), will the jw gal be "looked down upon" by her kh?

wasasister

Welcome cameo.

The most obvious answer is - if she was a "good little JW" she would not have married outside the religion. She would have a)converted the guy first, or b)not even considered sharing a meal with an unbeliever.

If she married a non-JW, she's probably already "looked down on" by the hard-liners. Did she get married in a Kingdom Hall? If not, there is a stigma.

If she persists in doing all that is expected of the mainstream JW's, ie: putting in the hours door-to-door, attending and commenting at all the meetings, sucking up to the elders and their wives...she may gain the pity vote.

"Poor little sister, she's married to an unbeliever, isn't that sad? She tries so hard, and he just won't study or come with her to Memorial..."

Does that answer your question?

Wasa

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Back from the Memorial......Special Announcement at the end....

by ScoobySnax in

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the special announcement read at the end was an invite for any interested ones (tm) to ask if they wanted a bible study.....and that a special meeting will be held next sunday in all the congregations worldwide, and an invite was given for all to attend.

i loved going and was good to see all the brothers and sisters again, the po who gave the talk made a bee line for me straight after the closing prayer, straight off the platform (i had to stand as there were no seats) and asked to speak to me, and directed me to the back of the hall, i thought here we go......jc convening shortly......but no he said the wt society in london had contacted him as i'd wrote them asking for the magazines, and he would be happy to drop by and had done, but never found me at home.

so we arranged a date for him to call next week.. the hall was packed, and from my standing point i had plenty of opportunity to have a scan about, despite being horrified that their were brothers there who were betting looking than even me ( in my newly bought outfit!

wasasister

Scooby:

Do you remember the exchange you and I had last year about this time? The one where you felt you needed to pity my children because of my supposed arrogance?

I did not attend this year, and I find your account very telling in some ways. You are living a double life and so much the pretender. I, however, am honest about who and what I am. Who - of the two of us - is more at peace?

You said:

Oh I don't know. I think its maybe laziness on my part, Its so much my easier being inactive.

No, that's not true at all. The laziness is in going along with the flow...not holding your ground when you know the popular thought is wrong. I submit to you, sir, that YOU are the lazy one because you refuse to stand up and tell those people: "I'm a gay man and I can have a relationship with God despite what you say!"

Do you need a ladder to get off that high horse?

Wasa

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We're going to get them tomorrow!

by Atilla in

well, i guess tomorrow is the big m day, 4th of april.

anyone have any big apostate plans or will you just stay out of sight?

i may drive by my local kh where i live now to see if there are a lot of people attending and who knows distribute some of my own literature.

wasasister

This is the first year I won't be going. I also "faded" about 5 years ago, but I accepted my older daughter's invitation each year simply because it made her happy. I also got an annual visit by my former bookstudy conductor again this year; although I wasn't at home, an invitation was shoved into my front door.

My daughter invited me again this year and I said I'd get back to her. I think by now, she understands I'm not going. I hate to hurt her feelings (and this certainly will), but it's time to draw the line. The "radar" comment is a valid one and a fader such as myself needs to stay invisible as far as possible.

The way Witnesses think - as long as you keep attending the Memorial, there is still hope for you. This thinking is why my daughter will be hurt, and why I cannot go. I'm just holding out a false expectation to her that I might someday return.

I've never sat her down and explained in detail my objections to the religion. To do so would only confuse and alienate her. We've managed to stay close despite my exit, and I want to keep the lines of communication open in case she has any doubts in the future.

Mulan, Rocky, etal: interesting that daylight savings time started today. That means in areas where several congregations share a hall, some of the meetings will be quite late and some will have to use other venues just to get done before midnight!

Wasa

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A Really Dumb Error in New Study Book

by proplog2 in

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are you ready for a really dumb mistake?

im not talking about willful deception.

im not talking about stubborn adherence to a dogmatic idea.

wasasister

Among other things, I would like to ask God....

Why He allows his chosen Spokesmen on Earth to botch handling of child sex abuse cases.

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Ex-JW Women Only

by Amazing1914 in

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ok ladies, .

please pm me at amazing1914, and i will let you in on the request ... ps: i am still in classes, and other stuff ... so please be patient as i will get around to everyone.

wasasister

C'mon, this is just a clever way to meet women, right???

For some reason, it makes me snicker that "us women" all have to put up a "public" message that we have sent Amazing a "private" message. I've got a wierd sense of humor.....

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To the people of Spain

by Amazing1914 in

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this terrible event in your land saddens us all ... i am sorry that those responsible are likely doing this to get revenge upon your nation for its support of the united kingdom, the usa and other coalition of nations devoted to the war on terror ... you and your loved ones killed so tragically are in our thoughts and prayers ... your natioin is honored among us all ... and may you heal from this as quickly as possible.

wasasister

Unless of course that country has something very important that we NEED to get involved and oust them. Like say oil for instance? *noted sarcasm*

I haven't noticed my cost for fuel going down since the USA is now occupying Iraq, has anyone else?

Like Amazing and other clear thinkers here, I have the utmost sympathy for the people of Spain. The picture on the cover of Newsweek was gripping. I know how deeply I was affected by 9-11.

I strongly disagree with my country's leadership (note the spelling for Simon and Xena), but Simon's comments were insensitive and unnecessary in this instance.

Quite obviously the man has not listened to his many friends and co-mods who have pleaded with him to tone down his anti-American littany.

Simon....Buddy, PLEASE. Take it down just a notch if you do not want to insite another bunch of controversy. I may agree with your words but I will defend to the death your right to say them better. Or something....

Wasa

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