I hated sitting in the back with those disruptive children, so I opted for the fifth row in the middle section. You had no choice but to pay attention . Once I sat on the front row and felt like I was literally sitting up there on the stage. Ah never again.
ikhandi
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Where'd you sit in the KH?
by DblOSmith inour hall has 3 sections of seating, we always sat in the left section all the way in the back if possible heh.
it's funny: it seemed like all the foreign people, immigrants, etc, sat on the right side, all the "goody goods" sat in the middle, and all of the um "shady" people... all the people i would think would become defectors sat on the left.
hehe.
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Awake! Really IS like a College Education!
by Stephanus in.
no need to worry about going to doctors who spend years at medical school, folks!
just pray that your path will cross with a jw who's kept up to date on their awake!s - they will diagnose complex conditions that doctors were unable to, in nothing flat!.
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ikhandi
I say no thank you to that idea. I got a REAL degree from a REAL college. Coondawg you hit that one on the head LOL
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Did anyone here actually enjoy meetings?
by berylblue ini always found them to be painfully boring at best.
speaking of meetings, i was in a congregation where people openly admitted that the -only- reason they went was to see who brother cassanova-wanna-be (you know, the total geek who, in the world, wouldn't be able to pay a prostitute to go out with him, but in the truth, was considered a "catch" by virtue of having a penis) was going to hit on that week.
this brother routinely preyed upon women, leading them on, in some cases, rather cruelly.
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ikhandi
Seriously, I loved attending the circuit assemblys and district conventions. Maybe it was seeing all those people from all different walks of life being united and worshipping Jehovah. I had a thing for listening to the local annoucements in the km especially if an elder was at the podium because most likely someone was about to get disfellowshipped. I was nosy for I would sit and wonder for the rest of the meeting what they did to get the ax
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What do you think when you go by a Kingdom Hall?
by TresHappy ini drive by a kh every day, since it's very close to my work route, and i was wondering if anyone else secretly cheers that they don't have to go back into one of those things.
when i see a few cars parked there on the weekday, i am so thankful i don't have to go out and talk that stuff to strangers.
any thoughts?
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ikhandi
I live only five minutes from my former hall and avoid going by there if at all possible. The elders know my car and the last time I went by there they followed me home for an impromptu sheperding visit. Them damn stalkers. I should of called the police.
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Were You Depressed Because You Were A Witness?
by minimus init seems that many people here have been greatly depressed because they were or still are jehovah's witnesses.
what about you?
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ikhandi
My life as a jw was sometimes filled with much heartache and dissapointment(more than I care to go into here) I recall many a nights on my knees in prayer to Jehovah asking him please don't let me wake up tommorow. Due to my persona I internalized alot to the point where I contemplated suicide. It got so bad that I was on the verge of what I know now would have been a serious breakdown. Mom sensed something was wrong and took me to the e.r I spent almost two years in therapy trying to deal with my issues without anyone in my cong or close circle of friends knowing. Finally got up the nerve to let one of the elders know what was going on with me. He proved not to be uplifting or encourgaging at all, was disgusted that I chose to seek the help of a therapist and not *throw my burdens on Jehovah* or the classic *wait on Jehovah* It pissed me off so much that I wanted to tell him would you have preferred to be attending my funeral this sat or be happy to see me out in service? How can anyone call these people loving?
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31 things I don't miss about the meetings!
by Noumenon in1. having to sit through 3 of them a week, year after year after year.. 2. talking to the same old faces after every meeting, year after year after year.. 3. tolerating nerdy speakers, often with irritating speech and nasal habits.
many over-emphasing and spending an excessive amount of time on some pet insignificant point and glossing over main points.. 4. quietly fuming at speakers going over time on the service meeting when one is tired and cranky and dying to get home.. 5. cold, draughty kingdom halls with the crudest and cheapest heating and airconditioning installed, if any at all.. 6. attendants (beagles) who go opening up all the windows at half time, or sooner, when it's chilly outside and everyone was just starting to feel comfortable.. 7. feeling guilty cause i never bothered to stay behind to vacuum, dust, or clean the bog when it was our bookstudy's turn.. 8. screaming brats, babies, and fidgety obnoxious kids who squirm, move, whinge, and kick my chair through the entire meeting.. 9. people constancy whispering and talking to each other thru the meeting.. 10. twerps who habitually turn up 10 minutes late every meeting and insist on sitting up the front.. 11. being bored witless with watchtower studies on some dull, dry, doctrinal subject, or some touchy feely, lovey-dovey, emotional subject.
counting the paragraphs to see how much torture remains before escaping back home.
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ikhandi
Will always remember my mom poking me in my side when I was a teenager to get my hand up to comment. She continued to do this up until my early 20's which Is why I switched to our sister cong. For there was no pressure. Some friends tried to show off way too much with all that extra research they were doing just to answer one question in the wt. Where the heck did you get the time?
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Does anyone here still go to the meetings
by Brandy5 ini was just wondering if anyone here still go to the meetings.
if so why do you attened?
eddited to add are you married to an active jw .
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ikhandi
I avoided meetings ever since my trip on the diss fellow ship. My attendance at the circuit assembly last week was my first since leaving.(what the hell was I thinking) The only reason I went was because of my mother invited me too. For once in the last 4 years I saw her happy and not dissapointed with my status. She truly has no idea who I am. I have no current plans to go again, although I may go to the memorial this year.
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How to succeed in field service w/o really trying
by joe_from_kokomo inah, field service .
that joy of knocking on a total stranger's doors to try to sell them on your own religious doctrines.
isn't it joyful?
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ikhandi
Towards my final days I thought it was ridicoulous. I regular pioneered for three years straight and attended college. I had no life, spent all day in service on sat and before and after the meetings on sunday. Then I went back for more, because I had still had to preach during the week. It wore me down seriously, toting some of the most ungrateful friends around who would never cough up any gas money. And don't get me started on stalking people with return visits. Now I sleep in every saturday til nine.
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How can I successfully Deprogram?
by ikhandi infor months i have been questioning in my mind whether i still believe what i was taught in this organization.
my belief system is very much intact.
i stopped using illegal drugs(this got me on the disfellow ship in the first place) i don't lie or steal, but still curse like crazy.
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ikhandi
For months I have been questioning in my mind whether I still believe what I was taught in this organization. My belief system is very much intact. I stopped using illegal drugs(this got me on the disfellow ship in the first place) I don't lie or steal, but still curse like crazy. I am two days into reading crisis of conscience and believe me it is an eye opener. I am starting to feel like I wasted so many precious years of my life living a total lie. I pushed myself so much regular pioneering and attending college that it made me literally sick at times in which I was hospitalized.I can never get time back but I can move forward and live my life as I want. How do I erase the beliefs that the wts has drilled into my mind?
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Is Ray Franz a Buddhist?
by jazbug inthere's a rumor circulating around atlanta that ray is a buddhist...does anyone know if there is any truth to that??????????
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ikhandi
yall are a trip on here. I could personally care less what the hell he does. He ain't doing a damn thing for me