Do You Think ExJWs Go To The Other Extreme When They Leave The Organization (page 2)

talley

I can think of one example right here on this board; our own youthful, newly 'emancipated', dearly loved R*****R***.

He no longer has the time to entertain us with his humorous yet wise observations of the world around him and is evidently spending time and $ on tatoos. I hope it is a phase that will pass. I hope he recovers his humor and goodwill as time heals his grevious emotional wounds inflicted by the WTBTS through his Mom.

I miss him, think of him often, and wish him good health, happiness, and sucess.

Judy

minimus

Tattoos are popular with both old and young. Many get tattoo fever and can't get enough of them.

OUTLAW

Swan seems to be gone..Does anybody,know anything,about the Friggin Calculators!..LOL!!...OUTLAW

AK - Jeff

Well, I suppose most of my thinking nowadays is 'dangerous' in WTS terms. I entertain ideas that I completely blocked before - politics, other religions being ok or even good, that pleasure in life now is worthy of doing.

I participate in holidays of my choosing. But overall I am pretty mild I suppose. That is prob my age - I have seen the dangers of some of the foolish behaviour that some chose [witness or not], and take a conservative view of my involvment.

I have responsiblities that make it a bad idea to set the wrong example in my conduct just to prove that I can if I want to. I do not want my g-kids to think that way, so I don't.

I read what I want, I watch movies that I like, I associate with whomever I want to. I still do the 'practical things' that I did as a witness. I drive safely, don't use drugs, don't ruin my marriage with a sexual fling just because I can. I retained what I think are good morals, based not on WT directives, but largely on Bible concepts and principles.

On a wildness scale 1-10, I suppose I am still just a 2.

Jeff

Twitch

Yea, but it's subjective. How extreme are we talking bout here?

;-)

Frannie Banannie

I went a little overboard the first coupla years, but I hafta say that it took me about 6 months before I realized that I could actually smoke again. I shoulda rethunk that idear.

How ya doin', Mini?

LovesDubs

I do the JW equivalent of running with scissors. I dont get up early on weekends to go bother people at their homes. I say "Good luck! and....Merry Christmas!" and I mean it. I TOAST at special occasions or with my kids when we've accomplished something cool. I let my kids join SPORTS and DANCING and associate with people of ALL religions and backgrounds without prejudice. I watch John Edwards, Sylvia Brown and The Medium shamelessly. I believe in guardian angels. I believe in souls. I question authority. I read fine print. I dont join ANYTHING that requires that I swear my ALLEGIANCE to a manmade organization. I dont shun anybody who believes differently than I do.

Yep deep end. Come on in! The water's great!

Loves

Swan

I finally found it.

It was posted several days ago by Jayhawk1 in a thread about chess. I had forgotten all about that article, but once I started reading I remembered reading it many years ago and about how absurd I found it then too. I recall that I thought that the WTBTS was really misinformed, and how could they warn us about calculators when they were boasting about their latest computer systems. Now, as I read it, I find it ludicrous, and am thinking of forwarding it to my friends as a humorous look at my past experiences.

From the 9/8/76 Awake, starting on page 23, the article "Should a Pocket Calculator Be in Your Pocket?"

Here's the link, see Jayhawk1's post, the twelfth one down.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/118478/1.ashx

Swan

As might be expected, an electronic calculator is not all advantages. There are disadvantages, and it is wise for you to consider them. For one thing, having a calculator is going to involve some money, time and attention. How much would you use it? In your case the few occasions when you would really be helped by having a calculator might not justify the cost, even with the recent low prices. Do you want to put money into something that you may not need, or that may be just a toy for a few days?

Let's see. Some of them are more than a dollar. I may not want to invest that much money in one. If it breaks, I might have trouble finding a place to repair it for less than the $1.00 I can buy a replacement for. And the problem of batteries? Well, I shudder! I don't even want to go there.

And though I use one practically daily in my job and at home, I am very worried that this passing fad of 30 years will leave me with another toy collecting dust on my desk.

Also the time and attention spent calculating in seconds what I would normally take several minutes to do could actually be better spent on Apostate websites.

Yes, these disadvantages are very important considerations. I can definitely see how I've been pushing the extreme with my over indulgence with pocket calculators. Perhaps I will go to my employer and explain how I want to start doing all my math by hand now so as to avoid this deadly sin.

Tammy

Jourles

Oh my god, I never heard that one before about calculators! What a bunch of morons they have in NY.

Do You Think ExJWs Go To The Other Extreme When They Leave The Organization

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