Bad according to "society" principles or bad according to the outside world?
Have you started to do "bad" things now, or want to?
by oompa 66 Replies latest jw friends
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Lo-ru-hamah
Burn the ships,
It was me. Actually, I bought the cigar for my husband because he likes them every once in a while. I wasn't very impressed with the taste. It is fun to be able to do it though without worrying that you are going to get into trouble.
Sheri
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mrsjones5
Go watch a naked woman dance.
What bad about watching a naked woman dance?
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AlyMC
I do things that JW's would consider bad. I don't really do anything I consider dishonest or immoral (cheating on taxes, stealing, adultery, etc). Even when I was a JW I did things they considered bad though... probably had "more strikes against me" then, than I do now.
eta- oh, about guilt... I used to live with a lot of guilt for the choices I made... and I no longer do. I feel really good about the choices I have made in my life :) Even the "bad" ones. -
blondie
I don't have any desire to do things that harm myself or others to prove a point to the WTS.
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ex-nj-jw
"BAD"- Sneak into a movie theatre or watch two movies on one ticket - Don't consider this BAD, I did it when I was a teenager. I wouldn't do it now because I'm more mature and the thought would not even enter my mind.
Shoplift small items you can easily afford. - No because I have too much to loose over something so petty. Again as you mature and get older this would not even enter most adults minds.
Go watch a naked woman dance. What's so bad about that?
Smoke a joint - Have done that and will probably do it again before I die. I hope like hell I don't get caught by the police because I could loose my nursing license. So I definately won't be riding around in the car or standing outside while smoking a joint.
Not report thousands of dollars in income to the IRS - Again I don't want to go to jail and I don't have that kind of money anyway.
Speed more, I speed every day, when I get caught I pay the ticket.
Watch a dirty movie - Again not bad, personal choice. I do with the hubby and it's geat for keeping the sex life fun.
Flirt seriously with someone you are not married to and it could get dangerous - No because If my husband did that to me I'd be very upset. Treat others the way you want to be treated.
Hang out with lots of DF'd people when you are not. DF'd people? Come on Oompa seriously?
nj
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daniel-p
I'm not at all tempted to do anything I didn't want to do before. I'm not tempted to smoke, because, after almost losing my life once, I'm not keen on hastening my natural demise. About the worst thing I do is occasionally see a rated R movie. No Country For Old Men was the last one. And it rocked.
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YoursChelbie
oompa said:
Flirt seriously with someone you are not married to and it could get dangerous.
You do know bad when you see it. Good for you.
YC
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mrsjones5
Hang out with lots of DF'd people when you are not. DF'd people? Come on Oompa seriously?
Yeah that does sound kinda redundant, if you're out would you really care if someone was df'd? I don't.
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Crumpet
Bless you Blondie sometimes for your good sense and saying what is just the right thing at the right time!
I don't have any desire to do things that harm myself or others to prove a point to the WTS.
Thank you for that. I make just have to make that my mantra whilst I try and fix myself.
I think just possibly I'm thinking more along the lines of that I am absolutely sick to death of doing "bad" stuff and that I'd like to be "wholesome" - like today I found myself looking away from some porn that came up as opposed to looking for it.
I found myself telling the being honest when I'd normally tell a lie.
I found myself trying to think about a future which is not largely defined by alcohol.
Wonders will never cease.