by rebel8 10 Replies latest jw friends
Obligatory false predictions link.
So were you cowering somewhere with a stash of Watchtowers hidden in your bunker on 12/31/1999?
Were you excited about Armageddon coming and wiping all the wicked off the planet?
Were you arrogantly bragging how much better you and your fellow bros were than the worldlies, who were out celebrating blindly, like those in Noah's day?
Option 3. I just had to celebrate the New Year in. I bought a sparkly top just for the event, and faded future hubby was my date. Sprayed champagne is sticky.
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JW Prince wasn`t Afraid!..
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...OUTLAW
Not me, I had just made the decision to leave both my husband and the religion that November. The end of the century seemed like a good time to make a change. I spent the evening sipping champagne and thinking about my new life and the opportunities in the coming year.
REBEL8:
I think I was more worried about Y2K foul-ups. I was in the very last stages of being in the religion before I made a decision to "fade" the following year. After the 1995 Generation teaching, it was time to stop wasting time in the JW religion.
However, I always wondered how many JWs lost faith and secretly wanted out at the year 2000 point.
New Years 1999 was my first New Years out of the cult. Champagne among adults at a technology workplace, myself newly completely alone in the universe except for about three workmates. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Do it when you're young.
I was more concerned about Y2K then the big A! We knew for a fact that the year 2000 was going to happen.
I do remember the family watching TV at midnight, I went down to the basement and threw the breaker on the entire house right a midnight as a joke.
After the breaker went off, I listened..... first child "See I told you something was going to happen". ...... a few minutes later.... "How come the neighbor's lights are still on?"...... then I hear "Where did dad go?" It was a good 5 minutes of fun.
Edit to add: I was most afraid of Armageddon on September 5 1975 then I was during 1999.
No. I broke out an old carbide cannon that belonged to an Uncle. It only sounded like Armageddon.
I was actually a bit concerned about the 2012 thing... first time I had ever even considered an actual date for doom... but maybe that was because I was depressed at that time...
Not at all. I was worried about the power going out, maybe. But then nothing happened, and I shrugged. Then hunkered down as I thought people were shooting outside. Maybe it was just fireworks, but I figured, why take chances? There's always the rest of the year for that.
--sd-7
