by airwlk149 25 Replies latest jw friends
Bang, be nice.
Not that i want to speak for Matty, but ACTIVE JW could mean 15 minutes telling some WORDLY person that you can't wait untill the Society says married couples can start having oral sex again without fear of organizational reprisals.
See, that wasn't so hard was it?
BEFORE YOU TRY AND REMOVE THE STICK FROM MY ARSE, REMOVE THE TELEPHONE POLE FROM YOUR OWN ARSE.
Well,
I thought that it was reasonably nice.
I edited out all the swearing - after sometime of composure.
There's a bunch of God's people out there with the gift of discerning spirits, who refuse the dub culture - in some funny way they know they have this gift - but the average dub simply slanders them for it.
There's a bunch of God's people out there, who are good at healing others - but the preaching dub is on the way round to explain how their religious ways are evil.
There's a bunch of God's people out there, who have faith in God everyday of their lives, and the dub turns up and confuses their kiddies about the parents being part of a wicked system.
I don't want to see them peddling those lies to anyone.
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"Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be uninformed....no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except by the Holy Spirit."
Bang
Matty may be an active but, he is a thinking active JW. When I first came to these forums, I was an inactive beliving JW. It only took me one day reading (Although I was up all night reading) sites such as H2O,freeminds, and Watchtower Observer to figure out I had been lied to.
If we attack these jw's, how can we expect them to see the truth about the WTBTS as we have?
I like Matty, he is a very kind person. Let's not run him away.
Lilacs
I don't want someone in my life I can live with. I want someone in my life I can't live without.
Matty: Your a dude? Whats with the name?
Man I hate it when I find out someone I thought I had pegged is another gender.....not that it matters one bit.
I like matty too. He has been super helpful to me . Thanks matty.
PS. I think the name Hildabinger is a name taken from a Catholic saint. Whoever hilda on this boarD is should have used the name...."ASSWIPE"
here's the deal... some of us *have* to be "active" witnesses because our situations do not allow us any other choice. example - ME! i hate every last minute of my brainwashing sessions and wasted hours at meetings and preparation (5 minute watchtower underlining) and service (or the guilt trips laid on me when i don't go out)... but why do i endure rather than obtain the sweet taste of freedom? sheer economics my dear friends... i am 19, a full time college student, and i also have a social life. this means i can not yet afford to live on my own... maybe people like Matty are in similar situations. so Bang and others, please take it easy on us... we don't purposely try to irritate you. we just have no other options. i am sorry, but that's the way it goes sometimes.
cg
Matty if it's so quiet why don't you come in chat..
btw love your posts
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"The only good elite are dead elite!!"-Naeblis
(Ok! He borrowed it)
Hey,
There's no way I'm saying "hey Matty your a troll".
What I am saying is "Wake Up!
Sorry Matty, you just happened to stick your hand up and say "I'm JW",
well that's where I come in - I'm anti-jw, actively. I can't come to terms with people going around door to door telling lies - or at the very best, things that they know aren't true - whatever the difference is.
Bang
Hi airwlk149
IMHO a lot of these more ignorant (hope I spelled that right[8>])
are the same two or three or maybe four posters that just post to sound as stupid as they possibly can,
and eventually get booted and then sign on again as something else.
If nothing else it makes for an active enough place to visit. It is probably a lot harder to get bored here then it is on other sites. I have visited other sites and just couldn't hang out there for more then ten min and I was ready to leave. ZZZZZZzzzzz.
You can usually tell when a poster signs on who is actually a real person and not some wigget with out a life.
Regardless of where they stand. ex or not.
The people who participate on this board and the people who lurk,
who are expierenced in the world of JWs, know who is for real and who is not.
Most of the time I find them to be just silly and even entertaining at times. It's better to laugh at them when you can then get upset over how stupid they are.
When I was just lurking I didn't notice as much as I do now.
It really makes a difference when you post and correspond with people.
After awhile it begins to get easier and easier to pick out those who are more likely to be honest at least about thier presence here.
Life sucks...get a helmet
The problem I always have here is just as the US posters are starting to get going, it's time for me and all the other Europeans to get some sleep - I seemed to have hijacked this thread without knowing it. I guess I need a little right of reply!
Why are you an active JW and how is it that you can go around to people's homes and tell them lies and upset them?
Bang, guilty as charged - I give no excuses. The ministry - I hate it, but it is what I'm expected to do and I dutifully do it to keep up appearances. Basically the situation is that I was born and raised a Jehovah's Witness. ALL my family are Jehovah's Witnesses. Without exception. This forum is my only voice.
I have had doubts pretty much all my life, but begun to have very serious doubts around about five years ago, and after this time I have slowed down considerably, from being very zealous to being pretty token in my service - but nothing too serious to get much unwanted attention from the service overseer. I have only really made up my mind seriously in the last couple of months. Nobody in my family suspects that I have any problem with "The Truth". My family are looked up to as some kind of Theocratic Dynasty. Members of my family have regularly had parts in Circuit and District Conventions. I used to be the kind of guy that you heard in the "Experiences" section of the circuit assembly that made you physically sick.
But, whether I like it or not, the religion is so deeply ingrained into me, I'm finding the thought of leaving petrifying. I cannot yet envisage where I can go with my life after "The Truth".
Matty: Your a dude? What's with the name?gumby - Is Matty a girls name in the US? How many Matildas do you know? I've never met one, I've met a Mathilde though. Matty is short for Matthew in the UK. Just for the record please bear in mind that Robin and Sidney are also dude's names in the UK.
some of us *have* to be "active" witnesses because our situations do not allow us any other choice.cg - yes, that's me, you've got it right. When you think about it. If you genuinely think that the world is going to end any minute, I guess it's inevitable that you would emotionally blackmail your children into staying in the religion. My parents have destroyed my life up to now, but I can't bear any grudges - I love them.
When I was just lurking I didn't notice as much as I do now. It really makes a difference when you post and correspond with people.Janiece, That is so true. It took me a long time to pluck up the courage to start posting, and now I do it, it has really helped. All I can hope is that there are enough people out there in the same situation as me that I can help and support.
(((((((((matty))))))))))
I know how tough it is to leave the "truth" when you've been brought up in it, and your immediate family are all JWs too. It's a big decision, and no one can do it for you (unless you're df'd against your will). When you feel ready, you will make the big step. Until then, do what's right for YOU.
