Hello All:
I know I haven't been on here for a few months. Well, alot has happened in my life! I got a new car. Then, I married Mrs. WingCommander over the summer. Then, Mrs. WingCommander was struck with my armor piercing round, and has told me there is going to be a Jr. WingCommander! Woo-hoo!! :)
So, as it is, we've just completed our move into a brand new hanger! I have to have somewhere to park the family of jets!! :) These holidays are hard for me. I am inactive, but at the same time I know I wouldn't celebrate pagan holidays even if I weren't a JW or not. She wants to know what religion we are going to eventually raise Jr. Wing in, and I'm honestly dumbstruck. What should I do? Growing up in the JW's was hard, but built character I suppose. You find out whom your real friends are that don't care what religion you are when you are a JW and explain to them that you don't celebrate holidays. Then again, today's schools are so diverse, it's not like he'd be the only child who doesn't celebrate holidays. Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, none of them celebrate many holidays or Christmas. To be honest, holidays that have there roots in pagan origins make me sick. And that's not just a JW thing, I think it comes from the fact that I feel that mixing in pagan traditions, no matter how old, is like spitting in God's face and calling it Holy. If it ain't pure, it's evil for sure! lol. :)
I'm really struck too by the society's descision to stop mailing out Watchtowers and Awakes to everyone. How the hell can you preach and reach people if you don't want to send out your own literature?? Besides, what's the BIG SECRET? I don't get it, and it's more than just $$$. People can't save what they don't get, do they? I go to the meetings about 3 times a year. Why do I have to go all the time just to get literature? I suppose I could go once a month. I'd become "non-publisher WingCommander once-a-month meeting attender."
Hope everyone is well! Thanks,
Wing Commander :)