so.... i went out all day today... just wanted to get away from the sh!tstorm that was created yesterday.
anyways... i come home like an hour ago, and my dad told me that mom called my aunties in central america and told them stuff about me, and also she told the elders of her hall... the elders want to meet with me, but i think that it will be at my house.
i am curious about your ideas about:.
Telling JWs TTATT just IDs you as The Enemy, so don't expect a stampede for the KH door when you tell your cuzzies.
You can get away with asking questions, but expressing opinions that they don't want to hear just results in them blocking you out. Ask enough of the right questions and they might just work out TTATT for themselves.
so.... i went out all day today... just wanted to get away from the sh!tstorm that was created yesterday.
anyways... i come home like an hour ago, and my dad told me that mom called my aunties in central america and told them stuff about me, and also she told the elders of her hall... the elders want to meet with me, but i think that it will be at my house.
i am curious about your ideas about:.
She recruited you into the church.
She talked you into getting baptised.
She didn't warn you about all the prophetic failures by it's leaders etc. etc. etc., you know what to bring up here.
Now, you've got questions that you want her to answer. Not her church leaders ... HER. If she doesn't know the answers, you'll wait while she gets them for you. If she doesn't want to get them for you, you want to know why not, from HER.
Tell her to call the dogs off because you are not going to be bullied into pretending to believe this load of cobblers by her church leaders. Ask her if she wants you to be dishonest and pretend you believe what you know is BS just so that she can have a kid that hasn't been thrown out of her failed doomsday church.
i don't know how to handle the situation with a fellow apostate who has lost their mind due to this evil cult.
this guy is texting many of the elders under alias of six different cell-phones no less than twenty times a day.. .
we had to change the locks at the kingdom hall because he was still stalking and prowling around the hall after advertsing he had left the kingdom hall and we were all no less than mind-dead zombies sucking out of the life of thinking individuals.
a young, progressive, kind elder wants to have a chat with me on sunday after the meeting.
we've talked before and been quite open about the judgemental attitudes 'we' have as witnesses, and he was completely in agreement, stating that he's never understood the beard thing among other issues, and wants to see the society moving forward by change..
i've no doubt he just wants to encourage me to up my hours or reach out again, but it's nerve wracking, as i know i'll say something i'll regret.
You can probably get away with asking a question, but expressing an opinion, especially one he won't like, should be saved until he's knocking on your door asking for your help.
just fell off my chair whilst listening to the bible "highlights".
someone has actually just said that the flood account actually helps inform scientists on matters that perplex them.
for example for decades they have wondered how the dinosaurs all disappeared but if they looked at the account of the flood then they would see the answer.
"For example for decades they have wondered how the dinosaurs all disappeared but if they looked at the account of the flood then they would see the answer."
Spoken by someone who either hasn't read Genesis, or doesn't understand the meaning of the word 'every'
i have recently revived my interest in the night sky.
there are a lot of great sights you can identify with just a pair of binoculars.
i am currently relearning how to navigate my way round all the constellations and find some of the best objects.. i live out in the country so we get almost total darkness right outside my front door.
Light pollution steals much of the night sky around here. Gone are the days when I could drag the kids out of bed at some ridiculous hour of the night to watch some once in a lifetime celestial event.
Thank god I made the most of the opportunities we did have. My kids remember them. Starry nights lying on the BBQ table at some silly hour of the morning.
well an elder brought this up with me and said he didnt understand how adam sinned if he was perfect.
i said i dont see how he couldve sin ed if he was perfect....but he had free will to choose.
i then told him that i thought if god wanted us to obey him the worst thing he could do was create us to have free will.....a side thought i had was:.
To divert him from his pre-programmed spiel, you could also ask if he thinks every snake that doesn't have legs is a descendent of that one?
my wife expresssd to me as we watched a movie that she really loves how those in christianity dont have to meet requirements to become baptised.
she stated the it seems morenin line with the scriptures.
i agreed with her and brought up the story of cornelius and his family baptised the night he saw paul in the prison cell.
Sometimes it's best to just shut up and let them mull it over. Takes a bit of self control though.
how can i love people that dont really know me?
how can i love people i dont really know?.
thats not love.
My feelings are much the same, but I would cross 'respect' of my list. Respect has to be earned. It is not our parent's as of right. My parents didn't earn respect, but they demanded it.
I'm sure I only exist as the result of a broken condom. Armageddon was only months away, so why would they plan to give birth to me so close to Balmygeddon? They never broke any more condoms. Probably invested in better brands to avoid further *** ups.
http://www.jw.org/en/news/by-region/asia/kyrgyzstan/court-ruling-for-conscientious-objectors/.
december 30, 2013 | kyrgyzstan.
kyrgyzstan court rules in favor of conscientious objectors bishkek, kyrgyzstanthe constitutional chamber of the supreme court of kyrgyzstan unanimously declared on november 19, 2013, that the countrys current law on alternative service is unconstitutional and violates the right of freedom of religion.
I get it Terry. Alternative service wasn't an option for my father, who did jail time, or my contemporaries. I only got off easy by not being a permanent resident of any particular country at call up times.