http://watchtowerdocuments.org/did-you-know-having-children/#comment-474.
here's the short article found in the "did you know?
" series found on watchtower documents, and, underneath it, is the unusual comment:.
In the Spanish side, couples are having their kids. All of us JWs in the Cong are very happy for them and very nicely celebrated the proper baby showers.
As a culture, we are not big in the WTBTS retorich of refraining from having a family. Blood relatives are paramount among Hispanics!!!
DY
when we look at the total universe imagine a jar of sand.
just one grain of sand would be our galaxy so we may be able to see our earth with an electron microscope.
with that in mind, it always made we cringe when at the meetings an elder would say "jehovah has prepared a spiritual banquet for us tonight," or "it makes jehovah happy that we made the effort to attend the meeting tonight.
Have you seen how extremely small earth is in relation to the vast universe?!!!
We are a huge NOTHING!!! So, these biblical expressions that anything we flawed humans say or do make God happy or sad are just plain NUTS!!!
DY
i read on another thread how this site has helped another user and that for them it has been a form of therapy.. for me yes, jwn has most certainly been a form of therapy.. i recall the days i first came to jwn (in 2004) and couldn't believe i had found people who were of the same opinion as myself in regards to the society.
it was this site that led me to reading ray franz's book 'crisis of conscience' which i read twice within a week.
it also led me to jw facts that goes into every nook and cranny regarding the society's teachings, policies and history.. note: i also visit many other sites and watch you tube videos a lot, but gravitate here most of the time.. coming here to express my inner most thoughts and feelings has helped me no end and allows me to overcome my frustrations.
Good for venting when I cannot air my frustrations about the WTBTS anywhere and with anyone else.
Thanks Simon!
DY
just a heads-up that i will be testing some updates this evening.. the nature of the changes means it's difficult to test every scenario in advance offline (translation: it's a lot more effort and i just can't be bothered) so i'm going to go with the "wing-it" approach:.
deploy, check for errors, try to fix errors before anyone else notices them.. i can switch between the new and old version pretty quickly so if there are significant issues, i'll rollback and revert the changes while i work on the fixes.
worse case is the pages won't display quite right (dates might be a giveaway) but a full page refresh should fix things.. http://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/.
Does anything ever drop off, even by the mere fact of being too old a post?
DY
just a heads-up that i will be testing some updates this evening.. the nature of the changes means it's difficult to test every scenario in advance offline (translation: it's a lot more effort and i just can't be bothered) so i'm going to go with the "wing-it" approach:.
deploy, check for errors, try to fix errors before anyone else notices them.. i can switch between the new and old version pretty quickly so if there are significant issues, i'll rollback and revert the changes while i work on the fixes.
worse case is the pages won't display quite right (dates might be a giveaway) but a full page refresh should fix things.. http://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/.
How about deleting old posts.
Some of us have evolved and no longer see things as when we were new here and much younger.
Any chance I could have all my posts older than 3 yrs permanently deleted?!
DY
last weekend i was watching darkmatter2525 on youtube and came across this new thing in the bible.
jehovah has evil spirit!!
was just wondering how i didn’t come across this absurdity when i was a jw for 11 years.
According to the Bible, we are created in God's image. So, he has ALL our traits, yes, evil too.
DY
on the radio this morning.
here is the link:.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08njt79.
Can't hardly wait until the kind of thing that happened in Australia comes to the U.S.
I hope the media blows it out of proportion. Only so will they apologize publicly and change their reporting policies.
DY
the congregation i attend had it's watchtower study on thursday night because of l.d.c work this week-end, and another congregation i have some not very spiritual friends in had their watchtower study on wednesday.
from what i have delicately prised out of people, the congregations loved the watchtower study this week, saying it was so encouraging and all the usual stuff, with no-one seeming to realise the g.b.
said they're not inspired, so the spirit int he past has moved them to teach wrong things, and all the other ideas excellently summed up on reddit.. today's watchtower will wash over the heads of most j.w's like it never even happened, the all remaining as loyal as ever, and it makes me so, so sad..
I can palpate that the old people are plain tired and the young are very indifferent.
The young are furthering their education, participating in school's extracurricular activities and mingling with non-JWs. The old are supporting their kids in obtaining a worthy education and not frowning as much on situations previously frowned upon by the WTBTS.
We as a community are tight and super clicky, but when it comes to hardcore doctrinal bull, we're all sick of the doomsday crap.
The internet has put a hurting on this org. GOOD!!!
DY
i am interested in finding out how you view yourself.
are really you when it comes to every day interactions....ie when at work, with family or friends, or if attending meetings?.
if still attending, do you feel you are not the real you at meetings?
Accentuating, concentrating in the positive is what helps me keep sanity.
Having seen Reza Aslan's series of 'Believer', fully comprehend that it could all be worse for sure. So, rejoice in the good.
DY
i am interested in finding out how you view yourself.
are really you when it comes to every day interactions....ie when at work, with family or friends, or if attending meetings?.
if still attending, do you feel you are not the real you at meetings?
I am ME when I go to work. Otherwise, around family and other JWs, I'm 60% genuine. It needs to be so in order to keep peace and keep the family/friends dynamic going. You see, my close circle of family and friends are heavy into WTBTS stuff and I cannot afford financially, emotionally to be put out of the group. Sad, but true.
So many of us inside in my safe boat. However, having been my whole life JW-indoctrinated, I don't think I can exit and then go on to line up with today's opinions that "anything goes" and "as long as you're not hurting anyone else..."
Just can't. So, I've accepted this situation and have resolved to continue it for the duration. It's sooo complicated!
DY
