i'm into the 7th year of a successful fade.
when i'm at the market i still see some of my former "friends" trying to avoid eye contact.
although i'm not df'd i may as well be in their eyes.
I may have to resort to this tactic as well.
I have some relatives that are all bent out of shape, even to the point of no longer willing to visit me unless I assure them I won't be awkward.
They require me to censor myself in my own home to accomodate their twisted "consciences".
I'm getting to the point where I don't need any of them.
They want to demonize me and I won't have any of it.
every year on a certain thursday in november my family and close witness friends would get together, eat menudo ( hispanic stew) and other foods, watch football and then get dressed to go to the meeting.. sister so and so would bring her famous pie, bro and sister so and so would bring their gross punch and bro and sis so and so would bring mexican sweet bread.
sometimes we would go to "worldy" aunt's and pick up plates of turkey and fixins.. this was every year on a certain date, on a certain thursday in november.. this continued until my mom got alzheimers.
by that time i was married and had my own house.
I've experineced "JW Thanksgiving" on the Friday after. ( then it's OK )
Same everything, just 24 hours later, so it's not wrong...
We were on a family trip one time. About ten of us at a coastal rental house.
We brought everything to make a traditional turkey dinner.
It was the week of Thanksgiving and we were going to make the dinner on Thursday.
My Uber Dub ( Ex bethelite/elder ) nephew started to freak out, as if we were preparing to do devil worship.
We agreed to make it on Friday. Problem solved.
Dummies...
it's been 12 years since i first read ray franz's books and the scales came off my eyes.
by that time i was in my forties.. since 2002 i went back to school and have worked with 3 very professional organizations.
but my biological clock is ticking away and while my peers are looking forward to retirement, i am only beginning.
Out for nearly 2 years, but 25 years was lost.
It stings. I can't explain how I fell for the deception.
It's all so clear now. I thought I was smarter than that.
Mind control is powerful.
Also starting over in my mid 40's.
50 seems so close.
Focus on living a happy life and be there for those that need help.
this is a rumor i heard back in november, it comes to me third or fourth-hand.
feel free to poke holes.
i have many doubts about this myself.
When Tony Morris said: "take it up with God!" in his tight pants talk, he was likely preparing JW's to accept anything.
I mean really, who want's to "take anything up with God?"
What a disaster...
calendar notice sent.
calendar date:.
december 10, 2014 at 9:00 a.m.. .
I might go, since it's so close to home.
im sure someone must have posted this before but here goes.. q: how many jws does it take to change a lightbulb?.
a : jws are not allowed to change lightbulbs.
anyone attempting to introduce new light gets disfellowshipped.. .
The alternate punchline I heard was:
None. They just sit in the dark until there is New Litght!
calendar notice sent.
calendar date:.
december 10, 2014 at 9:00 a.m.. .
Where is the hearing go to be?
did you see the post on reddit?
unconfirmed naturally and just a rumour but at at one assembly this week it was announced that the 6 members of the gb send their love.. .
there are 7 members of the gb.. .
I hope whichever one it might be joins JWN.
What am I saying, they are probably a long time user.
So this being said, who is the undercover GB member posting on JWN without anyone knowing???
i remember being at the assembly in 1988?
when this was released.
everyone was so excited that we finally had a simple explanation of revelation with pictures.
Sifting through the KM full of new light was really something on the fourth and final time "studying" that book.
Literally cutting and pasting the adjustments into our precious books instead of getting the new and revised soft cover version.
Hey, we had already marked up our previously studied copy.
We weren't about to start all over again.
so the governing body likes to keep claiming incredible growth.
at the same time they claim bible studies are way down.
are the finally admitting what we've known all along, that they can no longer recruit outsiders?
And this begs the question:
How many people "know" that JWs are conducting bible studies with them?
