so my son after sending the 2nd letter you guys read the other day , the next day gets this response from his mother.
you will notice in reading the 1st paragraph of this response , i believe the first half of the 1st paragraph is a quote from some watchtower publications or something to prove god's existence , then after in the second paragraph she gets down and dirty trying to " convert " my son back.
so here it is, see what you think , and would love to hear your takes and advice.
I think she's trying to pull the "Mom Card", use a little guilt. I'd ask her, if JHVH is gods name, what are the vowels? I mean, if we're going to say it, we need to know the vowels right?
I kinda think he should lay off a little, her shields are up and her buttons are pushed, and you can't expect to accomplish much with her inthat mode.
Good boy for being so smart, and seeing past the WTS skubellon.
http://www.youtube.com/v/zneq2utm0nu&rel=1.
i know, i'm probably repeating plenty of threads...but, it bears repeating.
best scene ever!
Actually, wasn't it Halibut? I own it on DVD but loaned it to a friend, got to get it back. The first time I saw that scene, I was stunned and then I could laugh.
had quite a discussion the other day with my niece who is a "follower" of this zacharia sitchin.
i looked up a bit on line but i found it quite deep.
she has had a bible study with jw's quite a few years ago and rejected it totally and returned all the books.. i would like to hear from anyone who reads this guy...thanks.
Yes I've read them, the first three or four. After that I was like, what ever. What's sad is that I think that we need to be open enough to at least consider such ideas as I don't think our current "version" of world history is "truth". Makes a nice piece of fictional "what if".
i have a older sister that i have shared my feelings with about my doubt that jws are truly god's organization.
the reason she can promise is because she doesn't go to meetings herself.
" so i say, "well what if they did call would you open the door?
But I think I will stop talking to her about it and just try to enjoy our relationship as it stands.
I think that is a very good plan. Good Luck.
well it happened.
my son got a response back from his paranoid witness mother.
as nice as he was , she couldn't help but try to make him feel guilty !
Nice going Mr. Flipper, I'll say in my best Yoda voice, "Train him well you did, mmm."
so i'm talking to someone from my old hall and he tells me that there are some disgruntled jws (including elders) who feel like some bad decisions are being made by the rbc.. for instance, one hall needed a new roof.
an elder, in the construction business, made a deal with a local non-jw roofer that if the brothers cleared off the old shingles, the roofer would come in with his crew and do the new roof for x amount of dollars.
the rbc elder in charge got wind of that arrangement and nixed the deal.
Is this something that the dept of L&I would want to take a look at?
This is an interesting behind the scenes peek, are there any other older threads about the RBC that anybody knows of? I'm going to search.
seems a 54 year old british school teacher who is teaching grammer school classes in the sudan has committed a despicable act by blastpheming and showing no respect for the prophet!
can you believe it; she actually allowed the children in her class to name a teddy bear being used in a class project muhammad!!
the sudanise government, carrying out its god given duty is putting her on trial.
Until the West stands up and says our way is better
We can't even control our own religious nuts, what makes anyone think we can take on their's? Bad bad bad idea. IT does need to be dealt with, but not in a way that will make the situation worse, not head on. If we didn't have to do business with these people, if we could just leave them to their own garbage, then if and when they figure it out and wake up is theri deal and not our problem.
Is "Meme" a good word to describe Islam?
And that teacher, what the hell was she/he thinking? Sure, I can understand letting it slip becaue every other little boy is named some variant of Muhammed, but I think the teacher showed a lack of good judgement.
i love the line that implies you are not allowed to reincarnate without government approval.
that's chinese communism for you!
dalai lama steps up succession rhetoric by emily buchanan .
I'd like to be reborn in Canada or Australia.
I just can't believe the position of the Chinese govt, it is so ridiculous.
i just recived an e-mail from an active jw friend of mine, he was replying to the utube e-mail i sent him on the molestation cover ups.
he knows the jw are shite, but he's conflicted becasue all his family is still in.
it made me sad, he's young and knows its shite but doen't know what to do.
I think what you did was brave-risky maybe-but brave, and I respect that. Not that you did this, but I think its important to be aware off, and that is when you go knocking people's floors out from under them, you got to make shure either you're there to catch them or you've placed plenty of mattress pads around. Wow, I must be tired, that made no sense. When you take something away, be ready to fill the empty space. Good night.
dansk's christmas tree thread got me to thinking .. in this house we do not celebrate since my wife is still a die hard dub.
i have no complaints about that, it was our joint choice for decades and i an the one that changed .but as witnesses we were always given the negative view of the holiday time :-.
"people feel that they just have to do it although they do not really want to".
There are some aspects of the holiday that I like, the rest I can live without. I worked retail for ten years while I was a JW, so I'm still kinda burnt out on alot of it. I used to bake "xmas" cookies and deserts in the summertime so that I could have them and enjoy them without getting flack from people. Pre JW days, when I was 4-6 so that I can still remember, I remember huge xmas gatherings with extended family. When we became JWs we missed out SO much of our extended family's gatherings. I have a great deal of regret about that, my great grandparents are all dead now, all my cousins are grown up and moved on.
I do like the outdoor season and snow, I love live trees, and like lights and decorations. I love the seasonal cooking and spices and warming flavors. My partner is pagan, and we've talked about the future, we'd like to have more of a Solstice celebration or traditional Yule. But for now, I'm very content to keep it simple and not go all out, I don't have the drive for it.
Now I'm craving eggnog.
