i got baptized later in life.
i was around 21, i had left and went out into the world should of listen to my gut back then, but instead i disowned myself and came back into the fold.
before i could get baptized, the elder who studied with me said i needed to get rid of everything that was contaminated by this world: music, books & clothing,everything.
My m-i-l went through all of her home products and threw away everything that had the Proctor and Gamble symbol on it.
My wife disposed of a small statute she bought during a neighbors garage sale after she bought it home and did a little research on it. I don't think she found anything of substance about the statue but she threw it away just in case.
A bunch of superstitious nonsense......
dem bad ole demunz......
this took quite a while this evening.
so worth it though.
hope you enjoy!
That was fantastic.
Great Work!!!
first and foremost, thank you so much to so many of you who have reached out to me over the past few days since my post on sunday.
i'm not totally in the best mental state, however, i do have a very small amount of people that i can lean on for support.
i relayed my feelings to a friend (my only friend, really), who took the initiative to inform my family.
Leaving Quietly outlines the procedure pretty well.
I just couldn't imagine jumping through that many hoops to be accepted anywhere.
guess that's the introvert in me.....
i'm not really sure where to post this.. i've been with my boyfriend for 4 months now and i've really never been happier.
i was brought up in the church of christ with an elder father and i really believe in my religion, although i will admit to being a lousy christian at times due to sheer laziness (not wanting to get out of bed on sunday).
my boyfriend essentially lives with me.
Oh, by the way, best not tell him you've visited this site - a big fat No No for JWs and people who love them.
Or better yet, since you all are so cool together and your are firm in your resolve to not be recruited by them, tell them, especially his mom.
Her reaction will tell you everything you need to know.
i'm not really sure where to post this.. i've been with my boyfriend for 4 months now and i've really never been happier.
i was brought up in the church of christ with an elder father and i really believe in my religion, although i will admit to being a lousy christian at times due to sheer laziness (not wanting to get out of bed on sunday).
my boyfriend essentially lives with me.
I think you're going to hear a lot of people tell you here that you should run for your life......and at a time when you think you're far enough away from him run some more.
Do you really want to subject yourself for some undeterminant time to being someone's secret side-piece because they can't man-up to mommy?
Don't you think you deserve better?
warning of a long boring post ahead.
i feel like i need to vent my story out, as i feel quite helpless at the moment.. i'm 31 year old, married, father of toddler with another one on the way, due later this month.
i've been serving as elder for about 4 years now in a south florida congregation.
damn iceman....
talk about succumbing to the theory of sunk costs....
I don't think there was any WT practiced and taught thought stopping phrase or technique you missed in that post.
hey ya'll!
i have been lurking for years on this site and others but never had the courage to post anything.
actually i was afraid of posting on an apostate site in the event i was wrong.
as a young witness married couple in the 1990's we knew "this generation" of 1914 did not have long to go!
oh how cute a young pioneer couple we were.
we wont have kids till "afew more years pass" and we are in the new system.
I can only say that I hope the reasons you have for wanting a child go beyond "who will look after us in our old age"?
today has been a horrible day.
what began as a day of joy finding out that one of my lifelong friends had her baby, turned into a nightmare when her brother called me to let me know she had passed away after birth.
i was in shock and didn't ask how.
another life sacrificed to the alter of the WT sock puppet god
What a Shame...
hi one and all.. i've lurked for 3 years, about time i signed up.. i'm a still in ms due to family.. fully awake.. i look forward to getting to know all of you..
Welcome
Since you've been lurking you already know it can get pretty rowdy around here.
Hang out awhile....
...and don't take anything personal.
