Yep, my parents go out of their way to associate with me (missing service and meeting sometimes) and my family, something that feels good about seeing their 2 yr old grandson. Although, they really shouldn't be hanging out with me at all since I told them they are in a cult, I'm agnostic, want nothing ever to do with the JW religion, and regularly challenge them on JW beliefs. They cut me a break while actively shunning others both in and out of our family. Soon they will have to choose.
Atilla
JoinedPosts by Atilla
-
3
The hypocrites went back home! How lovely!
by Fed Up innot long ago i posted expressing my annoyance that my husband's parents--as the good jehovah's witness elders that they are, went up north for a month-long with with my husband's disfellowshipped ex-wife!
they apparently were only there for a week and went back home!
not quite that month long visit that i heard was planned.... gee?
-
-
-
-
-
Atilla
Yeah, I'm kinda torn about what I should do with some of my books, throw them out, keep them, drop them off at local KH parking lot and then drive over them repeatedly. I like the idea of looking things up but then again do I really want to think about this stuff 10 years from now, all the terrible memories.
-
44
Did Being a JW Make You a Bully VICTIM in SCHOOL?
by Smoldering Wick ini read this article in the montreal gazette that talked about a young witness kid being bullied in school.
it made me think back to all the times i was treated differently in school for being a jehovah's witness.
i grew up in a predominately mexican community and went to public school there from 1st-12th grade as a jw.
-
-
Atilla
Actually no, I was pretty well respected in my school but then again I grew up in a already conservative Christian area, so maybe I wasn't that odd afterall. Then again, since I didn't really participate in anything other than classes and then straight home, I never really had the chance to get bullied. The other kids probably felt, why bother, plus there were about 4 other dub kids in my grade alone out of a class of 125, so I guess I wasn't particularly unique. Now looking back, I wish I was bullied, not for being a JW, but for being different or good in sports or something, or a weird hair style, who knows? Oh well.
-
8
Why My Generation Thought Porneia Was Non-DF'able.
by Englishman inin jan 1962, the wt published a questions from readers about what was and wasn't acceptable in the sack for married couples.
the article contained a paragraph, that to us teenagers, seemed to say that prayer for forgiveness for non-marrieds was sufficient if you hadn't gone "all the way" and just engaged in sexual activity that stopped a whisker short of actual intercourse.
here's the paragraph:.
-
-
Atilla
I guess you were doing a lot of prayer back then....
-
14
100 Ways to Tell if You're a JW
by Pinned Blouse in100 ways to tell if you're a jw author unknown .
source: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/christianexjehovahswitnesses messages 913 - 917001) if your reaction to someone wearing a cross is the same as a vampire's, you might be a jw.
002) if you think demons can reduce their size to fit in jewelry, furniture, books, or into blue smurfs, you might be a jw.
-
-
Atilla
All very good points, some are really funny, yet most of them are just sad. I couldn't resist, so I sent a copy to mom's email box, hope she likes it.
-
29
New World Translation: ignored once again!
by Quotes inwhile researching a reply to another thread, i discovered "the unbound bible": http://unbound.biola.edu/.
it allows you to search for a bible passage in several different translations, from king james to douay to original language hebrew and greek.
i am shocked, shocked i tell you, that the new world tranlation is not one of the options!
-
-
Atilla
I remember that there was this one guy in our KH who would use a different Bible(not sure which one) in his talks and comments at the meetings. Everyone looked down on him and I do recall several times that the elders would say, ah.....we recommend that you use the the New World Translation. So, of course in public JW's say they use all kinds of Bibles but the reality is that other Bibles scare them to death. I know now that if I read the NWT compared to other translations, in many places I get entirely different meanings. If I was still in, I would just bring a different Bible to every meeting and quote from it whenever possible, just to piss people off
-
215
Abortion...
by Lostreality inwrong or right?.
right to choose, or murder?.
what is everyones point of view?.
-
-
Atilla
People like Bush would make all forms of abortion illegal today if they could. With that being said, I wonder what would happen if one of the Bush's daughters was raped and became pregnant as a result? Well, I guess there are always exceptions, when you have money and power....fly your kid out of the country and cover everything up.
-
32
Would you marry not for love but for a visa?
by Atilla ina friend of mine was approached by a asian family living here in the u.s. that wants to get a family member, a 18 year girl living in the south east asia region here to america.
they want my friend to get married to this girl for a year or two so she can eventually become an american citizen.
the family living here has offered to pay for all expenses; my friends air ticket over there and back along with any other expenses incurred plus a lump sum payment upon her successful immigration here to the u.s. my friend is maybe considering it but he hasn't even seen a picture of the girl yet and he is somewhat older(about 9 year difference) than the girl.. now if they fall in love or consemate the relationship, that's totally up in the air and i guess open to bargaining and my friend would totally be free to get a divorce once the girl gets to the u.s. i did ask some of my friends what they thought, and everyone pretty much said no.
-
-
Atilla
I just talked to my friend and he agreed that the whole marriage for a visa is a bad idea. However I have heard that if you have a good lawyer, you can arrange things much faster if you do want to go through with a marriage. Lots of paperwork I guess.
-
32
Would you marry not for love but for a visa?
by Atilla ina friend of mine was approached by a asian family living here in the u.s. that wants to get a family member, a 18 year girl living in the south east asia region here to america.
they want my friend to get married to this girl for a year or two so she can eventually become an american citizen.
the family living here has offered to pay for all expenses; my friends air ticket over there and back along with any other expenses incurred plus a lump sum payment upon her successful immigration here to the u.s. my friend is maybe considering it but he hasn't even seen a picture of the girl yet and he is somewhat older(about 9 year difference) than the girl.. now if they fall in love or consemate the relationship, that's totally up in the air and i guess open to bargaining and my friend would totally be free to get a divorce once the girl gets to the u.s. i did ask some of my friends what they thought, and everyone pretty much said no.
-
-
Atilla
Yeah, I think you are all right, bad idea. To marry someone else from a different country is complicated, especially when money and immigration is involved. Now, if you are from the U.S. and married someone from a country like France, that might work out better.
-
13
Is this a good idea?
by Atilla inok, so many of us thought we would one day soon be on easy steet.
the new system would be here, no more problems, health or financial.
we would all have our own house and life would be bliss.
-
-
Atilla
Frank
good idea about going for a year but that's is really hard since my school, job, and everything is tied together. I could rent my house out for year, but everything else would be extemely hard to get back together. I do need to do some more research, find a place where I could own property, etc. Plus, I am married with a small child and I could only imagine trying to move my entire family to another country. Well, I won't give up yet.