does anyone here know if something like this forum exists for mormons and ex-mormons?
i'm not looking for a chat room but something where i can post messages.
if you know, i would be very happy if you can provide the link.
Gee, Gently, thanks. I'll check those sites out myself. It so happens I'm married to a Mormon lady. She's absolutely great! She doesn't practice the faith anymore, kind of inactive I guess. But she said if I'd accompany her to their meetings, she'd like to start going again.
Maybe I can gain some insights into the religion from those sites. Kind of an "outside in" look.
Onintwo
hello this is my first topic on this forum.. i left the jws 18 months ago and am still recovering.
it was after reading crisis of conscience that i was brave enough to leave although i had serious doubts before i was always scared in case it was right!!
and i was wrong.. however when they changed the generation in 1995 that caused me great trauma as i had accepted that as absolute fact and based my life on it.
First of all, LittleMike, welcome to this board!
I was already out in '94 so I don't know. I make it a point NOT to read their publications anymore. At any rate I'm glad you're free and I wish you a speedy journey to full mental health. Something it's impossible to have in the Borg.
Good Luck to you, and post often.
Onintwo
what shoud i tell 'em, part me out or not?.
they want my heart, lungs, liver, kidneys and corneas!
at least that's what the lady asked when i renewed my drivers license today.
Yes, Euphemism, but are they waiting for OLD parts?
Onintwo
what shoud i tell 'em, part me out or not?.
they want my heart, lungs, liver, kidneys and corneas!
at least that's what the lady asked when i renewed my drivers license today.
What shoud I tell 'em, part me out or not?
They want my heart, lungs, liver, kidneys and corneas! At least that's what the lady asked when I renewed my drivers license today. Would I like to be an organ donor?
I'm not sure if they ask everyone this question, (so there's no discriminating by age) but do they only REALLY want young body parts? I mean, hey, some of these parts have quite a few miles on them. Actually all of them do.
I'm interested in what others think about this. Are you a donor? The little pamplet they gave me states that they can also use your veins, thin layers of skin, bone, blood, ligaments, tendons and cartillage. Can you believe it? I may be worth more dead than alive, hell I'm sitting on quite a stock of all of this stuff.
So, what should I tell 'em, part me out, or not?
Onintwo
ok, i've done the beer survey, now its the mixed drinks survey.. i personally like the 4 horseman (1/4 jack 1/4 rum 151, 1/4 everclear, and 1/4 tequila).
it'll put you on your ass quick.
i also like a good bull buster (yager w/ red bull).
Ah....the need for altered states.
Bourbon and Seven. After a satisfying frustrating? round of golf. Maybe two.
Onintwo
this actually happened!
a couple weeks ago, my wife and i stopped at our favorite pizza shop after furniture shopping all day sunday.
settled in at a table directly across from us was a nicely dressed young couple and a similarly dressed grey haired gentleman.. he had a bible that looked strangely familiar, so i kind of (horrors) eaves-dropped a little.
Funny, Gary!
But, seriously, on that topic. Did you know that almost all self-abuse goes unreported?
Onintwo.
this actually happened!
a couple weeks ago, my wife and i stopped at our favorite pizza shop after furniture shopping all day sunday.
settled in at a table directly across from us was a nicely dressed young couple and a similarly dressed grey haired gentleman.. he had a bible that looked strangely familiar, so i kind of (horrors) eaves-dropped a little.
Yeah, Cabs are good. But a nice Merlot! Ah..... Or a Sherah (spelling?)
Oh, and thanks for the clarification on the counting of time.
Onintwo
hopeless romantic?.
i am a hopeless romantic and a woman.
until i met mr. cb, i had never heard a man say he also was a "hopeless romantic"...when he said that, i knew our connection would be sealed.. codeblue
Definitely! Example: If she tells me she'll be going to the mall on Saturday, if later in the day I'm any where near the area I'll drive through the parking lot til I find her car and leave a love note inside it. Just to say I was/am thinking of her.
Things like that. Little stuff. Doesn't have to be sexual at all. I like to plan surprise get-aways for us, too.
Onintwo
this actually happened!
a couple weeks ago, my wife and i stopped at our favorite pizza shop after furniture shopping all day sunday.
settled in at a table directly across from us was a nicely dressed young couple and a similarly dressed grey haired gentleman.. he had a bible that looked strangely familiar, so i kind of (horrors) eaves-dropped a little.
This actually happened! A couple weeks ago, my wife and I stopped at our favorite pizza shop after furniture shopping all day Sunday. Settled in at a table directly across from us was a nicely dressed young couple and a similarly dressed grey haired gentleman.
He had a Bible that looked strangely familiar, so I kind of (horrors) eaves-dropped a little. Yep, a JW Elder giving counseling to members of the flock. Seems like young brother Publisher and his lovely young wife were having "family problems". It all related to the young brothers over-attentiveness to his video game habit and computers, or so she says.
Anyway, I'm trying not to be obvious about it. But I did listen in a little, (they never noticed) and the Elder counseled the lady first. Reading from Proverbs, etc. Then the husband. The standard stuff. But what sort of struck me, was the casualness. I guess things have changed since they used to take you into the bookroom at the KH. After the counseling, and before the pizza could get cold, they were all laughing and joking. Wow! The elder could count nearly an hour field service. (if he remembered to say a short prayer AFTER the pizza was consumed, but BEFORE he left the table)
I know, I know, the sarcastic side of me is showing.
But has anyone else ever been or seen someone counseled/reproved over Pepperoni and Olives? Footnote: None of the three drank a beer, although the place brews beer right on site, and they have some very nice ones. I think Video Boy would have had one, were it not for the Elder.
Onintwo
most of us are familiar with the watchtower bible and tract society's association with the un as an ngo.
this fact has been confirmed via correspondence with the un numerous times, notably in a letter received recently by one of our own members.
for details and photocopies, see here:.
Hey, Seattle, I kinda like Cipher50's idea. Can you comment on the merits of this idea, as you see it? Maybe, it would make more of a public splash. All the details of the WTBTS/UN connection could be aired on Network TV and be seen by millions.
Imagine the typical JW at his workplace the day following such a program: "Hey, Bob, saw a show last nite on your religion. Thought you guys always said you were no part of the world. They said that your religion actually condemned the UN as a scornful, counterfeit kingdom of God. Something to be hated. ........But, in reality, the whole time you guys were a member of it!"
Seeing a JW jaw drop...priceless!
Onintwo
