did you ever go out on the service christmas day.
i always refused to, i mean even sinners deserved a day off from us calling.lol seriously i was too embarressed to.
my husband got "forced" one year and said never again.
Oh dear, bad memories!
We did the xmas day thing a couple of times.......Once in the lovely seaside town of Whitby and another in Ireland. I must say thoght the Irish dealt us a better response and were probably amazed thet we would go to the effort of going out to them in such bleak weather conditions. However I have it on good authority that the territory was rarely covered, consequently the respose was probably down to surprise rather than annoyance.
Bay64me
today, i was on the scene of the local congregation of jw's where my ex-wife and her husband attend.
physical, emotional and mental abuse has been purpetrated upon my kids for eight years now.
they have been victims of alcoholism, verbal bashings and they have been made to watch their stepfather beat the hell out of their mother and then be halled off to jail without saying a word to anyone for fear fo reprisal from him and their mother.
Well done Corvin, hope all turns out well for you and the children.
Bay64me
in my 46 years i have known a lot of people.
only one time did i become involved with a jw-and that for 3 years.
since we broke up i find myself constantly confronted with them in both my personal and professional life and i can't figure out why.
I can relate what you are saying with regards to different things that have occured in my own life.
When I was pregnant...I saw pregnant women everywhere...in other words, I was mildly obsessed with pregnancy and consequently searched out others that displayed the traits of pregnancy.
Similarly when I got a pup, my interest was with other pets/pet owners, breeds, peculiarities, etc.
You have a curiosity presently with the J.W's, therefore you are keen to discover more about the type of person that adheres to such an unusual life-code.
Enjoy your journey,dicover much on the way and follow your heart.
Bay64me
well, it has to have a cathedral in order to have city status.. the nearest city to weston s mare is the city of wells, about 35 minutes drive from here.. but, wells has a population of only 10,000 or so, one seventh that of wsm which is still rated as just a town.. wells is also the smallest city in england.
we've taken a few people there to visit, the last was joy and steve who both post here.
we visited there today with our nieces, here's some pics.
I was always under the impression that a City had to have a Cathedral or vice versa. However there is a place not a million miles away from where I am and at that place is a Cathedral, albeit ugly and modern, built in the eighty's (need I say more), but no way does it's location have City status!
Bay64me
years a go i used peak at big brother with some sisters we all felt a tiny bit guilty but did it anyway cause it was fun and the objectors were always older people who thought that watching tv soaps was a sin.. anyway i was watching this year and just wanted to say .now i watch with out condeming or slating the individuals i feel for the first time in years im feeling empathy with and for poeple i would previously have looked down my nose at.. im actually able to look at them and say .thats who jesus came for not for ..not christians who are to good to eat with them and speak about these falible humans as dirt.. i can dislike what the bb contestants do or say and it not be about how they are to disgusting to understand about the truth.
or how they are knowingly siding with satan.
now there just people try to live thier lives making mistakes like the rest fo us ,messing up or trying to be true to themselves etc.
I remember watching the first B.B. with similar feelings as yourself. I was coming away from the organisation bit by bit. It was sort of wrong but compelling. It may have been that I had the desire to know how real people experience real life? Perhaps B.B. was not the lessons in life that were totally appropriate for me, or even authentic or honest, nontheless, I enjoyed the freedom that the contestants were afforded.
Now I watch B.B. from a "psychological" perspective. I do and always have been the sort that loves to observe all aspects of humanity. I am a people watcher and find others quirks and foibles interesting, educational and sometimes entertaining.
I know B.B. has it's critics, but apart from a good documentary, it is probably the only programme that I currently tune in to.
Bay64me
when i was 9 my mother escaped for her life from my abusive father.
there were 4 children in the family and she took the two youngest to leave with her sister while she went to find a place to live (this is pre-jw).
she left the oldest of the boys (18 months younger than i was) and i with the parents of one of my school friends.
Lady Lee,
You are amazing.
Bay
what i mean is according to the society, there are a number of persons that are "technically" "inactive" yet are viewed as jws still.
i'm sure that i'm viewed as a witness still because i am not df'd or disassociated.....what about you??
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Suppose I am still a JW, (only by the skin of my teeth). If they knew what I got upto then I'd be disfellowshipped good and proper!
Did consider disassociating myself but to be honest, couldn't be arsed!
I've been inactive for about four years, happy out and will never go back.
Bay64me
most of you know that neil and i recently bought our first house.
it's been so much work!
but work that we're having fun with.
I love gardening. When I'm out there I don't want to come back inside! I love pottering about and musing and sitting down looking at different angles of the place and making plans of how to improve or make things look better.
I'm certainly no expert but have enjoyed devouring a good few books on gardening and design. I've got some good ideas from books and reading them has really stimulated my thoughts about what I want to look at when I go into my garden.
I've had a couple of herb harvests and some of my produce was grown from seed. I've pollenated courgettes with cotton buds and grown some beauties.
Must admit though that this last year I have done very little apart from transplant a couple of Hollyhocks, stuck a few seeds in and trimmed and pruned. right now my grass is very overgrown due to very crappy English weather lately.
Bay64me
my first rollercoaster ride was 25 years ago.
the racer at kings island.
it was alot of fun and for whatever reason, that was the last time.
Eman, Is that Alton Towers?
Bay64me
ever get one of those jungles in your head and you can't get rid of it.
i was trying to put my son to sleep, there he is leaning on me and i'm humming, and realized it was a kingdom melody.
15 years and they're still in my head!
When I got baptised, I remember that after the break to lunch we sang song 113 (or 133)? ...Ithink.."We are Jehovah's Witnesses"...traahh lah lah la laaaaah la lahhhhhh.............
[Edit]...I felt sooooo proud because eventually, oficiallyabsolutely, no-question-about-it......I was a REAL, proper,sorted,no-going-back member of that insane minority of the population that professes to bear the approval and priveledges of God!
Times change............ but unfortunately some things stick and have a habit of creeping up behind you and slapping you on the back..............like kingdom melodies! I have moments when I may be doing some normal, every day task when a word or expression will trigger something in my mind and I will recite it, find the tune and hate myself for it afterward.
Bay64me
