d. trump or h. clinton and why.. i would vote for gun slinging trump..
After seeing those here who would vote for Trump I am just shaking my head in disbelief! Have you learned nothing? After all you've been through in your life with a disingenuous organization you would vote for this disingenuous person. Slap yourselves and focus!
I am still listening to the men and women in the race (not counting the clowns and religious whack jobs) I will decide closer to election time who I will vote for.
just saw this on the public area of jwtalk (i am not a member).
here is the link.. http://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/23523-privvy-news/.
such a shame - i do feel for these ones - i just don't know what to say.... wgo.
I didn't look at the link...sorry...just can't. But I think I pretty much know the content.
Magnum, you mentioned someone thinking this was the 'going around Jericho 7 times'.
already been there and done that with the kingdom news tracts in the 1970's!
So sad that another generation is falling for this scam.
hello everyone.. first post here.
long time follower of this website, probably 4 years now.
i've known about ttatt since ive been 18, im now 22 going on 23 but still go to meetings because of parents.
Hello breezy, and glad you entered into this community of people that understand what you're saying. That said, I'm an older 'born in' but my story is quite different. You will, however, find plenty here that are at very similar points of life.
What I can maybe offer is the thought that this story, your life and all, is such a bigger picture than the small insullar picture you have been shown by your JW upbringing.
The so called 'world' is not an altogether evil place. It's full of compassionate people and wonderful adventures....in short, you were lied to. There is so much good 'out there'. Choose your associates wisely and with care. There are many that are good and worthy. Prove mostly to yourself these things and then let your family and old friends see you doing well. That is the best answer and defense to give to them without really saying anything. Yes, I know...the shunning sucks! It is on them.
living with 4 other guys.
"good morning, richard!
richard is almost never in the house.
I just recently moved into a roommate situation after being on my own with just my dog for the past two years. My roommate is actually someone I roomed with several years ago so know her quirks and she knows mine. Still, it's a change when you're older and been alone for awhile. Before this my roomies were my son and two of his friends, exJW twins who were forsaken by their JW parents and family. They just called me 'mom'. As for temp settings...ahem...I like it cool with the window cracked in the winter. My roommate likes the heat on.
You sound like a great roommate, Terry!
the thought suddenly struck me plain and obvious: "these dogs won't stop until i'm good and bloody.".
there were two of them; a mixed breed of boxer and pit bull; clean, white--collared, tagged and--for some inexplicable reason, ferociously intent on tearing me to shreds!.
ah, but i'm getting ahead of myself.
was just out shopping and came across two middle aged female witnesses with their magazine trolley..
i approached them and they were all glee and smiles and ready to hand me a couple of magazines.
one moment ladies i have just a couple of questions..
the dream stage of wishful thinking eventually crashes with reality and slowly turns to the nightmare stage do you see the predicament the gb is in and what extremes they cause in human suffering for their followers that they are willing to put them thru?
please feel free to vent on these maniacs.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wishful_thinking.
the fantasy cycle ... a pattern that recurs in personal lives, in politics, in history and in storytelling.
The organization on autopilot...I like that analogy.
I often correct my students (in music) when they 'go off on autopilot' and are not paying attention. In music it is not always a bad thing but to be in sync with a group who are reading music it can be bad. The dissonance is not pretty.
The borg are not reading the music...they don't see the key signature, the time signature, the rest, the count,....they are out of harmony and out of sync. Either fix it or please stop the discordant music. It's hurting the ears!
what were *your favorite *books in the organization?.
out of all of those books, i liked "mankind's search for god.
" however, it appears to me that this book is incredibly obscure and no one recalls studying it during the old book study format.
Like Steve I was that early nerdy reader type and loved the Babylon The Great book, first part only. I remember studying it as a child and then later reading it as a teenager. I believe they studied it again in the '70's. Then it was The Commentary on The Letter of James. Of course I liked that one! Ray Franz had a hand in it. I really did study those books and the other society offerings and in the end I could only say that it was because I studied them that I could no longer believe in the JW religion.
i went through the original footage to get a good look at the watch.. from these pictures we can probably say that it is a apple watch and that it has a golden color.
the color on the pin is black, and the band is white, grey, silvery or beige.. .
the pin is in the exact place for it to be a apple watch.. only apple watch edition have the gold color.
so i ran into this brother whom ive known for a while and the conversation led into me being invited to come back to the kingdom hall.
we talked for about an hour during which time i explained to him 607 being the wrong date and a lot of other stuff including the child abuse cases in australia.
but what i wanted to relate was the last few minutes of our conversation.
John Aquila, that was a difficult read and I have no doubt even more so experiencing it in person. There were, however so many assumptions. Not all exJW's are atheist for instance. There are other 'hopes' for an afterlife that are just as good if not better than the JW 'new system'.
I left the org just as my husband was diagnosed with stage 4 non Hodgkin's lymphoma. 14 years ago it was still pretty much bad bad news and basically terminal. At the time I was looking into reincarnation and other ideas involving what happens after our earthly demise. Suffice it to say, I found several other ideas far more comforting than being resurrected to a theocratic dictatorship! I still hold on to the idea that there is something more...my fantasy... but it gets me through this life AND I Can grow and live each day free.
Personally, I don't want to take away their hope. I just want the shunning stuff to stop.
