i wrote this about three years ago, i came across it today in some files and thought it was worth reposting for newbies.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
one night last week, my five year old daughter couldn't fall asleep.
we could hear her upstairs as she tossed and turned a bit, then finally reappeared from her bedroom and crept down the stairs.
Fleur,
Thanks for that beautiful post. My eyes are still teary just from the shear beauty of the relationship between you and your daughter.
When I read something like this, I am so happy that I chose my daughter over the commands of 'mere' men.
Love,
Bill
"we spent a lot of time talking about africa, as we should.
africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease.
"--after meeting with the leaders of the european union, gothenburg, sweden, june 14, 2001 .
You have me rolling on the floor with this one. Oh well ........got to change underwear again!
Bill
Hey Six.........
If I keep gaining weght.........in a few months I'll be able to star in my own porn pic..
"Too Fat To F..."
Bill
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what if oprah winfrey married dr. deepak chopra?
she would have to change her name to oprah chopra!
Thanks for making me laugh..........now I have to go put dry underwear on.
Oops.........that wasn
t from laughing......to much beer!
Bill
i?m due soon for a shepherding call from my congregation elders for a variety of reasons: being irregular in service, s poradically attending meetings, and o h yes, writing in a letter to the society asking for clarifications on the blood ban.
i?m sure that one question that they will be asking me is: d
o you believe that jehovah is using the organization as his only approved channel of communication?
DEAR GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It has been soooooooo long since I was at a meeting, I can't believe that myself or anyone of us believed that crap for so long.
How the he.. can our salvation hinge on the fact of believing that the GB has taken the place of Jesus? But then again......I believed it for over 30 years.
You mean that if I actually answered my door or phone when the one (the only one) elder from the cong. I went to tries to get in touch with me and asked me that question...and I would say " NO....the org is not the true channel from Jehovah"..........that I could be DF'd?
After fading away for so long now.......I don't know what I would say. I'm at the point that I don't care since I do not have any friends it .......or family other than a brother in law who I am in contact with occasionally...and he is on the edge....but still kisses ass.
well, let's try posting a topic.
one of the things i felt i missed out on while i was a witness, other than wild sex when young is higher education.
i quit hs to pioneer and now have just recently finished a college degree and am still working on my masters, but i find myself resenting that i have had to do this all at night and while in my forties.
Yeah........I have felt a resentment for a long time. Not for myself but for my daughter. She was offered a full scholarship along with other scholarships but did the 'right'??? thing........she turned them down so as to be approved by the rest of the janitorial class.
Forward 15 years...............we both faded out of the borg. She is now 33........living in Florida....manages the entire business for a fabulous interior decorator on Sanibel Island........is with the greatest 'worldly' man ( I think he is great) her ex husband (JW) was a complete a..h... .......lives in a beautiful house .......and is now a full time college student at the University of Phoenix Online. And I am more than happy and proud to help finance this way too long incoming education.
Once she approaches graduation time...........as long as I have breath in my body.......I will pay for us to go to Phoenix so she can actually wear the cap and gown and get the diploma in person. And if my last breath should come before this time........I have made enough provisions (insurance) so that she can still go.
Bill
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i have a friend who is unfamiliar with the discussion boards who wants to obtain the bound volume of the 1980 watchtowers.
if you have one you would be willing to sell, please reply and i wil put you in touch with the person.. thanks.
I wish I had joined this board months ago. About 4 months ago I boxed up all my Bound Volumns from 1968 on and other books and gave it all to Goodwill Industries.
From my very beginning as a JW I could not stand going door to door. Needless to say I was a very "low time" publisher. My 2 to 4 hours were "faithfully" reported every month. Then in the 70's when the new arraingment came out, I was told that if I increased my time to 10 hours that I would be very welcome as a MS. So I pushed myself to get the magic number. Once I became a MS, my hours went back to "normal".
Then in 1986 I was told that they would like me to be an elder if only I increased my time to the magic number again. Since I worked rotating shifts at that time I wound up standing on the street corner of the local business district in our territory. ( aaahhhhh........a new thought just came to my feeble mind. Could the congregation be likened to a gang? Each one has it's own 'turf' territory and don't like it if the other gang ...oops..cong. tresspasses) a few times a month to 'legitimately' get my time ...well most of it anyway.
Then I ARRIVED. I was appointed as an elder and like puternut, I put my heart into it. But with all the responsibilities my hourly report got creative. The numbers got rounded out like Blondie said. Drive from laundromat to laundromat to drop of magazines, etc. I now wonder how much all the driving around and needlessly burning up gasoline cost me. over the years.
NOT ANYMORE
i would like to ask, specifically, the ladies here who have been subjected to a jc hearing, preferrably for fairly serious reasons, to write a quick summary of the humiliation, etc.
that went on during this process.
anybody who has participated in a jc hearing is welcome to add.
Hi RobHic,
I was part of a few JC's in the late 1980's and was appalled at the questions that the then PO and a member of our 3 man "execution" committee was asking. At that time, the Society said to ask explicit questions, not just generalities. This Bro asked questions of a "sister" who evidently came forward to confess, that embarrised me and the other Bro. I think he got his rocks off asking and getting the answers The questions went beyond what was necessary........like "did you think he had a big penus?" Did he ejaculate in your hand or in your mouth? And this same Bro the PO was DF'd in 1966 for F..k..g my cousin's wife and destroying a family. But as the years passed........we {including myself} bought into the whoe line of BS that he was a pillar in the cong. {I can only hope that the Almighty has forgiven me for being a sucker} This same guy tried to destroy me.....but that was when I resigned. As far as I have heard.......he is still looked up to.........He takes the lead in FS all the time .
Hey ......you know what? This board is good for me. It not only relieves tension...........it makes me remember ALL of my rage and lets me realize how WONDERFUL I have it today.
Love,
Bill
gay lesbian bisexual jw followers.
now, i will begin this topic by saying i'm new.
i am bisexual, and i found this website by typing in : gay latinos pictures.
First of all ...............GOD LOVES YOU! I'm a newby myself and use to be an elder who judged.(according to what I was told.....not the scriptures}
to make a long story short.......in 1989 I went to Alchoholics Annonymous because I was drinking so much to cover all the negative feelings that were taking place as an elder and that were destroying my family life. Even though today I do not follow the AA steps (because I like to have a few beers now and then) I still go to AA meetings now and then. I can say that some of my (until this day BEST friendships} are some Lesbians. I love them to death because they are not judgemental and have a true love of God. They have been there for me and I will always be the friend they need. I'm not saying that the practice is right...........but I too have fantasized about making it with a man.....and maybe could carry it out.{not sure} I really like women! But.........I cannot see condemning anyone to everlasting destruction because of some tendancy! Get happy and comfortable with yourself and good things will happen to you. It's funny.........when I went to AA....I was still and elder.(but the doubts was making me wonder if I should be) and I bought a bumper sticker at the local AA club that said.........."HAPPINESS IS AN INSIDE JOB" and put it on my rear bumper. Now keep in mind......I was still an elder! Needless to say..I had a few questions from the friends at the KH about it, but I just told them that ............That was my own feeliings. I wonder what they would have said if I had a bumper sticker that said ........MY BOSS IS A JEWISH CARPENTER
Love,
Bill
