did you miss the privilege of auxiliary pioneering in april?
it's not too late!.
you can do it in may, and here's a sample schedule to help you get your time!
I remember pointing to the schedule and mouthing to my husband "you could do that "
Was I insane!!!!!!! He worked 60 hours a week for Gods sake
I just hoped it would make him more "spirtual" like the society promised
I did it, a couple of times a years it was so hard. But what the heck it raised your status and you got mentioned on the platform.
it doesnt happen here so much but on other forums some have really annoying attachments.
why do you need to put a really stupid saying or comment after every post or (picture).
i find it really cringworthy and i get sick of trying to dicipher where the message ends and the inane comment start.
Just thought Id say it before anyone else did
it doesnt happen here so much but on other forums some have really annoying attachments.
why do you need to put a really stupid saying or comment after every post or (picture).
i find it really cringworthy and i get sick of trying to dicipher where the message ends and the inane comment start.
It doesnt happen here so much but on other forums some have really annoying attachments
Why do you need to put a really stupid saying or comment after every post or (picture)
I find it really cringworthy and I get sick of trying to dicipher where the message ends and the inane comment start
I dont want to read EVERY time your philosophy on life thankyou
please stop it detracts from some really good posts
Yes I am grumpy
witnesses believe they are special.
the publications give many examples of how wonderful a witness was viewed upon by a "worldly" person.
kms tell of how so many praise the witnesses for being so "different".....what would you say is the real way people view jws??
If they had the wonderful reputation that the WT would have you believe, dont you think we would have experienced in on FS.
They were just not interested, not in the message, us or what we believed. They couldnt give a damm we always reconciled that it was satan that had "blinded" them. NOT TRUE
They just had more sense
We put on a show, we werent real. We smiled cos we had too, not cos we loved them.
i am reading crisis of conscience and am wondering what goes through people's minds when they read it, i am on about page 115. i find it slow reading because of the way it is written.
even though i have been out of the org for going on 20 years, i am a little shocked at some of the stuff i'm reading and i feel like it shouldn't shock me.
i remember when i was a jw, how the governing body was put on a pedestal; everyone assumes they spend all their time studying and praying over matters from a scriptural standpoint.
I know when I was in the org about "a book" I was intrigued. I think it was called WT slave for 30 years, but I dismissed it
I heard about CoC here, ordered it and read it every hour until I was finished. Then I read In search of Christian Freedom. I loved them both.
I cried, I was angry but I was so grateful to Ray Franz. What a lovely man. There was no bitterness, no hate only love and maybe dispare. Unlike the WT that is full of hate, arrogance, and full of its self.
It was that difference that made me appreciate these books where true and not some rantings of an "apostate"
there is a general impression that asperger's syndrome carries with it superior intelligence and a tendency to become very interested in and preoccupied with a particular subject.
most children with asperger's disorder have difficulty interacting with their peers.
they tend to be loners and may display eccentric behaviors.
I find this very interesting.
You hear about a lot of children being diagnoised with autisium and aspherges, im really sorry about the spelling, but very little about adults and how they cope.
I was going to start a tread today on intelligence, like I want some, but Id run out of my allowance.
Ill save it till tomorrow
i am glad to read that so many of you are finding the best of the board helpful to you.
for some of you who haven't browsed it yet, each section contains links to various discussions that have been posted on the board that many people have found helpful.
if you have a question feel free to browse through the best of to see what may have already been posted.. you will discover also that you cannot post to any thread in the best of section.
I refer to the best of a lot
I tell new posters to go there aswell. its a fantastic catagory
You must have worked so hard on it, and it shows well done Lady lee!
i have been thinking about this for a while, so here goes.
when i was in the "truth" i truly believed in god, i prayed and tried to do what was right ( wt style) then when i started reading stuff and the experiences on here it didnt take very long before i knew the "truth" wasnt true after all.. so after 20 years as an adult that i spent in, it litrually took a few hours to come out.. ive asked myself how and why did this happen?
and so quickly.. at first i felt i still believed in jehovah, but if the wt was wrong, where did that leave me.
What great replies!
Terry you always seem to put thing so clearly thanks. Zulukai welcome and your post is so true
Im in a strange situation where I was brought up in the truth till i was 9 by my mother who had a very warped idea about God. Then she fell away. I came back in the org when I was 24, so did most of my family, and spent my adult years trying to have a relationship with this scary, cruel God who would punish or kill you without a moment hesitation. I have realized it was always the org that was my god not the creator, if there is one.
Im on a long journey, I know he would forgive me, but I dont know if I want to. Im tired, sick of trying
I dont know if I want eternal life, in heaven or earth, am I sinning against the spirit now?
I just want to get on with things without having to analys everything
I want peace, is there such a thing. Its early days I know, ive believed this crap for nearly 45 years will it take another 45 years, that I havent got, to make me free?
Who knows, but I know this last year has been the best and the hardest in my life thanks
i know for certain that brothers in our congregation often lied about their time on field service reports.
(yes, we had to fill out quota reports back in the old days).
one brother, harry, would dump magazines in the storm drains!
You bet I did. The pioneers taught me !
And why do you think my hubby made MS.
We used to share the 4 hours family study time even though we only ever had about 6 studies in 10 years
tuesdays meeting had a part about the upcoming summer convention.
alot of q n a about how to dress, to wear your lapel at all times, to be clean, to not eat out bec the worldly vendors would be upset that they are not allowed to sell food inside the arena, to watch your language, conduct at the motels, to walk quietly, to not be in the halls during the sessions, informal witness at every opportunity etc.
then this man comments and says, "what other religion would clean up the arena before and after a convention?
I dont understand WHY they dont want you to use vendors.
Can anyone explain?
Sorry to hi-jack the thread but it was brought up
This year is the second one we will miss yipeeeeeeeeee
