it is a mistake for former jehovah's witnesses to think that just because they are shunned by friends and family, they are no longer loved.
isn't shunning a horrible experience, one borne from twisted psychological reasoning?
mandated shunning from a powerful and misguided religious organization is a great sin against both the person shunned and those who are obliged, yes obliged, to shun them.
jeannie:
i'm with you 100%. excellent posts. whatever it is that motivates my family to shun me, i'll never know because they threw something away when they wrote me off. my door and my heart are closed to them (if something changes, we'll just have to see...).
i don't feel bitter, i feel healthy.
wonder showzen on MTV2 every friday (i think it comes on some other nights at 10:00 too). it's like sesame street on crack. funniest show ever (i laugh harder at that then Ali G, Chappelle Show, South Park, and Aqua Teen combined)
i like Tom Goes to the Mayor on cartoon network too. that guys hilarious.
yup...here's my new boyfriend.
(hubby doesn't know it yet...heck...the new boyfriend doesn't even know it yet).
don't we make a cute couple?
michael bolton?
after i left the jws and moved out, it was weird having all these evenings to myself.
i think sunday was the easiest day to get used to without meetings.
it just made my weekend a bit longer.
there is a JW family that lives in the next apartment building over from mine. last night i was taking the trash out and i see them all walking to their car. they were walking all slow and even though they were looking at the ground, i could tell they weren't smiling. and the teenage boy was waaaay behind. i went inside and REALLY enjoyed my beer.
i downloaded a ton of 'the teaching company' lectures on the formation of christianity and the gnostics, and have been reading books on the creation of the bible for the past six months or so.
if you havent looked into this stuff already, i'm telling ya it is some really facinating stuff.
are you at all like me and have become more interested in the bible since realizing it isn't inspired??
Yeah that and they think everyone who doesn't believe the same stuff as them are going to eternal hell.
yeah, that's right. of course, all the believing in the world won't actually send us there. or make it real.
alcoholics anonymous claims that alcoholism is a disease.
somehow i think that is just a way of excusing the person from the responsibility that they chose to drink and they chose to let it become an addiction.. what do you think?.
sirona
IMO, if you can look past the health problems that (heavy) drinking poses, it's not a big deal until it starts to affect the unrelated parts of your life. (i.e. unable to function at work or missing a lot of time, relationships negatively impacted, financial trouble...etc.) however, as other people have mentioned, many times you're far too dependent when you finally realize a negative effect to actually DO anything about it. that's the problem.
i figure, if its not causing any problems in your life, and you're not concerned with the physical damage that drinking may contribute to, then drink up!
i downloaded a ton of 'the teaching company' lectures on the formation of christianity and the gnostics, and have been reading books on the creation of the bible for the past six months or so.
if you havent looked into this stuff already, i'm telling ya it is some really facinating stuff.
are you at all like me and have become more interested in the bible since realizing it isn't inspired??
here here a christian, i think we all know that from most of the replies people get from there postings, SAD that all of these people are so lost. but here's hoping
the only problem i have with "bible believers" is that they often imply that its only through some defect that everyone doesn't believe.
alcoholics anonymous claims that alcoholism is a disease.
somehow i think that is just a way of excusing the person from the responsibility that they chose to drink and they chose to let it become an addiction.. what do you think?.
sirona
mike:
The idea that someone is born with a gene or otherwise that would make one be a drinker is nonsense.
do you have any studies or references that show this? because there is a mountain of evidence that says otherwise.
i'm feeling ever sad again, so i wrote this: .
goin where i dont belong .
lost and lonely i walk .
here's my list of things you can look forward to (you know, in addition to the career and school stuff...)
1. beer
2. doin it
3. then you die (but who cares...you drank beer and did it!)
the teen years sucked for me too. at least you're almost through with em. then life can begin.
now here's a unique way of expressing a person's idea of going to heaven:
obituary says: "mr. matlock was never concerned about his destination, only about the trip.
jim's concerns were put to rest as he passed very peacefully at home surrounded by his family.
avishai:
It's not like we have bad memories. We're just no longer dubs.
haha. yeah, but we haven't received our daily dose of indoctrination for awhile.
schizm:
But of course I personally don't believe a word of it!well that's a load off my mind!
