my mole inside just e-mailed me that it was announced from the podium that i've disassociated myself.
funny thing though.
one of the girls that we took to maui a few years ago just called to invite us to her wedding.
I was just wondering what had happened about your da letter that you sent off to them. Did you get some sort of solicitors letter to back up what you were saying? Did you not hear anymore from them after they recieved the letter?
I read your last post on this matter with great interest. One day soon I'd like to think that I could do something similar.
i hated getting ready for the kingdom hall.
the whole thing about modest skirts and matching tops ws really difficult for me.
i totally was not into that at all.. i really felt such a fraud in my jw clothes and couldn't wait to get them off!.
I hated getting ready for the kingdom hall. The whole thing about modest skirts and matching tops ws really difficult for me. I totally was NOT into that at all.
I really felt such a fraud in my jw clothes and couldn't wait to get them off!
And tights of course....arrrgh....I can't stand them either!
Buying clothes always used to be such a chore. Now whenever I'm out shopping for clothes I smile to myself as I ignore the dowdy, witnessy stuff that used to hide my real personality.
it's the team that matters.
where would the beatles be without ringo.
if john got yoko to play drums the history of music would be completely different.. what does a squirrel do in the summer?
Absolute pure genius!
i thought about this tonite, i was out on the town with my husband, trying to forget about the week i had of being sick.
trying to not think about my 3 kids problems they all have,,,,,,,,like who gets to do what this weekend and who's turn it is to call the radio.
just trying to unwind a bit.
I think about it quite often now as my daughters birthday is coming up and I am already xmas shopping. I get paranoid at the shops when my trolley is filled with presents or if I wander down the aisle with the birthday card etc. I feel that I ought to be looking over my shoulder and that I will have some explaining to do if I happen to bump into any of them.
I also feel regret over the wasted years, although I wasn't in as long as you were. Although I must admit that the regret is only a tinge compared to the freedom I experience in having choices over the music I am able to enjoy, places I can go, clothes I can wear, tv programmes I can watch etc, etc.
So yes I probably still think about being (ex)jw most days, several times, but do you know what I really enjoy now? I really love having a laugh over the stupid things we did when we were in. We can sort of take the pee out of ourselves for being so naive and stupid. I cringe at how gullible I was and how I took everything I heard from the platform so seriously. I suppose being able to laugh at ourselves now has in someways replaced the anger and bitterness that we once felt.
But being a jw is not normal, it is a totally ABnormal lifestyle and I don't know if the experience of spending a considerable amount of ones life like that will ever depart from us?
they must be just sitting there waiting for armageddon to happen.
boring!.
i tell you what, i'd much rather be down here having a good time!
As a child, I had recurring nightmares about living forever in heaven. I would cry and wonder what I was going to do all that time. ( I must have picked something up at sunday school) ? !
When I first met the witnesses, I must admit that their idea of NOT going to heaven really thrilled me.........That was, of course, before I had the oppertunity of learning just WHO I would be living forever on earth with!.........Soon changed my mind about that too!
Death and permanent nothingness is the option I'll stick with thank-you.
as a youngster raised in the "truth", i had my questions.
but anytime you ask a question that is unanswerable, you are told to just wait on jehovah.
as time passes, i believe that we store up a number of unanswerable questions that forces one to eventually think about everything.
When I observed the way that a certain sister was treated by her husband. He physically and mentaly abused her and her children, the elders knew and gave her shit advice, like stay with him and be a better wife, blah blah blah.
Final straw came when he hit her youngest child and threatened to murder her. She left him and went to a battered wives refuge and spent months living in just one filthy room with all of her kids.
I was disgusted with the lack of support for her and her family.
She no longer attends the meetings and I am the only person that bothers with her now.
here is a nice thought for the day.. may we be like children and look for the positive things in life!
big mud puddles and sunny yellow dandelions author unknown .
when i look at a patch of dandelions, i see a bunch of weeds that are going to take over my yard.
I enjoyed reading that. I think similar thoughts myself sometimes.
if the subject of religion or even jehovah's witnesses ringing your doorbell has come up, do you shy away from talking about ever being a witness?
some have indicated that they felt stupid for ever believing in the watchtower.
others have said they have a responsibility to help others not get involved in this "cult".
I do actually feel rather embarrassed that I am a jw and would rather not confess openly at this point in time. Maby that will change with time.
damn you brits!!!
this show (airs on comedy central) nearly has me needing depends.. any other fans here?.
lisa
HELLO?
How true.
