..yup, just want to say hi to you all.. i m a new "face" in your territory..so far!
all the way from scandinavia..seems like there are most north americans here, but hopefully i am welcome anyways ;).
soon to be 30 year old (!
Welcome Jen to the forum!
That's my daughter's name too. Actually "Jennifer", but we call her Jen. I look forward to getting to know you better. The forum is made up of a lot of wonderful and caring people from all over. Your English is very good! Much better than my Swedish.............
I didn't know Val that you are from Norway, and here we've been PMing and I thought you were in the States! LOL
Juni
recently a woman i worked with for three years, passed out at work.
she has three kids and is very nice.
i did not do things with her away from work, but talk to her every day.
Excuse me for going off topic a bit. Thanks poppers. That's beautiful up there! Is that a small town? Our pop. is 1800. No traffic lights in town. By the way, your PM didn't come through.
Juni :)
how does the society scripturally justify taking the ultra-harsh measure of disfellowshipping and shunning persons who merely enjoy smoking a few cigarettes a day?
in what way is mild smoking a gross sin that is deserving of such a harsh punishment?
how on earth does the society make the connection between the scriptural exhortation to 'cleanse ourselves of every defilement of flesh and spirit' (2 cor 7:1 & 2) to taking the extremely harsh measure of denying a smoker the right to any contact with their fellow congregation members, friends, and jw family?
I remember when this edict came out in the 1970's. I believe they gave smokers one year to quit or else face DFment.
I see your point. Next thing it will be Twinkie lovers..... or?
Juni
just a fluffy question ~~~.
were you a freak?
jock?
Good evening gently feral.
Your alias is an oxymoron isn't it? Cool idea.
Don't punish yourself. I was extremely shy in school, but then I loosened up and got into some trouble - fortunately not too serious. LOL My son is extremely outgoing and very smart. Has an excellent paying job and position for Kraft Foods. BUT he procrastinates and weighs everything out to an extreme that it paralyzes him from making a lot of decisions. He's forfeited a lot of opportunities because of it. So.......just cause you're shy doesn't mean anything...... you just have to bite the bullet and try harder. It's hard, but it really pays off and you feel so good about yourself. I know you have a lot of untapped abilities. I found that out about myself.
Knowing Spanish is a HUGE advantage in today's workforce. I wish I would've chosen that over French as I've never used it really and you forget things when you don't practice it.
I wish you the best and thanks for posting.
Juni
i would like to know more about gilead.
can anybody who knows about gilead help answer my questions?
i have always had a lot of curiosity about it.
Welcome Alex to the forum!
Those are very good questions. I'll be interested to see if someone has the answers.
Have a good evening!
Juni
recently a woman i worked with for three years, passed out at work.
she has three kids and is very nice.
i did not do things with her away from work, but talk to her every day.
Just to clarify, "meth" is different than methadone. Meth is easily made and has hit rural areas especially hard (I live in one in northern Wisconsin and it's everywhere here). Supposedly, using it just once is enough to get addicted and it takes longer to get it out of your system than heroin. A lot of treatment facilities don't keep their patients long enough for people to get completely free because it's so expensive, so when they are released they get right back on it. It lingers in the environment where it is made and contaminates nonusing children and other people who enter the premises. Manufacturers of it litter the country roads with contaminated equipment used to make it and unsuspecting people who are out cleaning up the roads of litter and don't know any better pick it up and then become contaminated too. "Plague" is a good word for it.
Thanks poppers for clarifying that. Didn't know you was a cheesehead too! LOL
I remember hearing that on the news about the contaminated houses where crystal meth was made. God awful stuff....
Thank you for getting the message out freetobeme! And pictures speak 1000 words.
Juni
seems a dear brother was under the impression i had slighted him somehow (to this day i still have no idea what i did), and moved to the city telling everyone about strange masturbatory practices i partook in.
i have no problem admitting i'm an active participant of wining, dining and self seduction, but the things he cooked up in his head were disgusting (even to a perv like me .
fbf
Yes. I was and so was the whole family on different occassions. Got so sick of the games. It depends who you are and who's doing the slandering as to whether anything is done about it.
Juni
what are some of the things that you miss about not being a jw any more ?
for myself i'd have to say it was the close relationships with the people there, some i don't miss at all, but some i really do miss, like the kids that i grew up with .
during my childhood.
I miss some of my former friends, but I found their friendship is conditional. So really there is nothing I miss.
Oh maybe the soft serve ice cream at the circuit assemblies....... though they don't even have the machine anymore I've heard.
Well then. I guess my answer is nothing there that I miss.
Juni
thats right give us your explanation of what personally drew you to the jws.
and what is your opinion of it today ?.
for myself i was born into it so there wasn't really any choice for myself, but now that i've been out of it for some 30 yrs.
They used the Bible and gave a reasonable answer as far as what the purpose of life is and the hope of a restored earth. This was in 1970 back during the time of "hippies" and the mother earth movement.
I was a Methodist before. At that time they hardly ever opened the Bible. My husband was a former Catholic and he too wanted to know the Bible.
Juni
recently a woman i worked with for three years, passed out at work.
she has three kids and is very nice.
i did not do things with her away from work, but talk to her every day.
Yes. Methadone was used to help addicts kick the heroin habit. Now it's taken over as one of the most abused drugs.
Sad.
