we had a phone call yesterday, after being "inactive" for 6 years.
not having attended a meeting in 4 years, we get a call saying they are concerned that they had heard we believe in evolution.
my partner said "not necesarily believe in it, im just not discounting it at this time.
You know I didn't realize that they could disfellowship you just for something you believe in your own mind. I always thought you had to commit some wrong, and even if you had some apostate thoughts as long as you kept them to yourself you'd be okay, but if you shared them with others or tried to get others to believe in apostate stuff then I knew you could get in trouble.
It's just so stupid to think someone would call you up and ask what you believe and then DF you.
i have been today hotly debating with my jw parents about the 1914 'problem' and how the generation that saw the signs will soon be dead and gone and 'then what you gonna do!
' said i all smug like.
i was then informed that 'the generation that will by no means pass away' now meant all of those that were born during the lifetime of those who saw the beginning of the signs in 1914!.
That's like saying
The day before the day after tomorrow.
It makes no sense... the generation that saw the generation that saw the beginning of the last days shall no means pass away until all these things occur????
Remember, the Jesus own disciples thought it was coming in their lifetime.
was just out at church and came home picked up my bible and read some thing.
it really jumped out at me so i thought i would share it ... it never made sense to me before it was always very confusing.
if it confuses you wait for the explination because i feel it may let you see what i saw in it.
Hey I work with a guy named Jesus. He's pretty cool.
when a witness encounters injustices engendered by the watchtower and considers them.
with clarity of mind, he is likely to suppose that , at worst, the old men who run things.
are sincere but misguided.
I do believe that the 1st JWs were actually sincere and were looking for God. I also believe that along the way many many JWs have had sincere hearts looking for some truth on this planet. TODAY however, too much time has passed for them to be sincere any longer. Too much time has passed where they should have admitted to mistakes and misguided prophecies and decided to actually change.
So in 2005, YES they are being deliberate.
my boyfriend and i have been dating for 19 months.
well, to make a long story short he explained to me that he was unhappy, going through a mid life crisis and was not sure what he wanted so now we are on a "30 day break".
now the 30 days are up and i have to decide whether or not to fight to keep him or let him go.
That is exactly why I said relationships require EFFORT, which to me means you are actively doing something productive. You can't just sit on your arse and expect the other people to just love your laziness. No relationships require effort, but WORK to me sounds more like you are constantly swimming upstream.
I also could never be an engineer, I could work all day at numbers and math and would never accomplish anything. I am however very detail oriented and precise and good at what I do, but it's still work. I do it for money, not because I love being here. Work in my mind translates into doing something for money. Something you wouldn't do just for the love of it, that is more your efforts spent on hobbies, relationships, etc. It even takes effort to go shopping all day... But I wouldn't consider shopping "work" ... just like I can't think in terms of "I have to go home and face my man and work at our relationship"
Although I love it when a man WORKS for my attentions... so I suppose men can work at it, I'll gladly sit back, Cosmo in hand and pretend like I'm working at it.
mine is the red sox winning the world series.
Getting married to the sexiest man alive!
my boyfriend and i have been dating for 19 months.
well, to make a long story short he explained to me that he was unhappy, going through a mid life crisis and was not sure what he wanted so now we are on a "30 day break".
now the 30 days are up and i have to decide whether or not to fight to keep him or let him go.
I love the title of your thread, that says it all.
My personal philosophy is that if you are "trying to MAKE it WORK" that means that it's not the right relationship. The best relationships aren't the ones that you constantly have to work at, they are the ones that everything falls together, you are both happy, you talk, you enjoy each other's company. If you are constantly finding yourself WORKING in a relationship, what's the point?
Yes, it takes effort to keep things spicy, you do have to put forth effort to make the other person happy... but you shouldn't have to constantly WORK.
Find a relationship where there is joy and you will be happy. My philosophy is "when you know, you know" ... I did what you are doing so many times and finally one day it all fell together and I couldn't believe it could be so easy and so wonderful. Then I KNEW.
Good luck.... relationships can be such a headache, but I truly hope you get what you need and want in life!
1) to lose 20 more pounds (on top of the 35 i had recently lost).
2) to give blood.
3) to get financially on track.
the only thing I ever resolve to do, although it's not limited to Jan, pretty much every month I resolve to lose weight!
One of these days it's going to happen!
web-posted sunday, january 2, 2005 .
perryton [texas] church fire under investigation
amarillo globe-news
I am not condoning crimal activity at all.. but I am wondering... I do think the society is self-insured right? If every KH everywhere would burn down all at once, would they go bankrupt?
They probably would have more donations than ever, who knows.
... on the watchtower society.
i am not one who will ever bother to waste my time heaping praise on the jw religion as though it were some kind of improvement on society.
i have no qualms in saying that it was, is, and always will be a dangerous religion ?
I believe that life is a learning experience, so I can't say that it was wrong for me, just like dating the wrong men wasn't a mistake for me... just a learning experience. The thing is the religion either can keep you in a complete stupor where you are oblivious to reality, or you can actually WAKE UP and learn something for yourself and live a whole and complete life.
When you learn such a huge life lesson, why take that away. We have grown so much as people. We are more self-aware. We can't be bullshited anymore.
To me living a full and happy life is all I need. When I take my last breath I will be satisfied even if there is nothing on the other side, I will be satisfied that I had A LIFE, which is more than I can say for the robots who believe in a fairy tale and miss out.
