finding happiness means not rejecting the perfection of each moment in comparison to ideal fantasy moments yet to be found if ever.
I like that idea, you are really rejecting the perfection of each moment.
JustTickledPink
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Eat, Drink, and be Merry !!!!
by JustTickledPink ini remember the jws used to criticize the "eat, drink, and be merry" philosophy "for tomorrow we might die" and i used to think that it was a good thing that i was doing something worthwhile with my life instead of being distracted with the material things, or fleshly things of the world.
that the philosophy was so fatalistic, that tomorrow we might all be dead and anyone believing in the "eat, drink, and be merry" philosophy were all so hedonistic.
today, i hear that and have different feelings towards the saying and philosophy.
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Eat, Drink, and be Merry !!!!
by JustTickledPink ini remember the jws used to criticize the "eat, drink, and be merry" philosophy "for tomorrow we might die" and i used to think that it was a good thing that i was doing something worthwhile with my life instead of being distracted with the material things, or fleshly things of the world.
that the philosophy was so fatalistic, that tomorrow we might all be dead and anyone believing in the "eat, drink, and be merry" philosophy were all so hedonistic.
today, i hear that and have different feelings towards the saying and philosophy.
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JustTickledPink
I remember the JWs used to criticize the "eat, drink, and be merry" philosophy "for tomorrow we might die" and I used to think that it was a good thing that I was doing something worthwhile with my life instead of being distracted with the material things, or fleshly things of the world. That the philosophy was so fatalistic, that tomorrow we might all be dead and anyone believing in the "eat, drink, and be merry" philosophy were all so hedonistic.
Today, I hear that and have different feelings towards the saying and philosophy. I see it more realistic than fatalistic. The idea is that who knows what will happen, enjoy life, enjoy every meal, be happy, life is short.
I now view JWs as the fatalists. They are always planning on the big day of destruction, so they lose sight of the simple pleasure of life, which consist of good meal, good drinks, and being "merry" or happy. Instead of finding joy in everyday living, they put happiness on hold.
That is why holidays, celebrations, parties are all so important. Life is so glorious it should be celebrated.
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Out of the Blue, An Elder Calls
by FreePeace inlast night, my cell phone rang and it was a number i didn?t recognize.
i answered, and the voice said, ?is this doug??
and he said, ?this is dd ?
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JustTickledPink
My mother stopped by our house for the first time last weekend. We bought a house 6 months ago and got married 3 months ago,, but she came by for the first time and emailed my new husband something about "how concerned she is for his everlasting life" so I think she's making the excuse that my husband (who has no ties to JWs) is a non-believer and she needs to save his life. hahahaaa...
I would just love for her to send the elders by my house to preach to him. That'd be a hoot!
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Met a JW elder for the first time since leaving JW
by coldfish ini left about 14 months back and stopped attending meetings cold turkey.
so i haven't seen any jws for ages and for some reason i've never bumped into them at the mall or in town - and i guess that means they haven't seen me either or know what i'm up to.. i was at a cafe with a male friend today, we look like a typical couple that is we're the same age, shop together etc but its purely platonic.
but you know how it is with jw .
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JustTickledPink
I think actually if I run into another JW someday, I will simply say "so that Armeggedon thing isn't quite working out, is it? And what about that generation thing, what happened to 70 or 80 years, still waiting around for that hoax too?" and then walk away.
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Shunning via US Postal Service
by Thechickennest inin today's mail came a envelope from ms. b[edit] c[edit] of rawlins, wyoming.
betty and her family were our longtime associates while were in the cult of jehovah's witnesses.
enclosed were photographs of my wife, daughter, myself and my wife's sister.
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JustTickledPink
I am sure since they have cut you out of their lives, they are making sure to cut you out of their photo albums as well.
I wonder if my friend cut me out of her wedding album, since I was in her wedding??? Very curious thinking about it.
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I don't understand this
by embeth2525 inhi, iv'e never been able to understand the reasoning behind why god did this, genesis 11:1-8 why would god be threatened by people wanting to build a city.
perhaps someone can answer this for me.
beth
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JustTickledPink
Yeah, the whole idea of them building a tower that would reach into the heavens just doesn't sound feasible to me. We have skyscrapers today, what about them?
The idea that multiple languages happened overnight doesn't make sense to me either.
To me, it shows that it's just a story. The Bible is full of superstitions, fear of it actually climbing into the heavens is just ridiculous.
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Next WT Study....... Alcohol!!!
by Doubtfully Yours init should be most interesting.
1 out of 3 in my actual congregation has a heavy drinking problem.
i'd say that's the 'sin' that is way, way overlooked by the wtbts.
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JustTickledPink
I have numerous JW family members that drink heavily every day... they have raised their children to drink also... my cousins drank straight whiskey and bottle after bottle of wine (like coke) when I visited last. It was a shame because they had to dull their lives just to make it through the day.
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What Is THE Number One Reason For JWs Leaving???
by minimus infrom what i can see, it's the "lack of love" that gets people to realize the witnesses don't have the "truth" after all!
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JustTickledPink
on the lack of love topic... I do think there are those who feel the "lack of love" but then blame themselves. Just as some people in bad relationships do. They think "It's all my fault that people aren't including me, showing me love, being supportive. If only I had more faith, was spiritually stronger" because they buy into that rhetoric about JWs being the happiest and most loving people on earth. They think they are alone in their feelings and everyone else who is spiritually stronger is happier than they are.
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What Are Things "Jehovah" Says That Really The "WT. Organization" Says???
by minimus inwhen i talked to my mother yesterday, everytime she would try to defend the watchtower organization, she would say, and jehovah says..." i would respond, "noooo.
the watchtower organization says that.
show me the scripture in the bible that says, "jehovah says" right now".
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JustTickledPink
That God will not listen to your prayers once you have been disfellowshipped.
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Impartiality Watchtower style
by Norm in*** w03 6/15 p. 12 imitate jehovah, our impartial god ***.
imitate jehovah, our impartial god.
12-13 imitate jehovah, our impartial god ***.
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JustTickledPink
The words remind me of modern day suicide bombers who declare war in the name of Allah. They do believe they have God's favor.
I can't see how any reasonable person can read the Old Testament and make sense of it all and come out believing that the God portrayed is a loving and just God.