i had a funeral for a baby to go to.
he was only a few months old.
during the services, the pastor had everyone sing a gospel.
Yizuman,
This was not a JW funeral. Actually much better than any funeral I had seen. I have been out for 13 years...give or take. This was not about JW teachings, it was more of how young this child was, and how do you comfort anyone with that? I think it is just a bit of hold who you love, keep on going.
i had a funeral for a baby to go to.
he was only a few months old.
during the services, the pastor had everyone sing a gospel.
I had a funeral for a baby to go to. He was only a few months old. During the services, the pastor had everyone sing a gospel. Well, I don't really know any. Before I knew it, I was clapping and singing, "This little light of mine."
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It was different. Very sad, and they did not have but a few phone photos of him. So they had me take photos for them when all left. It really freaked me out. I was shaking so badly, then I about passed out. I am not afraid of death or dead people. I figure once this trip through life was over, then it is done. I prefer to not die and I don't want some painful death, but somehow, that little child there, just really messed me up.
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I understood how the pastor was trying to comfort everyone with God's needs. It did not help me.
i am not the oldest but have 3 years here!
restrangled.. how about you?.
What constitutes old timer? Sparkplug
and was told it was going to be announced on two weeks...come thursday.
when i started to tear up from happiness, i get a "aprils fools.
now how does that happen?.
I guess I did not explain well enough. lol
I was told by a JW that they were to be disfellowshipped in 2 weeks. I was so happy. But it ws an Aprils fools joke. On me. Not funny. Nobody is leaving the mess and well that sucked. I was so happy for just a moment that this person woke up. Just to find it was a joke.
Ahhh if you would have seeen me cry after. Damn shame.
and was told it was going to be announced on two weeks...come thursday.
when i started to tear up from happiness, i get a "aprils fools.
now how does that happen?.
And was told it was going to be announced on two weeks...come Thursday. When I started to tear up from happiness, I get a "Aprils Fools."
Now how does that happen?
A JW plays the most cruel April fools joke on you. For just a minute I was so happy.
it doesn't have to be stage-worthy.. what "hidden talents" do you have?.
of all the things you do, what is it that you think you do best?.
what do you like to do that really makes you feel happy and "qualified"?.
I will tell you when I find out. Not so sure if singing all kinds of show tunes from Annie counts.
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Ok, I take a few photos and I can sew, cook and do some this and that. Writing and odd poetry.
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I guess it depends on what mood I wake up in. It determines if I have the gummy in me to belt out the songs, or what kind of food is in my pot.
<p>I think well, but what is good on one day burns on another.
have you ever heard a dub say that they are not a cult because they don't live in a commune?
(aside from all the other reasons they are a cult- see other thread about wt mind control) my question is, isn't bethel rather like a commune?
and what about the wt farms?.
"When you define your own language it is easy to deny anything and everything"
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Amen Lady Lee
can we hope for brighter skies when all seems to point the other way?
not so bubblie today.. kit.
Still I Rise
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
Maya Angelou
the school i attend had a fair of some sort and while stolling past the different groups available such as the art club, or gaming, media, poetry, baptist youth group...i was ever so suprised to find a table actually two filled with jw liturature.
first i about puked, paniced a bit and after composing myself, i strolled over.
this was insane.
sorry it took so long to respond. Good response. It is good to see someone else sees the lunacy of it all. I guess they have to let everyone have participation, but truly, research might need to be done on someones part of the school. I bet they cannot do much, because of religious descrimination. And of course, that is saddening, because with the good, you got to take the really bad. Really, WT club or photo club?
the school i attend had a fair of some sort and while stolling past the different groups available such as the art club, or gaming, media, poetry, baptist youth group...i was ever so suprised to find a table actually two filled with jw liturature.
first i about puked, paniced a bit and after composing myself, i strolled over.
this was insane.
The school I attend had a fair of some sort and while stolling past the different groups available such as the art club, or gaming, media, poetry, Baptist youth group...I was ever so suprised to find a table actually two filled with JW liturature. First I about puked, paniced a bit and after composing myself, I strolled over.
This was insane. So many new books and Bibles in all languages and the two standing behind the table were not young. Not studentlike.
So I picked up a foreign language bible of sorts and looked for the publishing company. It said something very vauge and said something like, "bible students".
I just put the book down and when they stopped to "help" me, I muttered something about selling bible propoganda in colleges and didn't JW's viewpoints contradict college. Shook my head a bit more and left before they could stop me and I would get ill just talking to them.
My son said he saw the same people a while back and when pressed a bit he said to them, "I'm apostate and a few unsavory words and no thank you." Geeze, I cannot even get through school without the borg popping up everywhere.
One of my clients is losing her sibling to the witnesses and well it just keeps coming up.
Odd. And seeing it all makes me a bit ill still, I am not appreciating it.
