so i posted earlier in the year that one of my son's friends is a jw.
he can never do anything on wednesdays because it's a meeting night.
same for sunday early afternoons.
There is no rule against going to the prom or playing sports. It is only discouraged.
I think this really confuses even active Witnesses. You can go to college, join clubs at school, etc. It's simply frowned upon that's all. I know current witness kids who are playing sports. Their parents simply don't go around telling everyone.
this may seem simple to all you young folks(under 50) out there, but this old fart is just wondering, how much can people see on facebook in the way of comments, if you have privacy up and running so that, i thought, only those you have friended can see what you comment ?.
i am not overly bothered, but it occurs to me that since in recent times i have been more active on fb, my outspoken comments against the jw scam may be visible to those who are not actually "friends" ???.
i am just wondering if i should expect (as in monty python) the spanish inquisition ?.
penny and leonard.
billy bob thorton and anglie jolie.
lyle lovett / julia roberts.
This isn't a JW thing. Most beautiful women are with average looking guys. Women are a little more deeper than men and they look at what someone makes them feel and not just the façade.
I can't say generally speaking men are really like that, because they are way more shallow.
soooo...i have recently been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, and am scared out of my mind.
in a weak moment, i called my parents and my mom answered.
i start crying as i tell her about my disease, and this woman says to me:.
Not to start anything, but perhaps your parents are just plain jerks. It sounds like they would be like that whether they be JW's, Born Agains, or Atheists. Some of my friends want to blame the JW's for the way their parents are when in fact they'd be a-holes if they were JW's or not.
ok, i was reading a story about fords new ford gt, one hot extreme muscle car.
the story tells about how a car like this normally takes 6 or more years from, first scratches on paper to finished project.
their small handful of specialist, pulled it off in 2. and right until it was finished, no one out side of the small circle of people (about 25 people ) really knew anything, except something special was in the works!.
Not to rain on your parade, but years before the retro Mustang came out it was common knowledge that Ford was working on the project. I'm a car geek so I know this. And by the way, the Dodge Challenger is 10 times nicer than the Mustang. I've test driven both and its not even close.
The GB blathering on and on about over coming obstacles is no different than my bone-headed bosses where I work doing the same thing. Humans get excited when they accomplish something. It's a human tendency, not a JW one. I think it's like that with most things JW, but we assign negativity and a wide net when JW's do what is usually just simply human. It's kind of the way you look at things. Either objectively or through a negative lens.
Just my opinion on what I've observed.
witnesses are not supposed to stand for the national anthem but can stand for a flag salute.. you can't say bless you if someone sneezes, good luck!, or " you too" if someone says, happy holidays.. it is a religion of cannot dos.
everything is pagan and worldly.. what are things that are unacceptable to jehovah's witnesses that really are no big deal to everyone else?
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I grew up in the truth and I went to college, our family took vacations all over the world, I owned a--get ready for this--a two-seater sports car, and I went to my prom. You CAN do anything you want if you're simply not afraid of what others say.
It sounds to me that many of you made decisions your really didn't want to make, or your parents did, and you blame the JW's. Anything I didn't do is my fault as I'm the one who made the decision. Some of which I wish I had made differently, but I take ownership of it.
Sometimes some of us ex-Witnesses were just pussy Witnesses who did everything for how it looked instead of making any real decisions. I put that blame mostly on ourselves not anyone else. If JW's don't want to take blood transfusions, join the military, celebrate the holidays, run for office, stand for the national anthem, get drunk, whatever, who cares?
There are very few actual rules they can't do. There are a lot more things that are simply frowned upon. If we did not choose to do those latter things whose fault is that? For me it was my own fault.
I think it's kind of funny. Wow, some of you have no sense of humor at all.
in 3 and one half-hours time..queen elizabeth will become the longest reigning sovereign ever.. you go, girl!.
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the mangroves of lollard lane.
(a short story by terry edwin walstrom).
oh, christjust what i needed this morningjehovahs fucking witnesses!.
a new religion?.
it has been a while that i didn't post.
as some of you may know i live in italy and ( maybe ) something curious is happening.
