that it's "jewel-ry"... and not "joo-lery" (may you all have peace!)?
i know, i know... very small potatoes in the grand scheme of things.
but, dang, if you're gonna host a television jewelry show, shouldn't you at least be able to say "jewelry"?
Ah, Shelby,
Thank you , thank you, thank you for the jew elry topic. I have been so frustrated to hear hosts and guests on radio and television pronounce the word jool ery 'til I could scream. How could those in the public eye mispronounce words? Obviously, they never bothered to look up the word for pronunciation.
recent happenings close to home bewilder me by day, terrify me by night.
i am immersed in the profound waters of doubt and, sometimes, despair, as i struggle swimmingly to a far off shore that itself is encased in black mist.. .
yet, the shroud of fog does lift.
Beautiful prose.
did anyone happen to hear this talk?
ours was given by a southern circuit overseer.
it was really a "whoa team!
OMG WTWizard: Washtowel Babble and Crap Slaveholdery !!! That title is too funny!!! Can't stop laughing.
i've gone from being indifferent to becoming an full fledge non believer in anything much.
i guess i'm now a "no-hova" witness.
there's nothing about the wt or the bible for that matter that holds any importance in my life or death.
I'm an atheist but please count me in the No Hovas.
Sizmik - your response was very funny!
sorry it took so long to introduce myself.
my name is eric but i go by the handle paulnotsaul.
like many in this forum i also had to admit i had a problem with addiction.
Welcome and continue posting and talking with us!
we ways went on the menastry !.
this was always a waist of time on xmas day, but you know what we always has a full turkey dinner after getting back from the door knocking.. i live in the uk at the moment but will soon move to alberta in canada, what did your jw family do on xmas day did you have family over etc... .
this year we had nobody.
I always spent Christmas with my relatives who were non JW. They would buy toys for my kids which made me feel better since Iwouldn't buy them toys as presents as a matter of conscience. Even though it was splitting hairs it took the pressure off me. I always felt guilty depriving my children of the happy time Christmas brings. Since I was Catholic (where Christmas is a big celebrated holiday) before I became JW convert I was aware of the holiday spirit surrounding the Christmas season.
we had the most fantastic rainbow here yesterday, probably the most solid colored one i have ever seen.
it reminded me that jehovah would never again flood the earth... not!.
i remarked to my daughter that the rainbow reminded me that the genesis account was a myth like the aboriginal dream times...rainbows are science, sunlight, rain mist/drops and refracted light.. i said, after it had rained and the sun came out, no matter whether 'god' was involved or not, there was going to be a rainbow.
Good points Aussie. Veerry Gooood! Thanks.
we all are gifted with something.. i would say that i am gifted with a great sense of humor and i'm told i'm very discerning and perceptive.. now, if you asked me to hammer a nail, i'd think about getting a screwdriver...... .
what's your gift???.
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I'm an artist. At one time I played guitar, just three-chord grannies but I have a good ear for music. I haven't played guitar in many years but I am still a good visual artist. I daresay if I couldn't draw, life wouldn't mean much.
this has been asked before, however i thought it may be good for newer members of the board to read some of our reasons on how we decided to exit the jw cult and why we decided to do it the way we did.. first off - i have been faded for almost 8 years.
essentially i decided to fade into inactivity and not da because i have elderly jw parents who would shun me if i did get dfed or daed myself.
also- i like keeping open the possibilities that some of my many jw relatives may in time start doubting and have questions and reach out to me in my inactive state.
I had disassociated myself for years - then finally was disfellowshipped. I was heartbroken at first because I still believed some of it. After years of attempting reinstatements and never making it (it seems every time I got close to reinstatement I changed my mind and did a disappearing act again) I just stayed away--amd then I found the internet and this forum was the first place I went and found. Talk about good luck! However, in reading these prior posts I suddenly realize how really fortunate I am that I have no family members or any friends who are JW or even associated with them. I think I would had to have been reinstated because of my family and then gradually fade.
i was trying to watch this movie with will smith titled "seven pounds".. i got an hour and 15 mins.
in and i just had to turn it off.. what a waste of time.. so what are some or your least favorite movies?
or some you just couldn't finish, they were just so bad?.
The King's Speech, Out of Africa, The Accidental Tourist
