first off, let me tell you that i don't view you guys, or myself, as apostates.
that word somehow carries along with it a negative sense of destruction and hate.
what i'm wondering is, what is an apostate then?
Hi you guys,
I never stop learning when I come here and read your posts.
I left the borg long before they started using the "A" word. I don't want to sound uneducated (a kinder word then stupid) but I wondered exactly what an apostate was.
You all helped me today....especially Nathan.
Best Regards,
Sunny
minds are like parachutes--they only function when open.
if you folks recall, a while back i went ballistic when my boys told me they were going to now shun both their newly dis-fellowshipped friends because that is what the society said is the loving thing to do.
sick!
anyway, i informed the father of the two boys, an elder, that my younger unbaptized son (12) will no longer be studying or going to the meetings because i dont want him to participate in or have his young mind twisted by such unscriptural teachings.
Keep your head high...you really do have the actual truth on your side.
Sure would like to know what happens.
Good luck,
Sunny
minds are like parachutes--they only function when open.
perhaps you recall the instance in the bible where samson made a wager with the philistines that they couldnt guess his riddle.
as it turned out they wheedled the answer out of him by his fiancee, but the point is that they had a wager.
since the underlying assumption of the apostasy is that we are not living in the last days of this system of things, and that this world is not facing anything remotely like the biblical apocalypse, at least not any time soon, in the spirit of such antagonism, i would like to propose a similar wager.
Hi /You know,
What part of the word "welch" don't you understand?
Be a man.....
i went out to eat last night with my neice.
we had a few drinks and started talking.
before i knew it the conversation turned to the subject of doubts about the organization and if i recall correctly (hard when you've had a couple) she is the one that brought the conversation up.
Good luck Tweetie,
and if you haven't....do call her as 6/9 suggests.
Sunny
minds are like parachutes--they only function when open.
just looking briefly on this board, i can see all the warnings given in the watchtower about those leaving the organisation and sinking into the mire of the world are true.. you are all sad losers.
Suprashy
Good luck finding a JW who wants to debate the serious issues. Thats really a big dream. Especially the part where they have to present the historical evidence.
The Board would really be "Smokin'" then!
Sunny
minds are like parachutes--they only function when open.
well, our resident sooth-sayer yk has once again missed the mark, as october ends and the world spins on.
but then again, as was the case in 1914, the world may have come crashing down but i failed to notice.
You Know,
Its Nov 1st......I don't want to listen to your rhetoric....be a man...pay up!
Sunny
minds are like parachutes--they only function when open.
between halloween and me.
i did something that at one time i thought god would strike me dead for.
i did something that at one time i thought would make satan rejoice.
Messenger,
Great story....glad you had fun (obviously)
Wendy,
****************I am making that paradise now**************
Great statement. I'm trying to do the same thing.
I took my Grandkids out last night. The little one(5yrs) wore his alien mask on the top of his head most of the evening. He and his sister (10yrs) would run up to the house (anyway, the ones with the porch lights on)ring the doorbell and shout "Trick or Treat". When the homeowner would open the door my little guy would simply say "give me candy" ...no hello,.... no how are you....He knew what he was there for. LOL. Then he would hug them (to thank them I suppose). The innocence of a 5 yr old is so wonderful to watch. Needless to say, he got lots of candy. At one house (next door to me) I was talking to my neighbor and I noticed my little one was not next to me. I called his name and he answered me from the back of my neighbors house. He had gone in and was checking it out. My neighbor thought he was hilarious. We made a circle of the neighborhood and down one street they had set up a haunted house and people were out in the street and it was great.
We had such a good time.
Sunny
minds are like parachutes--they only function when open.
i realized the bondage i was under as one of jehovah's witnesses and left the organization.
it pressed fear, paranoia, and even anger in me that i wasn't used to.
i started to resent being one.
serenaj92,
No one could have said it better.
Thank you
Sunny (wiping a tear away)
minds are like parachutes--they only function when open.
my impression is that recently a lot of erstwhile lurkers have progressed to the ``newbie'' class, and taken the plunge to begin communicating with the rest of us.
a most hopeful sign that thoughtful inquiry and just plain ol' curiosity is still alive, if not exactly well, in watchowerland.
what did god tell elijah, that there was still ``7,000 left in israel that had not bowed down to baal?''.
Hello to all the new ones
Lots of good stuff here.
Keep posting
Sunny (thanks for my new nikname Msil)
minds are like parachutes--they only function when open.
i am agnostic.
(see no fancy writing stuff).
i dont know if god exists (i think he must - but i dont know).
HERE, HERE, A TOAST TO FREEDOM!
minds are like parachutes--they only function when open.
