so does anyone like to collect things, such as stamps, or figurines, cards, pottery or whatever?
i am a person who is a little pack rat, and i must admitt i have some cool collections, such as a my 1920 royal doulton minature toby's and waterford crystal wine glassses.
i have alot of pottery and earthenware that i also enjoy.
pictures...i love pictures, i even have pictures of people i don't know. I like to take photographs of people on the street walking etc...A photograph says so much... it's like a freezing time.
I have a picture of my sister and I in highschool... we got into this club and so we were all dressed up trying to look grown... at the time i thought we were really doing it...but when i look at the picture we look like to little innocent babes dressed in mommie's clothes.
if you're still going to meetings, how many of the public actually go to the public talk?
or do you see the same old tired worn faces?.
in my hall, you never see a member of the public just come in and say, i'd like to stay and hear this talk.. was there ever a time when complete strangers would just come in, sit down and actually listen?.
I remember a man came in off the street he looked like he had been through alot (drugs etc) and i guess he was tired of it all and wanted to find god. so he came in and sat down...so an elder came over to my husband and whispered in his ear "keep an eye on him" that really pissed me off because 1. they refuse to even let my husband carry the privledged mic even though he was in good standing. 2. that acted as if he wasnt good enough to do contribute anything.
3. but when some rough looking street person stumbles in the hall then they want to call on my husband just in case anything should go down.
let's hear the weirdest comment or suppossed logical thought you've ever heard a witness say.. i'll start: out in service once a sis and her son were in the same car group as i was.
he was having a nose bleed and told his mom that the blood was running down the back of his throat.
his mother said " well don't swallow it yo uknow how jehovah feels about blood don't you!".
i couldnt find my keys one day before the meeting, and i was late, so i was telling this other jw about how i couldnt find my keys and she said "the devil and his demons sometimes hide stuff from us to keep us from going to the meetings"
i was like "what about when i'm going to work and can't find my keys?"
swift
what signs do you look for in determining whether someone is really telling the truth, outright lying or possibly using "theocratic strategy"??
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Just let the person talk. Add no pressure. after awhile the lies will slip through...you have to be a good listener though.
it just blows my mind.
i am an adult, and i can't go out without getting the third degree.
i can't have a phone/internet conversation without being interrogated and/or watched.
i know exactly how you feel. I lived in a neighborhood full of jw's. They would always drive by my house and ring my bell just because......they are some of the nosiest people ever..the funny thing is when you really are in need of help then your on your own or they tell you to pray to jah....now that i'm out i hardly ever see anyone but i still feel like there are a million eyes watching me.
evil lives
monday, april 11, 2005
-if ever in your mind you wonder as to whether the leadership at watchtower has some level of sincerity, or perhaps as you move deeper into your pursuit of the real truth, you find yourself having doubts that you are doing the right thing in "doubting" the watchtower ?then read on.
Being one of the rank and file...now that i look back there were many times at assemblies, meetings etc..that i said to myself "wait a minute that doesnt sound right" but then would get lulled back to sleep. I recall the supposed meaty "talks" given at the convention were often the next to the last "talk" on the program. Many people were physically and mentally tired not really paying attention let alone checking the information to see if it's true. i used to wonder why would they put the most important information at the end. i would think such info should be given first when people are alert and well rested Like i said above a person will come across info that you feel doesnt sound right but then fall back to sleep(mentally that is).
we need information like this to be constantly posted. at least i do, because i often find myself reverting back because WT was the only thing i knew.
thanx
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the movie "to sir with love" had that effect on me years ago.. .
what movie has inspired you & why?
woman art thou loosed
i have many others but i can't think my crazy husband is playing the music really loud right now and i can't think....
hey there...here is a cool site...sort of like the google for job searches.... http://www.indeed.com/.
it will bring up recent job postings from several job boards, including newspapers etc.... to get the most out of your search, click on advanced search you can even search by company, location etc.
and the stuff it brings back is in a nice, neat format.
Thank you sooooooo very much! I was just thinking about posting a subject about job searching...wondering if anyone had some advice or any tips. The site is easy to use.
Thanks Again
swift
something i?ve wanted to ask you all for a while.
had you 100% denounced jw doctrine to yourself at the time of your leaving the org?
i know many have said that specific issues prompted them to leave i.e., wt membership in the un, silent lambs/child molestation policy, malawi political party card issues, inconsistent changes in doctrine i.e., 1975/1914 generation not passing?new light begets old light begets new light etc.
I left also to be with the person i loved. We have known each other since childhood. But i decided not to marry him but to marry a Jw because thats the way i was raised. I had always wondered what life would have been like if i would have just followed my heart. years later we met up and i just couldnt walk away again. I was happy with him, it felt right, I couldnt deny that. He also opened my eyes to alot of things.
When i started talking to him about the JW's hoping that he would accept it and maybe become one also. He started pointing out things to me. I was afraid of being disfellowshipped and concerned as to what the elders would do or say and he told me how crazy that was. I came to this board and well the rest is history....but i often find myself reverting back to my old way of thinking and believing and i have to remind myself about the things that i have learned.
i am starting to remember something weird when i left the jw's, but wonder if it's a physchological manifestation of the brainwashing & control they had over me and the guilt trip/fear of being 'bad'.
i remember when i used to look up toward the sky sometimes and pray a silent prayer to jehovah.
after i got disfellowshipped, i felt like when i looked up and thought about god that there was almost a physical ceiling on the other side of the blue sky that curtained me off from jehovah hearing my prayers.
No man, no organization can come between you and your relationship with God. Jesus died for all of our sins he didnt say oh if your disc'd then there's nothing for you. In fact i feel when i pray now that God hears my prayers. When i was a JW i felt a void. No matter how hard i prayed i felt nothing. It's different now.
