is it better to disassociate oneself as one of jws or wait for due process and be disfellowshipped?.
Well, I faded for as long as I could - then came the knock at the door . . . so I DA'd myself. My reasoning - I wanted them to understand that I wasn't disfellowshipped because I "couldn't keep their rules" or "wanted to engage in wrongdoing" - I DA'd myself because I had found out that "they weren't who they claimed to be and I no longer wanted to be associated with them." I left on MY terms, not theirs!
Semantics, some might say - but it meant all the difference to me.
I read once, imagine the person you would want to go through your bedroom dresser drawers at your death, that person is your best friend. Right about now, I don't have anyone that I would give that honor to. Sad, but true.
for years now he's talked about getting his ear pierced and i always wanted to get a second hole - so we went together and split a pair of earrings!
my baby looks sooo cool .
lol - you should have seen the kids' reaction - they thought it was one of the magnetic ones!
For years now he's talked about getting his ear pierced and I always wanted to get a second hole - so we went together and split a pair of earrings! My baby looks sooo cool
LOL - you should have seen the kids' reaction - They thought it was one of the magnetic ones!
i guess i lean more towards an agnostic point of view; though if asked, i will still identify myself as a christian.
why, i'm not really sure if i'm honest with myself.
it all boils down to how i feel about the earth and all of the inhabitants thereon.
Jager - where are you in Florida? I'm in Fort Lauderdale.
i don't smoke anything but i know many that do--- some frequently, most infrequently.. personally, i don't see much difference between drinking alcohol and pot use.. should pot be legalized?.
Wow! Great arguments Dave! If I'm honest, I don't - but probably only because it is illegal.
i live in a small town in lower upstate ny.
i live in a small office that was converted to a apparment.
across from me is a big house where my landlord lives, mother, father, three teanage girls and a son about 21+.
what's the question you're asking?
quotes are from the 2005 wt cd red text is mine
the wts claims to be the sole source of god's truth on earth today.
truth is so important to them that they even use the term "truth" as a name for their teachings.
They get paid to!
....millions of jehovah's witnesses also change theirs.
instantly.. it's all about choices, people.. .
This was one of the things that I couldn't get past . . . so I left!
BTW - don't forget they aren't JWs (that's only the anointed)
i guess i lean more towards an agnostic point of view; though if asked, i will still identify myself as a christian.
why, i'm not really sure if i'm honest with myself.
it all boils down to how i feel about the earth and all of the inhabitants thereon.
Besty - Actually, it sounds like we are together on a lot of things. I've used the analogy that I feel like an alien who has just landed on this planet and doesn't know the language, layout or customs. Whereas I once believed that I knew it all (or a close proximity to it all), I now readily accept that I know NOTHING. I can't answer questions from a definitive point of view, and I'm not sure if I'll EVER feel comfortable thinking that I KNOW the answers to any of the big questions ever.
I'm ok with working and managing my own little world and as long as I live by the golden rule, whatever will be will be. In the interim, however, it is interesting to hear how other people think about things - hence my pondering question above.
hope i'm not treading on toes here......... but there is an interesting elders visit on mp3 at this site.
http://deathorobedience.blogspot.com/2009/03/death-or-obedience-podcast.html.
enjoy!!!!!!!
I couldn't get the podcast to play ...
