always a popular thread the what are you reading at the moment thread?.
my favourite reads for the summer of 2006:.
the history of love by nicole krauss.
Anyone read "A Million Little Pieces" & "My Friend Leonard" by James Frey? Those were my first summer reads this year.
I love his style of writing, it's very poetic the way he runs his sentences together. I found the stories very moving, and made me realize that drug addicts are humans just like us and it made me feel less judgemental toward other people.
ok, everyone, you know my story by now.
we da ourselves a week ago.
my mom wrote me a letter saturday disowning me.
Tigerman--I like how you think!
I can't believe the JWs act this way, I thought the Society always counseled on how it is ok to continue business relationships with ex-JWs. That religion really screws up people's emotional make-up, so very sad!
I think you should threaten to sue both of the companies, maybe you'll get a few dollars out of it and bring some reproach on Jehoover's organization!
most here will know of the serious illness i've been fighting for the past two years.
well, this morning i decided to go for a stroll to try and help build up my fitness.
at the bottom of my street lives an elder from my old congregation and i have to pass his house.
Dansk--I think your response was perfect actually! The only reason that elder spoke to you was because you walked right by him and he was taken off guard. Hope you're feeling better soon.
i'm not but i bet that there are some that quiety worry about it.....what about you?
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I don't worry about Armageddon the way JWs talk about it; sometimes I wonder what the future holds for the world as far as events in the Middle East and whether it has anything to do with the Bible--but as time goes on I think more often than not that man is going to destroy himself by his own hands.
this is a difficult thing for me to do, i used to be a jehovahs witness 20 years service as a pioneer.. last thursday it was announced from the platform at my local kingdom hall that i was disfellowshiped.. it was a bit of a shock.
i still have a deep sence of anger at what happened to me and its so unfair.. it started 3 years ago when i began to feel ill and i missed a couple of meetings.
the elders were wonderful and came round and cheered me up.
Sorry you are being treated like this by so-called 'friends'. A true friend is there in your time of need. Unfortunately, JWs can only be your friend if you are a regular publisher.
just wanted to write about my experience in coming out to my parents in the last two weeks.
it's a long story, but my sister and i are both gay, but we haven't come out to our parents until now.
my sister and i have been debating with each other the best way to come out to them because we've known that it would be a serious blow to them.
Wow--my respect for the Catholic Church just went up a few notches.
I wish you the best and hope your parents and you work everything out. I love my 3 kids more than life itself, and could never ever turn my back on them no matter what. Sometimes I wonder about my 19 year old daughter, because she likes men but has never been on a date and doesn't seem to care. She has a lot of friends, mostly female, and has always been very emotional about the subject of gays being accepted in society. I asked her a couple years ago if she was gay but she laughed at me and just said she could see why I would think that. Anyway, I will love her no matter what.
did anyone hate that expression as much as i did?
my husband and i are separated right now, and my jw sister reminded me on the phone the other day to make sure i gave him 'his wifely due'.
that expression makes me want to barf.
"You see, if your husband or another human with dangly bits isn't around when you pray with others listening, you can transfer headship to an inanimate item, such as a tissue, napkin, dishcloth or doily." Lisa--OMG I was cracking up so hard! That is absolutely hysterical! Thanks for all your comments--I knew this would end up being a thread that would give me the giggles. You guys have an awesome sense of humor! By the way--I was a little surprised at all the comments made that JWs were NOT supposed to have sex when they were separated. Once when I was separated from my nonJW spouse, the elders told me that even if it was 3:00am and my husband knocked on my door staggering drunk--I was to let him in and let him do whatever he wants to me. Oh that really made me feel so humiliated!
did anyone hate that expression as much as i did?
my husband and i are separated right now, and my jw sister reminded me on the phone the other day to make sure i gave him 'his wifely due'.
that expression makes me want to barf.
Did anyone hate that expression as much as I did? My husband and I are separated right now, and my JW sister reminded me on the phone the other day to make sure I gave him 'his wifely due'. That expression makes me want to barf. If I don't feel like having sex with my husband, then I'm not going to!
i feel like there are now 3 persons in my marriage-me, my mate and the watchtower society.
we used to think alike on most things.
but now every coversation ends in an argument.
ChoosingLife-- Sorry for your situation, it sounds very difficult.
I'm not sure what advice to offer because I've never been in your situation. You might try a slow fade rather than quitting cold turkey--it's worked for some people. Wish you the best.
i still don't believe in hellfire.
i think astrology and palm reading is ridiculous.
that's a couple of things that i know i got from being a jw......what about you??
Still don't believe in hellfire, not sure about the Trinity, have a tendency to believe in creation--
I'm not sure about a lot of things, but the older I get the less I care or worry about it.
