there were always some accounts in the bible that really puzzled me.
two of the ones that stand out in my mind most:.
1) lot and his daughters.
Thanks for the blessings.
That always bothered me. Women always seem to get the short end of the stick. And the only answer I would get is, "But that isn't how God felt. He still doesn't feel that way. It was imperfect man." OK, yeah, but, he couldn't have stepped in?
I don't know if I'll ever be able to believe in God.
i'm looking through the new awake magazine (great article on shoplifiting by the way) and this older sister comes and sits beside me.
she started talking to me about this great little piece in the magazine about fish or something that should be on my dinner plate, something that i don't really care about, then she turns to me and said and i quote " where else but jehovah's organization can we learn such things?
i sat there with a dumbfounded look on my face thinking " are you kidding me?
Haha...I shop at the Gap and drink Starbucks too. Beware the effects of rap. One thing I love about leaving the Dubs. I can listen to any damn thing I please.
i was once betrayed by an unknown person to the elders for buying soft porn magazines in a shop.
i never managed to figure out who it was since there were many people in the shop (news agency) at the time and i never noticed a jw from the local congo or one from other congos in the area that i knew.
to this day it's a mystery to me who saw me there and went to tell the elders.
Exactly EvilForce. That's how I felt about my "friend". Never mind that if at any point this "friend" felt stumbled, they could've easily said, "I don't feel comfortable with this conversation." But they listened to every word and then ran and told the elders.
Thanks for the words of caution. I'm getting tired of hiding though, I really am. I don't want to get DFd, but if it happens, I will have to accept it and move on with my life. I am really tired of them controlling me like I'm a puppet.
there were always some accounts in the bible that really puzzled me.
two of the ones that stand out in my mind most:.
1) lot and his daughters.
There were always some accounts in the Bible that really puzzled me. Two of the ones that stand out in my mind most:
1) Lot and his daughters. Lot's daughters got him drunk and then had sex with him. Maybe I'm crazy, I admit, I don't know as much about the Bible as I once claimed to know, but wasn't that prohibited in the Mosaic Law? Couldn't God have found another way to continue their lineage? I never got it, and it grossed me out.
2) I believe it was Judah and Tamar. Two of Judah's sons were killed by God(one for disobedience I think, the other for "spilling his seed" and not producing a child). Judah did not want this third son to be killed,so he wouldn't let him marry Tamar. She dressed up as a temple prostitute and Judah visited her and impregnated her. What I didn't get was, he was angry and saying she should be stoned because of her harlotry, and yet HE visited a prostitute. Was that not wrong? I never quite understood. Did anyone else have any confusion, and did they ever get an answer about it?
I was always told to "wait" if something wasn't quite clear now, it would become clear later and I would be blessed for my faithfulness.
i'm looking through the new awake magazine (great article on shoplifiting by the way) and this older sister comes and sits beside me.
she started talking to me about this great little piece in the magazine about fish or something that should be on my dinner plate, something that i don't really care about, then she turns to me and said and i quote " where else but jehovah's organization can we learn such things?
i sat there with a dumbfounded look on my face thinking " are you kidding me?
Hehe, yeah tij, the bouncing...bass line. All the guys liked that. Tee hee! Good taste in music you have there!
i'm looking through the new awake magazine (great article on shoplifiting by the way) and this older sister comes and sits beside me.
she started talking to me about this great little piece in the magazine about fish or something that should be on my dinner plate, something that i don't really care about, then she turns to me and said and i quote " where else but jehovah's organization can we learn such things?
i sat there with a dumbfounded look on my face thinking " are you kidding me?
*laughter*
Now, I get it. I was wondering how exactly you had heard of that song!
i was once betrayed by an unknown person to the elders for buying soft porn magazines in a shop.
i never managed to figure out who it was since there were many people in the shop (news agency) at the time and i never noticed a jw from the local congo or one from other congos in the area that i knew.
to this day it's a mystery to me who saw me there and went to tell the elders.
Another less serious incident I forgot to mention(undercover's post reminded me of it, and I've mentioned it in other threads) was when we had the book study at our house and some "sisters" felt that our house wasn't clean enough. So instead of offering to help, or offering to have the book study at their house instead, they went to the elders and the elders talked to us about it. It was a real eye-opener for me, that the loving brotherhood would see fit to go behind your back instead of trying to help you.
and i was scheduled to be either dead or petting lions.
something's messed up .
this message brought to you by the year 1957 and the word "maybe".
didn't you guys get the message in the watchtower? paridise is here already.
Yes, we have a SPIRITUAL paradise and don't you forget it! I always felt like that was a big ol' load of crap.
last year, i was driving and my wife was in the passenger seat.
a wasp flew in the window and landed on her.
she started screaming like she had been shot.
Actually, I remain as still as possible. I hear that if you wave and swat at it, it gets angry and feels threatened and stings. I don't know if that's true or not, but it's worked for me so far...eventually they go away. I've never been stung.
i was once betrayed by an unknown person to the elders for buying soft porn magazines in a shop.
i never managed to figure out who it was since there were many people in the shop (news agency) at the time and i never noticed a jw from the local congo or one from other congos in the area that i knew.
to this day it's a mystery to me who saw me there and went to tell the elders.
Yes. I confided in a friend about my feelings about the elders and being lied to and betrayed, and they went to those very elders and ratted me out. The elders hauled me back and had a discussion with me. I've barely been back since, and I chewed my "friend" a new one.
