one of the surprizing - and humbling - aspects of life that keeps things interesting is the fact that simple stuff can be overlooked.
in the rat race of life.
such has been my experience with meditation.. i attended a class run by a guy who got trained in tibet.
i just got a book out of the libary about having a physic side and that talks about mediation
think i will try it i have also just bid on a oojee board on ebay as i am really interested in that kind of stuff, coz i feel it will help me have the strength to never go back to the religon!
maybe im mad but its wierd after a lifetime of preaching as a jw i actually dont believe theres ANYTHING out there and if there is id like to meet it!!
am i being a fool??
a few years ago i was living with a buddy of mine here in downtown calgary.
we were both inactive dubs but still half - assed on the fence.
one night i came home from work and there was a slew of beer bottles all over the living room, and my buddy slouching on the couch in his suit and tie, beer in hand.
oh yes!!
doesnt the bible tell us to 'drink a little wine?' i cant disobey now can i?
actully was a few sheets to the wind in my judical hence my dont give a stuff attitude that got me dfed! i did sober up when they told me their decision tho! (they spoil all the fun dont they??
or will one of them invaribly end up being attracted to the other?
youre right its the jws that actually put it into everyones minds that u cant be just friends, i got stopped from pioneering several times with different brothers there was nothing in our realetionships just the elders sick minds,
id love to have some guys as just friends but its never really happened that way, dont know why.
hope everyone one is having a great summer season...... has anyone read any good books lately...?.
willy loman; are you out there,,,?.
ps just a note to say that patty and i had dinner with willy loman and his wife when they came to new york; we had a wonderful time......and willy has some great news to announce and share with the forum...
im in the middle of crisis of conscience, more life changing than my agatha christie!
what would it be?
for me i would get rid of the disfellowshipping!
i agree the horriable shunning of loved ones, it breaks everyones heart the shunned and the shunners HOW CAN THEY THINK ITS LOVING?
HOW?
how?
?
well, in my case anyway.
for those of you that may recall my posts about my family and that after i left the wts, how i wrote long (and painful) letters to my nonjw children among others.
i had tried to explain why i had shunned them and how very sorry i was, and for all the mistakes i had made throughout their childhoods as a jw mother.
sunspot thats wonderful news!
thanks for posting it it has made me more determined to stick to what i know i should do even with the pain of losing my family, you have shown that sometimes it does get better,
we never know do we?
thanks
the recent 2005 "godly obedience" convention drama is an example of an anachronism!
and of propaganda!.
so why is the dram an example of anachronistic propaganda?.
dont think many jws will see thru it, my mum apparently doesnt, i told her i was going to enroll my 3 year old daughter for 1 and half hours a day at play group, and she was so shocked her words were 'how can u even consider that? did you not see the timothy drama jehovah doesnt approve of schooling that isnt necessary!'
when the dubs apply it to before and after school u gota start worring!!
for those of yall that didn't know, kristi was a 37-yr-old ms patient that i took care of for the last year of her life.
she had a wonderful ribald sense of humor and talked like a sailor at times.
but it was all to cover up the ultra-sweet and tender heart she had.
so sorry for your loss she sounds a remarkable woman, and im sure she appreciated the love you obviously have for her.
i love the mood it puts everyone in.
and the beer gardens.
and the sun bathing.
but i hate the wasps that seem to think they have a right to come alive in summer.
rebel 8 slush wine sounds gorgous, but how do you make it im being thick, but do you freeze it and then blend it into ice or just freeze it a tiny bit??
from confused (but trying) cordy
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i heard from someone that they asked about the bible and dinosauros,the jw didn't believe and talked about whales in reply!.
was there something you couldn't explain on the doors?
i used to actually WANT people to ask me questions loved explaining phropecies etc (how sads that!)
except one time a study id started asked me about why a woman had to cut her sons foreskins off on a journey or they would have died (i had to look that one up!) think it was moses or one of those guys. im quite pleased i cant remember the answer (in fact be worried if i could!)
sometimes tho even when explaining things they sounded far fetched even to me, like birthdays etc.
