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when i read some of the posts i cant help wondering that things do not go always the same everywhere.
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OMG DannyB, a brothel? Does she only employ pioneers because they will be trustworty and not swear at the clients?? I find that inconceivable, does she give the cong a lot of money or something?
Maybe shes got so many elders on her books they darent say anything or she will grass them all up?
Theyre pretty straight laced here - wouldnt wear a skirt above the knees or a low cut blouse - and neither should they, in my opinion, theres gotta bo some perks to leaving!
well it's that time of year again ladies.....summer.
i went out yesterday with my husband.
it was hot.
Ive got to say I cant stand seeing rolls of fat spilling out between crop tops and hipster jeans - my partner says since when was it sexy to let your guts hang out? And the odd thing is, the fatter the lady, the less the embarrassment about 'gut hanging outness' - there is a definite inverse proportional relationship.
on friday i let you guys know that my final jc was happening on sunday.
thanks so much for all the comments and well wishes.
i was nervous before i went - and though i've given up the faith i haven't given up my belief in god and his direction.. two of the three elders have seen me grow up - i was born in the truth.
Well loubelle, you are amazing. I get pretty emotinal too in a soggy sweet sort of way so I know how hard it must have been for you to stand firm. I think that just shows how strongly you felt about things.
You are better person without them, but they have lost a genuine lover of God. Just shows how rubbish they are at looking after the sheep in their care.
1. go out to lunch at every session.
bring back bags of fast food that say "burger king".
or "mcdonalds" on them.
Darnation - I missed this brilliant thread by a full 2 days. But here are mine for what its worth:
take a razor and cream and shave your legs and arm pits during the sessions
put a surfboard on the roof of your car and ask the car park attendants to keep an eye on it (my brother in law really did that!)
take a camera with a huge telephoto lens, stand up to take photos of attendants then write something in an A4 pad
wear some too small pants, pre prepared to rip all down the back of the seat when you bend over - be commando underneath
go in a dog suit and have a realistic looking first fight with your friend who is also in a dog suit (OK I pinched that from Dom Joly)
bring along 5 kids all within 9 months of each other, one black, one white, one chinese, one hispanic, one ginger, all real naughty and hyper on sweeties
if you are a brother wear a hat, see how long it takes them to ask you to remove it (15 mins for my ex hubby in 1991 - pathetic, hows a hat hurt anyone?)
while searching for any stake references in the organized to do jehovah's will publication (c) 2004, i stumbled on this tidbit.
jesus gets four pages and a bit in chapter 2 under, "recognizing christ's role in god's arrangement".
by comparison, "trusting the "faithful and discreet slave" gets just under seven.
Excellent breakdown jgnat. Very telling indeed. Im sure they'd have a slippery reply to it, but its pretty damning evidence.
okay, i'm new as you all probably know, so my question may have been discussed several times in the past.
i'm just curious as to when some of you came to the conclusion that enough was enough and that you didn't want to attend the meetings anymore or not be a jw.
was it in field service, at home, at the hall?
It was when I realised even though King Solomon could shag 1000 women (300 wives and 700 concubines) and god still loved him, that I couldnt shag 1000 men, in fact I couldnt even have a measly 30 or 40, not even a humble 7 or 8.
So one of the first changes I made when I left was to up my average a bit.
EDITED TO INCLUDE: sorry thats not half way as meaningful as the post above, but its true.
has there been any "new light" recently about how to treat disfellowshipped family members?
my cousin got dfd a few months ago.
i noticed that she had been spending quite a lot of time at my aunt's (her mother, an active jw) home.
I think dubs pick and choose. If its someone elses kid, or someone they didnt like anyway they can be strict. If its someone they dont want to shun they can find personal justifications for not being as strict.
The amazing elastic commandments.
this little incident cracked me up, thought i'd share... .
we live in a decent neighborhood in suburbia, nearly all of the houses are owned, people mow their own lawns, (well everyone except us!
) two or three cars per family, dogs, kids, etc.
My dad lives in Miami Dade and he says they come round trying to find spanish speakers only. They knock the door ask you if you speak spanish and arent interested if your not hispanic / cuban. (correct me if im wrong, im only repeating him, I dont actually know this for myself).
I quite like the idea of a dub getting hold of your door handle and closing your own door on you while saying 'im sorry im not interested in you'.
so how's it been for you this week?
reading all the experiences this week has been a real cocktail of humor and tragedy, hasn't it?
not to forget all the "tech problems"!!
Ozzie Id have to go for No 2.
In Southampton they used to hire a whole swimming pool on sunday evenings and all witnoids in the area could come. I went once with my now exhubby, the pool was riddled with witnoids, and I remember thinking OHMYGOD this is what the new system is going to be like, and it made me feel ill, even though I was years away from leaving the dubs.
It was my very first glimpse that maybe I didnt wanna be in paradise if all these jerks were going to be there too.
i'm starting lots of posts lately.
trouble is, i'm not finishing them.
i get a bee in my bonnet, start to type furiously, sometimes with 2 fingers instead of 1, then i just lose interest and cancel the whole shebang.. maybe it's just a phase i'm going through.
well as there doesnt seem to be a topic that I can drift off..
Ozzie, thats a lovely picture of you, such a nice smile.
