you have been following the news for weeks on iraq and wonder, "when will we attack and get this thing done?
" finally we invade and the war is in full swing.
the economy, which has been struggling for months now, finally caves in and major retailers fold as of the results of an extremely poor holiday shopping season.
I can see where you are coming from and probably by your words you are gripped by fear. If shit happens, it happens. Neither you nor I have any real control over world events and some things take their course regardless of our individual fear and concern.
Try to enjoy and enrich the moment you exist within and for an alternate take on world events, cruise along to this site:
i just went to the supermarket and came face to face with an elders wife coming out of the store,.
i was polite and said hello as im just a fader as they refer to it on this board, but im not kidding youd think she had just met hitler.... that is how she reacted to me, i left those meetings cuz of how they treated me and the lies hypocrisy lack of love on and on but being reacted to like that hurts and makes me so angry.... how the heck do you deal with it, it really affects me so much..... its realy hurtful oh well i need to realise shes not important in my life so what she thinks dont matter squatt.
hard tho isnt it?.
My way to handle it would be one of the following:
1. Leap towards the nearest pile of tins or vegetables and take cover.
2. Greet the brother or sister with the warmest smile you can muster and go for the hand shake. Then say "hope you and the family are well" .... lurve them big style.
3. Go for the snub first. Look away and direct yourself and your thoughts to a local item of interest. The magazine rack is always a good place to ignore somebody.
A difficult one. There is no easy way initially. After a while and practise it becomes easier, like many things in life.
as the christmas holiday approaches, it brings out the comments from my witness family members to attempt to belittle our practice of enjoying the holiday.
when we first left the jehovah's witnesses and decided to celebrate christmas, we still considered ourselves to be christians.
so the argument of choice from our relatives was, "how can you call yourself christians and celebrate such a pagan holiday.
It is of Pagan in origin quite obviously.
I think the question should be for a practising Christian:
Is Christmas a morally upright celebration and something Christ would be proud of ?
man they used to come up with some corny topics, and even worse covers.
it made an already unbearable task even worse.
the top of the crap pile for me was trying to place a magazine entitled the salty drink that saves lives.
The one that had the heading:
ARE YOU EMBARRASSED BY THE SIZE OF YOUR COCK ?
Erm.... at least that's what I think it said.
having read the exchanges between rev, bill bowen, and others involved in the silent lambs website, i honestly feel sickened.
i remember when i first started to hear rumblings that "something big" was going down regarding the society's handling of child abuse.
i was overjoyed because i had first-hand knowledge of several atrocities in this regard and was hoping against all odds that a major upset would force them to change their policies.
Have to admit to having only a passing interest in Bill & his site, but from an outsiders point of view, Bill has become a media star (celebrity) and it seems to have gone to his head.
I was never sure of those dark shades he wore to a meeting either. If they were not for medical reasons, why the pose ?
since leaving the watchtower, do you still believe that you will live forever, here on earth?
some might think that heaven is the final destiny, while other may just believe in this short life and nothing else.
what is your belief and how does it affect your daily life?
Pass on your DNA to another human and hope that they do the same.
Create a masterpiece in a creative field and have it cherished until the end of time.
A flower grows from a seed, buds and becomes full bloom. It also whithers and dies and goes back to the earth that sustained it's existence. Thus is the fate of all men - so sayeth the Dizzycat
is anyone on disability for a mood disorder ( depression/bipolar etc.
and if so, how are you making meet?.
cyn
Sorry about that - my heart went out to Cyn....
Substitute lauralisa for Cyn in my previous post ...
Opps ! My head was not working when I wrote the post
from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2587707.stm
in pictures: world trade center plans .
seven new plans for the site of the world trade center, destroyed in the 11 september terror attacks, have been unveiled in new york.
They may as well just erect a huge billboard with a big bullseye on it. Afterall, as soon as the towers are up again, they could become a prime target for nutters to pull down again.
Or maybe a big billboard with a fist showing the middle finger salute ?
Or maybe just a statue of Bush Jr waving his arse towards Mecca ? Hmmm..... quite like that one.
just popped back in to tell you some gossip.
yesterday a freind to the exjw community decided to drop a couple of our little cards "the tuth about the wt" in appropriate places, anyway an angry jw saw it and smashed the windows of the freind...and got caught on camera doing it....baaawl...its all in the hands of the solicitors.
the angry jw then phoned the helpline number on the card with this really makes sense message "i just want to call you an apostate, thats all i want to call you.
I knew Brmmie would post again. The goodbye the other day was a secret search for - "who loves me most & misses me most"
You are an addict fellow midland'er - face it.
in today's copy of the scotsman there's an article on people that don't celebrate christmas for a variety of reasons and sure enough a witness family are featured.
they are spending christmas day on the beach in the canary islands and after pointing out the fact that the 25th is christ's birthday go on to say.
"it would be churlish to say that our children are not affected by peer pressure about christmas, but we feel bigger issues are at stake - independant thought and standing up for what you believe in.
Personally, I found it before being a JW and find it now that I am not a JW far more demanding not to celebrate Christmas.
It is easier to have a tag like - "I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses and do not celebrate Christmas", than not to have a tag. People in general require far more information when you step outside of the pigeon-hole as to why you have objections.
I do remember looking on with a slacked-jaw at some of my brothers & sisters in the truth who failed to completely avoid the celebration. One sister insisted on a turkey meal and an afternoons rest and friends round on Christmas day. Weird behaviour I thought. Although I knew many JWs who were extreme and would not observe any part of the celebration, avoiding it like the plague.
People are diverse and have their own ways of coping.
It is not easy to avoid Christmas if you live in the west. Lets face it!
