after meeting a wonderful fella who also is jw.
i've never felt this way about anyone before in my life.
the only thing is i don't know if its possible for us to have a stable relationship, as i am r.c, not actually i'm irish roman catholic which is a little bit "stricter".
And truthfully thats the constructive advice.
Anyone outside of having been in it would not fully understand, it really is a kiss of death to any relationship.
My Fiance jokes that if I ever tell him that I want to be a jw again that he should take that as a sign the relationship is over.
Sadly its very true.
(PS No intention of ever being a jw again anyhow, besides I've gained the world for leaving)
here goes my stories: .
she looked up at all those stairs to the third floor!
she said she would do the first floor.
That is scary and the other one is funny.
Funniest: Out in service with a new family in the hall and a pile of younger sisters, I recognized the house we pulled up to but no one else did. It belonged to an older sister who didn't leave her place much anymore. I went with the girl who had the door and the woman came running out of her house yelling and waving a spoon telling us to get off her property. The girl I was with about fainted. The older sister and I couldn't stop laughing.
Scariest: I was going with my dad to a study one very windy evening, and we knocked on the door. The study was in his house and about 6 feet away from us but didn't even seem to hear the door. There was no noise coming from his house so he didn't have the tv or radio on. He walked by the door but didn't even seem to see us. We found out later through an aquaintance of my dads that shortly before we were to his house whether a day or two before or that day that the man had beat his girlfriend almost to death, he was a martial arts expert, and had broken most of her bones. Last I heard he was still in prison.
jwd is great for giving us the opportunity to ask questions and get answers to things that you could never ask in a kingdom hall.
what are some questions that are simply taboo amongst the "friends"?
Minimus in my area it would be why did sister so and so not get reprimended for wearing that diaper on her head for a head covering?
I'd love to ask why its ok for them to miss meetings for vacations or other things yet they emphasize and keep track of who attended what meeting and answered etc etc.
Flush when you use a public restroom, some of us don't like seeing your gift offerings to the porcelian god.
my boss just emailed this to us here at work.
it's a pit bull that got poked by a porcupine... .
edited for mkr32208 and big dog
And people say pitbulls are relentless.
1-0 porcupine.
when i was a jw, i was taught that other religions actually believed halos were visible.
they said it was a false teaching because the romans wouldn't have needed judas to identify him--he would have been noticed by his halo.
i studied art history in college and learned that halos originated in art, not in church teachings.
Halos in art can be cool (see avatar). Yeah I have found many things that are promoted falsely by the jws about other religions etc. But if they didn't boards like this wouldn't be needed would they?
well to remember jehovah's example.
providing materially and spiritually can be an .
what can parents do in order to provide for their children.
Thanks blondie for the link I always forget about these weekly threads, my bad
Next weeks lesson promises to be better "YOUNG PEOPLE PRAISE JEHOVAH" and in small print really we mean listen and do as we say not as we do..
To jw's they have sharp pointy teeth, and are big and scary and drool, and are what goes bump in the night....
To everyone else....normal
kudos to potleg who came up with the idea!
can you just imagine if the wbts came out with its own line of clothing for the faithful dubs?
potleg, that is just a wicked idea, a line of jw clothing, oh god can't you just see it.
For all unmarried "sisters" the chastity belt would be the required undergarment. Keys would be issued to elders to be used post kingdom hall approved and performed wedding ceremonies.
Ohhhhh so as to not tempt any of the young brothers all women would have collars up to and under the chin, and of course the most unflattering of patterns so as to not draw attention.
Can't wait to see what else is in the line.
todays study article was called "parents, provide for the needs of your family" and had several points i thought that everyone here who hasn't seen it would find of interest (my comments on the statements pulled are highlighted:.
first thought is in paragraph six in reference to providing for the family "indeed, countless fathers shirk thier responsibility, leaving their family in the lurch.
christain husbands do not share that hard-hearted, casual view of providing for thier own.
Todays study article was called "Parents, provide for the needs of your family" and had several points I thought that everyone here who hasn't seen it would find of interest (my comments on the statements pulled are highlighted:
First thought is in paragraph six in reference to providing for the family "Indeed, countless fathers shirk thier responsibility, leaving their family in the lurch. Christain husbands do not share that hard-hearted, casual view of providing for thier own. Unlike many of thier coworkers, Christain providers see even the most menial of jobs as being dignified and important, a means of pleasing Jehovah God, since it enables them to provide for their loved ones."
Ok that just made me fume I know many "christain" providers that have no pride in thier jobs and do leave thier families in a lurch. But I like the assumption with "unlike may of thier coworkers", the assumption that no one has pride in a job well done except the witnesses. Grrrr.
Second thought is in paragraph twelve stating: "To "inculcate" means to teach and impress by means of repetition. Jehovah well knows that of all of us-children in particular need repetition in order to learn.....parents need to find ways to teach basic truths to thier children, patiently repeating Jehovah's principles until the children absorb and apply them"
Hmmm for some reason that seems like brain washing and removing freedom of choice by programming the "children" a certain way. Repeat, repeat, repeat wow they use that on the adults too through all the programs.
Third is in paragraphy 15, "Christain children need to learn to share their faith effectively with others."
So it's not good enough to have it engrained on brain but they must go and talk about it, whether they want to or not.
Fourth found in paragraph 18 "Few things are more exasperating for children than the impression that a parent does not love or value them."
Right from the WTS own magazine, so then I ask why do they shun especially since it can exasperate thier children.
And finally in the last paragraph: "You thereby give your children the best possible opportunity to "choose life" and therafter to "keep alive.""
Doesn't really seem like the choice is really there, and why do they put it in quotes, is it to be sarcastic because they know there really isn't a choice, and that if you go against the witness choice you lose your family and friends who are witnesses.
I'd love to see what everyone else thinks of this info.
Thank You
-Riot
