thanks to all for replying to my first newbie post.. i am here because scally asked me to repeat a post i made on tishie's board here, because you guys might be interested in talking about them.
(i also think i will stay here, cause you guys sound cool.).
my mom died in april, a lifelong jw.
Your dad's words, written 60 years ago, remove the veil of time and let us see a moment of real life back then. He was a young man drowning in doctrine, struggling with sexual desire in a repressive atmosphere. The snapshot could have been taken yesterday.
Thanks for sharing!
COMF
i just recieved this today and thought i'd post it!.
a friend heard (already hearsay, right?
) that the wt society is thinking about or is already in the process of setting up a college.
I can see it. It would be a logical next step on the way to more income and better public image. Accreditation need not be a concern, at least in the beginning.
COMF
for the majority of humans, certain events are surrounded by tradition and ritual.
marriage, the birth of children, entrance into adulthood, and death are all life-events which will be marked by most with a form of religious ceremony.
for the few who have left off affiliation with a religious organization, these events are marked differently - more by tradition than by mystic ritual.
I can answer any question you got.
What's that date, again?
You are totally cluless as to how this system is going to end according to Jehovah's judgments.
What's that date, again?
you are fairly thick-skulled
Can you give us a run-down on those dates, again?
I learned a long time ago that apostates are all bluster and hot air. When it comes down to knowing anything of value it is nothing but pretense.
Could you give us your personal list of predicted dates for the end? Feel free to add in any you've come up with that are yet future.
You would be wise to keep silent
Oh... oh... please... what's that date, again?
COMF
since drifting from the org over the last year or so i have been slowly updating my clothes.
i thought maybe it was just me who had been dressing like a middle aged matron since i was 23 but whilst talking to a young xsister recently i learnt that she too has thrown out most of the clothes she used to wear whilst a dub.. has anyone else found themselves doing this, and is it just a female thing?
You might be a JW if... you own six suits of dress clothes although you work as a janitor.
I didn't change my everyday style much after I left. Grew a beard, but I had always worn bluejeans during my non-JW activities, so nothing much changed. I went through a bigger change of wardrobe when I joined the hi-tech crowd, especially when I made this move to big D. I now actually own a couple of pairs of slacks, and have more Dokkers than Levis. Got my ear pierced about three years ago (left side only), and wore an earring in it constantly for a couple of years, but that has fizzled out now, too... dress code at work forbids it (yes, it's silly, but at this salary, you don't make noise over stuff like that).
COMF
once again fred lurks where he isn't allowed.
why are you here fred?
maybe you're a closet apostate?.
Announce it if you're ever visiting Dallas, Slayer. We'll hook up. SixOfNine lives here, too.
COMF
once again fred lurks where he isn't allowed.
why are you here fred?
maybe you're a closet apostate?.
Too good! Stuff like this is what keeps everybody checking in for their daily dose!
COMF
i couldn't stay away.
i love you guys.. abaddon's and ldh's recent posts hit close enough to home that i decided to post again.. i think the selected memory and split personalities go hand in hand.. the selected memory helps keep the cult personality happy and gleaming no matter what damage the suppression does to the real human or the real human's family and friends.. a couple of years ago i was talking about my childhood with my parents and they both acted stunned when i said i was still angry with them because they didn't want me to go to college (i gave up several scholarship offers, etc.
to become a pioneer and eventually go to bethel).
I love success stories, JB. Yours is a good one!
COMF
P.S. You weren't fooling me. I've left too many times, myself, to fall for that "leaving" crap.
i found this notice posted on h20 this morning:.
on wednesday, may 9 at approximately 5:00 p.m.
e.s.t., bruce passed away peacefully with loving family by his side.
I'm sorry to hear that Bruce has died. He played a distinct part in making H2O the well-rounded forum it was.
COMF
what am i going to do with all the books (for field service) that i still got??
i got 5 "life" books, 3 nwt's, 5 "knowledge" books, 3 of every brochure, 10 "required" brochures, 2 "creator" books, 2 "family" books and a 12 inch pile of wt's and awakes?
(i got another box of books to got thru in a minute) and i didn't even pay for them!.
Some of those pages are thin enough to use as rolling paper.
Wittingly or unwittingly, you have just mentioned the major reason for the great popularity of bibles in jail.
COMF
i've been lurking on this forum and previously on the old h20 for a long time now.
and have probably read every word that's appeared on randy's site too.
finally decided it was rude to enjoy all your insights without at least introducing myself :).
died in the wool JW
