Posts by PoppyR

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Is spiritual compatibility important?

by serendipity in

how important is/was spirituality to you when considering a person as a husband/wife?

did you expect the person to have similar spiritual beliefs and goals?

if s/he didn't have similar beliefs, was it important to be able to discuss spirituality respectfully ?

PoppyR

I think it's less about what you believe and more about how you are as a person.

Now I'm living in a divided home, I see that my husband has respect for my beliefs, although doesn't share them and will talk and discuss stuff with me.

I've yet to see how this could pan out if the children needed a blood transfusion for example.

So I dont feel it's vital that you share the same beliefs, although that's good and another common interest, but I do think it's vital you understand, respect and dont try to change the other person.

Poppy

39

If you are the only being in existance...

by ballistic in

if you are the only being in existance...do you have a purpose?

especially if there is no such thing as time or space.

is "purpose" something which is only meaningful in a world with a serial time line, because outside of it, there is no passage of time and therefore no cause and effect?

PoppyR

I'm not sure about the answer to this.. but think it could be 42

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The Time Of The End according to the scriptures

by truth about the last days in

greetings my brothers.

i have put a chart of future events that are to come, aided by the holy spirit.it is for anyone that has an intrest in what the bible has to say towards our future.

we have to start with the long purple line down the middle, as it is written in rev 20:1-15 and 1 cor 15:24-28.there it mentions at 1 cor 15 that "death" is the last enemy.

PoppyR

Forgot to add, you dont need to click copy and paste, you can just copy the picture location in the list that image shack gives you and paste it here, it's dead easy.

If you do copy and paste, it's image properties and then image location.

Poppy x

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The Time Of The End according to the scriptures

by truth about the last days in

greetings my brothers.

i have put a chart of future events that are to come, aided by the holy spirit.it is for anyone that has an intrest in what the bible has to say towards our future.

we have to start with the long purple line down the middle, as it is written in rev 20:1-15 and 1 cor 15:24-28.there it mentions at 1 cor 15 that "death" is the last enemy.

PoppyR

Hi, however desperate I'm NOT to see this chart.. I'm also slightly frustrated by all the blank posts..lol.

I found this post to be the best when I was trying to do it, hope JH wont mind me stealing his words!

You can upload any picture to this site
http://www.imageshack.us/
Once uploaded, you will see your picture by clicking on "My Images"
You will see it probably thumnail size, so click on the thumbnail to see it full size.
Once you see it full size right click on the full size picture and do "copy"
Then come back here and paste your picture....by clicking on the paste icon on top of the page or by pressing on (CTRL and V) on your keyboard to paste it.

34

My last meeting

by PoppyR in

jw
friends

so last night we had the last book study at our house, next week all the congregations change around and i asked for it to be moved.

so i sat in on it, and afterwards we had a bit of a 'party'.

felt quite emotional really, although i haven't answered for a long time i put my hand up to read a scripture just so i could mark the last time i did this.

I do know what city she is in, and her married name, but it's unfortunately quite a common name, and I'm presuming if there are any listings they will be in her husbands. The Data Protection law is quite strict here in the UK and it's hard to trace people!

I haven't run out of options and will keep trying. I dont even know if we will still have anything in common, but I'm feeling the need for old and new friends as suddenly the ones I've had all my life are looking quite precarious!

Poppy xx

34

My last meeting

by PoppyR in

jw
friends

so last night we had the last book study at our house, next week all the congregations change around and i asked for it to be moved.

so i sat in on it, and afterwards we had a bit of a 'party'.

felt quite emotional really, although i haven't answered for a long time i put my hand up to read a scripture just so i could mark the last time i did this.

PoppyR

bonnie clyde: My husband is still going, and taking our two boys. I'm not altogether sure he believes it totally, I've shown him the 607 thing, the UN thing and others, but he just accepts all the bulls*** that is sent his way. He has often quoted me the scripture where the apostles say to Jesus

"where else shall we go".. Well to me I think what's the point in doing the religious thing if it's not the truth!!

But i think he's too scared by what is out there if there is no buffer of 'Armageddon coming soon' whether he survives it or not.

He is also very entrenched and scared by his family. I feel in time he will follow me out, but I'm not going to drag him, I feel he will do this when he's ready.

Poppy xxx

34

My last meeting

by PoppyR in

jw
friends

so last night we had the last book study at our house, next week all the congregations change around and i asked for it to be moved.

so i sat in on it, and afterwards we had a bit of a 'party'.

felt quite emotional really, although i haven't answered for a long time i put my hand up to read a scripture just so i could mark the last time i did this.

PoppyR

Claire and I are at peace now. As I write this I have incense burning on my Buddhist altar and classical music playing in the background. True spirituality is found way outside of the organisation. I'm glad you're now walking a new path. I'm sure it will lead you to what you are searching for

Thanks Ian. To be honest this sort of spirituality has always appealed to me even when I was a JW, I used to practice meditation because I found it to be so helpful in my life, once I left my yoga video out for the group and forgot it was even a problem!! Someone commented on it all horrified! I just cant believe how ridiculous that is!

Buddhism is definitely somethign I will be looking into

Thanks for your kind words

Poppy xx

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My last meeting

by PoppyR in

jw
friends

so last night we had the last book study at our house, next week all the congregations change around and i asked for it to be moved.

so i sat in on it, and afterwards we had a bit of a 'party'.

felt quite emotional really, although i haven't answered for a long time i put my hand up to read a scripture just so i could mark the last time i did this.

PoppyR

I am not this far yet, but three months ago we asked for the bookstudy (groupstudy?) to be somewhere else. We had it in our home, like you had.
And since then I never attended the bookstudy again.
I still visit the other meetings now and then. Yesterday, we had another historical low number of attendance: 24 (congr. is about 60 publishers.)
But they don't make me feel appy at all.

Hide me..

I did this for a long time, that is about 2 years, when I finally made the decision to just NOT GO, it was the happiest I think I've ever felt in my life. And to my surprise I've had very little hassle about it, I basicly just told people I was re-evaluating my life and had to think about things, and on the whole they've left me alone, as you say though, too many others to worry about!

I really dont know how people here can know what they do and carry on going, especially as elders etc, I just cant do it, i want to run around and scream in the meetings!!

Poppy xx

34

My last meeting

by PoppyR in

jw
friends

so last night we had the last book study at our house, next week all the congregations change around and i asked for it to be moved.

so i sat in on it, and afterwards we had a bit of a 'party'.

felt quite emotional really, although i haven't answered for a long time i put my hand up to read a scripture just so i could mark the last time i did this.

PoppyR

There would be too many window cleaners for a start!

Lol... You are so right on this one! But I dont let the WT put me off God, I let what I see in the world do it.

I still have a lot of thinking and reasoning to do, but the more I reason on the bible.. the less I like what I see. And if God IS that God..

Poppy xx

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My last meeting

by PoppyR in

jw
friends

so last night we had the last book study at our house, next week all the congregations change around and i asked for it to be moved.

so i sat in on it, and afterwards we had a bit of a 'party'.

felt quite emotional really, although i haven't answered for a long time i put my hand up to read a scripture just so i could mark the last time i did this.

PoppyR

Yes I have considered getting in touch with her, but things are still very new for me, and to be honest (and very cowardly) I dont want to cause trouble for myself at this point. I'm only about 3 months out and still very much in the disfellowshipping radar if you know what I mean!

I have tried to get in touch with one of my very best friends that was disfellowshipped when we were teenagers, I still miss her to this day, but I just dont know how to go about it! All her family are still JWs so I can hardly contact them. I tried sending a message through friends reunited, but what a stupid service, She would have to pay just to reply to me! And her profile is 4 years old, she probably doesn't even have the same email.

Anyone got any good ideas about how I could get her details through her family without raising suspicions?? Or even get mine to her?

Poppy xx