deeskis

Joined

• started 18 topics
• posted 647 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by deeskis

• 
  20

  Victims

  by rimbaudbunuel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i heard that word used to describe being raised a jehovah's witness recently.

  it made me think and put things in i think there proper perspective.

  anyone who was born/raised a witness or even those who came later who were lured by their words are truly victims.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  deeskis

  Hi Jonathon

  venting can be a good release, there are many people who understand what you are feeling.

  Best wishes

  D
• 
  39

  Discussion with my parents about WTS

  by GBSJG in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after reading for a few months this is my first post here.

  i was raised a jehovah's witness by my parents who became jw's in the late '70s from field service.

  i'm still a jw but doing a lot of researching on the history of the wts.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  deeskis

  Hi and welcome to the forum, glad you decided to post.

  I'd also recommend Ray Franz's book as he has some great thought provoking details, written in a loving, non bitter manner.

  other things that may be worth discussing is the changes in the blood policy, the paedophilia cover-ups, and the Mexico/Malawi hypocracy. Although sometimes it can be better to plant a few seeds, and take it slowly as too much could cause bad feeling between you.

  My parents have refused to believe the things I told them. ("lies spread by apostates"), and I'm cooling it just now rather than upsetting them more.

  hope it all works out for you

  Best wishes

  D
• 
  44

  A 1975 story

  by TooBad TooSad in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  while i was in high school in the mid 60's i was told that the end was so near that i would not get to graduate from high school so i should not be concerned about being drafted due to the war in vietnam.

  well i got drafted but did not pass my physical due to a medical problem.. i then considered go to school in the late 60's to enter the medical field.

  i was encouraged by the elders not to do this because the end is so near and why get schooling for a profession that you will not need in a few years?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  deeskis

  Thanks for your story

  I was a teenager during that timefram (born in), I don't remember our hall having a "countdown sign", but the pressure was on and 75 was on everyones minds and lips.

  certainly did a lot of damage. My family left in 81, but they got sucked back in a few years later. parents and one sister still in.

  I think their reasoning is that if they deny it and rewrite history the majority of new members will not believe that they behaved that way. it's sickening
• 
  4

  Jambons story - 10 yrs in the truth

  by jambon1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had lots of questions at 17 yrs old.

  i had a lot of respect for the bible having been told it was sacred and holy.

  i was brought up in an atheist household but through circumstances found myself studying at age 17. the common sense of it all (it looks that way at 17) appealed to me and before long i wholeheartedy embraced the faith.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  deeskis

  Welcome

  thanks for sharing your story. my parents used to say "for every one they get in the front door, they lose two out the back door." Unfortunately my folks went right round the building themselves and back in the front door!

  glad that you're feeling less conflict now, hope it all works out for you. methinks you're a Scot by the way you talked about your "wee girl". Me too!

  Best wishes

  D
• 
  36

  Facial Hair or no.

  by DigitalFokus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so what do you like ladies and gentalmen, .

  on men that is.

  facail hair on women doesn't really do it for me.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  deeskis

  When I first met my husband he had a little goatee, pretty cute. Then after about 15yrs he grew a beard again.

  ew, it was patchy and had lots of white in it. didn't like it. he only kept it for that winter.

  so it all depends, facial hair can be good, but it's not the hair that does it for me. the eyes and the smile have it!

  D
• 
  14

  Can you really believe everything in the Bible?

  by proplog2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  if we take the bible at face value we are confronted with a serious problem.

  how do we know when god is telling us the facts and when is he just telling us something he thinks we are capable of understanding?

  this is not quite the same as the argument that god lies on occasion.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  deeskis

  Well, I know you definately can't believe everything in the NWT.

  As for other translations, I just dunno.......
• 
  41

  How bad were You

  by slugga in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  .

  couldn't help but notice that kitty had been df'd twice, can anyone in here beat that?.

  matt

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  deeskis

  
  I was an angel (polishing my halo at this moment!)

  just slipped away one day, to the other side of the planet!! Anyway slugga, this is show and tell.........how bad were you?
• 
  47

  I Think I'm In Love

  by unclebruce in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've only been back posting here several days and i think i'm falling in love.

  this is the third time it's happened here.

  the first one got impatient and ran off with another poster

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  deeskis

  Awww unc

  don't take it badly, just enjoy the feeling. Third time's a charm they say!
• 
  27

  How many raised as a JW have a hard time remembering holidays?

  by still angry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm asking this because i found myself in an bad spot monday night.

  my daughter is almost three and goes to a little preschool thing each day.

  they were to have a valentine's day party on tuesday, for which i was to bring fruit, etc.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  deeskis

  I'm pretty bad with birthdays too. I know my kids, husbands and sisters, but often forget others. i felt really bad that I had not mentioned my mum' s 70th in Dec. They're active so they probably would't have cared anyway, but I felt mean that I didn't ring her up. When I did remember this month I thought it was too late to say anything so just let it go.
• 
  21

  Marriage or Living together

  by pratt1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  .

  how many of you lived with your spouse before you got married and how do you think it effected the outcome of your marriage?.

  for those not married would you live with someone before you agreed to marry them?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  deeskis

  Vote ONE, for premarital cohabitation!