Posts by reneeisorym

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Jehovah Witnesses and love

by DanielBrazil in

jw
friends

hello friends, my name is daniel, i was baptized a catholic a few months after i was born but i don't practice.

i'm having personal problems and i'd like you to give me some insight.

i'm in love with a wonderful devoting girl who happens to be a jehovah witness.

I was just like your girlfriend when I was 16. The young man went to the meetings, got baptized, and my parents still wouldn't let me date him. Two months after I turned 18 and a few days after I graduated high school, I ran away from home and married him. He was the love of my life and our marriage was going to last because we were different.

Aftter marriage, the religion tore us apart. I couldn't think for myself. I let the organization make decisions for me. The elders policed our bedroom and told us what we could and could not do. (they only allow simple viginal intercourse and do not allow experimenting) I'm telling you, the religion tore us apart after 5 years of marriage.

Now I'm almost 25 and find myself divorced. I thought we were different. I didn't leave the religion until after the divorce. Don't make the same mistake. A lot of people get married and it works but trust me that you do not want to get married to a JW. Someone else will be making her decisions besides the girl you thought you knew.

Renee

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He's throwing the books out :-)

by NanaR in

jw
friends

hey all,

hubby is right this minute bagging up all the wt and awake bound volumes that have been languishing in the back room and putting them in garbage bags.

this is the same hubby who swears he is "going back" to the kh "some day".

reneeisorym

I think you are doing the best thing by just letting him do it and staying quiet about it.

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What nicknames were you given when you were a J/W by schoolmates/workmates?

by pobthespazz in

especially if you were raised as a dub like me, well i was called a muslim, holy joe, a jahoodsoon, all seems funny now but torture when you was the only dub in the whole school.

reneeisorym

I still get called "Jay-Ho" to this day by my best friend.

In elementary school I was called a Jew or they would whisper that I didn't believe in God.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF HOLDING HANDS!

by Dansk in

i started a thread a long hug http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/128891/1.ashx which touches on the below, but feel this subject deserves a thread of its own.. a study, highlighted on bbc breakfast news yesterday, acknowledged the importance of holding hands in a relationship, courting or married.

it was stated that couples who hold hands in the street are more likely to have a solid relationship - and especially those who interlink their fingers when holding hands as this indicates a desire to be as close to each other as possible.

arm linking is ok, too, but couples who just walk about not holding hands - and this includes married couples - indicates the relationship could be in trouble.. do you hold hands with your spouse/partner?

reneeisorym

My fiance and I always hold hands with interlocking fingers. We go to sleep holding hands too.

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Where do you THINK the WT will be in 20 years? (Not what you hope)

by UnConfused in

do you think growth will have stopped?

do you think membership will be up or down?

do you think financially they will be in trouble?

reneeisorym

Do you think growth will have stopped?

YES

Do you think membership will be up or down?

0%

Do you think financially they will be in trouble?

Yes. I think somewhere there will be a lawsuit to make them stuggle so they can call it persecution.

Will they be more liberal or have tightened up further in 20 years?

Liberal

What will be the situation of the Governing Body as all the old timers are gone?

They will be "governing from heaven" as new non annointed ones are put on the governing body to 'rule'

....what do you think will be happening in 20 years for the brothers and sisters?

I think blood transfusions will be considered wrong and forbidden but changed to a conscience decision and thus not punished by DF

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This must be what it feels like to be disfellowshipped...

by Hecklerboy in

jw
friends

i was listening to a sarah mclachlan cd the other day and this song reminded me so much of how it must feel to be disfellowshipped.. "fallen".

heaven bend to take my hand.

and lead me through the fire.

reneeisorym

This song was playing when I left the KH the day I met with the elders to DA.

Sheryl Crow

Something's happenin'
cause everything's different,
but everything is fine, yeah

Cause this is the good stuff
and yesterday is only what you leave behind
it's only in your mind

Chorus:
You gotta talk to the one who made you
talk to the one who understands
talk to the one who gave you
all that light in your eyes
all that light in your eyes

There's no use pretendin'
you (or it) never existed
til you saw the light, yeah

Cause you're just beginning
you haven't missed it
it's only in you,
and you know what to do

Chorus:
You gotta talk to the one who made you
talk to the one who understands
talk to the one who gave you
all that light in your eyes
all that light in your eyes

If the world wasn't the way she is now
you'd be mysterious
she's got more use
and give it to me

When nobody's happy
that's not the world outside
where everybody hides

Chorus:
You gotta talk to the one who made you
talk to the one who understands
talk to the one who gave you
all that light in your eyes
all that light in your eyes

You gotta talk to the one who made you
talk to the one who understands
talk to the one who gave you
all that light in your eyes
all that light in your eyes

Yeah, thank you, thank you
yeah, everything will stop
yeah, thank you, thank you
for the light in your eyes

yeah, thank you, thank you
yeah, everything will stop
yeah, thank you, thank you,
for the light in your eyes
for the light in your eyes

37

New here so this may be long...

by mandalion in

i wasn't born in the truth.

my parents started studying when i was five.

we started living all the principals completely when i was nine.

reneeisorym

I'm so glad you are here! Your story sounded so familiar! I've felt many of the same things as you. Stay strong and if you need to talk, PM me!

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Its snowing in BRITAIN..........disaster !!!!!!!!

by vitty in

jw
friends

well the uk got 3 inches of snow last night and the country came to a standstill.

schools all round birmingham closed, luton airport closed, people were advised not to take unnecessary journeys whew........................ive lived in a country where it snowed a foot in one night and then continued for days and days and then it stayed for 4 months.

the schools would never shut and the trains and buses (yep the same ones as the uk) kept running, oh and so do the airports !

reneeisorym

SNOW DAAYYYYY!!!!!

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HELP! I need some answers.....

by onlycurious in

i spoke with my jw friend yesterday and was very surprised when she was discussing a woman in her cong that is committing adultry.

i know the woman and told my friend i am surprised they didn't df her years ago.

she cheats on hubby on a regular basis but nothing seems to have been done about it.. so, i said, "let me ask you this.

reneeisorym

I would ask her how we know that not associating with the person translates into "they can still go to the kingdom hall but its forbidden to even tell them hello." Ask why they don't make it where you can speak and just be basically polite but refuse to have them over for dinner and social functions.

In Bible study we learned that the custom for that day was to not allow them to speak to the congregation making it look like the church condoned their actions but it never did mean that you should completely shun the person.

Also ask why it takes so long to be reinstated. It is the pattern of the Bible that people are to be quickly forgiven. I believe that scripture was only meant for people who refused to repent. But why is it that it takes a year for the congregation to forgive them?

And -- the scriptures talk about helping those who are sick. Why don't they have programs to help people get over their addicitions and problems? Why do they just through them out with no support and discourage them from visiting councelors? Is that the love the Bible wants us to show.

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Never ending drama with Mom

by reneeisorym in

jw
friends

letter from mom:.

renee i have something to ask of you.

it will prove your love for me for sure.

reneeisorym

Thanks for the support everyone. It means a lot ot me! Renee