i know mine has.
i went back to my flat earlier this afternoon to pick some things up, i am moving out of there slowly, and was carrying a heavy box out to my car when i stumbled and dropped it on my foot.
it wasn't too painful, thankfully, but i came out with a stream of expletives, most of them beginning with f. when i was a jw, even thinking those words would have filled me with shame.
Well, i've been the same, but one thing that's very different is that I used the word "damn" in front of my mom for the first time. !
I felt at ease, since she used the words "ass" and the,"brown word" to me to express herself a couple of times.
jojochan...the vulgar.
i'll start... i talk to myself.
a lot.
i'll even hold full blown conversations.
I talk to myself. A lot. I'll even hold full blown conversations
I admit I do that too.But also I am sort of a mommas boy, and somwhat nonconfrontational to some extent.
jojochan.
it's not easy to help a jw see that they are misled.
i see thatsometimes you can get them to really see a matter clearly and other times they feel like you're beating them up.
i had a conversation with my mom yesterday and it's funny----sometimes she'll accept it all and other times she doesn't want to deal.
Funny thing is, is that I was once like those in the collective that was deep in the w.t. dogma. Even though I had ?'s and though they were not being answered I figured that it would come in "meat in due season". That got tired really quick. For me it was a certain situation that served as a catalyst, which was the issue with blood, and with how my divorce was handled.When that happened I was able to see the problems with the youth with their mind in the fog, the problems with crooked elder bodies, the loopholes, pigeionholes, ect. But the bottom line is; is that for some it would take something like that to make them want to see with wool pulled from thier eyes. They have to WANT it.
Like I did....and now I'm here.
jojochan.
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- what you think is the worst the wts has done?.
- what doctrine of the wts is the worst?
Instill fear in the thought of dying for being human and wanting to live your life. Instilling fear in not being able to love who you want to love because of them being "worldly", so much to on from here, but that's what comes to mind for me.
jojochan.
i was watching " the passion of the christ" with my cousin the other day, and while she did reply that it was a snuff film to say the least, she was moved by the film.
one thing of course she and i split on was the issue of cross or stake, which has been disscussed on this board many times.
but not to start a debated because i was intoxicated off schnapps i simply replied," what if i showed you from the nwt somthing to think about?
Thanks jgnat and nark. I'll check the links, and print them.
jojochan.
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or what do you regret most about being a jw?.
for me it's being alienated by my twin daughters.
For me it's being alienated by my twin daughters
((((HUGS))))
For me it was this fear of dying at armaggedon for just being human. Feeling that I'm nothing more than an ant in an ant-farm.
And also, putting my schooling on hold to get a firm hold of,"the real life"
Being socially inept to have a normal emotional relationship, but getting through it finally. But also, busy preparing for somthing, instead of just living a life, enjoying what has been given to you to enjoy that sunset, to enjoy that sunrise with a loved one. To enjoy those walks on a saturday morning with a cup of joe in your hand.
Just my two cents...
jojochan.
i have often thought about this and now know the answer.
it by use of a simple sales technique.
the only way on earth to influence other people to talk about what they want and show them how to get it.
Those that converted that I knew LOVED the structure, LOVED to be told what to do. And was hurt and burned from the outside world and retreated to this place to be assimilated. Whatever floats their boat. Plus they feel like they can have their guard down.
If they only knew....
jojochan.
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weekend poll- which was the best superbowl advertisement.
i did not think any stood out this year - i thought they were all pretty average-
I liked the hummer commercial with the robot and the monster when they were heavy with child, and then gave birth to a hummer3.
weird...
jojochan.
i've got lots but the one i'ed like right now is... .
curried goat or fish west indian style with basmati rice or lentil filled roti bread.
has anybody ever had lentil filled roti?
My moms enchiladas, and tacos and apple crisp.
Oh yeah...anything italian.
jojochan..the potbelly.
LOL at joelbear.
I know that what should matter is that he did die but for some it has and still will be an issue. I don't know why that subject for the moment draws me in right now, I made another post about it.
jojochan.
