i guess some of this never really goes completely away. i'm so glad i left before i had kids so that they never have to deal with any of this.
meems101
JoinedPosts by meems101
-
44
who attends a church now?
by meems101 in.
i'm interested in knowing how many, after leaving, started to attend a church.
if so, what one and how did you decide?
-
-
-
44
who attends a church now?
by meems101 in.
i'm interested in knowing how many, after leaving, started to attend a church.
if so, what one and how did you decide?
-
-
meems101
kids from a young age were expected to sit through all the meetings and be quiet, never think about anything else, even the really young ones were not permitted to have something to play with, ie coloring books, kids books, etc.
what i meant for me is that even though my mom has nothing to do with it anymore, i almost feel like that kid that needs her approval for thinking outside the box. does that make sense?
-
44
who attends a church now?
by meems101 in.
i'm interested in knowing how many, after leaving, started to attend a church.
if so, what one and how did you decide?
-
-
meems101
i was born in to it, my mother was around 10 when her parents started, that was late 40's early 50's. i've been out of it for 20 years now but still have this crap in the back of my head about what's right and wrong about going to church. i spoke with my dad about it today, never a dub, and he said he and my mom now go to weddings, funerals and other services at all churches. i asked if mom would have a problem knowing i attended christmas eve services at a presby church and he said no. funny now that i'm in my 40's i still feel like that kid sometimes who has to sit still during the meetings and not talk.
-
30
JW Children, Holidays, and Memories
by somebodylovesme inmy husband and i were walking through the store today and we passed a display of valentines -- you know, the kind that school kids buy and exchange in the classroom.
i paused and glanced them over, remembering how much i used to love holidays at school.
(husband is an inactive/faded jw; i was never one.
-
-
meems101
my dad was not a dub my mom was, fortunately no longer, my brother and i had conflicting ideals growing up. one year we could attend the holiday parties at school the next year we would be taken out. really strange. i remember when i was my mother caught me making a valentine for a very special friend of mine, she voiced her opinions to me and then got out the watchtower and awake volumes from years past and left them open at my place at the dinner showing how valentines day is pagan and we should not celebrate it.
-
44
who attends a church now?
by meems101 in.
i'm interested in knowing how many, after leaving, started to attend a church.
if so, what one and how did you decide?
-
-
meems101
i have attended some presbyterian services and have enjoyed them. my kids like sunday school and enjoy learning.
-
44
who attends a church now?
by meems101 in.
i'm interested in knowing how many, after leaving, started to attend a church.
if so, what one and how did you decide?
-
-
meems101
i'm interested in knowing how many, after leaving, started to attend a church. if so, what one and how did you decide?
-
24
Life in Bethel & Ex-Bethelites know if the GB prayed together?
by Sheepish ini have always wondered how seriously they took this dispensing doctrine thing.
do they all get together and actually pray or just have meetings?
ex- bethelites say they wrote doctrinal articles for the watchtower or awake.
-
-
meems101
Barbara Anderson and her husband have some information on macgregorministries.org.
it's a very enlightening site.
-
23
When was the last time a witness knocked at your door as a friend, not FS?
by JH in.
although i've been bapized back in 1988, and never was disfellowshipped, the last time a jw came over here as a friend, was about 15 years ago.
oh, and i'm not shunned..... the only witnesses who knocked on my door in the last 15 years, were elders, in "uniform" in the field service.. now, imagine if i was really shunned......
-
-
meems101
several years ago they showed up in the summer. i told them i had been one of them but left because i didn't agree with the teachings. they came back a few more times, once armed with books i should read, told them no. haven't seen them since.
-
4
a young jw in NY times today..brief mention in food section
by candidlynuts inhttp://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/magazine/29food.html?_r=1
3 tablespoons lime juice.
2 tablespoons lime juice.
-
-
meems101
hopefully there was no christmas tree
hey, how did that kid get out of going to the sunday morning meeting? christmas was on sunday!
-
15
Sad and True
by KW13 in.
ah, i am 17 and my mum is just 40.. she hasn't planned for her pension, she won't dedicate to a proper job or anything though i am trying to push her into anything.. the thing is, i don't just want her out of her faith, i want her to have a future where she can live and retire, she can't work forever and what if she got sick?.
ah, it drives me crazy what the witnesses do, maybe one day she might wake up, get angry with the wbt society and sue them!
-
-
meems101
so sad