personally, i'm feeling better about things.
i don't cringe when i see a witness now.
i may still try to avoid contact with certain ones but now i feel more than ever before that jws are crackpots and whether they look down on me or not, they are the ones with the issues----not me!
I kind of feel like I inherited a house that was a complete money pit and now I have to build it again from the ground up. Some days are great and exciting, other days I still have that awful fatalistic voice in my head that was planted there so long ago saying "there's no point, the world is passing away and so is it's desire." I'm just blessed that I have very patient family and friends. It is getting better. You guys are helping a lot. Thanks.
FBF
i am familiar with the jehovahs witness faith though i have never belonged to it.
i am not attracted to it.
i am deeply interested in the welfare of individuals who have been injured in their souls.
Hi Garden Rose!
Welcome to the board and tell us more about yourself!
FBF
i thought this might be interesting.
if it's been talked about before, i apologize in advance.
what differences do you think exist between the two?
Hi In Between,
I agree with Carmel... I'm just a guy who started to think for himself. Whatever others call me is their own choice. I prefer "sexy genius"... but I don't hear that too much.
FBF
let's compile a list of albums that we can listen to without skipping a single song.
the albums that don't have a single bad song on them!
here's mine:.
You beat me to it outlawed.
ok computer is the best rock album ever!
FBF
hello i am andrew, .
glad to finally get the chance to learn to internet to publish my thoughts with people who understood me.. i forward look to big chat.. .
goodday,.
Hey Andrew!
Welcome, and stick around, it's a lot of fun!
FBF
many on here say they are being shunned by their family members.in some case this is probably true.
but seriously..could it be that they have a life and they may not have time for you anyway?
or finds you not too much fun to be around?.
I'm assuming Snoozy has not been disfellowshipped. I think most of us just want a relationship with our family, and don't care to talk about religion or get hostile in any manner. Boy it would be neat if I could just move on with my life and accept that I'm a nuisance to my family simply because I don't share the same beliefs. Nothing has changed in my personality since leaving (ok, I am more accepting of others views), I'm the same fun loving fella they loved to be around before... no no, it is surely something I did.
FBF
i've heard this illustration several times in varying formats.
to encapsulate: a man works at a railway bridge and is in charge of switching the tracks so that the train can successfully cross the river.
he sees his son playing on the bridge just as the train is coming.
If you miss one meeting you will not know where the next one is at. Be in the habit of not missing meetings......"
ouch Synergy... you just reminded me of mothers eating their children and somehow that applying to meeting attendance.
Just sick.
FBF
i've heard this illustration several times in varying formats.
to encapsulate: a man works at a railway bridge and is in charge of switching the tracks so that the train can successfully cross the river.
he sees his son playing on the bridge just as the train is coming.
Wow,
That far down South? I wonder if they've heard it across the seas? What about the one trying to encourage us to be MS's? "If you were on a sinking ship and got onto a lifeboat wouldn't you want to the one rowing the oars?" Hey guilt trip! Glad to meet you! Thanks for making me feel like a piece of sh*t.
ok, maybe the word "saved" is inappropriate.... in my case, i would have to count three.
two of my best friends from when i was growing up who initially resisted my questions and apostate leanings but are now free of the borg and have confided it was our conversations that led to their de-programming.
and, my sister, through pretty much the same circumstances.
ONE.... myself!
FBF
i was talking with a woman today who admires the jws, though not one of them, and she was telling me things like they are the only people with strong principles and families and the only ones that really try to apply god's laws in their lives and uphold biblical truth.
also that there are many diseased individuals among the blood donors and most donated blood is contaminated so the dubs are doing well to avoid transfusions.
i was going to say to her i am surprised that you did not join them.
I'd ask her if she knew what they were teaching about her fate if she didn't join.
Well... to be perfectly honest, I'd probably just nod and smile... but that is what I would like to ask!
FBF
