i'm somewhat new here, even though i've posted a few times, so i decided it was time i properly introduced myself.
i've been lurking for several months.... .
i was born into the jw and served for 21 years.
Welcome to the forum.
Sounds like you've gotten an education. If you've not completed it, please continue. It is so liberating to be able to think for yourself and not have to guard your thoughts if they conflict with a pronouncement from the WT Society. One day you wholeheartedly believe something, then the next WT magazine says you must believe something different, and it is as if the former belief never was.....
it has been nice talking with you.but i seem to upset a few because of my faith.. so have a great christmas.... & be good, i wont be here to send you to your rooms .
i have grown close to many of you.... if i have ever said anything to hurt you sorry!!!!.
when i kick the bucket i am sure "mary" who ssometimes post will let you know.. mouthy grace gough.
Oh, my. So sorry to hear about your son-in-law. I hope that your daughter will lean on you for support. I will just give you a cyber hug and hope that you will take care of yourself.Life is indeed too short.
I also want to add that I have enjoyed your presense here on the forum since I started in 2006. I was so low at that time, and everyone was so welcoming. I always try to welcome new ones, following the example of those such as you, dear Mouthy, who were welcoming to me.
Please stay and encourage more new ones, as you always do.
i thought i was back on the jw radar after my jw daughter had a local elder call on me back in 2011 - but apparently not.
he obviously didn't let his elders know i lived here, no record was kept for posterity and just called my daughter telling her that her " dad has differences with the organization " because he never called back on me as he promised to talk again.
as i'm just inactive for 10 years.. so these two older jw ladys come knocking yesterday - one lady about 57 and the other lady older about 71 yrs.old ( i asked how long they had been jw's and told me they both have been in 30 years.
What an opportunity!You kept a cool head and were able to keep them to the subject that you wanted to talk about when they began giving their pat answers.
These women may be entrenched in the Borg, but no one is impenetrable. At least if they read the articles you left with them, they may harbor some tiny doubts in the future. Isn't it interesting that the media is accurate when they report on things like the Mormons' Warren Jeffs, but are not to be believed when they publish any article detrimental to JWs?
I'll also bet they took a long coffee break after their visit with you before they could go on to the next house!
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hello all this is my first post i've been having many doubts with all this "bright light" not changes lately... and with past changes such as this one not sure if i can post this but i guess i'll find out :.
Welcome to the forum. Yes, I remember the changes, and it also was unsettling to me. Too bad for me that I didn't see the "light" then, but stuck it out for more wasted years. Over thirty in all. Breathing fresh air now.
the whole time i lived in colorado, i had the dubs come by once and leave a tract.
but since moving to california, they are at my door so often i asked them to put me on the "do not call" list.
this did not stop them, in fact i have asked four times, plus once i called the kingdom hall and left a message, they still come, the last time this past saturday.
I love your letter.
I have a suggestion....place a fact that was pointed out in your letter next to your door. Periodically change to a different fact. At least they would get an education if they come. I would do that but never get any JWs at our door. In fact, it is a weird thing. We knew many, many Witnesses, and it seems like they dropped off the face of the earth. Haven't seen one in a store, on the street, anywhere! Not complaining, though.
here is the link to the opening of the great 2013 agm glorified new, very new, did i mentioned new?
gray bible!!.
first part:.
I must either be forgetting (that's a blessing) or this is new...what is AGM?
this is my first post.
however, i have been reading this board for some time (call it stalking or trolling...lol).
so, hello to all.. i have had time to reflect on the agm since yesterday and my thoughts are that indeed the nwt needed much revision.
Welcome to the forum, and thanks for the update.
ive been around this board for quite awhile.
it has helped immensely.
lately i just read everyone elses experiences and try and forget the whole nightmare...but i cant.
Life is too short to shun those who truly love us. The WT organization is heartless-if your daughter "wakes up" after her grandma is gone, she'll never forgive herself....so sorry you and flipper and many others on this forum have to go through this.
absolutely weird.
minding my own business while pumping gas - this 60 year old short jw lady with fluffed bun styled 60's hair and her 30 year old attractive 5 ' 10 inch jw lady partner came straight up to me as i'm pumping.
they picked the wrong hombre .
I wonder if you were their first call of the morning? Ha! They probably decided to stop and go get some donuts after talking to you! At least you gave them something to think about...let's hope they do.
i just thought of something.
i have spent most of my life feeling like i am a loser.
i have been compensating for those messages most of my adult life.
jgnat-I don't know what to say about this guy as to why exactly he is doing this, but I will say that it gave me a good laugh-thanks.
And if we are out of the JW nightmare, we LOSERS NO MORE!!
