i know i'm going to get a few "you're an asshole" responses but bear with and read and than decide if i performened a greater good or wrong.. situation:.
i'm driving down the main road to my side street.
i have some retard mom driving a mini-van following me with an 8-10 year old child in the front seat.. i approach a stop light (red) and this bitch (irresponsible parent) riding my ass.
I don't understand.
Why'd you hit your breaks hard if you didn't know the kid had no seat belt on?
Up to the point where you flipped her off (with her child there), I thought you did fine. But I still don't understand why you hit your breaks hard if it was not to get her to pay attention to the fact that her son had no belt on.
Flipping her off diluted and distracted from what you were trying to show her.
the other night i was upset and decided to pray to god.
i was outside looking at the stars and wondering if i was talking to myself or if he is really out there somewhere.. as i prayed i didnt know who to address, i have said jehovah, jesus, father, who ever is out there please hear me.
i don' t mean to be disrespectful in saying it that way , but just confused.. many of you know we havent been to a meeting in over a year .
I trust that God recognizes when we're talking to Him, no matter what name we use, no matter how confused we may feel at the time. Speak with your heart.
Afterall, He is God, you know.
"If you could SEE the light at the end of the tunnel, we wouldn't call it 'faith'."
Edited by - Dia on 21 October 2002 20:26:39
i'm a 24yr old non-witness who has been dating a 23yr old witness.
we met through a mutual friend.
when i met him i thought he was sweet and kind and the kind of guy i could see myself with for the rest of my life.
Suggest that he - or both of you - read the book first.
Remember, there are pedophiles in the JW congregation and everyone is forbidden to tell anyone they're there. Do you want to have children and associate with them? Do you want to be a JW parent? Do you want your husband, father of your children, to be one?
The WTS feels they have a right to know what goes on in the privacy of your marital bedroom and to make rules about that, too.
And that if they ask him - or you - about your intimate moments (even now), he and you will have a JW obligation to tell them anything they want to know.
a zookeeper was serious hurt after an
awake!
photographer asked him to get in the cage with the lion for a picture.
It's nice that the photographer helped him out. He may have saved his life.
I hate to place blame but in my experience, JWs are so 'out there' that being with them can be disorienting and harmful to one's intuitive sense of better judgement.
I could imagine where a whole group of Awake! reporters would be especially difficult.
i haven't been posting much lately.
i am sorry i haven't been contributing.
have been experiencing some depression lately.
You're not magic and you can't control or take responsibility for the kinds of things you're feeling so bad about.
You're right that the best you can do right now is to be available for the others. Why don't you write them a letter and tell them so? That would be a very loving and responsible thing to do with the consuming grief you are suffering. Whether or not they take the offer is up to them. But any and every time their thoughts drift in that direction, somewhere in their minds, will be the offer you made in your letter. Maybe eventually, it will really register with them.
All you can do after that is to just pray.
You're feeling so alone and confused and so, so sad. These are the times when God is calling to you to comfort you. He sees and understands everything you are going through.
Allow Him to enter. He will help you work through this to find peace within yourself.
He's not there to punish you. He's there to comfort and support you. To love you.
That's why He's God.
I will pray for you and for your niece, as I'm sure many others here are.
Do you ever consider that she is with God now, and able to understand so much more now than she ever did here on earth?
What would she be wanting for you now, who loved her so deeply?
"If you could see the light at the end of the tunnel, they wouldn't call it 'faith'."
Edited by - Dia on 18 October 2002 23:22:7
a friend of mine called me today to tell me that the elders want to meet with her regarding something that happen in feb. she was seen smoking at a bar by two other witnesses.
she was privately reproved about a year ago for some "misconduct with a guy".
but since then hasnt gone to the meeting.
My goodness, such crafty liars here.
Where might one have honed such skills?....Let me guess.....
Edited by - Dia on 18 October 2002 23:0:54
deceptive jw elders case#6 .
jw elders can be, and often are, deceptive in how they smear the names and events concerning former jws, especially where alleged apostasy is involved.. when i moved to a particular congregation, i was at first very impressed with the good camaraderie and the help we were given in getting settled.
the congregation was far more outgoing and often held events at a public park where they gathered to enjoy barbecue, swimming, sports, etc.
Seems like you have a case for sueing the WTS for slander. You could set a real meaty precedent.
when billions of people resurect, in flesh and bone, their bodies will again need a source of energy: food.
the world will be seriously overpopulated overnight and food will become scarce; should we expect cattle rustlers, gangs, tribal wars?
will history repeat itself?
I suggest they stash a few 'porta-poties', anyway. Just in case. Some things you just don't want to risk being without.
i am a 36 year old father of 2 girls putting himself through night school to get a college degree.
in my current sociology class we have to do a paper in an interview style of a culture, subculture or group that we know nothing about and are interested in.
i decided to find out about jehovah witnesses.
Hey guys - would you agree with this?
ray franz's ex-secretary needs help!
a friend forwarded me the following e-mail written by an ex-jw.
looks like he is discouraged and needs some help.
Frank,
You're a good writer. Publishers often pay some money upfront while you're working on a book if you can persuade them you've got something of interest to say (usually by a sample). JW scandals are a very hot topic right now. Try it. If one publisher doesn't bite, try another (and another and another). That's the 'hard part' of being a writer.
