no matter if you are tired,sick,worked late,heavy snow,or any other reason,you were never to miss the meetings.
i went to a 2 day assembly with 4 teeth pulled the day before.
my gums were bleeding all day but i still went to the assembly .there was a brother who was in a bad car accident the week before with his daughter in a coma.
I got in a car accident on the way to the meeting once.
It was a bit more than a fender-bender, but nobody went to the hospital. After the police report was taken, off I went to the hall in my banged-up van, trying not to be late...what a idiot I was.
If i'd only known then what I know now....I could have milked that accident into months of missed meetings!
recently, a former witness expressed his opinion to me that he knew more than a few witnesses that were gay.personally, i know of a bisexual ex-elder who was unhappily married for a few years.
now he's "out", pardon the pun, of the organization.
i know of a newly appointed ms who is married to a sister but most people suspect he is gay.
Ragnarokkr~
Did anyone say there was something wrong with being gay, or acting fem, like, uh, comparing it to saying all black men are "muggers"? Lighten up....
recently, a former witness expressed his opinion to me that he knew more than a few witnesses that were gay.personally, i know of a bisexual ex-elder who was unhappily married for a few years.
now he's "out", pardon the pun, of the organization.
i know of a newly appointed ms who is married to a sister but most people suspect he is gay.
Ninja~
What the hell is a "rent boy"??
you've heard of gaydar what about j-dar?
do you seem to have the instinctive ability to detect when other jws are present by subtle clues others around you miss?
i recently sleuthed out a male jw young adult living in our building.
A few years ago I spotted a couple one morning at a corner store getting coffee before they headed for service. So while they were in front of me in line waiting I asked them if they were headed "out in service"? You should have seen the looks they gave me since it was obvious from the hair on my chin that I wasn't a JW.
When they said "Yes, we are! We're pioneering this month, do you know what that is?" I said, "Do I know what pioneering is? I have Vacation pioneered, Temp. pioneered, Aug. pioneered, Reg. and Special pioneered". And I said it with a big smile, then walked out.
Back in the 70's I worked in Kentucky as a tour guide at Mammoth Onyx Cave. One time I was pretty sure this couple on the tour were JW's, so when I got a chance to talk to them after the tour I asked them where they were from, and they said Ohio. Then I asked them if they knew a man named Nathan Knoor? They started whispering then said, "We know a Nathan Knoor, but he lives in New York". Dub-dar!
I was a dub back then, so I asked them if they would come back to my home for dinner, they did, and we became friends.
I can spot dubs a mile away.
recently, a former witness expressed his opinion to me that he knew more than a few witnesses that were gay.personally, i know of a bisexual ex-elder who was unhappily married for a few years.
now he's "out", pardon the pun, of the organization.
i know of a newly appointed ms who is married to a sister but most people suspect he is gay.
There was a elders son in my last cong who was gay and everybody knew it....he just doesn't know it yet! I've watched this kid grow up, and i'd bet the rent money he will come out (if he hasn't already).
i've read on and off here of various things that told people that god's spirit was not directing the organisation.. personally for me on the last time i got dfed it was the fact that i got reinstated by a meeting of the boe at the exact same moment i was smoking my first cigarettes in 7 months.
i didnt question it exactly but it did seem odd.
i mean i had no idea that they were discussing my reinstatement at that moment that i succumbed and had decided in my favour.
It took a few years....
I had been counselled by elders a few times over the past 20-30 years, all of it was stupid opinions, no holy spirit involved. But the counsel I was given about school sports was the worst!
My daughter was just starting high school and she wanted to play on the school volleyball team. The elders counsel to me was how dangerous school sports were because of drugs (?), bad association (?), chance of getting hurt (?), etc. It was so obvious they were out of touch, plus, I work at the high school in the sports department! They didn't know what they were talking about, and that really got me thinking....
i just bought a bottle of wine for an exjw's 30th that i am about to run off to.
on it there was a great quote by mark twain:.
"twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do... explore.
I could have had sex with girls growing up as a JW, just never saw myself being like that. The wife that left me after 23 years (when I found out the truth about "The Truth") was the first girl I ever kissed!
The things I regret are simply, things I can't do anything about now.
When I was young, I was very good at baseball, maybe could have made a living at it. But, school sports was a no-no for witnesses. And of course, wish i'd left the witnesses sooner. So what can you do? I plan on getting involved in city league games where I live (ok, so it's +50 league!).
You can't change the past, so I made sure, once I was away from the witnesses that my kids would have a chance to do what they wanted in school & life. G
Good question....but first, try and define "spirituality". As a realist, I don't believe there is such a thing. Gymbob
my name is ruby parker.
i am 29 years old.
i was disfellowshipped when i was 16, i have completed a double major in anthropology and religion studies.
Hi Ruby!
Sounds like a great idea.
I was disassociated (another label) by the witnesses a few years ago, and lost my family and wife of 23 years to the Watchtower. Do you plan on saying anything in your documentary about people like me who just wanted to leave and are also shunned but not disfellowshipped? Gymbob
you find yourself with a couple of hours to yourself - what do you to relax and make yourself feel good without imbibing substances?
what does your partner like to do?.
My motorcycles.
About 20-25 minutes from my driveway and i'm cruising past a mountain lake, then a stop at the Riverview Bar & Grill for a cold beer overlooking the river....very relaxing.
Oh yea, then when I get home I have sex & To-kill-ya with my wife!
