Maybe in order to save Jehovah's Witnesses from themselves, they will try to say Prince is the new type of replacement anointed- free spirits who donate a bunch of money.
And if he was anointed, he's really still with us- guiding Geoffrey Jackson, Stephen Lett, and the bunch.
yep, im still fading.
i know it's gonna be a long and meticulous process but so far it's going well.
isnt it funny how when you stop reading the material and stop thinking yourself of being unworthy all the time - eventually you get happier and happier each day and see the world around you the way it is?
i love books; i always have.
they are my life and my livelihood.
and many jehovah's witnesses, when they leave the religion, they think to themselves, "i'd like to read a book".
hi my friends on the board i have decided to write a story of my life after all my various questions that i have been asking all this while.
you are really true friends because you always provide all the answers to my questions which i really appreciate.
this is my story.. i was born in the year 1997 on the 13th of november.
Thanks for the short version of your life (so far). Yeah, it looks like you were baptized young. Feel free to share more, many will read it. As many or as few details as you like.
My mom is hardcore JW, so is my wife and many in her family. Your dad, it sounds like there's hope but don't feel that you have to keep pushing him to see the light. You've shown him, and will have many opportunities to say your thoughts here and there. Good luck.
i love books; i always have.
they are my life and my livelihood.
and many jehovah's witnesses, when they leave the religion, they think to themselves, "i'd like to read a book".
E-books are lousy for the beach, but okay for the airport, airplane, hotel pool area. You really need printed books for the beach so you can leave it there to mark your spot.
Paperbacks are great and portable, but after 3 or 4 people read them, the spine is so broken and pages may fall out. Who wants to read a book where pages may have fallen out?
If you must bring an e-book on vacation, then bring some magazines for the beach. They have short articles and you don't care if they get ruined or lost. Plus they have pretty pictures. My favorite is National Geographic. Please leave the boobs mag. at the hotel and stare at the live boobs on the beach.
according to the elder's rulebook, there is this addendum in the chapter on the grounds for judicial committee and the section: "misuse of addictive drugs":.
please note: the use of addictive drugs under medical supervision, such as for pain management, would not necessarily require judicial review.
when questions arise, consult with the branch office.. .
Londo111, I take over the recommended amount of ALEVE for gout and it typically makes it go away before it gets bad. JW elders do not need to know about any prescribed meds their members are on. It's a violation of health information privacy. It doesn't matter whether those meds are addictive or not.
As far as illegal drugs, I doubt members would tell the elders.
finish school.. finish my apprenticeship (why are you doing that brother karter you will never finish it in this system).. buy a house.. pay the house off.. karter..
I came in as a young adult, so it was post 1975 but still within that generation understanding that babies from 1914 would still be alive when the end came in the 20th century.
So I was never going to get a career, just keep doing jobs that get me by until Armageddon. I started seeking a career in 1995 when they decided that the "generation" wasn't what they said it was. I became a firefighter in 2000.
I was never going to travel on many vacations, but I do that now. So does my JW wife.
may 16, 2016 to all congregations in britain re: donations to the worldwide work using jw.org.
adding it to the list.... may 2015 broadcast.
jehovah will care for our needs.
the universe can be observed to be expanding.. an expanding universe must have had a beginning.
whatever begins to exist had a cause.
therefore the universe had a cause.
Giles Gray, I think the answer has to do with "Dark Matter."
Not the dark matter of the universe, which is still not understood, but the dark matter in Perry's brain that allows him to hold on to such nonsense that even most Christians don't buy it.
i want to spare you a long post about my background.
because this topic is about something else.a small information is that i knew ttatt before i got married.
but then i somehow pushed it back for quite some time because i didnt want to change my life and it was convenient to instantly meet new people when you move into a new city.couple of years into my marriage and seeing all the changes in the jw my thirst for ttatt resurfaced.
Many marriages end over the religion, some may end after both parties wake up and realize they only stayed together for the religion or because it was expected of them by friends and family.
Still, I can't say that it would have been better for you to stay at the Kingdom Hall and stay silent, or fade out and say nothing at all about TTATT. A huge part of her problem with you was your discussing this in front of her parents. You may have been able to fade away quietly and make subtle attempts to free your wife.
Or not....
But I tell you what. I love my wife enough to continue to hope and continue to apply subtle attempts. Direct attempts have failed, so I have to be in for the long run. If it fails, it fails. If we divorce later because "the truth" is what kept her married to me, that's okay too. That would cost me financially, but that's okay. She deserves the truth about that religion and I hope she gets it.
On the contrary side, my main connection to my continual marriage is money. Divorce would cause me to lose a part of my pension. My wife has the potential, but doesn't earn as much as I do. So if money were not an issue, if we could both have a comfortable living separately, I would probably deliver the ultimatum sooner or later- leave the religion or I leave. It's not that I don't love her enough to stick around, it's just that the religion can become a huge negative in the way of our happiness.
