i never knew if i was getting attacked by satan because i was doing good.. or if jehovah was allowing me to be tested by satan.
if i was reaping what i had sown.
if it was times and unforeseen occurances.. if i was really not going to have more put on me than i could bare.
i always found it interesting the First Noble Truth in Buddhism is suffering IS- at least they get it right out there- don't expect any favors from above ;) i like that practical approach
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i copied and pasted right from wickipedia hope thats not a problem the ALL CAPS are MY translation....
the overall message i gain from this is take a look at your expectations (desire) maybe that is where the problem truly lies
peace love and all dat :)
new poster thekings said:.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/121944/2154795/post.ashx#2154795.
her first post got lost in the shuffle i believe.. welcome theking.
hello and welcome :)
as you may know, i am a zealous advocate of using depression as a means of fading out of the organization.. let me add that a hint of craziness or mental illness can work wonders, too.
instead of shunning you, your witness.
relatives and "friends" may make quite an allowance for you, if you just keep your mouth shut about deep apostasy.. they may just feel sorry for you and leave you alone- at least, that's largely my experience.. remember that movie that said "love means never having to say you're sorry"?
omg you made me laugh
punk-rock ex-jws writing books!.
october 5th, 2006 .
tattoo this madness in by daniel allen cox.
i hope they make it a movie :) hehe
no one can save you but yourself.
i just left a post on the "pa convention" thread concerning some of the hardships and difficulties that jws had to (or some here still have to?
) endure just to either get to a convention or what they go through after getting to the convention.. having to trot around from designated doors to the restrooms (rather than being ordered to use the door they told you to) no matter where your family was sitting..... or having you and your family have to climb way too many stairs on the last upper tier to find seats.....while plenty of empty seats remained on the ground floor that were never used that whole day?.
or the designated wts-regulation-sized cooler you had to lug into the stadium because you weren't allowed to leave the site to get a snack or a drink?.
awww yes i remember the rediculousness! the last conventions i went to i was 13, 14 and i spent all my time either looking for hotties with my binoculars, doodling on my notepad or wandering around looking for a Mother whose baby or toddler i could help with since this meant we got to hang around in the empty hallways during the talks.
i always felt bad for the older people struggling to make it to the conventions and people with small children- sitting there ALL DAY LONG that in itself is bad enough. also forcing people who are already giving all they have ($) to pay for accomodations and then asking for MORE donations on top of that- pretty crappy imo.
brings up another topic- who is organizing protests outside conventions?
yeah, so this year, for the first time ever, ever, ever, my roommates and i are having a halloween party, and there will be much candy given out to the small army of children on our block who will no doubt be trick or treating.
i'm really looking forward to it.
has anyone ever thought of getting all costumed up on halloween and then hitting all of the elder's houses?
i will be honoring my ansectors hell ya
We go every year to the shops uptown where the whole city converges to celebrate this glorious macabre pagan festival MUAHAHAHAHAHA
..and then sought to justify your leaving the organisation/religion by researching websites like this (to salve your conscience, justify continuing in your pleasurable but unscriptural lifestyle), or did you sincerely leave purely because you discovered certain false teachings, scandals, etc, while still living a moral, christian lifestyle?
be honest now, i mean really honest.
(this is not meant to offend anyone but viewed like a survey).
1. WTS did not care about my future (education) WTS did not care that everything they taught ME growing up in thier religion taught me to be self destructive in REALITY.
2. WTS is immoral, lies, covers up its mistakes, protects child abusers, propogates mass ignorance, props up immoral people to lead its followers.
3. was CREATED by two men in the last 100 yrs of recorded history- sorry guys not fallin for the BS - laughable
"need greaters" ugh!!
i hate that phrase and i always have.
we knew a jw couple who applied every year to bethel and giliad until the age cut-off (age 35 or 40?).
another vote for "THE TRUTH" thier biggest LIE- egomaniacs
another vote for WORLDLY- puhleeeeeze NOW everytime i hear my mom say worldly or i would use that word while conversing with her INSTEAD i INSERT the word REALITY. its been working- she has NO COME BACK for this word!!!!!!!
i am from the southeast usa, and i started going to the kh when i was about 14 years old.
i went pretty regularly until i was about 18, then i went to only sunday meetings.
i married my husband of 16 years, who was a baptized jw ( i wasn't).
HI RandomD ;)
i hope your kids have some fun soon!!! They will end up finding it one way or another! (i sure did) Hopefully your hubby will realized that soon.
Welcome :)
