When my youngest son was 3, we went out in service with a black sister. We were walking down the street and he was holding hands with both of us and he looked at her hand and he said your skin is brown and mine is pink. She said, yes that's right. It was such a cute moment. This thread made me think of that.
mimimimi
JoinedPosts by mimimimi
-
24
Outlaw, Please Tell Us Again ...
by snowbird inhow you went to a convention in new york and saw black people for the first time.. you mentioned that you wanted to touch the skin of the little kids.. i thought that was so poignant, yet, i can't find the thread.. would you mind telling about your experience again?.
syl.
-
-
-
14
My place smells like heaven
by Lady Lee injust took a loaf of cinnamon raisin bread out of the bread-maker.. i can barely wait til it is cool enough to cut.
-
-
mimimimi
Sounds yummy!
-
29
Loyalty Keeps Us Morally Clean
by sd-7 ina rebellion had begun.
in moses' absence, the israelites built a golden calf and engaged in idolatrous reveling.
the clamor of their immoral festivities was clearly identifiable as improper.
-
-
mimimimi
Love it! I may print this off and send it anonymously to some witlesses.
-
34
"At least He/She died before 'Armageddon'..." How do you counter this....?
by ziddina inwe've seen this, or have heard of it..... a tragic death happens - often it's even caused by watchtower edicts, like shunning or "no blood" policy.... and the brainwashed - or brain-dead - witnesses resort to yammering watchtower propaganda - "at least he/she died before 'armageddon', so maybe he'll / she'll have a chance at being 'resurrected'...".
we've all seen the insane level of hypocrisy within the watchtower society... i've several examples in mind, wherein the witness parent shunned a witness child, leading to the child's suicide or indirectly to his/her death, and then the witness - make that witless - parent stands there at the funeral mouthing that "at least he/she died before 'armageddon', so maybe he'll / she'll have a chance at being 'resurrected'..." line of b.s.
..... what can one say to block that self-congratulatory blather??
-
-
mimimimi
Snowbird - very good. Have to keep that one in mind.
-
61
FlyingHighNow's Nephew's shunning - tragic ending
by Incognito inflyinghighnow (heather) updated her thread last evening about her nephew's shunning treatment by his own mother.
this story has now taken a tragic turn and because heather had updated the original thread, it has been buried and has not gotten the recognition it deserves.. the third page of the original thread is here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/196991/3/my-lovely-jw-sister-just-said-this-to-her-oldest-son last evenings post is about half way down.. .
please provide heather some kindness and support that she needs at this time.. .
-
-
mimimimi
Heather,
I am so sorry to hear about your nephew. May his soul have peace. And may your family find comfort and peace.
-
9
Halloween
by JimmyPage inwhat are your traditions?
what are you, your kids, or grandkids going as?
what were some of your favorite costume or party memories?
-
-
mimimimi
I just hand out candy to some neighbor kids. For many years, nobody ever came back on this street trick-or-treating. Very dark back here and only 4 houses. But a fellow who grew up around the corner moved into the neighborhood with his family and they have been coming to trick or treat for several years now. The first year they came, I was not ready for them - did not expect anyone as usual. Fortunately my college-age son had some pixie sticks tucked away that we gave them. Now I am make sure I am ready with candy, but I don't dress up.
-
29
Can You Now Clearly See That You Were In A Cult?
by minimus inthe longer away from "the truth", the easier it is to see that i was in a "cult"..
-
-
mimimimi
Thankfully, I can clearly see that now. It was a painful transition to make at first, but this board helped me to keep it real concerning the Watchtower Society and their JW religion. For that, I am eternally grateful.
-
52
OK 25 years out!!!
by Lady Lee ini'm not the longest out.
mouthy was out before i was and a handfull of others.. but this year marked 25 out for me as opposed to 22 years in.
this life is what you choose to make it.
-
-
mimimimi
Lady Lee, congratulations on your 25 years out. I left in the mid-70's for 8 years - disfellowshipped and wanted nothing to do with it, but made the big mistake of going back. Now I have not been to a meeting in about 4 years, don't know exactly how long, and am making my life what I want it to be. I wish I was like you and had all that time out, but no use crying over spilled milk.
Mouthy, your husband wasn't a prophet. He was observant and was commenting on what he saw. For an organization that claims to have such love, and claims they are true followers of Christ because they have that love, they sure don't show love. Taking care of widows is certainly not something they do, unless of course the widow has lots and lots of money to throw around.
-
39
Got a visit from door-to-door JW's!
by donuthole intoday while i was home for a quick lunch break i got a knock at the door.
i opened the door and was surprised to see two elderly jehovah's witnesses women.
i haven't been called on since i've been out for four years, so this was a bit of surprise.
-
-
mimimimi
Snakes and Donuthole were both very caring witnesses. Snakes took time for the elderly and the downtrodden, and Donuthole and his wife reached out to the elderly and downtrodden. I think being the kind of people they are is why they can no longer be part of the borg. They are too good for that.
-
39
Got a visit from door-to-door JW's!
by donuthole intoday while i was home for a quick lunch break i got a knock at the door.
i opened the door and was surprised to see two elderly jehovah's witnesses women.
i haven't been called on since i've been out for four years, so this was a bit of surprise.
-
-
mimimimi
We have not gotten any J-dub calls in years. Pretty much everyone in the local congregation knows I live here and generally never did come to my door unless they needed to use the bathroom or wanted to say hi, but there are three other houses on this street and they never go to them either. I have seen them on the next street before, but not for several years. Maybe more people are turning in time and not going out.