Trevanian

Joined

• started 4 topics
• posted 152 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Topics Started by Trevanian

• 
  41

  only part of meeting you enjoyed

  by martinwellborne in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for me it was bible reading, where you could express your own opinion, in line with present truth of course.. pre the change it was awful listening to some fool telling you his opinion of bible highlights.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  106

  Crackdown on "sisters" volunteering at DCs

  by dozy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the wts has sent a letter to all convention overseers expressing their increasing concern at sisters "directing brothers" at district conventions.. with immediate effect (ie for dc 2008), sisters are no longer to be used as volunteers in parking and security / watchman departments.

  any sisters volunteering in other departments (eg toilet cleaning) must be subordinate & follow the direction of appointed brothers.

  this move will put a huge burden on the dcs in my area - nearly half the volunteers for parking are sisters and there aren't enough volunteers as it is.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  25

  Drinking and Posting

  by wanderlustguy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  certainly, in these end times, we may encounter individuals who do not heed the counsel found at 1st wlg, 3:13. yes, that is correct, as apalling as it sounds...they do the unthinkable.

  they drunk post.. many of us have been tempted, nay, stumbled into the sin of drunk posting.

  but there are those among us who have traveled the dark path, and from them we learn what not to do.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  5

  Its been almost 4 years since Ive been here.WOW

  by Denny in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  been lurking the whole time.without going into a long story,mylife has changed so much.. im the father of 4 raised in the troof.from 3 on.always had problems dealing with the pledge,sports and girls.got reccomended bad assoc a few times when young.redeemed myself at 16.time to dunk.well after i did,i went crazy worldly.i was a senior in school shortly after.i went through running away at 17.being a wild child but always having guilt.passed up on sex with i dont know how many women because i still held some things true.

  (they were some pretty hot girls too)to the point of getting into pot and acid in the early 80s.

  (i didnt seem to mind that) through the years id always believed it was the truth.there were times i would throw my pot out the window of my car and cry,because i could never live up to a jw life.married my wife.never had a christmas tree(even though she gave presents)ps so did i.in and out of the org.never felt like i mattered.anyway i owe my life to my wife who did research and brought me here.. my old screen name was life.i quit trying to read and post all the time because i was so messed up after finding out the truth about what i was really involved in and what the facts were.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  5

  WTprivates

  by R.Crusoe in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  did you ever get the feeling each time you opened the substantial labia majora of a wt magazine that this was one insatiable brainphomaniac?

  and that you never quite had enough to fill it?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  7

  It's tough letting go

  by B_Deserter in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  you know, we all like to talk about how awful the congregations we attended were, but at the end of the day, most of us are here because we need support letting go of our friends and family.

  personally, i had and still do have occasionally (because i haven't faded yet) great times with some of my friends.

  yeah, it's all based on our religion and they wouldn't be my friends if i didn't believe it.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  5

  Do ex-dubs deserve any extra consideration when it comes to employment?

  by Mindchild_rebooted in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i find myself in a situation where i need to make employee hiring guidelines for our personnel department.

  we are going to have hundreds of positions to fill late this summer in a major corporate merger between our corporation and six others.

  there will be several jobs opening in our textbook department using new digital presses and book binding equipment.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  46

  Joy Or Sorrow When You First Found Out It Was False?

  by serotonin_wraith in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for me, it was joy.

  i was raised in the religion, and i always figured i'd be dying along with 6 billion others because i hated the meetings, the preaching work and the rules, morality and threats of 'jehovah'.

  i did not want it to be true.. for others here, finding out it was false was a hard time to go through.. as well as asking which feelings you had at first (joy/sorrow/or add your own) i have a follow up question for those who found it hard- what was it that made the impending deaths of 6 billion people okay for you?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  32

  How many JWs do you know that have "Failure to Launch" Syndrome

  by BBOARD in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  tired of the hypocrisy's post got me thinking ... how many jw "kids" over the age when they should have left home still live with their parents.

  i say this because i have many of those in my congregation.

  fyi it looks real bad to be a older man (ie 25 and up) scrub laying up at home unless you have a outstanding circumstance i.e.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  35

  Abstain from Blood...

  by hotchocolate in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  my first post was a few days ago now, and finally my heart has stopped pounding whenever i log on.. :-).

  so, i have been in the truth all my life, 3rd generation witness, never left, never been in trouble, pioneered for years, and am a respected member of my congregation.

  at the moment.

  1. 
  2. 
  3.