hi everyone i finally did it.
i decided to change my alias as unhappy didn't really fit anymore now that i can see the truth.
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Free2think is very fitting.....
Told my friend about you today and he said our mutual jw friend is in the same boat. I think as we get older it is a little easier to not let our parents influence be so strong. This is deeply rooted though. I'm not making light of it.
You are amongst friends....hang in there.
do jw's have a dress code in general and for field work?
the gals i know always look put together.
i live in a hick town where it pours rain and is muddy.
Looking_glass....you're such a rebel. lol
do jw's have a dress code in general and for field work?
the gals i know always look put together.
i live in a hick town where it pours rain and is muddy.
Do jw's have a dress code in general and for field work?
The gals I know always look put together. I live in a hick town where it pours rain and is muddy. I run around in my jeans and sweatshirts and the jw's are dressed from head to toe in dresses and heels.
What's up with that? Do they always have to wear skirts and dresses?
Also, the cars in the parking lot are pretty nice cars. As mentioned, our area is not the wealthiest place in our area. Lot's of lower income families but non of them seem to attend the kh.
ok to begin i was born catholic, recently became intune with god, and now just believe in the holy scripture.
but i have many question to you guys who are jehovah's witness'.
many of the things i have read you believe in sound completely false, and ridiculous.
Kidder222,
I am here for other reasons, as I am not a jw. However, I am a Christian and I will kindly tell you that your approach in ministry will only repel. It's important to be respectful of what others believe, even if you don't agree with it. Ask questions without motives and always in love.
I have met a lot of really nice people here and am here because I have a jw friend who has no idea she's in a cult. Now, if I slammed her with Bible "truth" that is completely the opposite of what she has been fed all her life.....she probably won't hang out long as my friend.
I want her to know that I will be her friend regardless of what she believes. Whether she is a jw, buddhist, athiest or Christian.....or a complete outcast because of sinful behavior....I am here for her. It's that kind of love that attracts people to truth.
But, don't just 'love' to bring them to truth...as that is a conditional motive.
i just got back from a real puke-fest of a jw wedding.. i'll post some notes from the ceremony but let's just say that i had to restrain myself from getting up and saying "don't agree to that"!
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it's now "pagan" to throw a damn boquet?
I read somewhere a while back that everthing in our wedding ceremonies has meaning. I was really impressed because I love culture but had never been told about our own wedding culture.
White = Purity
Cake Cutting = Giving up your virginity
Garter = Submission to your husband
That's all I remember but I remember that at every wedding I attend.
there were twelve actors that i liked that died this year.
most of them were about 10 years older than me.
that means, that if i'm lucky, i've got about 10 years left.
First of all, God will never give up on anyone. Up until the last breathe, He is there!
I heard a story once and it rings well with me. I use this example to my children's friends
You're were walking through a beautiful field full of wild flowers and out in the middle of nowhere, you find a pocket watch.
This pocketwatch is absolutely beautifully crafted, yet the owner is nowhere to be found.
Did that pocketwatch just appear in the midst of that field, miraculously? Or did that pocketwatch have a designer who carefully and patiently created it?
Of course someone created the pocketwatch! We can all reason that out. Yet we have such a hard time with the thought that someone higher and more powerful than ourselves created us. We don't need a biology teacher to display how awesome our own creation is. Our physical body is amazing!
Yet, if we admit there is someone higher than ourselves that created us, then we have to struggle through whether or not we want to answer to this person/being.
If you haven't done so already, try reading your Bible but first, ask God to reveal Himself to you as you read His Word. His Word is Living and His Holy Spirit is interested in you personally. He knows your heart and nothing you tell Him will be of surprise!
Take care and celebrate your life!
apparently he repeated the phrase, "god is great," before being executed.
he also wrote this in his final words to the united states.. could a man such as he really believe in god?
what do you think?.
Amos,
My IQ is 152 and I'm not brainwashed. I guess I am one of the minority according to your stats.
apparently he repeated the phrase, "god is great," before being executed.
he also wrote this in his final words to the united states.. could a man such as he really believe in god?
what do you think?.
Oh, many of us can have 'lip service' faith. The real issues come down to the heart. We can look at someone's actions and know a lot about what is going on in the inside.
Sure, there are people who wear really good masks and hide behind them. Ultimately, we all mess up. Christian or not. We ALL blow it. But mass murder like Hitler and Saddam? Come on!!! There was a SERIOUS problem here and I would never lump either of these men in with godly people....regarless of what faith. It's beyond sick.
"Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to McDonald's makes you a hamburger."
apparently he repeated the phrase, "god is great," before being executed.
he also wrote this in his final words to the united states.. could a man such as he really believe in god?
what do you think?.
The man was delirious in the worst of ways. It's 'god' with a lower-case 'g'. Saddam was not a reflection of God in any way. Sorry, but God's character doesn't relish in killing the innocent, literally destroying people's lives and oppressing people. I could go on but I just get upset about his sick mind. I am glad justice was served. I personally believe in an afterlife and I am certain he has figured things out by now.
one of my employee's is jw.
actually, i have been blessed with 2 of them but one of them was raised a jw and the other was recently baptized and has been studying for 2 yrs.. both of these young ladies are very pleasant to be around and i truly enjoy being around them.
the young woman who has been raised jw is a peach.
Thanks Confession for the great input. The one gal is the type of person that I doubt would shun anyone. When I asked her if she feels like a fish out of water in her family, her answer was a tearful 'yes.' Granted, I was very vague.
I once even asked her what her mom would do if she were to marry a non-jw or if she were to wake up one day and decide she didn't want to be a jw. She said her mom would 'cry and cry and cry....and then cry some more'.
I am excited about how I can be useful in her life.
When I inquired about shunning with the NEW jw, her answer seemed heartless and textbook. It gave me chills.
