i made a short marionette show for my adult family and accidentally set the curtain on fire!.
it was years since we had all our sons together, and with no money for presents--i did what i had done before i jumped on board with jw-screw-the-holidays thinking.
we made stuff up and had a good time.. and we did it again after some really rough years.. i don't know how else to get there but go to youtube.
Lois--Happy New Year! You, family & Cats have a beau-tiful year. I'm glad you came into our home.
Bruja--It was fun making it. I so wanted my children to break backwards in time to the moments we all just enjoyed one another. Enjoyed silliness and ridiculousness. No JW stuff.
A bit of seriousness mixed with laughter is "dark humor" --but it can make us light-hearted! (as long as we are not hurting others)
The odd noises in the background are the guineas clucking--
young and shunned xjw singer/songwriter and wife interview.. "blessed feathers:nomadic and loving it" is featured story on national public radio.
(someone make it clickable?.
amazingly open about what happens if you don't follow the leader as a jw--yet without bitterness--this young man tells his story.
Young and shunned xJW singer/songwriter and wife interview.
"Blessed Feathers:Nomadic and loving it" is featured story on National Public Radio.(Someone make it clickable?
Amazingly open about what happens if you don't follow the Leader as a JW--yet without bitterness--this young man tells his story. Really warns public about the cultish behavior of the Organization.
i made a short marionette show for my adult family and accidentally set the curtain on fire!.
it was years since we had all our sons together, and with no money for presents--i did what i had done before i jumped on board with jw-screw-the-holidays thinking.
we made stuff up and had a good time.. and we did it again after some really rough years.. i don't know how else to get there but go to youtube.
Thanks Dazed! That's it.
Happy New Year!
i made a short marionette show for my adult family and accidentally set the curtain on fire!.
it was years since we had all our sons together, and with no money for presents--i did what i had done before i jumped on board with jw-screw-the-holidays thinking.
we made stuff up and had a good time.. and we did it again after some really rough years.. i don't know how else to get there but go to youtube.
I made a short marionette show for my adult family and accidentally set the curtain on fire!
It was years since we had all our sons together, and with no money for presents--I did what I had done before I jumped on board with JW-screw-the-holidays thinking. We made stuff up and had a good time.
And we did it again after some really rough years.
I don't know how else to get there but go to youtube. Type in "A Farewell to Arms: Marionette show Christmas 2013"
I just wanted everyone else with a certain sort of humor to enjoy it (an armless Jesus was my inspiration). You all have made me laugh plenty.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! ---Maeve Courteau
....well...that's it really.. i left jwn a few months ago but did say i'd pop in.. i hope you are all well!.
regards paul.
Hey, Punky!
So glad to hear you are well! Maeve o' th' Ozarks hopes all good for you n' your girlfriend in the New Year.
for example, let's say an awake jw wanted to share ttatt about the true meaning of john 10:16, so he just posts on his facebook wall a couple passages of scripture with no commentary whatsoever - like this:.
"in answer he said: i was not sent forth to any but to the lost sheep of the house of israel.
- matthew 15:24.
In truth I objected to the interpretation of Genesis 22 in the WT literature. My Book of Bible Stories says that God told Abraham to kill and burn his son.
I asked why I could not read the Genesis 22 bible verses that are more ambiguous and do NOT demand that interpretation (and made the case that the difference between the original Hebrew words were significant because they were so different.)
I asked to read from the Bible instead of the literature at my first meeting--I was told plainly: NO.
It is tedious dealing with the WT. In the end, nothing matters--least of all TRUTH. Certainly the integrity of a person's conscience.
i came across this forum and started reading it long before i decided to join.
it is amazing to read that i am not the only one feeling the way i have for many years.
i come from a family of jw's.
Glad you said something, Justmenthedogs.
Just reading is pretty therapeutic. Dialogue can get rambunctious.
Family, you know. Not like JW family. We bust each other's chops here, sometimes. But we do get to talk to each other.
have been visiting jwn for about a week now and it motivated me to join.
i look forward to meeting everyone i can and learning from their experiences and wisdom as i search for more and more reasons not to get reinstated.
here's most of my story:.
HELLO and WELCOME!
So good to hear your story. Fortunate you--to have JW parents who aren't shunning you.This is the best place to come and lick your wounds after running the gauntlet to escape the madness.
Maeve
...someone who was disfellowshipped ended up goin to a bar getting into a fight/getting preggo or somethin of the nature and then realized how pitiful their life had become.
they then 'prayed' to jah and wala the light clicked and they came back and feel better then ever!!.
sigh.
You are brave to start this "operation". How you do it--well, every method has its own effects, good and bad. No way to do it without consequences though. So don't fret needlessly about strategy. You are cutting the WT off and out of your life after it has grown into you. It is bound to hurt some ways.
It is going to be better. Just remember. IT WILL BE BETTER.
Take care, ?evrything.
Edit: How did I post here? I meant this to go on your thread about sending your message to your parents about leaving the Org.
hello everyone, i know you have heard this topic before and your probably thinking.
...not again lol.. but i was wondering if anyone has thought of going back for the same reasons as myself, i don't think its the truth but i searched and my conclusion is that other religions don't have the truth, they are all wrong in my opinion.
if there is no other religion to go too, why leave were i was born and raised.
Put your roots down in reality.
I wasn't born-in. I have had another life--but really, excal, you may not realize this but much of life is about forming a community--not walking into one.
Who will understand you? Someone, sometime. But what happens when you live life underground so to speak, as you describe in your OP?
You seem a funny guy, a kind person. You don't sound hard to please.
Who will understand you INSIDE the Hall? Will you listen to others who marry "in the Truth"? Is that always so easy? If you have kids (it happens!)--what will you do ? Teach them the truth about your truth? Think about the ramifications.
It may be hard to think of life that is a slow-cooked meal--but convenience isn't everything. Learn to cook up your own life. You'll burn a few meals, some will taste lousey--but you will learn. And it will nourish you.
