looking for anyone from the north dakota or western minnesota area.
if anyone is from this area or knows someone from this area please post a reply.
you know the saying: north dakota is not the end of the road but you can see it from here.
Lisa--you are too right! and i do remember i was one of the FEW who were old enough to drink--how scary is that??!??!
and hannibal, i finally remember the name of the lady i stayed with for p.s. if you guys are going to first ave next weekend i can tell ya or email me when you get yours fixed. talk later!
beck
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how can all of you say that you are disgusted etc when you dont know any thing about the organisation?.
im sure you didnt really worry before but now you are all acting upset etc.. i stress to say that it is accusations not fact.. i am 16 and found the program annoying in the fact that we were portrayed completely wrong.. the bbc could say what they liked.. i think that people should be more sincere and less assuming.. thanks, mark
hi mark, another welcome to the board. i think you need to take a step back and perhaps read some experiences of the people on this board to understand why we're here and feel the way we do. i would say most of us have had some unfortunate experiences with the JW's. i was raised a dub and went along with everything too--believed it was the truth and the only way. i did it because that's what i was told--never questioned anything. you're 16 now, i hate to tell you, but things change drastically when you get a bit older. i was baptized at 18 and thought i knew what i wanted out of my life. then i got out into the real world. your priorities change. personally, i could never have come to a discussion forum like this and still carried a clean JW conscience. ultimately it was my conscience that persueded me to leave. perhaps someday you will realize what i mean. you might also figure out that you don't have to be a JW to feel close to God. many people on this forum aren't JW's, and i would tend to say that most don't belong to any organized religion, but that doesn't mean there is no relationship with God. that's what the dubs teach--they tell you there is no relationship with God, unless it's through them. just use your head and try to think for yourself. i'm pretty sure that's what lead the vast majority of us here.
beck
hey mn apostates, wanna see a great band at a great club??
then make plans to be in mpls saturday july 20 for the tragically hip :) (tickets: $20 advance or $25 at the door) i promise this will be a great show!
show starts at 7pm and we could meet at o'donovan's around 5ish for some pre-show festivities .
lmao joanna--ain't no lovin' like short bus lovin'
hey mn apostates, wanna see a great band at a great club??
then make plans to be in mpls saturday july 20 for the tragically hip :) (tickets: $20 advance or $25 at the door) i promise this will be a great show!
show starts at 7pm and we could meet at o'donovan's around 5ish for some pre-show festivities .
pretty sure i'll be at the show--not sure i can make it to the pre-party. will know more this weekend.
beck
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33 female iowa massage therapist happily married no children (yet).
anyone else?
this is a sincere question.
do you worry about offending active witnesses?
well said tdogg
i told this story once before, a long time ago--i think, so long ago that it must have been on h2o instead of here--so here it is again, fwiw.. while i was still studying, at the age of 22, the guy who was studying with me told me something he had seen at a convention once.
he wanted me to realize how close to god the anointed were, what a love of the bible they had.
he told me about hearing one of the governing body members (i can't recall who) giving the keynote address on sunday afternoon of the convention, you know, the big one, that was advertised on the handouts all over the city.
i LOVE that commercial!!!
this is a sincere question.
do you worry about offending active witnesses?
i try my best not to offend my parents because they are still active JW's--more of a don't ask, don't tell policy. however, they don't frequent internet message boards that have openly apostate people. when i was in, i thought the society was pretty clear about that. so my question to you: why are you offended when you're visiting a board that would be 'frowned' upon by your elders and congregation if they knew? what exactly are you offended by? just curious.
hi, i'm 17 and i've just recently become a member of this website and i want you to know what has happened to me over the past months.back in sep/oct 2001 i started chatting to a 20 year old bloke via the internet and we developed a great friendship over the net.we would talk online for ages,text and phone each other loads,we sent each other photos of ourselves and he would often put his webcam on for me to see.before i knew it he played a great part in my everyday life...and i spent so much time chatting to him that my college work suffered a lot & i wasn't doing my coursework (i eventually got told to leave as i hadn't done loads of the assignments and stuff & had fallen behind).
after about 6 months we arranged to meet up (i made sure my parents were at home coz i know it's dodgy to meet people from the internet).anyway,he came round my house one evening in march and we got along soo well...he lives quite locally too which was good.our friendship then grew into a relationship and we started dating and going out together,i was sooo happy and i fell for him in a massive way & he said he felt the same way too.to me,he was a girls dream come true...he was kind,caring,fit,good-looking & gentle and i loved him to bits!,i still do,and i thought we'd be together forever.
something that i did find a bit strange though was i hadn't met his family yet or heard my boyfriend talk much about them.i would question him about his family but he seemed to get a bit funny about it and when i mentioned about meeting his family he said something along the lines of ''they're a bit strange,you might not like them'' (or something like that anyway).that got me thinking and i though prehaps they lived in a run-down place or something,or they wern't very nice people and i thought my b/f could be ashamed to let me meet them.i thought to myself to give him time & he'll see that i'm an understanding & nice person and hoped that he would soon come out and tell me what the problem was (thinking it was about what i've just mentioned).
it's definitely a tough spot to be in. for him it's going to be more than just leaving the religion--depending on his family. it's not like dating someone with a 'normal' family. there are so many other factors involved. are you going to celebrate the holidays together? if you get married, his family probably won't attend if it's in a church or religious in nature. what about birthdays? living together before you're married? to jw's it's more than 'just a religion'--it's their whole life. so for him to really leave it, he's going to have to give up everything other than you. no matter what the decision--either choice is going to be very difficult. i really wish you the best.
beck
would someone who was a jw all his life (24 years) know he's not suppose to be giving/receiving oral sex?
is it possible he might not have heard about this rule?
does it not apply if the person is disfellowshipped?
well if you're df'd can't you do whatever the hell you want anyway?? i thought that was the whole point of being out of the borg--no more living by their rules. give and get head all ya want!!
