jehovah's witnesses vary a great deal country to country.
i think it may be cultural or something.... ive been browsing the forum for a few days now and cant believe at times we are talking about the same religion.
and while i would never want to go back to their way of life, i honestly find it hard to believe that as an organisation they are evil.
Jehovah's Witnesses vary a great deal country to country. I think it may be cultural or something...
Ive been browsing the forum for a few days now and cant believe at times we are talking about the same religion. And while I would never want to go back to their way of life, I honestly find it hard to believe that as an organisation they are evil. Controlling certainly, but not necessarily with malicious intentions.
anyone else notice that the Yanks seem to have it particularly bad over there?
how accurate can the bible really be?
i am losing faith that it is accurate at all.. according to an article i read in our paper today they are now saying in translation there are no english words to match every word...so the scripture that say "peace on earth and goodwill towards all men " should really be " peace on earth to all men of goodwill ".. now if they can screw something that simple up..what else in the bible have they screwed up?.
snoozy....
yesh..i too take issue with the bible...particularly its treatment towards homosexuals.
i believe in a God, higher being/force or whatever title one would like to use, but thats where i draw the line.
just curious as to what difficulties have faced people dating as an ex jw.
myself, i have noticed the glazed over look in a guy's eyes when you try to explain why your family doesn't celebrate the holidays with you etc.
new to this board, so if this has been well covered before, please forgive me.
when i look at the JW gene pool i was faced with in my circuit i thank my lucky stars i didnt actually date anyone in the truth....like eew.
and i too totally leave out my JW past when it comes to boyfriends, and will only ever broach it if necessary.
ok, here's the deal.
several years ago my brother-in-law (who is also a reformed jw fader) helped us move back to oklahoma.
while we were taking apart furniture prior to the move we were using my drill and 75 foot extension cord.
thought this could get interesting discussing experiences.
i for one was trying to reach out for ministerial servant again in the early 90's , had been one before, and was assigned to carry the microphones one meeting.
had an elder call me in the back room and say , " brother flipper, i noticed looking down towards your shoes that you are wearing white socks today.
i was reprimanded for wearing spaghetti straps, oh, and apparently the split in one of my skirts was too high *insert eye roll here*
this mink showed up and decided that we should share our fish with it.
it wasn't in the mood to wait.
it marched right up and grabbed the biggest fish on the stringer.
OMG how freakin cute is that thing. i dont think we get them in Oz..
just read it on www.msn.com he is having a press conference today to make the announcement.. it's about time..
wow, I cant believe he resigned.
to accept the existence of god?
(i'm not talking about "a big man in the sky" kind of deity.
) what would it take to convince you that mankind was intentionally created by a powerful and intelligent creative force?
im with miracle boy on this one
we have a discussion group of 8 or 9 people that meets at our house every 4 to 6 weeks.
weve been doing this over 5 years and gotten to know each other fairly well.
during our last salon a few spoke of religious values that carried over even though they are no longer members of their former religion.
i don't think I've picked up on any values which i wouldn't have learnt anyway...but I think we do get some skills. in depth biblical knowledge and the ability to research (whether or not you see that as a good thing lol), interpersonal skills from having to talk to complete f'kin strangers at their houses...confident public speakers etc...
would you apologize in writing to your children for raising them in the truth?
i've apologized verbally........ none of them is going to meetings any longer...... my husband and i have been drifting away for several years..... .
i was raised a witness, and thought we were doing the right thing.
oh, I've ask and still continue to ask for apologies from the rents. it'll never happen.
