BrentR "That is why JW's can't have sex standing up. It could lead to dancing."
You seem knowledgable about the wrongdoing(s) that occur at these revelries, is there something you want to confess to?
there is a disturbing trend in my area that desperately needs attention from headquarters.
congregations are getting together for picnics, parties, "fun nights", etc.
this shocking disregard for theocratic order reached a head recently when what should have been termed a "get together" was flagrantly referred to as "the congregation picnic"!!!
BrentR "That is why JW's can't have sex standing up. It could lead to dancing."
You seem knowledgable about the wrongdoing(s) that occur at these revelries, is there something you want to confess to?
there is a disturbing trend in my area that desperately needs attention from headquarters.
congregations are getting together for picnics, parties, "fun nights", etc.
this shocking disregard for theocratic order reached a head recently when what should have been termed a "get together" was flagrantly referred to as "the congregation picnic"!!!
SHOCKING! Hopefully they're smart enough to send in diligent spys to identify the ring-leaders.
Let the denounciations being!
i joined awhile back and haven't posted much - just lurking like many others.
for the past year or so i have been trying my best to fade away sooner rather than later, but the wife and most of our family have decades of involvement in this mess and well, it's difficult.
little by little i have been sowing seeds of doubt and it does seem to be working somewhat.
Who holds the deeds on these properties?
well folks, if anyone here thought that the fds weren't being explicit about researching websites or checking the accuracy of the nw bible, you should have been in our hall.. some choice quotes from the "glorious ones".
the faithful and discreet slave gives us everything we need.
if we disrespect the slave we are disobeying jehovah god.. .
I'm sorry Gary....for all your losses (not that you're not a bum on the streetcorner!).
Sad to see that after all these years of being away, nothing has changed at all.
some of the jw's i know think yoga is spiritism and can be df for practicing.
others say it is question of conscience.
what is general concenus here for your kh group?.
I eat vegetarians. Isn't that even better?
i found this website interesting.
they have scans of very old magazines and books, countering jw's beliefs and exposing failures.. thought you all might want to read this.. http://www.jamaat.net/comp/jw/jw.html.
here they are:.
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WTS - Wiping Out Independent Thought For Fun and Profit
Her videos are great. I wasn't raised in the troof and so had holidays and birthdays growing up, and those are some of my best childhood memories. It's impossible to imagine having missed out on all that. She has a lot of building to do, but thankfully is so bright and seems to have good family support.
But after I became a witness, all of the same lines she mentions knocking holidays I spouted off. Even after leaving for many years I felt guilty being at a xmas party or birthday party, and I wouldn't participate at all really. They put the mojo on me really well. After leaving I became so independent in every other way, except for in the religious aspect. Until this past week, I never considered that JW's were a cult, or how the followers were controlled and robbed of normal lives, not to mention personal dignity and self-respect.
Shortly after leaving I met an elderly lady who had converted to catholism(!) for her husband when they were young getting married. She was a neighbor, had raised a big family and was living alone, so I became her daughter in a way. She was an absolute saint. We spent hours talking about God. I told her I didn't want to go to any church b/c of how intrusive and busy-body cliquey things always seemed to get. She told me when she was young she had learned the hard way too not to let anyone get between her and God, and that I shouldn't either.
I still have great affection for some that I knew, and hope that they are holding up if they are still in.
here they are:.
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Responsible gun ownership
The best way to keep your child safe!
here they are:.
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nvgnbk!! LOL
Even the girls doll has a hat on. LOL