my mom and sister came for a visit this past weekend.
it was a good weekend.. at one point, i asked sis about the new tattoos i noticed that she now has.
"what prompted you to do it?
I also have a things to do before I die list.
Some of the biggest things are already crossed off but I have a ways to go.
Done: Drag Race, Skydive, Surf, and take a Martial Art
To Do: Visit Europe, get a house by the water, buy a boat, get my mother out of the WTS
As for your story. Ignorance can be bliss.
my husband and i have been pulling away from the jw's for almost a year now and we have had very frank discussions with family and friends as to the reason why.. however, they can't seem to get it through their heads that we are unhappy with the wt beliefs, doctrines, essentially the "truth".
this despite our voicing strong opinions on the blood issue, child abuse issue, generation, false predictions etc.. even today my mom-in-law said, "you just gotta serve jah despite the people" you see about four years ago we had a terrible falling out with some mean and deceitful elders and everyone thinks that is why we are inactive.
but it's not, we kept going to the meetings for three years after that event.. and if it is not the elder thing, my friends blame my dysfunctional childhood (namely stepfather) for turning me against the truth, "it's not the truth you can't blame jah, you just didn't have a happy family, blah, blah, blah...".
You mean it's not just a river in Egypt?
My mother is still a regular JW. Even though she came to my daughters birthday party and brought a gift. She let her father buy her a birthday lunch. She now watches rated R movies (never thought that would happen). All kinds of other stuff that could get her more than likely DF'd but she still holds on. It took me 10 years to completely get over the WTS. I wouldn't expect any miracles anytime soon from your family.
i am talking about underwear.... what do you put on if anything???.
i myself---either go with thongs----or nothing .
spice of the likes to feel free class
Boxer briefs for me, grey and black. Can't wear straight boxers because....well let's just say that I need to keep it leashed to a certain extent. When I'm uhhhh...interested (yeah that's it) there is no way for me to hide that. I could get more graphic but this is a family forum
last night i had a dream about creation mixed in with a bunch of other "nonsense".
anyway, there was this lineup of men and women and i was supposed to pick out the real adam and eve.
everyone was totally nude.
I thought you were going to say either....
a clue
or a chance
with all the recent wts witchcraft threads i thought i would share a page from my pagan daybook program which i check every day.
ok it looks like it won't let me copy the page so i'll summerize.. .
august 5, 2002. monday - the day of the moon goddess, selene, luna and mani.
I wish I had been a bit more social but after years of trying to avoid anything to do with the WTS I felt a bit awkward. I didn't really know what to talk about with anyone. However, everyone was really cool. I also avoided bringing up my current beliefs because I'm used to it starting confrontations. Although, noone commented on the pentacle I was wearing so I guess it would have been safe.
with all the recent wts witchcraft threads i thought i would share a page from my pagan daybook program which i check every day.
ok it looks like it won't let me copy the page so i'll summerize.. .
august 5, 2002. monday - the day of the moon goddess, selene, luna and mani.
With all the recent WTS witchcraft threads I thought I would share a page from my pagan daybook program which I check every day. Ok it looks like it won't let me copy the page so I'll summerize.
August 5, 2002
Monday - the day of the moon goddess, Selene, Luna and Mani
Celtic tree month of Coll begins today.
Coll is the hazel tree, which embodies wisdom and druidic practices. It encompasses
regeneration and and growth throuth the spirit, and the divination of unseen things.
The old Welsh tide of echwydd
The modern tide of undorne
The wind of Africus
The direction of south-west
The virtue of receptivity
lmfao -- i wonder how they got these people (in the picture below) to dress up and cast circle?
i wonder if they enjoyed it?
looks like they are having a very swell time... lmfao.
Of course Moe knows that I had to respond to this one Surprisingly the article is almost right. However, there is no great argument between neo-pagans about what is right because all forms of religion are consider correct. I love this quote,
Jehovah gave these laws to his people because he loved them and did not want them to become enslaved by fear and superstition.
That is great, kinda the kettle calling the pot black. Smurfs for everyone!!
All the witches I know pretty much fear nothing so I'm not sure of the purpose of this quote. On one hand the article uses the Bible to show that Witchcraft is wrong and on the other uses Witchcraft to show the Bible is right.
In a climate where religious tolerance leads many to embrace even the bizarre, witchcraft has gained considerable respectability.
The WTS calling another belief system bizarre, ahaha. (see comment above).
In contrast, Jesus spoke of only two choices. He said: "Go in through the narrow gate; because broad and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are the ones going in through it; whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are the ones finding it." (Matthew 7:13, 14)
I always thought this scripture to be taken out of context. I think certain religous organizations like to use this to instill fear in their followers and convince them that they are the only ones to be "saved". Of course everything in the Bible that quotes Jesus is second hand information and written long after he died so it is hard to know if he even made this comment.
I think most organized religions fear Witchcraft not because of Demons but because it gives the individual the freedom to make their own choices. This flies in the face of, 'you must go to church, you must pray at the church, you must give to the church.'
I've got more but my daughter is pulling at me.
"maybe this time he'll change"
"maybe this time he'll change"
machismoa global problem
I love how they can vilify everyone else yet I know of personally 3 sisters who were beaten by their husbands and nothing was done. In fact I remember one elder saying how it wouldn't happen if they were better wives. One wife finally called the police on her husband who was promptly taken to jail. While just as promptly she was DF'd.
if you could fight anybody dead or alive who would it be?
I'd like to fight Jesus. Although, he was a carpenter so I bet he is a pretty tough guy.
yep, there are 19 of us here at princess' apostafest!
whooooohoooooo are we ever having fun.. sorry i'm so computer illiterate i would show you pics (we just took a group picture)!!.
let me clarify, there are 19 posters here with their parteners and kids.
I was there if that counts as official.
