having been a born in for 44 years i can say yes to this question.
my 2 sisters and 1 brother and my dad have nothing to do with my family now we have made our stand against the jw's.
i was always downtrodden at school for been a jw.
Have they taken the "Best" years, no. But they are gonna damn sure make the rest of them pretty uncomfortable. I "wish" I could turn back time but that's impossible so I have to roll with the punches. Things are just not the same anymore but I'll work thru it. The only time of the year when things are difficult is now.
I hope everyone the very best.
~Q
if so, did you take a class, use a program, and how long or how many hours of study/learning would it realistically take to be able to read the bible in hebrew from when you begin to learn?
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i am trying to decide if it's something i want to pursue since bible translations and even interlinears seem to cloud out some key messages and phrases.
I just know how to read "Brew"..
recently two elders caught my wife at the door while i was away.
they mentioned the need to talk to me about something on facebook.
yes, i know how facebook can be, but i choose to use it anyway.. the strange thing is, i just spent a alot of time looking at it, and nothing is publicly available, so unless a one spouse of an inactive jw is looking at it, i don't see how they were able to get this information.. anyway, that wasn't my real question.. i haven't been to any kh in over 2 years, i haven't seen the elder (24 year old) in about two years and don't even know the other (he is recently out of bethel, but older 50ish?)..
Ain't nuthin' a good swift kick in the dick can't cure.... Cut your ties.. And only you can do it..
it was a woman from our old congo.
we have our 9 foot christmas tree in the window.
the blinds were closed, but we have one of those windows above a window, so if she was looking she saw it.. .
You shoulda had the Christmas music playin' in the background..
or are they as correct as any other false religion?.
Windows, check...Toilets, check....
Yup, they taught me two things correctly..
~Q
to get back to work (peace to you all!).
yeah, yeah, i'm sure a couple/few of you here are ready for me to go back, too (lololol!).
kim kardashian's and company's just gonna have to forgive me... but my brain is about to go bonkers.
I thought this was going to be a hot & steamy thread....
ok who can definitively answer how long the society keeps records before having to "chuck 'em out"?.
i know the law in europe makes it clear that they can not be kept any "longer than necessary", but gives no time frame to use.. any elders in the uk have a clue?
in the us they have no such law so i know they can hold on as long as they like, case in point.
What about the US Blondie?
~Q
i've had a very difficult 2 months since my uncle has died.
it is not becasue of his death, it just so happend to follow his death and that is the time line.. i've always been a strong woman, from little, i had to stand on my own two feet and not lean on anyone - and i that is how i tick.. each instance has hit me financially and has been piled high on my plate.
there have been days when i thought i should end it all and literally take my own life - if i had something quick at my disposal, i know i wouldn't be here now.
Lou, It's been a long tie since I've been on this board but I wish you well..
~Q
in case of a really serious medical emergency- it's something to seriously consider.
otherwise former aquaintances like jw elders in your former congregations or allegedly well meaning jw relatives who may have been listed by you as your emergency contacts might try running interference regarding the medical treatment you receive !
i finally changed my emergency medical contacts a few years ago legally to my non-witness wife, my non-witness mother in law, and my non-witness adult son.
Flip, This is one of the very first things I did once I walked out the door. It was all changed to my "Non" witness family. I dunno if it'll do any good or not. Hell, we are all pushing the age to where it's borrowed time no matter how ya look at it...lol If they come to visit me in the hospital I'm gonna cough, spit and spew and maybe foam at the mouth and mumble some latin words like the excorcist... They won't stay after that..
i had the funniest thought at work...what if me and three apostate friends protest at a convention, and right before the song during a c.o's talk, me and one of the girls got up, and pretended like we were gonna do a normal sister embrace, and then, out of no where, me and the other 'sister' do would a long lesbian kiss while the c.o.
is giving a talk on fornication....what do you guys think the audience would do?.
I'm still excited!!!
