obviously 607 is a problem, watchower coming out full forces on this one in the latest public edition.. http://download.jw.org/files/media_magazines/wp_e_20111001.pdf.
Around the early 80's I was visiting relatives in Chicago who were "Apostates". My uncle started arguing with my father over the 607 date. I just thought "who cares about Jerusalem and a date, the truth is the truth and we will soon be in the paradise."
I am sure this is the general thinking of most Jdubs when they hear about a date controversy. They just do not care.
i won't likely be able to post on the 31st, so i'm taking this moment to make a post now, in honor of my 2-year anniversary at jwn.
happy mother frakking anniversary, sd-7!!
as we ponder it, we start to realize just how much i've grown.
Happy Anniversary - I always enjoy your posts
there was no end to the amount of stupid rules put in place.
one that always bugged me was "no shirts with slogans when doing kh yard work or at jw gatherings.
id always get talked to about it when i'd wear shirts with a band on it or whatnot.
You are not spiritual if you have a 2 door car.
there was no end to the amount of stupid rules put in place.
one that always bugged me was "no shirts with slogans when doing kh yard work or at jw gatherings.
id always get talked to about it when i'd wear shirts with a band on it or whatnot.
Do not hold hands during prayer
well we don't care that he has cut us off!
we have 4 kids, he ain't going to see them before the grim reaper comes lookin for him.
my job skills are well in demand in alberta canada so that's our next move, we are getting out of the uk sinking ship asap, we have family in alberta who will sponsor us so i think it's time to leave and make a new start for our kids, as their aren't no jobs in the uk for them now even with university qualifications behind them.
So sorry HHG! It sounds like your move may be a very good thing.
if you've been around here long enough, you will have seen people saying how they "gave up" or "sacrificed" certain things so that they could be good little jws.
what about those of us who were growing up in it and we didn't even have a choice in the matter?
what about those of us from whom some things in life were forcibly ripped away, things that 'normal' people take for granted in their life?.
My marriage
how did it turn out?.
As a sinner I was a NO-SHOW for 3 consecutive committee meetings. They finally got the point that I was not going to show up. They sent me 2 certified letters to tell me they decided to DF me. I would not sign for either. So they made the announcement and then called the PO in my parents’ hall to have him tell my dad to tell me that I was DF'ed.
is "disfellowshipping" proper from a biblical point of view?.
Does anyone know when JW's started the DF'ing policy? (sorry to veer off topic Minimus)
i always liked the awake better because it wasn't as preachy.
less analyzing of what minute thing some guy in a robe and sandals did thousands of years ago and its application for our day.
the awake seemed more secular and less dogmatic.
I equally read both magazines - how else was I supposed to get my outstanding college education?
in my case, i was df, my nephew from bethel was in town,.
he came to visit my family.
he knock at the door, i answer.
4/12/06 - My 20th wedding anniversary. I was sitting in the back row at the Memorial listening to my husband give the talk. My marriage, my children, my whole life had taken a backseat to this religion. I knew that night I was done with the marriage and the religion. I have never looked back.
