Thank you! I was not completely at peace with the idea of celebrating christmas for a few reasons. But this New Year's celebration has me looking forward to the holiday season. Plus, my kids are happy to have a day of present giving! I feel bad that I haven't done it before now. I may try to make up for lost time this year.
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What is your family's favorite Christmas tradition?
by LovesDubs ini was a methodist for the first 30 years of my life, a jw in the middle 13 and then from 1997 have returned to my christmas roots, albeit with a different perspective about what "religion" means to me.
but christmas is a big package which to me extends beyond the birth of jesus.
ive had to re-start, and invent new, traditions for my kids and i as we are alone down here in florida most christmases, and all our relatives who are down here are jws.
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What is your family's favorite Christmas tradition?
by LovesDubs ini was a methodist for the first 30 years of my life, a jw in the middle 13 and then from 1997 have returned to my christmas roots, albeit with a different perspective about what "religion" means to me.
but christmas is a big package which to me extends beyond the birth of jesus.
ive had to re-start, and invent new, traditions for my kids and i as we are alone down here in florida most christmases, and all our relatives who are down here are jws.
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This will be the first year since 1978 (I was 8) that I have participated in the holidays. My husband and I are both faders. We decided that instead of Christmas celebration, that we are going to start our own family tradition. We're going to celebrate New Years! We'll have a New Year's tree(which looks just like a X-mas tree) and decorate it. We'll open the presents on New Year's eve. The purpose of this is to celebrate the ending of a year together as a family and the start of of new one together. I'm so excited by this.
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Make a statement you have found to be TRUE.
by gaiagirl injw's like to refer to their body of beliefs as "the truth", even when those beliefs are adjusted or even reversed, giving rise to the question 'if this is "the truth", then what were the beliefs which were promoted as "the truth" until the change'?.
state something you have actually found to be "true", in the sense that, in your experience, it agrees with what is observed in the real world.. .
i'll start: knowledge is power
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What goes around, comes around.
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Strange Phenomenom's? How do we explain them if one is agnostic?
by QuestioningEverything inthis has me very confused.
if someone is agnostic or leaning strongly that way, how can the fact that people claim to be haunted by ghosts, spirits, say they can talk to the dead, are possessed by evil spirits, etc be reconciled to make sense?
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This has me very confused. If someone is agnostic or leaning strongly that way, how can the fact that people claim to be haunted by ghosts, spirits, say they can talk to the dead, are possessed by evil spirits, etc be reconciled to make sense?
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Did you dress modestly when attending CA's & DA's?
by Quirky1 injust wondering if you were modest in your attire?
i know they always preached modesy but always seen a lot of bling, bright & colorful outfits and way overdone makeup and hair styles.
and they knew it!
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yep. didn't want to stumble anyone.
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Holidays-nervous about celebrating them but don't understand why.
by QuestioningEverything ini have came to the conclusion that all i learned while growing up as a witness is not the "truth'.
i believe i have become agnostic in a short period of time.
so, this year i decided that we are going to celebrate some holidays.
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I thought I was the only one who believed lightning came out of the sky to destroy wicked ones. !!!
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Holidays-nervous about celebrating them but don't understand why.
by QuestioningEverything ini have came to the conclusion that all i learned while growing up as a witness is not the "truth'.
i believe i have become agnostic in a short period of time.
so, this year i decided that we are going to celebrate some holidays.
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All of my family are still 'in' but they live in another city. No need to worry about them, they never visit. :) I have read most of Crisis of Conscience. And quite frankly, it pisses me off that the WTS have mislead so many people who for the most part of sincere in their belief's. I guess my anxiety comes mostly from the Halloween holiday. Not as much as Christmas or Thanksgiving. I can't get out of my head the connection with evil and the devil/demons. My boys want to go trick or treating. I told them they could- but I still feel funny about it. A@G, I have really appreciated your comments on all of your posts. You really seem to mirror a lot of my sentiments.
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Holidays-nervous about celebrating them but don't understand why.
by QuestioningEverything ini have came to the conclusion that all i learned while growing up as a witness is not the "truth'.
i believe i have become agnostic in a short period of time.
so, this year i decided that we are going to celebrate some holidays.
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I have came to the conclusion that all I learned while growing up as a witness is not the "truth'. I believe I have become agnostic in a short period of time. So, this year I decided that we are going to celebrate some holidays. Maybe not the traditional way everyone else does but in our own family's way. Yet, I feel VERY nervous and dont' understand why. Any thoughts on my anxiety over this?
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My Elder Brother's Flip-Flopping Sucking Up to Appease My Elderly Parents
by flipper inwhere do i start ?
a brief summation here.
as some of you know my ex-bethel elder brother told my sister a witness who was a victim of a stroke that in august she needed to move 8 hours away to her witness daughter who could care for her better .
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My in-law's are in their late 70's. My FIL made some very wise investments and has done well for himself financially. My SIL lives about 5 blocks away from them. My husband and their brother both live about 1 hour away. While my inlaws were out of town at an assembly, my SIL changed the locks on their house to 'protect' them from getting broken into. She is the only one with a key other than the parents. Who do you think will be over there first if anything happens? She is so greedy she makes me sick. She took in two foster kids just so she would not have to work and could get some government assistance for them. My FIL told my hubby that her requests for financial assistance was bleeding him dry. But .... because she is regular at the meetings and field service, she is in good standing with them.
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Is crazy contagious?
by easyreader1970 infirst off, i apologize for the very unpolitically correct title to the thread.
the title that i wanted to make was this:.
will living with people who have serious and difficult to deal with psychological disorders cause someone else to experience mental problems of their own?.
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QuestioningEverything
Living with a person who has bipolar is difficult. I know from personal experience. My marriage was on the brink before my husband got stabilized. There are more than one med to choose from that can help with bipolar. As Blondie suggested National Alliance for the Mentally Ill has some wonderful information and resources available.