It has always bothered my how Witnesses are discouraged from doing volunteer work because "preaching to them about the truth is the best thing we can do!" Ok, yeah, whatever. It's true that the Bible talks about preaching as being important for Christians, but that's FAR from being the only thing that Christians are encouraged to do for their fellow humans. Doesn't the Bible say that "the form of worship that is clean and undefiled" is to "look after orphans and widows in their tribulation"? Yes it does! I always get the same old answer when I mention volunteering: "they can't solve the world's problems, only Jehovah can." Ok, so here's my beef with that. NOBODY is talking about solving the problems of the entire world; I'm just talking about doing what is within my power to help those that I can. It's like saying to someone with the flu "these pills won't cure the flu, they'll just ease the symptoms, so it's not worth taking them." That's freakin' ridiculous!! The flu will get cured in it's own time, but nobody would rightly object to getting a bit of relief while you're waiting for it to happen!! Am I right?! It's just so frustrating. There was a sign in a shop near my house that was asking for clothes to be donated to a shelter for victims of domestic abuse. I went home and told my husband that I wanted to get some clothes together, and he got this look on his face as if I'd told him I wanted to start smoking crack. He was shocked and against it!! Then it was that whole crap about "not solving the world's problems." ANYWAY, that having been said, I really want to look up volunteer opportunities in my local area. Any ideas, thoughts, etc etc?
heybaby
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I want to do volunteer work - this is classic
by heybaby init has always bothered my how witnesses are discouraged from doing volunteer work because "preaching to them about the truth is the best thing we can do!
" ok, yeah, whatever.
it's true that the bible talks about preaching as being important for christians, but that's far from being the only thing that christians are encouraged to do for their fellow humans.
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Dating in the Real World...
by darkl1ght3r in...or, love stinks.
i am so unprepared for this.
i feel like a kid just walking into willy wonka's chocolate factory.
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heybaby
This is hilarious!! It's so funny that we all fell for this stuff lock stock and barrel!! Now looking back, how crazy we must have seemed to others!!!!
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Update on my situation
by heybaby init's been a while since i've posted, and i'm sure that there are many new ones here.
so let me just start by saying hello and welcome!!
please read my original posts to get my brief story.
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heybaby
leavingwt: I sent you a message
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Update on my situation
by heybaby init's been a while since i've posted, and i'm sure that there are many new ones here.
so let me just start by saying hello and welcome!!
please read my original posts to get my brief story.
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leavingwt: No I haven't read it. Do you recommend it? Also, I'm from Mississippi as well
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Dating in the Real World...
by darkl1ght3r in...or, love stinks.
i am so unprepared for this.
i feel like a kid just walking into willy wonka's chocolate factory.
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heybaby
I completely agree!! My husband and I married when I was 18 and he was 21. He's a great guy and we've made it work, but most of our success has come more recently as I've stopped attending meetings and finally starting acting like a normal person - not a Witness robot!! Good luck!!
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Update on my situation
by heybaby init's been a while since i've posted, and i'm sure that there are many new ones here.
so let me just start by saying hello and welcome!!
please read my original posts to get my brief story.
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heybaby
It's been a while since I've posted, and I'm sure that there are many new ones here. So let me just start by saying hello and welcome!! Please read my original posts to get my brief story. Here are the links:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/162191/1/I-feel-like-Im-being-pushed-away
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/175044/1/Frustrated-This-is-not-going-well
So anyway, all previous attempts to speak with my husband about my doubts have ended up in a HUGE fight, with him asserting that somehow I'm not in my right mind. But last week, I delicately brought it up again, and surprisingly his reaction wasn't all that bad. He actually listened!! Could there be hope??? -
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About time to "Batten Down the Hatches"
by AK - Jeff inmy wife has been out of work now for over a year.
she is tail-ending her unemployment very soon.. our county is experiencing close to the worse rates of unemployment in the country right now [ elkart, indiana - obama's economic poster child ] is just 50 miles away.
our county has a rate nearly equal to theirs.
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heybaby
I know this sounds goofy, but maybe she can start selling Avon or something. Just trying to help. I'm looking for work also. Thank goodness my husband has a pretty good paying job, but still, it's tough!!! Good luck!!
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Wheee!!! spent a lovely evening with JW family *rolls eyes*
by Odrade inor not, as the case may be.
in-laws' family members were visiting from out of town so we went over for the evening.
my uncle-in-law is extremely religious.
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heybaby
I know exactly the kind of self-righteous Witnesses you are talking about. This sounds like a typical visit with my parents!! Good luck to you!!
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Frustrated - This is not going well!!
by heybaby ini haven't posted in a while, so i'm glad to be back.
my husband and i got into another fruitless discussion last night.
it actually turned out to be more of a fight than a discussion.
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I haven't posted in a while, so I'm glad to be back. My husband and I got into another fruitless discussion last night. It actually turned out to be more of a fight than a discussion. I tried to CALMLY bring up some of my concerns about Witnesses (failed predictions, lack of true love when you need it most) and it's like he put up a wall. He got so angry with me and told me the programmed Witness crap about "this is the only true religion; no other religion preaches!" I told him that he wouldn't know because JWs are the only religion we've ever been in, and the only information we receive is what the GB wants us to hear. It got pretty ugly. I want to leave the Witnesses, because I no longer believe that they are the only true religion, but as you can tell, this is not going well at all. I risk losing my husband to gain my freedom. It just isn't fair!!
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Moving up in the world
by heybaby inthis is totally cheesy, but i just wanted to share with everyone that i received a promotion at work!!
yay!!
i'm in management now.
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This is totally cheesy, but I just wanted to share with everyone that I received a promotion at work!! YAY!! I'm in management now. Don't tell the elders, as you know that promotions are a no-no.