this is for an upcoming youtube project.
i would love to do this on a mass scale... think there might be something "big" in the results.. 1. were you a born-in (including those who's parents converted while they were still children) or did you convert as an adult?.
2. when you left, did you still (a) fully believe in the truthtm, (b) partially believe or (c) realise it was all a load of crap?.
My answers are:
Q1 - Born in (I was 5 when parents joined)
Q2 - b. Hadn't read enough at that stage to be sure
Q3. - c. Crap for sure (with a capital C)
Q4. - A little afraid - again as I hadn't read enough at that stage to be sure
Q5. - b. Agnostic at this stage tending towards atheism
Hopscotch
i've just watched all 3 parts of francis ford coppola's epic godfather once again.
it is a superb achievement on many levels.
each viewing reveals something new and fresh.. i recall, as a good jw at the time, not seeing it when released as it was not certified as 'suitable' given the content for jws.
The original Thomas Crown Affair with Steve McQueen has been a favorite of mine since I was a young teenager. The ultimate in cool.
I also love:
The Shawshank Redemption - Brilliant movie
The Godfather 1 & 2
I also really loved The Illusionist
And for comedy:
Hopscotch (Walter Matthau & Glenda Jackson) - very clever and very funny
Oscar (Sylvester Stallone) - the one liners were brilliant
It's so hard to pick just one.
Hopscotch
honestly!
look at the first pages and see how short the titles were.. now they can contain two or three sentences!
are we losing the ability to be concise?.
You mean like this one?
Hopscotch
dave used to tell me that there were more stages to recovery than anyone can really explain... or however he said it that was always so cool.
maybe it's because we never really recover.
i hear from old friends every now and then and think of many more who i met since i started this trip almost 7 years ago.. sometimes an old family member has a reason to call you and you go through a lot of emotions that are part of why you choose to leave.
wanderlustguy your observation of the process many of us go through on our journey away from our JW life is spot on.
All the best for your future which sounds really good.
Hopscotch
me and my wife just got this great book from the library entitled 'i'm perfect you're doomed:tales from a jehovah's witness upbringing' writtin by kyria abrahams (an ex-jw).
i'm not sure if anyone else has mentioned or read it (it's still fairly new), but it is a great book.
for anyone who was raised in the 'troof' or group up in it you will find it very interesting.
I read the book several months ago,
When I returned the book, I stuck several little sticky notes with this website written on them.
lisa
What a great idea lisa. That has given me an idea for Ray Franz's books in our library!
Hopscotch
i've emailed this to several people now so figured i might as well post it and share with all.
the following information has been compiled from various sources on the web, including jwfacts.com and free minds.
a fraction of it is from my own mind.
Thank you Blue Canary for all the time and effort you spent putting this together for us.
Hopscotch
that makes no sense to me.
you'd get yourself in a jc for a tatoo but i've seen a couple of jws get a boob job and nothing happen... the hypocrisy in endless... .
Why are boob jobs OK for JWs?
Because the WTS is all for inflating their figures!
Hopscotch
last night he called at 2 am, woke my wife up, she answered the phone.
he was drunk, yelling and threatening to break into our house and physically harm me because i had his sorry ass thrown out for punching my stomach and destroyed our property while drunk on that day on july 8th.. she hit the flasher button (strobe light attached to a remote thingy that is activated by a remote button) and woke me up.
i go to her room and find her crying.
Yiz sorry to hear what you are going through, it must be very frightening for you and your wife. About the dog thing - is there anywhere you can get an ex guard dog? Maybe someone that is a guard dog trainer might be able to give you some advice on this. Sometimes the dog shelters have dogs that have been well trained but for various reasons the owners can't keep them. Just a thought. Even if you can't get or don't want a guard dog, just even having a dog around can make you feel safer. I have a poodle and I tell you he has scared the wits out of grown men with his barking! At least it would alert your wife who could alert you. It's just a thought.
Wising you and your wife all the best.
Hopscotch
less than rank and file?.
anyone have an idea?.
dissed that was anything but a silly rant. Glad you're here.
Hopscotch
Today I'm having one of those 'I REALLY HATE THE WTS FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND ARE DOING TO ME' days so please keep bashing away everyone.
Hopscotch
