So I had a blast shaking hands and exchanging laughs with the elders who were always very friendly and happy to see me.
my sister asked me to help her paint her house one saturday and several witnesses dropped by that day and they kept smiling at me and calling me "Sister so-and-so", even though i'm not. it was funny to see them assume i was one of them... i used to quake in fear of elders and now i felt..evolved.
after leaving a controlling sect, it?s normal to want to live ?freedom?.
what did you do to show that you were no longer under the influence of the watchtower?
did you grow a beard, start having sex with whoever, start drinking, start gambling?
I never have been the type to do things just to be rebellious.
After I faded away, I just did what I wanted to, without any guilt.
ditto. (and very eloquently said, i might add)
what does it mean when a jw says they are "inactive"?
does it just mean they don't go door to door, or does it mean they've stopped attending meetings too?
kj
What does it mean when a JW says they are "inactive"?
it means that somebody forgot to wind them up
Only when I am in the police identifying line and they pick me out as the one who banged them upside the head on a dark night.
good one
are you kidding? 'tis they who run from me... in fear
(actually it annoys me that they still have the power to pi$$ me off sometimes. only when they can have zero affect on me will i be truly free...)
this is something that has been tossed around for some time, but something occurred to me: if ancient humans did have advanced technology, such as space travel, we would know about it.
the reason i say we would know about it is because they would most certainly have left objects in orbit around earth.
yes, the low-orbit objects would have eventually fallen back due to the drag of the upper atmosphere.
But I also believe we haven't even see near what it will be in the near future. 20 years from now, we will be blown away by technology.
probably even 10 years... we have thought-controlled computer interfaces now. pretty amazin.
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke
i had a run in with a witness and it took me along time to get over it, i still don't talk to that witness.
some of the witnesses i know are two faced and it makes it hard not to feel aggresive when i go to the meetings, i sit there and think what am i doing here but i feel better when i leave so that is why i suppose i still go, it makes me feel good even though i feel there alot of stuck up attitudes when some feel they are more spiritual than others.
it feels like such a struggle to go there but yet i really want to be there.
the most important thing is this:
I sit there and think what am I doing here but I feel better when I leave so that is why I suppose I still go, it makes me feel gooddon't let a few people with issues taint your experience, or make you question your own motives. keep on ignoring it, including putting all thoughts of them out of your mind. expressing your feelings assertively when the next "run-in" comes ('cause it most likely will) will help also. i usually view two-faced people as rather cowardly, 'cause it takes more courage to be true to yourself and not be preoccupied with what others think of you. what you think of yourself is what matters, ultimately.
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as jw dubs, we were sure we would live forever.
when we left the organization, probably we all started to accept that paradise wouldn't be around the corner, and that we would probably die like everyone else around us.. how do you deal with the fact that you will one day die?
i know this sounds hard to believe but, no. i believe dying is just a jumping-off point into your next life. i just don't want to go in an awful way. like drowning or being stabbled or something. owies...
my helpful hint.. dont drink too much!
and dont puke on my carpet!.
does anyone like eggnog?
Does anyone like eggnog? i dont think i've ever had it.. its a worldly christmas drink! is it like drinking vanilla pudding? does it have to have nutmeg in it? i dont like nutmeg.
i like nutmeg but i hate raw eggs (shudder). and rum makes me throw up. so, um... no
my catholic friend and i were talking the other night about the virgin mary.
she doesn't even believe that she was a virgin and she doesn't believe in the immaculate conception.
if you think about it logically today, if you had a fiance that went to visit relatives for a few months and then came back pregnant and told you it was god's child, would you believe it?
well, i assume she was a virgin 'cause weren't all young unmarried girls allegedgly chaste in those days?
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An entire world religion based around a horny, lying fourteen year-old.hmm... this might interest you... http://www.thebeastmovie.com/trailer/index.html
So, NO, I don't believe she was a virgin even if there was a Jesus.
