a good friend of mine was df'd this week.
he did so much for this organization.
as an accomplished musician and composer, he has contributed so much over the years.his work is in most of the homes of an avg jw.
Apparently the CO came in and pressured the BOE.
I am lost. What is a BOE? Believe me, I am jealous of him. However, I am scared $hitless of C.O. s. Not sure why. I wonder if they push that when they come...I mean making the fence warmers make a choice.
petting baby animals in paradise, or the fiery rain of armegeddon?.
i can tell you which one i thought about every single day.
armegeddon absolutely terrified me.
I never saw myself in Paradise. I could see everyone else there, but me. It was that way from the time I was three years old. The Kingdom Hall was where I was taken into the back room and spanked. In my eyes, that meant God saw how bad I was.
i told the elder doing the pre-baptism stuff that i didn't really want to get baptized.. at the ass-embly, i didn't say the baptismal vows.
just stood there.
the attendant was mouthing, "say it", to me, or something like that, but i didn't.. when i got to the tank, the first time the dude dunked me without warning.
Isn't baptism really an outward formality? Sometimes I look back, and go "Really?" It's just like counting time that you devote to God. It should be between you and God, not you and man.
Funny though, I floated too. Like a cheerio. I always felt it was a sign that I was a poor Chrisitian.
my parents were already witnesses when i was born, therefore i was raised in their version of the truth.
i was baptized at the age of 11, and became a regular pioneer at the age of 13. i did that for about 5 years, and honestly they werent all bad times.
a lot of my friends then pioneered too, so we spent a lot of time goofing around out in service.
Minus the misery, it is a very beautiful story. Welcome! May you find comfort here.
i bought then got rid of my 'r' movies when i was in because my conscious bothered me after a while.
then, guess what?
i bought them again and got rid of them again for the same reason as before.
I had to get rid of Shrek, and many Disney cartoons for my kids. All them darned Demons, you know.
as jws, we were in bondage to the organization, its rules and its whims.
now, we do not have to follow their direction and believe that whatever we were being told was by "theocratic" arrangement.. so, what freedoms do you have now that you have been liberated?.
All of the above is fantastic, but I last night particularly enjoyed going to a Cancer benefit, without guilt.
one of my boyfriend's best friend died over the weekend.
it was really sad.
he was 36, never married, no kids, and pretty lonely.
Do I respond to Reniaa's constant snooty comments on threads. Guess I will do what I always do, move on.
one of my boyfriend's best friend died over the weekend.
it was really sad.
he was 36, never married, no kids, and pretty lonely.
One of my boyfriend's best friend died over the weekend. It was really sad. He was 36, never married, no kids, and pretty lonely. Very sweet and quiet guy. When we saw him on Friday night, he went home, saying he didn't feel good. Although he was massively obese, we thought he was in good health. He was supposed to be at the 4th of July parade on Saturday, but he never showed. We assumed he was just still sick, or just busy. He was found Monday morning by a group of local JW's that found him dead in his truck. I am sure my Mom thinks it is divine intervention that he was found, since he lived alone. Anyways, she had to give me just awful gruseome stories about how he was found. It is just sick and disrespectful. I can't figure out her obsession with the ishy details. I am wondering, is she losing her mind to Alzheimer's, or are other JW parents like this? I hope it's just my Mom. YUCK!!
does anyone know if prince write any of the new songs for the new song book?.
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elder-schmelder.
I can't imagine they would use him for anything, despite his talents. I have heard how brothers go to bethel having a degree in something special, and they have him do everything BUT what he has a knowledge of. Supposedly it is to humble them.
other than feeling "love bombed" when you first started associating with the "brotherhood", did you experience the "love" in your years within the organization?.
if you felt truly loved, was it in reality, a "conditional love"?.
I tried to convince myself that this was the most loving place to be. But over time, I could see that my friends had a come and go love. Some were there, some faded, and never wrote or called. What's worse, some were quick to stab in the back. I believed I deserved that at the time.
Also my family has disappeared. When there were moments that I truly needed them, they were not around.
