i left the jw 15 years ago, just before my 19th (non-)anniversary.
my brother was the first, but eventually the rest of the familly followed suit.. turns out that a failed "post jw" relationship convinced my mother to go back.
i don't mind really, i don't hold any grudge against the jw and so far she doesn't seem to want to respect my shunning (if i am indeed shunned... i became inactive, and never heard of the jw again... i must be, but it's beside the point right now).
With that JWoods dude just spewing everthing that crosses his mind as fact, and everyone one else trying to be funny, this is quite the forum...
Thanks! I'll just ask my mom. I might post her answers back, even though no one gives a shit around here apparently.
and wtf is a Jacaraz anyway...
PS : Calice d'ostie de tabarnack
i left the jw 15 years ago, just before my 19th (non-)anniversary.
my brother was the first, but eventually the rest of the familly followed suit.. turns out that a failed "post jw" relationship convinced my mother to go back.
i don't mind really, i don't hold any grudge against the jw and so far she doesn't seem to want to respect my shunning (if i am indeed shunned... i became inactive, and never heard of the jw again... i must be, but it's beside the point right now).
I'll do it!
I just need to start a war with the King of the South! (even though I don't know who it is anymore... the States probably?)
for a lot of ways, the jw's firmly believe what the secular/worldly authorities & scientists have to say.
(i.e.-how long the world has been here, etc).
but don't they also make fun of them?
JWoods : What are you talking about?
The "Evolution" pocket book is probably one of the best Creationist reference book IMHO (not that the bar is very high). It makes a far better job at explaining Creation and the "problems" with evolution than ID does.
Not that I believe in anything that book says, but saying that the Evolution book is "bashing" secular authorities is as stupid as saying that Darwin was bashing God.
And global warming? Homeschool was looking for example, not theories...
Also, citing old Awake (like with the Green Revolution) won't impress any JW in an argument. Most of them are fully aware that their old litterature is dumb (they will just tell you how they had new revelations since them)
I *never* heard a JW bash or laugh at secular authorities. I'm sure that some do, but not more than Atheists.
i left the jw 15 years ago, just before my 19th (non-)anniversary.
my brother was the first, but eventually the rest of the familly followed suit.. turns out that a failed "post jw" relationship convinced my mother to go back.
i don't mind really, i don't hold any grudge against the jw and so far she doesn't seem to want to respect my shunning (if i am indeed shunned... i became inactive, and never heard of the jw again... i must be, but it's beside the point right now).
Hi,
I left the JW 15 years ago, just before my 19th (non-)anniversary. My brother was the first, but eventually the rest of the familly followed suit.
Turns out that a failed "post JW" relationship convinced my mother to go back. I don't mind really, I don't hold any grudge against the JW and so far she doesn't seem to want to respect my shunning (if I am indeed shunned... I became inactive, and never heard of the JW again... I must be, but it's beside the point right now)
When I was still in there, the end of time was coming FAST. The last few "witnesses" of WWI were about to die, Russia was still the King to the North, etc.
So whats up with this? I won't ask my mom, as she is vague on the subject and hides behind "new revelations" made to the head honchos. When will it come these days, and what do they look for? How do they explain the Nortern King now?
I gathered from that Obama might be the one who declare the end of religions, so that takes care of that, but what about the rest?
And no, I wont open a Watchtower to know :) I tried, oh fsm did I try!
Also... I tried to find the answer by digging around here but I didn't anything. What I found is this : I am from Quebec (Canada), and apparently being a JW isn't the same as what American ex-JW seem to describe.
It seem that I have experienced a much softer approach to things like shunning (or example). Everything boiled down to a "Question of Conscience" and many JW were openly interactign with ex-JW. That might be why my mom doesn't have a problem with it (even though I'd be the one shunning HER if she ever talks about religion with my kids, and she knows that I have no qualm doing it)
