i could go on and on about all the things i loved, but i'll keep it brief and just mention one, rather trivial thing: music.
i love grunge and punk, and occasionally heavy metal, and can't listen to a lot of it as a witness..
For me it was learning to play musical instruments. My mom had a piano and I would watch and listen to her play. I would then pick out the songs that she had played by ear. I had the talent and desire, but lessons on how to play was something that my parents said would happen "in the New System".
I was venting to my husband about how much I had wanted to learn violin and he bought me one last Christmas. He's such a sweetie!
seriously, half day in (already had an argument with the wife this morning about individuality in the organization in which she conceded that a lot of it is based on looks) and this is already getting on my nerves.
i'll post a rebuttal based on my annotations later in the week but one thing i got to get off my mind: saying the feminist movement (women going to work instead of staying home) and the diversity laws (allowing for homosexuality - but also religious freedom, racial discrimination etc.
) caused a lot of the problems in our world right from the stage.. there are less people here than last year - about 500 less..
What do you mean "this" convention blows? Didn't they all?
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...that if i'm interested in someone, i read through their posting history to see what kind of people they are.. .
there.
Now that is creepy, EI!
i had not been to meetings in a long time, but i still had lingering guilt over what happens if the big a comes when i am out.
i found this video on youtube, which put the first nail in the coffin for the wt.
the posters on this site put in the final 32 nails and put the wt in hades for me.
Someone on JWR emailed the archeologist and verified that she never said anything about 607. Just another fine example of the WT twisting things to suit their purpose.
http://www.jehovahswitnessrecovery.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=9791&hilit=mazar
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk0pkyrbml8&feature=related.
One of my favorite kid movies of all time...
i'm new here and i wanted to introduce myself.
i am attending jw meetings for reasons that i will not, at this time, elaborate on, but i want to leave.
i have wanted to for awhile, for many reasons.
Welcome to the board!
my wife and my close friend life is too short is recovering from a hernia operation performed yesterday.
she is doing fine, just a bit sore .
she worked really hard in bethel and had a hernia before from lifting too much in her job back there.
Hope both you and your hubby are feeling better soon!
as a former jehovahs witness (20 years) and as someone who auxiliary pioneered several months every year for half the time i was involved in that organization, i know for a fact that most jws actively pray for the destruction of most worldly people.
if you really think about it, its a warped, awful and sick mentality.
oh boy i cant wait for the vast majority of people on this planet to die by gods hand because they dont believe what i believe!!
I've called my parents out on that mentality a few times, but they still don't seem to understand how hateful the "worldly people are gonna die, mwah hahaha!" attitude is.
This reminds me of a story. I was out in service with a pioneer that had a rural territory. You know how the map shows where houses are? This guy would draw flames over the houses of people who weren't interested. Even then I was disgusted by how many jws were amused by it.
hello all at jwn,.
so my mom called to tell me that my dad wont be able to come back home, he has been on kidney dialysis (along with having congestive heart failure and diabetes and dimentia...) but now he is breaking down and will have to be admitted to a hospice center for the remainder of his time left (without dialysis wont be two weeks).
most of you know my situation, faded (not dfd or dad) but most of my family treats me like i am disfellowshipped except my mom and she keeps getting warnings from elders to cut off dealings with me- my dad is inactive but as head of the household he demands that i be able to visit and take care of mom and dad (so my mom must be submissive to his wishes).
I second the idea of bringing a close friend along- it may help make your jw family behave themselves if an outsider is watching.
this weekend i found myself again working on my day off, not because i had to i just didn't want to sit at home alone.
when i told my mom on our daily phone call that i was working again over the weekend she told me that she was worried because over the past few months i have been "over working" myself.. when i got home i sat in my apartment alone, tired, and depressed.
i phoned my mother once more and we talked for a long while, and cried together.
It may take a while- the negative personality didn't develop overnight- but your cheerful self will come back! I know that I am a much happier person now than I used to be.
