i was driving with a long time non-witness friend when a song by supertramp came on the radio and i changed it.
she asked "why did you do that?
i like that song.
Yes, but one stands out, probably my awakening moment.
I often shared conversations about religion especially the differences with a Mormon coworker.
He asked me about birthdays, and after I gave him the "company line" on why birthdays were bad, it immediately hit me like a ton of bricks, just how stupid that argument was.
The more I tried to argue, the worse I sounded to myself. That was the moment i let myself research other opinions.
just out of the blue i asked my wife whos been a jw for some 30 odd years can she explain the overlapping doctrine.
she said to me she never heard of this and said she will have to look it up.
i thought oh s#^%!.
It's cruise control of the mind, most dubs go to the meetings, can defend things that are in the book they studied in, ie, "live forever" or "god's Love" but anything newer gets missed.
Many JWs couldn't explain doctine if they needed to, it's just such a shallow understanding and a repeating of sound bites with no real concern for what they mean.
the tim burton film is ready for release.. www.thewrap.com/big-eyes-premiere-finds-audience-howling-at-christoph-waltz-and-amy-adams-dueling-artists/.
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yes, she was later in life, after the events of this movie.
short read.
http://aplus.com/a/the-most-amazing-ask-amy-response-you-ll-ever-read.
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Make you wonder...but great response by Amy.
i found out that my husband has not only gone to the elders, but has been going to members of my family about me over a period of a few years.
this piece of news is just so depressing.
i've been wondering how my family knew i didn't go and thats why so many of them have becoming more and more distant.
My dad did the same to my wife and I. He may be a jerk, but it is what they are taught to do.
Certianly not everyone is this way. I don't believe my in-laws told anyone what they knew.
its been done for a long time.
relieved with the idea of finally being free without the fight.
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I'm glad you find happiness where you are now. I feel we all need to get over that proveribal "hump" where we make real friends and start a new life. It releases the hold that DF/DA can hold over us.
i'm pissed that i got scared the other day and didn't just tell my mom i was celebrating halloween.
i was caught off-guard when she asked what i was doing and felt that fear they instill in you.
hate that i still feel that way when i shouldn't.
My wife found freedom in telling her parents about halloween and trick/treating with my son, yes it complicates an already difficult sitution, but in the end being honest is freeing.
We were DF'd because of the halloween decorations after fading for 4 years. I will echo the sentiment that you can be DF'd for anything two elders agree on.
the mormons have the "quorum of the twelve apostles" leading them.
they sit at the front of the temple and are looked up to.
is this where all the emphasis on the gb is going?.
hampster, you should find the Mormon vidoe of the Prodigal Son. It is very entertaining to compare to the JW one.
But yes, they are just copying them, LDS has been using videos for years, they even broadcast the general conference on the website.
the jw broadcasting is now at the subdomain tv.jw.org.
goes live today.. g.. .
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Music video!!!
I have seen this video with a comentary track already. they sure are not in a hurry to produce new content.
the jw broadcasting is now at the subdomain tv.jw.org.
goes live today.. g.. .
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I'm suprised how many flub-ups they are not editing out.
