i haven't posted for a few weeks because i've been too busy embracing the awesomeness of christmas and new year and my 21st birthday!.
christmas was immense, i spent it with my partner and we had tofurkey (vegetarians .
so when i got back to work, just when i thought all the celebrations were over, colleagues remembered that it was my 21st on the 5th jan and bought my first ever birthday cake!
Glad to hear you are having the time of your life iMarx. I must try that Tofurkey sometime (mind you, I wouldn't try saying that word after a few drinks!).
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR IMARX, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUUUUUUUUUU!!
i am going for the first time to a local kingdom hall.
i seem to have the same ideas as the jehovah's witnesses.
i was raised southern baptist, but i never could get into it.
What I dont understand is how someone can join this forum without realising what it is. Just flicking through a couple of the active topics and it is pretty clear. I mean, who clicks on a site without reading and thinks 'oh great I am going to join this forum'? I dont get it.
Tell her she is expecting a bit too much from you so you are going to find someone else who isnt so demanding of your time!
hello to all.
maybe this is a stupid question, since jw's don't celebrate christmas, but, as jw's, how did you spend your christmas?
what did you feel when everyone else was celebrating?
Yes sacolton I agree - how two faced. My hubby came home from work yesterday with bottles of wine and whiskey and a£100 bonus. I asked him why he thought it ok to accept Christmas gifts when we couldnt celebrate Christmas. He said they werent Christmas gifts, but end of year gifts. Yeah well me and my kids are opening some 'end of year gifts' tomorrow as it happens!
it's taken me a while to start watching films with ghosts in - even a christmas carol - and then eventually i started smoking pot and it didn't bother me at all.
but there are still some things i would have trouble with doing because of the remains of my christian conscience.. anything you guys still haven't brought yourself to do yet?.
iMarx - no I havent told her yet. I may have upset her though as I did tell her I told you and your bro I wasnt going back. will save the big news for after the wedding now - I dont want to upset her so close to it. check your pm.
it's taken me a while to start watching films with ghosts in - even a christmas carol - and then eventually i started smoking pot and it didn't bother me at all.
but there are still some things i would have trouble with doing because of the remains of my christian conscience.. anything you guys still haven't brought yourself to do yet?.
Tell your mother I am an apostate LOL
Go in a church to a service other than a funeral or wedding. Having had Babylon the Great thrown down my throat for the last few years, it just seems the ultimate act of rebellion.
Celebrating Christmas, birthdays and other occasions feels easy. Watching 'inappropriate' films isnt so bad - I probably did a lot of that as a witness. but the church thing, well, it will probably be one of the last things I do as I shake off the shackles of the wt.
even for a jw's way of thinking~~~~.
there are just so many things in this little write-up by a jw that is so assuming and twisted.
2 year meeting after armageddon dear brothers, please include the reminders below in the nro (new resurrected ones) 2-year review meeting.
OMG I can actually imagine that letter being circulated!
my wife yesterday was talking about how useless it really is to feed the hungry and provide cold weather shelters since the problem will not go away until the 'new system of things'.. i know that at one time jesus does state that there will be poor always, but a key aspect of his ministry on earth was helping the less fortunate.
how does the wts justify the discouragement of its rank and file from performing acts of community service, when the 'greatest man who ever lived' was so active in it?.
I agree with you. I always did think that way, even when an active dub. All of my dub friends did too. My attitude always was that Jesus fed the crowd before he preached to them. I didnt actually know anyone who said it wasnt important to look after the material needs of people. The problem is with being a dub though, you are so over stretched that you arent able to help in any other way than preach. I always wanted to though and it is something I intend to do now I have more time for myself.
Yes I do have some good memories. I met some very nice individuals, some of whom have left like me and I am again in contact with. Some I hope will leave at some point, when I will be waiting with open arms and a bottle of champagne!
you are told that if you "go back to the vomit" of the world, you will be miserable.. is your life better or worse since you've removed yourself from the organization's hold?.
In many ways yes. I have so much more time. My husband is still in though, so although I now read more of what I want, see more of who I want and watch more of the sort of tv I like, I can only do it when he isnt around. This will all change when I da of course. I have just started making new friends on the 'outside' and until I do I can feel pretty lonely at times, but I know the friends I do make wont disown me if I tell them I dont share their beliefs or religion. Completely refreshing or what!
