I can but prefer not to.
lisa
just a quick poll if you will.... i personally hate to cook.
it's not that i'm particularly bad at it, i just don't have a whole lot of patience or motivation to do it.
i suppose it has something to do with my having to live alone?
I can but prefer not to.
lisa
i lived in another state for awhile, and i'm not sure if my father or congregation had my records sent to a hall near my apartment, despite the fact that i never went to a kh there.
what happens to your records if you are truly inactive and most members dont even know who you are?
do the records get sent to bethel?
So I can write the tower and find out if I'm disfellowshipped? Huh..my dad told me if I wanted to know I should have went to the JC meeting. I blew it off. It's been years I just wondered where I stood in their records.
lisa
every time i see jw's in service, they are not carrying bookbags but rather plastic holders and small fold over purses to hold them.. what ever happened to the big ol' bookbag in service?.
I've only been to a KH 2 times. I asked my wife what they put in those "Big Honkin Briefcases" and she just looked at me. Didn't answer.
bwahahaha..that made me laugh out loud.
lisa
hahahaha...
it's all post after post from this site.
lisa
i did keep the boxes they were in, though.
i have a use for them.. i also tossed all my outlines, kms, letters, etc..
I like Heaven's idea to sell the crap and give the money to others....that way the books can keep on changing lives.
I would like to have one of those old green bibles with the dinosaur on inside back cover.
lisa
this site has opened my eyes.. i am suprised as a one time 'do gooder witness' that so many on this site are still 'active' jw's!
and all the time i was a witness i really did not think that anyone would dare even look at such a site!!!!!.
i am also suprised at the number of people in the same situation as me, and the number of people who actually feel they have something to live for now they have left the org!.
I'm addicted to this site and I've never been a dub, nor do I have any family who are either.
I never knew that. That is very interesting.
lisa
this site has opened my eyes.. i am suprised as a one time 'do gooder witness' that so many on this site are still 'active' jw's!
and all the time i was a witness i really did not think that anyone would dare even look at such a site!!!!!.
i am also suprised at the number of people in the same situation as me, and the number of people who actually feel they have something to live for now they have left the org!.
I had been away from the JW's for years, when I found this site.
In the beginning I couldn't get enough...... laughed and cried and then there were times I felt sick or angry.
I felt like I was Eve and I had ate the forbidden fruit.......found out what the words cognitive dissociation means.
I feel like many on here are my extended family. (most don't even know)
Welcome. I look forward to your posts.
lisa
dear randy, early this year i requested disassociation from the org and have been meaning to publish some sort of statement.
i was a member for over 33 years and partook of the emblems.
being an older widow it took some deliberation and guts to make the move but am currently very happy with the change.
I love the 'waiting on myself' part.
lisa
here's a video that shows how they just go through the motions.
one jw is totally not the type to do the door-to-door work, yet he stutters through it and the partner knows it ain't her turn so she offers no help.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c93fpl84gvs.
This is really sad.
lisa
....how do you *not* sound like an apostate when you live in the same small town as the family who is shunning you??
how frusterating and annoying.
i hate when peope ask about my family (especially if they know any of them).
I'm actually thinking of sending an email to the family member(s) that is shunning me and ask them what I'm supposed to say. This is so idiotic.
I was already thinking that same thing before I got to that sentance.
You're are being honest.
I told a friend this one time and he didn't believe any parent would do this. I gave him my parents number, he called them and told them that he was in charge of getting the High School Reunion together this year and they didn't have a current number or address for me. My mom told him I had moved and haven't given them my new address or number.
I had moved away because my husband had been transfered years before, and I had called and sent my address and phone number to them numerous times though the years. My friend lived in the same town I had just moved from, where my parents lived, He knew where I had lived and my number although these years. He believed me then.
lisa