i am 46 and have been a jw for only 6 years.
i was doing ok until about a month ago.
we were having an international convention and i heard the brother that had to pick up 2 of the members of the governing body had to get a background check done on him and his wife.
Figure out the quickest, safest, most effective way to leave. And get out of there with the quickness. Life is short and the clock is ticking... Be grateful you only spent 6 years blinded by the cult.
Cut the chord and have a happy life going forward!
picture the following.
( remember the convention showed its now ok to speculate / fantasize about these sort of things!).
the 'new world' / 'paradise' is up and running...all ressurected ones are back, and pandas and lions are getting patted until they can't take it anymore.
LOL DATADOG
picture the following.
( remember the convention showed its now ok to speculate / fantasize about these sort of things!).
the 'new world' / 'paradise' is up and running...all ressurected ones are back, and pandas and lions are getting patted until they can't take it anymore.
LOL stuckinarut
I was on a forum recently where some witness ladies went on for pages gushing about the convention.
"oh the convention site was so clean"
"jehovah is truly directing his organization"
"we are so blessed"
"we are the only diverse group of people in the whole world"
blah blah blah
So I asked "is being clean a sign that god is directing your group?", "is there any manifestation of the b.i.t.e. method (which i explained) being used in your organization?", "who decides who's disfellowshipped if a sin is committed?". And another woman asked "is there confirmation when you are officially a J.W.?"
yep you guessed it.....'crickets' and finally "please go to jw.org for those answers."
So, of course, I was left to answer all questions and give an effective UN-witness. roflmao
has anyone, yet, had a chance to watch this glorious epic?
it is truly a flawless work of art.. i know what you're thinking: it couldn't possibly pack the punch of the original, or surpass it in scope or magnitude.
but you would be wrong.
LOL my nephew just filled me in on the whole story. I'll have to set aside time to watch it and digest its multi-layered metaphors and meanings...lol
what happens if someone returns to the congregation but stays inactive?
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what happens if someone returns to the congregation and does not meet with the elders to "confess" their sins while away?.
ROFLMAO Apognophos
i guess it was bound to happen..... just saw a facebook post where the user updated their profile picture to be the blue square jw.org logo.. .
don't know whether to laugh or cry.
worship the borg, you people!!!
My inactive (20+yrs now) dad and uber righteous elder/pioneer brother were in Home Depot the other day. Two JW "sisters" came over and gave hugs. While gushing about the convention they showed off their JW.org wristbands...roflmao. My dad said that my brother just gave a perfunctory "oh those are nice" comment and walked away to look for wood for his project... lol.
after nearly seven months of bus rides and asking for rides, i have purchased a car.. for all of you who made helpful suggestions & contributions to my car buying thread, especially zed is dead, thank you so much.. my thread asking for advice on car buying:.
suggestions for car buying23.
i bought a 2009, pontiac g 6. my reasons for choosing a g 6: this car gets great miles per gallon.
Glad you found a good fit. Car shopping is for the birds.
2014-07-13 appointment and deletion of elders and ministerial servantsto all bodies of elders.
the link removed by request is also available at the forms link.
the congregation secretary should arrange for this letter to be retained in the congregation permanent file of policy letters.
Let's make this clear...
They're not going to accept any culpability from a moral and criminal point of view... But when it comes to all of the financials...they're all in?!
Yep, that's right.
i'm at starbucks .
just outside in the courtyard.. i'm trembling.
my hands are shaking.. wow!.
A-W-E-S-O-M-E !!!
I hope this guy makes it out for good.
both reopened mind and i are now in our early 60's and it seems our conversations lately have been on putting everything up for sale and buying a rv and travel until we can't anymore.
it has been a dream of ours for along time to see all the site's in the u.s. and canada.
we feel we could make money as we go by selling and teaching using herbs and gardening.
That sounds like it would be very exciting. How would you market your business(es) as you travel? I would think the biggest issue would be keeping a steady income stream going. Once the financial plan is reasonably solid, I would say go for it.
