What is BRCI conference? I have an idea of what the term bump means but could you define it for me What happens at these meet ups and are there ever any in the Pacific Northwest coatal region?
exwhyzee
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Life After '75 Reunion (Chicago Suburbs)
by Expanded-Mind inhello!.
a couple of months ago i posted about this "reunion" but since this event is now less than a month away, i thought i'd repost an invitation to attend.. to be held in schaumburg il (outside of chicago) on saturday september 18th 2010.. this is associated with the northwest suburbs transitioning jehovah's witnesses meetup group in the chicago suburbs.. http://www.meetup.com/exjw-429/.
if interested, please go to this website to get the details and to rsvp.. the more the merrier... hope to see you there!.
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Where now?
by bez inits been a long time coming but i kinda think im finally at the point of no return....... right or wrong, i have spoken to my 'friends' about my new feelings and the fact i no longer believe that this is gods chosen people etc etc... and have already been told that if i was to now celebrate my childs birthdays , her 'truth' friends would not be able to come to sleep again and associate with her... (she is 7).
this is despite the fact they are allowed to play with there non witness friends who live down the road....why??
the explanation is that their daughter would perhaps feel it is ok to do this when it is not... i ask why could they not just simply explain it is not our family's belief anymore (as my husband is with me on my decision), and my response is that it would be difficult to do that as we once were witnesses and now are not so it would confuse her daughter and make her think its ok to do these things now... .
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exwhyzee
Truth is tho, i feel closer to God and Christ than ever before :-)
Do you think this is because you are realizing that you are "good enough" just the way you are ? I never felt like I could ever do enough, be good enough, gain enough knowledge, or have the right attitude at all times, to be in an approved state. What a relief to cast all that off and realize that the relationship you have with God is between you and him. No one else can take "inventory" of your relationship with him anymore.
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Where now?
by bez inits been a long time coming but i kinda think im finally at the point of no return....... right or wrong, i have spoken to my 'friends' about my new feelings and the fact i no longer believe that this is gods chosen people etc etc... and have already been told that if i was to now celebrate my childs birthdays , her 'truth' friends would not be able to come to sleep again and associate with her... (she is 7).
this is despite the fact they are allowed to play with there non witness friends who live down the road....why??
the explanation is that their daughter would perhaps feel it is ok to do this when it is not... i ask why could they not just simply explain it is not our family's belief anymore (as my husband is with me on my decision), and my response is that it would be difficult to do that as we once were witnesses and now are not so it would confuse her daughter and make her think its ok to do these things now... .
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exwhyzee
This is despite the fact they are allowed to play with there non witness friends who live down the road....WHY??
You are trying to make sense of something that doesn't make sense.
We always did something privately as a family on our boys birthdays and still do. We never told anyone until recently, that we did this, because of the concequences that would have resulted .
Witnesses will welcome complete strangers ( who've have done or are still doing, God knows what) into the hall and befriend them just to get them into the "Truth" While at the same time shunning a family member who at 18 decided they didn't want to be a Witness. This is the case in my Wife's family. Her sister left home and the truth at 18 and for the last 30 years has been shunned and excluded from family events yet all the "worldly" cousins who are living with boyfriends,smoke,drink etc...are welcomed with open arms. It makes no sense.
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Find refreshment in spiritual things - this weeks tower.
by Cook My Socks UK ini just thought that i would share an observation regarding par 3 of this weeks wt study.
the paragraph says in part " jehovah's witnesses find genuine refreshment through up building christian fellowship".. .
i am wondering if any readers / posters on this forum that still do or used to attend meetings have any thoughts on this.
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exwhyzee
To be honest the only thing that was refreshing was to see the ones that were my friends, but looking back this may have been because I was making the best of a bad situation. The friends vanished as soon as I stopped going. Occasionally there would be an enjoyable talk, but mostly this was by comparison to the others that were not.
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In which ways do you think this forum has helped you as a person?
by cyberjesus ini came here to learn more about the jws.
i ended up leaving them.
i learned to open my mind to opposite thoughts.
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exwhyzee
Reading other peoples experiences that exactly mirrored my own was a real eye opener and a comfort for me. I had for many years, thought I was alone in these things and just chalked up all the weirdness to my own lack of intellegence or faith. I learned that my own experiences weren't just isolated incidents but were experienced by people of all ages races etc...world wide.
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Witnesses and aging
by man in black inlast night my dad called, (he has become more jw - like since my mom died two years ago).
we talked about normal things, relatives, weather, etc.
until an opportunity rose up and he started with the.
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exwhyzee
Amen to that Aussie Oz....I am saying this as a father of two sons....if my Sons were to do as you said and then tell me that they loved me and that all I have done in my life is important to them...nothing else would matter to me. All the years I threw away on false hopes wouldn't matter anymore. I know that my boys do feel this now...but someday when I'm an old man and they are a bit older themselves, it would mean the world to hear this from them...it would take a lot of the sting out of getting old in this "system" after all.
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Witnesses and aging
by man in black inlast night my dad called, (he has become more jw - like since my mom died two years ago).
we talked about normal things, relatives, weather, etc.
until an opportunity rose up and he started with the.
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exwhyzee
Your poor Dad is afraid....he is trying to reassure himself that he won't grow old in this system by making these statements. Having someone he loves confirm his beliefs would go far in making him feel better about how much time has gone by and about getting old. It's very sad...try to be patient.
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Pulling it all together
by exwhyzee ini have seen some really good posts that sited scriptures and watchtower articles that refute most of the basic premises jw's hold, to conclude that they have the absolute truth today.
i wish there was a way of putting together a printed packet of sorts, that i could have at the ready.
one that would contain information that covers, the wrong dates, the faithful and discrete slave, some of ray franz's experiences, blood, wrong interpretations of scriptures ect.. does anyone know if such a thing already exists?.
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exwhyzee
I have seen some really good posts that sited scriptures and watchtower articles that refute most of the basic premises JW's hold, to conclude that they have the absolute truth today. I wish there was a way of putting together a printed packet of sorts, that I could have at the ready. One that would contain information that covers, the wrong dates, the faithful and discrete slave, some of Ray Franz's experiences, Blood, wrong interpretations of scriptures ect.
Does anyone know if such a thing already exists?
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Excellent YouTube video for those raised in JW home (or any dogmatic faith)
by SweetBabyCheezits inthere are some really intelligent videos from users, qualiasoup, and his brother, theramintrees, on youtube.
this one tells an analogous story that deals with being raised in a religiously dogmatic household..... http://www.youtube.com/user/theramintrees#p/u/0/kaiprrzvnjg.
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exwhyzee
Yeah, thanks for pointing that out. I'm usually the guy who posts everything second... just so you know.
Glad you did...I'm sending that link far and wide....thanks !
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what`s the most embarrassing thing that happend to you as a jw?
by Adrianoblue inonce two brothers convinced me to pop up at a wedding, just to gratulate them.
i bumbed into the 2 brother just by coincidence on the street.
i was wearing a leather biker jacket and tracksuit pants.
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exwhyzee
They used to have a 10 minute intermission between Public talk and the Watchtower Study. After the talk was given one Sunday the brother got up on stage and thanked the speaker for his fine upbuilding Discoure and said " And now, we'll have a 10 minute Intercourse while the microphones are being set up" Instead of saying Intermission, he mixed the word Discourse and intermission mixed together and said Intercourse. He was so flustered, instead of using the steps to get down from the stage, he took one giant step right off the front of the stage at the higest point and did a running stumble down the asile. It was a riot !