I don't wanna sound crude an' all, but I wouldn't mind helping you out in that department. I'm nice.
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so, now that i haven't been to meetings for over a year and i've told my mom and my friends that i'm taking a break i'm feeling a little....stir crazy.
is that normal?
i think i read somewhere on this board someone mention they sort of went wild for about 6 months, got it out of their system and then were better.
I don't wanna sound crude an' all, but I wouldn't mind helping you out in that department. I'm nice.
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my wife became a witness a few yrs after we had gotten married and i was wondering if the jw's believe that they should not socialize with people who are not jw's?i had some neighbors when i was younger and their kids who were close to my age said that that was their beliefs being witnesses.i ask my wife that and she says that isnt true.does it differ from congregation to congregation or is someone trying to cover up something?
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Hell yeah! Of course they don't want you to associate with outsiders. It's the same in every congregation and, yes, it's one of their dirtiest secrets. The higher ups want to control every aspect of peoples lives they possibly can. Stick around... you'll find out even dirtier secrets than that...
Welcome BTW.
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i'm venting a little bit, just a smidgen anyway.
i might not remember this thread tommorrow, as i just popped the ambien, and i'm waiting for it kick in so i can hit the sack.
i wanted to post this before my brain goes haywire.
Awwwwww dude! You're breaking my heart. You're really freaking miserable, aren't you? I've said it before: It's time you made an exit plan. I hate to see you moping around and wasting your life like this.
Is there such a thing as a perfect weekend when you're a JW? No, not when the Elders, CO's, DO's, the GB and Jehoober are looking over your shoulder. It's not good dude.
Take care bruh...
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growing up a jw, we always had family from out of town visit or we would go visit family.
it was fun to get together with my other jw cousins over christmas.
(however, it was hell going back to school in january as the only girl without a new sweater).. as a married jw though it was a different story.
After us kids were all growed up and moved out, we'd visit out parents during the holidays and lounge around doing puzzles, watching TV, renting movies or whatever. Kind of an annual mini family reunion. Mom would do big dinners and all...
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you wanna talk about a section in the office floor becoming as quiet as a vacant building in the middle of nowhere.
so she put her hand on her chin and said in more words or less, "if you fall in love, and get married, do you have to marry a jw?
i couldn't imagine people looking at me poorly because i didn't marry a jw!
I haven't heard any inklings of and elders suggesting a local needs part, but I'm wondering if I'll see such a thing shortly.
Don't YOU be givin' THAT talk, bruh. If they saddle you with it, find some excuse, ANY excuse not to do it. Take care man...
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ok. so i am checking out this church (everyone is going to be so sick of me talking about this, but hey what's this site for anyway?).
this church
is a church that is "lead by the spirit".
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i was dfd in 1995 however i still believed it was the truth until 2009. and until then i was fearful of armageddon's day.. i remember every time i'd see a dark sky with thunders and lighting i would question if that was it.
the news of any major disaster, hurricanes earthquakes would ignite fear inside me and i would think that could be the beginning of the end.. when i was around 8 i remember going to visit my grandma and she was watching the news.
a major conflict in the middle east had ended and some president said that the world was not in peace.
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john w. loftus responds to the "angry atheist" assertion.
are we angry atheists?.
.. if we are angry, christians will see this as a sign we are god haters.
Yawn...
Get back to us when you have a thousand...
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18 if you face a similar situation, please remember that jehovah sympathizes with you.
by cutting off contact with the disfellowshipped or disassociated one, you are showing that you hate the attitudes and actions that led to that outcome.
however, you are also showing that you love the wrongdoer enough to do what is best for him or her.
Ooohhh... poor poopsie... ((((((HUGS))))))
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