i know this was probably covered before in some post, but i was curious.
what is the jw stance on recreational marijuana use in the states where it has been legalized?.
i would suspect smoking it, like cigarettes, would probably still be against the rules, but there are ways to use it that aren't damaging to your lungs.
I take CBD for its anti inflammatory and pain relieving properties. I started with crystals then oil and paste and now I vape it. There is no THC or nicotine and I have no intentions of starting smoking.
I wonder if any of that would be categorised as "sinning".
a witness can’t celebrate and give gifts on a birthday except on the day they are born.
giving a baby shower is ok as well as gift giving—- but only once!
soooo dumb!.
Job's children celebrated "their day" with "banqueting" (NWT says "set day") Job chapter 1 verse 4 which sounds like an anniversary of their birth to me. I'm not aware of a JW explanation saying it isn't a birthday celebration or what else it could be.
i know this thread has probably been covered in the past but i thought it would be nice for newbies and lurkers and just a reminder to those that left a while ago.. how has your life improved since leaving the cult?
are you happy?
have you made some amazing friends or maybe met an amazing partner in the world?.
I am free to dedicate my life to these amazing creatures. This is Maddy and she is 4 weeks old <3
roll call for the benefit of newbies and lurkers.
in one sentence tell why you left the org.
not 2 sentences.
Lack of love towards local refugees and corruption amongst the elders so they benefitted themselves not the congregation as a whole.
this was announced a couple of weeks ago on the clam.
you can now donate to any congregation, the worldwide work, and assemblies online.
further they have implemented recurring payments "because the hard part about donating is remembering to donate," they actually said that!
How soon before spirituality is measured by the size of your donation?
If God needs your money so bad why doesn't he remind people to give?
i get it, not a fan of yahweh the desert god.
but what about jesus?
anything wrong with his teachings like the sermon on the mount and the example he set.
Jesus believed in the flood story. If he were truly God's son, divine, came down from heaven etc he would have known it was a myth and corrected those who believed it......or he lied about it. Whichever is right he was wrong so I don't believe he was anything more than an ordinary man.
i used to get a weird feeling in my stomach when i would see a witness approaching.... almost a sense of dread.
now, i really don’t care.
i have even made it a point to do the approaching when i see a witness trying to convert an ignorant person..
I used to feel sick and shaky when I saw them. I rarely see any I recognise now so not sure how I would react if I met one I used to know. I can talk to ones I don't know at my door no problem now.
I would greet any from my past and not mention the JW thing and treat them like "a normal person". If they brought it up (you know they would lol) I would just say I haven't been to meetings for a while and change the subject. I hope I am well past the feelings of sick and dread after 9 years of abstinence.
they must be so relieved after all they've been through..
They must be so relieved after all they've been through.
this is my very first post.
i wonder if there is anybody out there who lives in devon, england, where we now live.
would like to here from you.. jdubhub
There are a few in Cornwall regularly have meetups arranged thru facebook
I am in sunny Southsea (snowy atm)
