i am curious about this issue.
personally, i never felt i would be good enough for a split second.
one would think that knowing you can not be good enough to survive would it make it easier to leave the witnesses and live for the present.
No, not really. Since early teens it was kind of clear to me that I was not good (clean and spriritual) enough to enter the new world order. It didn't stop me from participating in various theocratic activities, I thought this was a good way to walk anyway even when I won't make it through. Now if A would come it would not really matter to me, as I do not want to enter paradise as it is described.
CP
for those of you who have had the co/do stay with you for the week:.
how was the experience?.
how did they spend their free time?
Yes, CO couple multiple times. Mostly while we were travelling elsewhere during CO visit week (how on earth our prearranged trips always collided with CO visit that was arranged on busiest vacation period?). We had good experience with them, home was always tidy after they left, maybe even tidier than originally. There was always some kind of token of appreciation, flowers or card.
Once we happened to be present while they were staying with us. Ofcourse they did their routines and that way were very much away. But during dinner and evening we had interesting discussions, I was not the exemplary brother at all, but I did not felt like there was pushing or intimidation. It was just interesting discussion with challenging viewpoints coming from both sides. Wives spent their time again mostly together sipping wine and watching TV. Both the CO and his wife took time each day around 20-25 minutes to read magazines and discussing them together in their room and day before public speech CO rehearsed it for a while, even he had held it already multiple time. Very thorough in that sense. Food we offered was always well received and appreciated, breakfasts we asked them to arrange themselves from existing ingredients as we were working and kids went to school (this visit wasn't during the vacation period). I must say that this visit in our house for me was far more refreshing than the program of CO visit itself. I really have fond memories of that visit.
CP
What comes to the original question, I have not been chased in any manner. On the other hand I made it clear for them very openly that they will not see me in any congregation activity.
CP
IE works if you put this site to compatibility mode
CP
myth: parents who are jehovahs witnesses.
force their children to follow their faith.. fact:witness parents strive to inculcate love.
for god in their offspring, just as the bible.
Well it says "When child becomes an adult, he or she will make personal choice", until that you are under "parents strive to inculcate love for God", whatever means that require
CP
They should have, many times, but for some reason they always promised to keep my participation out of discussion in their own hearings. I have no clue why that was so.
CP
we've all heard the old saying: "everybody is entitled to their own opinion.".
but, my toothache is objective pain.. .
to be of rational value, evidence must be objective.
Independent is it factual or not, they truly have right to their own opinion. They may believe as they wish, as much as I can believe in what I wish. I have no clue if any party is right or wrong or are we all horribly wrong but it really do not matter.
CP
apparently, the watchtower allows a few "infirmed" people to be labeled as a pioneer, provided they do the best they can in field service.
in other words, the hour requirement is waived.
how is this approved?
I was actually given this kind of relief, not because I was old back then, but I just got married. The brothers were very understanding and wanted me to continue pioneering even at that point it was clear I was not even close to fulfilling the pioneer quota. They said it did not matter that much just if I continue with pioneering would be great.
I had certain amount of self-respect left at that time and decided to leave pioneering as obviously I could not make the hours, but they really tried to tell me that it is not at all so important to get your hours, just being pioneer is important enough.
CP
i'm in need of a new phone.
i've had the samsung omnia for quite a while.
its a piece of crap.
Looking this question from JW point of view both are bad. What about the selfishness of I phone, and Android is not any better, it is referring to some obscure science fiction, which is not real and thus from Satan. You should avoid both, so sorry.
CP
greetings to all those who are out and those living under the shadow of the org.!.
i need some suggestions on vetting people on jwn who may be in my area for a local meet-up.
i have my suspicions that we have many in my area who post.
Arrange it but do not attend?
CP
