hi all, so i am getting married next year and just looking for some advice.. i left the jw's about 10 years ago now and i am marrying a non jw (who is also a scientist) next year.
my family are all still active and my brother has even agreed to be my best man.
there hasn't really been many issues apart from my mum taking it upon herself to tell everyone early that they do not do toasts.
You may want to mention that if they aren't paying for the reception that they really don't have a say. (Do so in the kindliest way you can, of course.)
It was an issue at my daughters wedding. Someone forgot to tell the DJ and he stopped the music to offer a toast and was floored when he heard that we don't do toasts. That's why Witnesses are better know for what the DON'T do than for what the Do.
it's going around facebook, sometimes it's kind of interesting.
1. i'm a navy brat from san diego.. 2. i've lived in california since i was 6yo, but i've visited china, tahiti, mexico, hawaii, guam and canada plus many of the other states in the us.. 3. i collect green pottery, for no reason except that i like green.. 4. i studied latin for three years in school and can't remember any of it.. 5. my pet cat is extremely neurotic.. 6. my favorite movie is "to kill a mockingbird.".
7. i'm a whovian.. 8. if i had to pick only one favorite book, it would be archie and mehitabel.. 9. i have an inappropriate sense of humor and i'm kind of proud of that.. 10. my goal is to live forever on a paradise earth.
I will google "whovian" and get back to you. Your life sounds super cool.
when you look at the image above what do you see?
a sneaker or an outward display that i am now following after another religious group?.
well yesterday i had a 10 minute conversation with an elder who finally got the balls to call me.
Only in Watchtowerland would this ever be an issue.
hi-- for those of you who struggle with bipolar & depression, just wanted to share my experiences.
i had a major manic episode last month and spent a week in a phsyciatric hospital, what an experience that was!
not fun.
I have family members who suffer from bipolar disorder. It can take over your life and make a mess of it very quickly. Wish there was an easy answer for these problems.
jw: they are not.. kw: but if they were, would you want to know?.
jw: they are not.. kw: im not saying they are.
jw: no.. kw: really?
Wow, you are really putting your heart and soul into this. Thanks for sharing with us in such detail.
I was baptised in 1971 and yes, we were all telling our Bible studies that 1975 was going to be the end.
Do not believe anyone who denies it. There are those of us who were there and very actice and believe the whole big false prophecy at the time.
i'm somewhat new here, even though i've posted a few times, so i decided it was time i properly introduced myself.
i've been lurking for several months.... .
i was born into the jw and served for 21 years.
Welcome and don't worry. You are young and can build a new life for yourself. These people who shun you love the cult life and there is nothing you can do for them. You can go out and live a happy life and show them that the Watchtower is wrong when they say that those who leave fall into a life of debauchory.
Keep in touch.
6 months or so ago, me and my wife decided we will never set foot again in a kingdom hall.
about 4 months earlier than that, i stumbled upon an article about the wts being associated with the un.
that got me into finding out ttat eventually.
Wish we had an update on this family.
well, i have been posting here on and off for a while now.
it is good to see the progress that so many have made.
i have appreciated your experiences, your humour, your struggles, etc.. as i sit here today, i realize that i have made progress as well.
My sister and I, along with a few close family members and a friend all left three years ago. Nothing, absolutely nothing horrible has happened that the Society had warned us about. We are all happy to be out and none of us desire to return. we do agreewho wished we had left sooner, much sooner.
I am fortunate that my only child and her spouse do not shun me. (Guess they have a bit of apostate in them, too!)
keep this one fact in mind about jehovah's witnesses.
they exist in three dumb categories throughout their history.. 1. honest bible students attracted to the gimmicks of russell (charts, graphs, chronologies, pyramid inches, etc.
) expected the end of the world to come and they wanted to know more.. 2.contrarian hard heads under rutherford wanted to prove everybody was wrong about everything except themselves.
Elijehovah: Is English a second language for you? Your posts sound so sincere but dont make a lot of sense. Please let us know more about you. We are all friends here. No details so that anyone can identify you, but just a general summary of who you are would be appreciated.
not being a very technical sort of person, i don't know what it is that makes the "results" from a web search change from day to day, but i have noticed this site sometimes on the first ten "results" and another time very close to the first "results.".
today it is the third result offered on my google search.
first is the official jw website.
The Wikipedia web page about Charles Taze Russell was a starting point for me. Follow the suggested links and you can find all the information you need to decide for yourself that the Watchtower Society cannot possibly be what they claim to be.
