And I'll wager they all say: 'This was better than ALL the other better than the last a$$embĀ£ies we've had!'
Or even better: 'That was so timely, they know just what we need at the right time!'
our do is a southerner- his drawl makes the.
scary things he says much easier to swallow.. some highlights of his talks:.
apostates are miserable.
And I'll wager they all say: 'This was better than ALL the other better than the last a$$embĀ£ies we've had!'
Or even better: 'That was so timely, they know just what we need at the right time!'
the last meeting i attended was the memorial last year.
i haven't stepped foot in a kh since then.
since i didn't go to the memorial today, i'm considering it my one year anniversary of snapping out of my stupidity and regaining my freedom.
Hey WWIT, same situation here. Needless to say I just missed the Memorial for the first time in my 36 years... Congrats!
I still have friends and family that are very devout... I saw one of them post on Facebook today: "Our brothers in Bulgaria were attacked by mob last night at Memorial. Clearly Satan is very angry about the great shout of praise to Jehovah. The mob attacked our brothers and the kingdom hall. 5 were taken to hospital. The front door was wrecked by the time police arrived. 10 were arrested."
Oh man, a line like that would have rung so true in the past... now I can't believe anyone could read that and not giggle with the myopicness of it all. I posted in reply: " In Bulgaria, religious discrimination is pretty prevalent, the main Orthodox members have attacked/defaced/desecrate d: Jewish synagogues/schools, Protestant churches, Muslim mosques.... they discriminate equally across most religions, it seems."
And it was like no one saw what I wrote or commented on it and kept going on as before... *sighs*
just joined up on this site, left the publishing company last year... been so eye opening to read this site and others, can't believe i was held like that so long.
embarrassed but hopeful and loving life!.
from british columbia, canada!.
So I will be posting the essay in that private section. Gosh it has been a while since I posted my hellos... just busy living (a new) life I guess. :)
just joined up on this site, left the publishing company last year... been so eye opening to read this site and others, can't believe i was held like that so long.
embarrassed but hopeful and loving life!.
from british columbia, canada!.
Thanks! With regards to the questions, its more like an 2,033 word essay! And they answered NONE of it, sly talked around it all saying I needed a bible study (again) to truly comprehend. I can post it here if you like, or somewhere else?
just joined up on this site, left the publishing company last year... been so eye opening to read this site and others, can't believe i was held like that so long.
embarrassed but hopeful and loving life!.
from british columbia, canada!.
Thanks everyone for the welcome. :) Some of you have asked to hear more of my story. Is there a sub-forum one tells their story in, or this thread fine? Its a little long, and much like probably everyone else here, it doesn't end just because I left. My family/friends are still mostly entwined. :(
just joined up on this site, left the publishing company last year... been so eye opening to read this site and others, can't believe i was held like that so long.
embarrassed but hopeful and loving life!.
from british columbia, canada!.
How do you quote in replies here??
@shamus I have never met a gay lumberjack! Actually, especially with the pine beetle, I think forestry work is on a downturn. I'll refrain from an equivalent Alberta taunt.
just joined up on this site, left the publishing company last year... been so eye opening to read this site and others, can't believe i was held like that so long.
embarrassed but hopeful and loving life!.
from british columbia, canada!.
Walk On may be a Boston song, but it isn't to do with my name ;)
just joined up on this site, left the publishing company last year... been so eye opening to read this site and others, can't believe i was held like that so long.
embarrassed but hopeful and loving life!.
from british columbia, canada!.
Thanks! I should clarify, I wasn't with Bethel. I merely meant I left the organization. Perhaps I was too glib!
I left when I realized it didn't really answer my questions about life. I gave the elders a list of questions I had since I stopped going to meetings, and they came over, skirted or avoided all of my 8 questions, suggesting that to have them answered I needed a bible study, to properly understand! So it was like, sorry! You had your chance. This upcoming march/April will be the first memorial I haven't gone to in 35 years. Born and raised in the organization.
It was hard to break the idea that I could not look at critical websites/publications.
i see all these other sports threads and nothing for hockey that i've been able to find.
being a canuck, i think it's time.
i know there's losta other canadians here too!
Canucks unbeaten in regulation streak ended tonight! NYR... taking it to them like they did in '94. Too soon?
just joined up on this site, left the publishing company last year... been so eye opening to read this site and others, can't believe i was held like that so long.
embarrassed but hopeful and loving life!.
from british columbia, canada!.
Hi all! Just joined up on this site, left the publishing company last year... been so eye opening to read this site and others, can't believe I was held like that so long. Embarrassed but hopeful and loving life!
From British Columbia, Canada!