what's the jw line on harry potter?
i took my kiddies last night to see it.
i knew if i didn't take them on the first day of its release i'd be turned in as a deliquent parent!
Both my boys, dressed as Harry Potter and Ron, as well as my husband and myself went to see the movie on opening day. Great fun!
I think Ron and Hermione (found out I have been saying her name WRONG all this time!) stole the show from Harry. Anyone agree?
_LisaBObeesa, who still can't say "Hermione"
here is a url that shows the truth of christ's command to christian's, "love they neighbor".
btw, the same denomination baptized over 950,000 (yep, almost a million) last year.
my wife, two sons and i were 4 of them.. http://www.namb.net/dr/.
Rex,
question: Do you think CS Lewis was a fundie?
Thanks,
LisaBObeesa
hi guys and gals: .
a question of law has arisen.
i'd like your opinions if you don't mind.
Christ's law is LOVE. You need only ask yourself if the action you are planning is loving or not. No need to a million little rules like the JWs have.
Romans 13:10
--LisaBObeesa
http://www.herbertwarmstrong.com/disfellowship.htm .
sorry i'm not sure how to make this link clickable, but check it out.
it really cracked me up!.
http://www.herbertwarmstrong.com/disfellowship.htm
Sorry I'm not sure how to make this link clickable, but check it out. It really cracked me up!
These people are demanding to be disfellowshipped.......good sarcasim.. :)
--LisaBOBeesa
....is an incredible thing to see.
my old work pal leo would do it every works christmas party.
this incredibly smart and dignified gentlemen would raise money for charity by taking bets as to how long he could clench a lighted newspaper between the cheeks of his buttocks.
Oops!
I had no idea this would be about LITERAL flaming assholes! LOL!
Just based on the title of this thread, I thought it was about a certain 'screwed up' thread.
;) LisaBObeesa
as those of you who are aware of debi and i, we've had some serious problems.. today, i found out, "i" was the problem.
the book "obsessive love" by dr. susan forward, bantam books.
unfortunatly, this book describes me almost to a tee.
RecordCollector,
A big hug for you! (((((RecordCollector))))
I could relate to some of the things you said. I, too, feel like I don't know how to make friends. It is such a difficult thing sometimes. For me, I realize that most of my problem is my bad feelings about myself, and fear of someone finding out the 'truth' about me...like if they knew my house looked like a mess and my dishes are always in the sink, they would dump me for sure. (It's deeper than that, but you know what I mean) I have the feeling always in the back of my head that there is something 'wrong' with me.
I know now that there is nothing wrong with me. Don't ask me how I realized that....I'm not really sure how it happened. But now I know. We are all the same. We are all ok. We are all just who we are. If you were to look at the world from outerspace, we are all just little people trying to get by. I'm not sure if that made any sense...hummmm.....I guess what I mean is you can't see my dirty dishes and messy house when you are looking at the big picture.
Also, I am , for lack of a better word, co-dependant. It's a leaning experence to try and grow out of this crazy behavior. But under everything, I am ok. There is nothing wrong with ME. 'ME' is no better or no worse and anyone else walking the planet. The same is true of you.
I am working on making friendships, and trying to learn to not listen to those thoughts I have that I know have no basis in reality.
Anyway...just wanted to let you know you aren't alone in your feelings, and to encourage you on your journey! Sometimes out of our greatest pain, comes the greatest gifts. Hang in there...
--LisaBObeesa
of all the holidays, for me halloween has the least appeal.. i have a memory of going trick-or-treating once, at my "worldly" father's insistence (he roasted peanuts in the oven for the door-knockers... i remember), about the time my mom learned the truth.
i must've been about five years old.. despite the fact that i'm a hard-core agnostic and a fear of gods or demons are a non-issue, i still have trouble encouraging kids -- under the guise of costumes and fun -- of extorting treats from neighbors.
can i get a witness?
"In case you ARE right, what kinds of "tricks" can the sweet, little innocents play on the extorted?"
I'm not sure, but I think it has to do with large amounts of TP and possibly some eggs........But I really wouldn't know......
-LisaBObeesa
of all the holidays, for me halloween has the least appeal.. i have a memory of going trick-or-treating once, at my "worldly" father's insistence (he roasted peanuts in the oven for the door-knockers... i remember), about the time my mom learned the truth.
i must've been about five years old.. despite the fact that i'm a hard-core agnostic and a fear of gods or demons are a non-issue, i still have trouble encouraging kids -- under the guise of costumes and fun -- of extorting treats from neighbors.
can i get a witness?
Um, teejay, I think it means, 'give me a treat or I'll play a trick on you'........
am I wrong?
-LisaBObeesa
of all the holidays, for me halloween has the least appeal.. i have a memory of going trick-or-treating once, at my "worldly" father's insistence (he roasted peanuts in the oven for the door-knockers... i remember), about the time my mom learned the truth.
i must've been about five years old.. despite the fact that i'm a hard-core agnostic and a fear of gods or demons are a non-issue, i still have trouble encouraging kids -- under the guise of costumes and fun -- of extorting treats from neighbors.
can i get a witness?
Growing up a witness the ONLY holiday I really wished I could be a part of Halloween!! It looked like so much fun to dress up with everyone else, and even as a 7-year-old I could see it had nothing to do with anything evil. It was just FUN.
Once, when I was in high school, our cong had a get-together at the local pizza place so as to avoid the tick-or-treaters. A couple of my friends and I managed to get permission to go home early. We dug through closets and came up with some crazy costumes and went trick-or-treating! Sure, we were way too old, but who cares?? We had a blast being ‘bad’!! That was one of the most fun times I ever had as a JW with other JW kids…no, it WAS the most fun I had!
A Cultural Anthropology class I took said that many cultures have a holiday where the every-day rules of society are turned upside down…and that is what our Halloween is. It is the one day of the year when children get to RULE. Common, how fun it that!!
Now I have kids. We have a BLAST every Halloween! I can’t wait!
--LisaBObeesa
i have come to the conclusion that the shunning practices of the jw's are in fact worse than the worst crime committed.
just imagine, your own daughter shunning you, not wanting to see me or her first son (my grandson).
whenever i walk around in the village i live and i happen to encounter jw's, they don't even acknowledge that i exist at all!!.
Dear Richie,
You know what really gets me? When a JW says that shunning is 'the loving thing to do.' Can't they see they are saying black is white? Up is down? Evil is good?
My mother is going through the same thing as you, and it is terrible. I feel so angry about it.
I sometimes think my mother is doing better accepting the situation than I am. I can't seem to accept the situation that my sister won't talk to her or let her see the grand-kids. It is unacceptable! But that is how it is, and I guess one day I will stop struggling over it. I can't quite see how to let go yet.
I get strength by reading posts like Celtic's and California Sunshine's. (and so does my sometime-lurker mom) Thanks guys!!!
And Richie, so many people here know what you are going through and share your feelings.
hugs,
LisaBObeesa
