it has long appeared to me that some here within this community and possibly lurkers too might find this forum a toally unsafe platform upon which to let their personal stories be told for fear of attack, disbelief or other derogatory and unsavoury comments, even on behalf of those ones who really should know better.. now, why is it these days, and i'm sure i'm not the only one who experiences this, that i feel that i do not want to tell publicly my full personal story and/or experience relating to upbringing with the jw's?
why am i fearful of attack?
why am i fearful of disbelief?
Hey Mark
Rang you the other day for a chat, guess you were busy.
I have discovered through my journey on this board that some of the users are just not worth my valuable time. I have identified the idiots, the ones whose incomprehensible eccentric remarks, which serve no purpose whatsoever, and erased them from my daily reading. If I see their posts I by pass. Simple as.
Not wishing to pin point any perticular country, but I think you know whom I am refering too.
Martin
since the organization has so many rules, did you ever just want to break a rule, just to do it?
one rule that i enjoyed breaking was the 15 to 20 minute rule that you were supposed to come to the meeting early.
i was regularly tardy.
There were lots of rules that I broke. Being alone with Sisters. Counting the wrong time. Counting family bible studies when none were conducted. To name but a few.
i think that i heard it today.. this morning, i was sat in the millenium stadium, cardiff, wales, not regettably, watching an international football / rugby competition, but a charity absailing event.. to gave us all a taste of the normal atmosphere when 70,000 are present, the organisers played us the welsh national anthem over the superb sound system.
oh wow, i still have goosepimples.
it was incredible.. sorry canada, i know mulan rated you tops earlier this year, but wales have, imho, got the worlds best anthem!.
Englishman
I felt compellled to respond to this thread being a Welshman and indeed an altruistic supporter of the National side. However not wanting to appear mercenary or indeed antagonistical to our Canadian bretheren, I must agree that all National Anthems are I suspect would indeed bring a tear or two to ones eye.
Having attended the Millenium Stadium on international day there is a somewhat eccentric encounter to enjoy especially if wales are playing england. I can indeed in the strongest possible terms attest to the enigma of atmosphere that surrounds the stadium when 72500 voices are orchestrated in perfect harmony.
Martin
okay, i am incredibly shy but i just joined a club.
the guy that i have a huge crush on happens to be the president of this club.
meetings are only once a month and he's only the president for about three or four months more.
Interesting
john corrill here from the ex-mormon board.
i've found your forum interesting.
mormons and ex-mormons struggle with many of the same things jw's do.
Valis
You are out of order big time go away you pratt
Martin
just wondering about some of the profile pics...i think its nice to know a bit about the person you want us see, or the person you don't want us to see.
so what were you thinking when the pic was taken, how long ago, and where were you?
mine was taken last month, just after my 36th birthday.
Great pictures
Who's Mike Musto anyway?
if baptism washes away your sins, as taught by jws, what prevents a disfellowshiped person who has moved to a new area and is not known in that area in attending meetings as an interested person and getting baptised within 6 months.. has anyone ever done that?
if so can the person be disfellowshipped a second time?
what would be his status.
Judging from some of the replies to this thread, I am disappointed that a number of you have missed the point entirely. Instead of replying in haste, why dont you read the thread think about it and then reply. I do not want to get in by the back door, I was merely wondering if it could or has been done.
Martin
if baptism washes away your sins, as taught by jws, what prevents a disfellowshiped person who has moved to a new area and is not known in that area in attending meetings as an interested person and getting baptised within 6 months.. has anyone ever done that?
if so can the person be disfellowshipped a second time?
what would be his status.
Mimmily Viv Minimus
You are all missing the piont of this thread. It is a what if thread. Is there a loophole for those who want to reconnect with their family.
Martin
if baptism washes away your sins, as taught by jws, what prevents a disfellowshiped person who has moved to a new area and is not known in that area in attending meetings as an interested person and getting baptised within 6 months.. has anyone ever done that?
if so can the person be disfellowshipped a second time?
what would be his status.
Ballistic
Does that mean that he was forgiven in Jehovahs eyes, because he was so blessed? Food for thought hey.
Martin
