i don't even know where to start.. more than anything, i'd like to say that i am not a woman of vengeance.
i am very much a forgiving person.
if you say "i'm sorry," and you're genuine, i can move on from it quickly and easily.
At this point in time, don't worry about payback or vengeance.
Worry about you!
Talking to a psychologist who specializes in abuse (because that what has happened to you) will help sort things out. Then you will be in a better position to help your kids, and you may even reasess the idea of vengeance (even though I KNOW it feels really good right now!)
Best,
BOC
lots of proper pioneering (90 hours), lots of calls, lots of studies, lots of interest.
enough to make it all interesting.
driving this buzz was the sense that armageddon was imminent.. my father was never a jw, and was very opposed.
I like your Moses/rats illustration. That's a good one!
As far as the no-man's-land effect, yeah, been there. The first question I asked myself when I realized it was a crock (also after the 2010 overlapping generations thing) was How do I know what I know? I just went from there. .. .
after lurking for 7 and half years (is that a record?!
) its time for me to say hello.. so who am i, and whats my story?.
im a born in jw, with all my siblings, mother, wife and children in.
Welcome WIZZSTICK!
this is the letter i wrote back in '96 about the parousia.
following the '95 watchtower that disconnected the "generation" from 1914 i began to look carefully at end-time prophecy and soon discovered what i knew were basic errors in what i had been taught.. i was a loyal jw at the time and was still serving as an elder.
i used only watchtower publications in my research.
What I see in that letter is a highly intelligent person trying to make sense out of complete nonsense.
Thanks for posting it COFTY
an 'apostate' inactive jw in america i know on facebook went to the dc and said fully 600 people left between the end of the apostate talk and the lunch break.
have any of you who also went to the dc seen something like this happen?
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There didn't happen to be a Starbucks nearby, did there?
That would better explain 600 JWs leaving the convention.
first of all thanks for all the kind words!!!
i am over whelmed by the responses.
i work very hard through the week and the only time i can reply is in the early morning hours, i read the respones on my iphone through out the day, if there was a way to log on with the phone, i would.
"I am not prepared for this"
This is basically where my wife is at now. Keeping up appearances for family's sake, and holding on to scraps of faith in god.
in his upcomming book, "how jesus became god" bart ehrman has a new view on how paul viewed jesus.
since i am a huge bart ehrman fan i am a member of his blog site, http://ehrmanblog.org link to direct blog entry: http://ehrmanblog.org/pauls-view-of-jesus-as-an-angel-for-members/.
there he made a recent blog entry where he argues that paul viewed jesus to be an angel according to galations 4:14. .
Interesting. . . Will have to check it out.
i have served 20 years as an elder, 5 years as an ms. was on the district committee in 2010, held various positions on the district , circuit, and rbc level.
probably been on more than 100 judicial committees and even an appeals committee.
was the coordinator in our congregation and deleted because adult child was df ( i kicked him out at the time of his wrongdoing, but that wasn't enough for thr brothers).
Welcome! Yes, being an elder is an eye-opener as many here can attest to.
i was wondering from any here in the know, does it seem like there is a lot of "remodels" going on?.
in the last week i had the occasion to talk with two jw's in different halls, about 10 miles apart.
they both are undergoing major remodels.
Seeing a LOT of remodels going on by us. Either a congregation has just remodeled, is in the process of, or is going to - one congregation is even upgrading to a new hall (despite 0% growth in the past 20 years)
Is this the society sprucing up its real estate assets before an anticipated "drop" in first-world, Internet-savvy countries? Dissolving and then combining congregations and selling off updated halls would make a pretty decent source of revenue.
i read an article this morning on how china is quickly reaching even footing with the united states in all aspects; military, economic etc.
the article continued saying how it was imperative that the united states recognize that it would be forced to behave accordingly or risk ddestabilizing the world.
another interesting statement was made that sooner rather than later the u.s. would become the 2nd largest economy falling behind china.
