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Questions about Athletic Activities while a JW

by AjaxMan in

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hi, everyone.. on my researches about the jdubs.

i read that they are restricted or forbidden from engaging in activities such as sports, working out in a gym or in martial arts.. i, who does all three, have a question for the members of this forum:.

when you were a jw, could you do any of the three activities mentioned?.

Mum

I joined a spa/fitness club late in my JW career. Other sisters from our congregation joined these clubs, too, and I don't remember anything being said about it. Some of the sisters also joined Weight Watchers, and there was no controversy about this.

I believe that joining the fitness club might have saved me from a mental institution or worse. I was so depressed and messed up that I could hardly tolerate consciousness.

I did catch flack about taking some college courses, which I started about the same time as the fitness thing. Intellectual "bad association," it turns out, must be worse than sports/fitness "bad association."

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow. - Horace

I have learned to live each day as it comes and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. - Dorothy Dix

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What do you think?

by BobsGirl in

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i am needing a catchy name for a niche catering business.. i thought of "the home cookery" .... but i'm not sure if that is quite right.

any suggestions oh creative ones?.

bobsgirl.

Mum

As long as a name is not copyrighted, I think you're on safe ground. A patent attorney can do a search for you.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow. - Horace

I have learned to live each day as it comes and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. - Dorothy Dix

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Tooting my own horn

by WildHorses in

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ok, since i have to be 39 years old.

i want to hear lots and lots of happy birthdays.. you can send money too if you want.

lol a cool million will do.

Mum

Oh, to be 39 again! Oh to be 39 again and look like you!

HAPPY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! MANY MORE!

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow. - Horace

I have learned to live each day as it comes and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. - Dorothy Dix

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Daily Text - 1 Tim. 6:4

by YoYoMama in

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1 tim.

6:4 - from these things spring envy, strife, abusive speeches, wicked suspicions.. commentary:.

evidently, in the apostle paul's day, there were some in the congregation who failed to control their tongue and got involved in quibbling debates about words.

Mum

Julie, you are such an astute observer of character. Paul was everything you said.

YoYo,
Yes, I will question authority which I consider arbitrarily placed. Disagreement is beautiful; it is how we all learn from one another. Never questioning in order to avoid discord breeds stagnation.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow. - Horace

I have learned to live each day as it comes and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. - Dorothy Dix

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What is the most important thing to know?

by sleepy in

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if there was just one piece of information you could pass on to another what is the most important thing you can think of that a person should know?.

i would say "never stop learning".. also what subject gives the most enlightenment on life ?.

i would say physics as everything branches from there.

Mum

Sort out what is important and what is not, or the degrees of importance.

Behavior is more important than feelings.

Family is more important than a belief system.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow. - Horace

I have learned to live each day as it comes and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. - Dorothy Dix

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Wait, There's More!

by ozziepost in

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apparently the wts believes that the present number of witnesses around the world is only just the beginning>.

the january 15, 2002 issue of the watchtower states; "amid the world's present darkness, 'foreigners'-the emerging great crowd of sheeplike ones-enjoy jehovah's light together with the anointed christians.

" (page 26).

Mum

I think the "emerging" statement is a way to motivate the poor bedraggled publishers to keep roping in unsuspecting converts. If there are lots more, somebody has to get out there and bring them in. When you have a totally demoralized work force and another prediction of a date for the end of the world is not a good idea, this motivational method is about the best they can come up with.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow. - Horace

I have learned to live each day as it comes and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. - Dorothy Dix

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How sure were you that it was the truth?

by sleepy in

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when you were a witness how sure were you that it was the truth?.

were you totally convinced or did you think it was just the best way to serve a god but not perfect.. it amazes me when i think of how vigourusly i defended the witness and my ideals when on the minisrty and in talking to friends.. what worries me is that if i was so covinced then about what i belive then should i be so convinced now.. back then i was at the pinnacle of understanding or at least i belived i was , do i feel the same now?.

well i try to not be so dogmatic about thing now.

Mum

I was a #1. Even when I left, I still believed it was "the truth" and that something was terribly wrong with me because it did not square with what I call the truth inside of me.

With time, I have divested myself of any and all notions that there is any value in it except to teach me to be less naive, more wary.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow. - Horace

I have learned to live each day as it comes and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. - Dorothy Dix

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My email discussions with a JW (part I)

by AjaxMan in

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i thought that i'd share with you, i welcome feedbacks from all of you on what do you think.

i will set other threads from my email discussions with that particular jdub.. i will show you the questions that i asked him and the response that he gave me:.

my question: he said that salvation comes from both grace and works.

Mum

One more point which I forgot: When I was a JW, a very long time ago I remember that the words "resurrection of judgment" were interpreted as "adverse judgment," not "a chance."

I cannot cite the WT article, as I believe it was some time in the mid to late 1960's. Has there been "new light" on what Jesus meant by "resurrection of judgment?"

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow. - Horace

I have learned to live each day as it comes and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. - Dorothy Dix

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My email discussions with a JW (part I)

by AjaxMan in

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friends

i thought that i'd share with you, i welcome feedbacks from all of you on what do you think.

i will set other threads from my email discussions with that particular jdub.. i will show you the questions that i asked him and the response that he gave me:.

my question: he said that salvation comes from both grace and works.

Mum

The JW Jesus is a pretty hard-nosed fella.

What is "practicing sin?" If I bake a birthday cake for my granddaughter every year, I suppose that is a "practice of sin" (until there is "new light," that is) and Jesus is going to zap me big time. I have two birds of my own, so I give myself to them after the big zapping.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow. - Horace

I have learned to live each day as it comes and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. - Dorothy Dix

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FELLOWSHIP

by ricoananas in

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i've been reading lots of messages in just a few days of logging on to this site and have to say that in the beginning it was bothering me to still be doing the jw thing.

i dropped out after 25 years, the last 14 as an elder.

now, however, i'm beginning to realize that the posts have been giving me a feeling of fellowship with many people who have gone/are going through experiences similar to mine, a kind of fellowship that i rarely if ever felt being among other jw's.

Mum

But we DO have Ananas today, Ginny, and we are so glad! Isn't anana the French word for pineapple, the symbol of hospitality?

Welcome, Rico. We all love it here, and are happy to welcome you among us. I loved the quotation about the assembly hall!

You're right about the avoidance of anything spiritual among JW's. They are much more ritualistic than any Catholic I ever knew. It has been great to look within myself rather than to be so totally directed from without.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow. - Horace

I have learned to live each day as it comes and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. - Dorothy Dix