I have small children. I was raised a witness, so I never celebrated holidays. Now, I don't go to meetings, don't agree that the watchtower is Jehovahs sole channel of communication. My wife and I still don't feel comfortable celebrating christmas. We have given our kids an alternative of gifts at a different time of year. They are too young to understand any of this yet. My question is, are there any out there that have been in my shoes and now have older children that are questioning why there is no celebrations, and not going to the meetings either? Is it hard seeing them grow up to marriage age, then see them go off and celebrate holidays? I am not looking for an argument about celebrating holidays. Just thought there were some who have had this experience.
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by musky ini have small children.
i was raised a witness, so i never celebrated holidays.
now, i don't go to meetings, don't agree that the watchtower is jehovahs sole channel of communication.
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 11-24 WT Study
by blondie insorry this is late.. comments you will not hear at the wt study 11-24-02. october 1, 2002 watchtower page 17. cultivate obedience as the end draws near"to [shiloh] the obedience of the peoples will belong.
"genesis 49:10. introduction.
the first thought that went through my mind was why obedience was highlighted so much, what happened to love?
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musky
Blondie, Thanks for the post. It amazes me that, while being told to read and study the bible, we are told that there is only one conclusion to come to. THEN WHY STUDY THE BIBLE ITSELF AS A WITNESS? THE FDS HAS DONE THAT FOR US ALREADY (venting, sorry).
Thanks again for all your hard work Blondie
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YOUR BEST DRUNK STORY
by Mary inwhat's the worse thing you ever did while drunk (assuming we've all been drunk).........when i was 16, we all got blitzed out of our minds at a witness wedding that happened to take place on hallowe'en.
anyway, on our way home we thought it'd be funny to whip eggs at passing cars.
unfortunately, the first (and last) car i hit was a cruiser.......i realized this as the egg was in mid-air.
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I don't even want to post my worst story. I am too ashamed. I am glad I grew up somewhat, and am more responsible now. But the bad memories will be there forever.
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The only reason I'm glad
by shera in.
the only reason i'm glad i became a jw is(and left)........ i have met many kind people here on these boards.. shera's sappy moment.... .
take care all
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musky
Sappy stuff... BAH!!
I am glad you are enjoying this forum.
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My JW story
by Aztec ini don't think any of this is really all that unusual so i'm sorry if you find it dull.
i was raised in the jw cult from birth, a third generation member to boot.
my family was full of elders, ministerial servants and overseers of all sorts.
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Welcome Aztec. I hope you will find this forum to be of help to you , and I look forward to reading your posts.
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Coming To A Theatre Near You (Again!)
by Defender in.
sorry for the red xs .
edited by - defender on 23 november 2002 11:30:48edited by - defender on 23 november 2002 11:32:59.
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I like the smirk on cheney's face. He looks like the typical CEO, boss type
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NWT
by shera in(douglas walsh v. the right honorable james latham clyde, m.p., p.c., etc., scotland, 1954, (1958 ed.).p.88.).
under oath at a trial in scotland.
(a): i do not speak hebrew.. .
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musky
Hey Shera, I thought you were here for "friends and fun" only? Sounds like your gettin pretty serious here. Interesting post. I could never figure out why it was so hard to get info from the NWT translators, or even knew who they were for that matter. Thats asking a lot for the witnesses. I mean to follow this translation, and not know who the translators are.
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defender, I still see a red X. I have had this happen to me, and am not sure why. I think maybe if you linked the pic to a web site, and they changed the pic or removed it, then there might be a X. Not sure though.
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(theatrical trailer) coming to a theater near you. ATTACK OF THE RED X'S. Never before has such horror struck a small community of citizens, ...............
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Discussions With God
by IslandWoman infor those that pray, do you pray only in quiet reverence and thankfulness or do you also pray as if god were right there in front of you and you have this bee in your bonnet (or whatever .
personally i pray to god about anything even about being upset with him.
i love god and do not fear him so to lovingly be upset with him sometimes, is just me.
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Island Woman, Great post!
Cicatrix, I can really relate to how you must be feeling. Life is definitely not black and white. I was raised a witness, so the world was always so black and white. I have not attended in a while now. Sometimes a while goes by between prayers. I sometimes don't know for sure that God is even listening to me , or cares about me. I get mad at him, beg for his forgiveness, I thought that praying for wisdom would be a smart thing to do, reasoning that if I was wrong in my prayers, then the increased wisdom I would have would help me to pray the correct way. I think I will keep on trying to figure things out, until I die of old age someday. Then we will all know what the answer is, hey? To late by then though.