hi i've been a jw for 12 years and got married 2 years ago.
i'm now separated.
my husband hid from me that he suffered from depression, extreme anxiety issues and a personality disorder.
Ok this is going to sound harsh but I really don't mean for it to be....
You either go along with the JW mindset and continue to be sad
OR
You make up your mind to be happy (only contact baby daddy about child) and move on with your life.
You and only you are in control of your happiness. Your thoughts/actions/reactions are what either make you happy or sad. No one else has control of those.
Best of luck!!!!
http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp .
would someone please make this link clickable?.
cc.
Interesting study about "grammar nazi's"...
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0149885#ack
Introverts more concerned about grammar whereas extroverts less concerned about grammar. Maybe they are more interested in the conversation and interaction?
a little advice please.. it's now 7 months since i stopped going to meetings.
we still get regular calls by elders - at least every 2 weeks.
i can handle them.
I also had a very sweet sister I barely knew (her children knew my children) that continued to put very sweet notes on my door as well as sent me texts (yes I gave her my phone number).
I always responded to the texts (never the notes on my door) with "thank you for your concern" type stuff.
She eventually gave up. Ride it out.
i have friends who are called "worldly people" by jws.
these people are actively involved in feeding the homeless over christmas.
managing thrift shops so they can send financial aid overseas to poorer children.
I can honestly say I feel like I have done more outside of the truth than inside. I have donated to various organizations that actually try to help people physically/legally.
i see more people this year in an optimistic mood because of the economy.
will you be spending more money 💰 this year, or less or about the same as last year?.
No this year I've actually spent much less.
No.
today we hear a lot about red lines in political commentaries these days.
but for those of us who are pimos, what be your red line?
what would be the doctrinal change or event that would tip you over the edge into leaving for good, regardless of the repercussions?
I left because of the change in the blood doctrine. I lost a loved one who died because they wouldn't take any blood or blood products. They would be alive today with the new stance.
That was my red line!
the last study covered it pretty well.
can i still tell my brother (not in) to tell his daughter to tell mine?
or how about smoke signals?.
One of my favorite songs from Pusifer - Sour Grapes (Where's The Line?) has these lyrics...
Uh, our first, our first message in question is coming in from Father Mudder from Xenia, Ohio.
And he wants to know, uh, "How far can we go, Reverend, er, uh, can we touch, can we touch the line?"
And the answer is, "No, Father. No, Father! To touch it would be to cross it cross it."
Look, people, it's it's it's it's very simple, it's very simple.
All, you all can have as much fun as your tummy can take, ya just can't cross, cross the line of sin.
As as as tempting as that tasty plate of fresh baked, baked sin may appear, damnation and hell-fire are saturating the very plate on which it is, uh, delivered, uh, unto, unto you.
Umm, we have a second caller? Okay. Good.
Well, Sister Brudder calling in from, uh, Ravenna, Ohio.
Uh, she wants to know, "Reverend Soquet, can we sniff the line?"
Uh, and the answer is, "Yes, Sister. You can get right down on both knees and sniff that line and you, you can back your donkey right up to the line. And you can walk your doggy along the line, ya just can't cross the line. Hallelujah!"
am i the only one who can't reconcile new light with the light gets brighter?
if it matters at all.
i bring a candle into my house and light it.
It's the only way they can compensate for changing doctrine. Those of us that were in "ate it all up" so to speak because we needed to understand the changes.
Looking back now that I'm "outside" there was no improvement or "light getting brighter" it was pure simple and unadulterated changes.
i think the wt will never give up this practice unless forced to by the courts, even if they are financially failing terribly they will keep it because the moment they do get rid of it the whole thing will collapse even faster and they know it(or afraid of it happening).
they have painted themselves into a corner of financial ruin.
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They cannot, this is what helps keep control.
