i have a non jw friend who has a jw sister.
they were both raised jw.
while he is not shunned he feels alienated because of his refusal to accept their truths.
you are right. Marking as opposed to shunning.
He would probably find himself tolerated at public meetings where they could "encourage" him. But they wouldn't extend their fellowship beyond that.
If he was blatant and open in his actions there may even be a "local needs" item on "the dangers of associating with non-baptised fornicators (mentioning no names)!!!"
is this real?
or a wind up?
very funny tho.. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1314410394.
Shouldn't you be winging your way to Manchester?
sorry if this has been discussed to death but......... now that i'm not sending $$$$$$ to ny i suddenly find i can treat myself to guilty pleasures.
i bought an 80gb ipod (which i love dearly) and was just wondering if anyone else has succumb to this "fetish"?
any tips or extras i might need to know about?
My iPod approach is slightly different.
I got beautiful black iPod Nano for my birthday.
It's only 2gb but hey! I only use it for music on the move. I'm still having to do a day or so window cleaning (I'm nearly out. THAT will be the final bit of JW residue out of my life!) it really helps pass the time.
I've no intention of getting a docking station. A simple interconnect and it goes straight through my HiFi
I'm a bit of a dinosaur tho. I really object to paying money to download DATA! So I buy my music on CD (I want to feel it, touch it, look at it and put it in a rack!) and I rip what I want onto the iPod.
That said I love my Nano. Recently they upgraded it (after only 8 months on the market, WTF) My wife said "don't you fancy the new version" My answer is always the same. You decide on your budget, buy the best you can and something you're really happy with, and then you jump OFF their merry-go-round of desirability!
uh, hey guys, i was kinda wonderin' what you all think of a woman for president here in 2008?
i like the idea myself... in another thread i said "i noticed that i found myself more sorrowful for military funerals then i used to be, and i am finally starting to see christmas as an act of love, and not so much a disobedience to god's ways.
i often thought of how jesus took the pharisee's traditions and explained how they were evil, because of how they were being used.
Us Brits tried that over 25 years ago.
It's taken us 16 years to recover
my mum proudly showed me the latest development, a cheap horrible paperback bible, she said how great it was to be able to turn the pages so easily!!
how do the dubs do it?
get people excited over making things cheaper and nastier.
For goodness sake!
How right you are PoppyR.
As I've mentioned before, I am one of the owners of the local Christian Bookshop. And a paperback bible is nothing new.
Mind you it is amazing how God is turning his flagship organisation into a bunch of cheapskates.
Whatever happened to "nothing but the best for the Lord"?
Have they sold those ornate chandaliers yet?
from the dubs.
after being cornered and tired of the games, i suggested kevin elder meet me and i would give him my letter of da.
he doesn't know it has been posted on this forum and on jwfacts site for a week or better, and that i sent many copies of it out to former friends last friday.
Jeff.
Glad to here it!
I personally have moved on both in faith and in life and so I have closure even though I don't think they have (as shown by the fact that some treat me one way, some another and some keep changing their minds!)
My wife though struggles with exactly this issue especially with respects to family. I think she would like to know and for everyone else to know where we stand.
from the dubs.
after being cornered and tired of the games, i suggested kevin elder meet me and i would give him my letter of da.
he doesn't know it has been posted on this forum and on jwfacts site for a week or better, and that i sent many copies of it out to former friends last friday.
Hi Purple
In what way are you wanting to move on?
In life or in faith?
It's an interesting point that's been raised here.
Actually is it possible to move on in one of those areas whilst being stuck in another?
from the dubs.
after being cornered and tired of the games, i suggested kevin elder meet me and i would give him my letter of da.
he doesn't know it has been posted on this forum and on jwfacts site for a week or better, and that i sent many copies of it out to former friends last friday.
Hi Jeff.
Not really familiar with your story but I hope it works out well.
Interesting comment about needing the closure but not realising that you did.
I think lots of us who are not DA'd or DF'd but rather have faded or have been labelled "DA'd by our actions" have wondered whether we should seek full closure.
Pub
as i understand the rules here, there is only one registration allowed per household.
my grildfriend wishes to post here, and i have lost interest in the subject, i am turning over this screen name to nadine.
so, although the sn remains the same, the person behind it is not.
Had to laugh!
I thought this was about being possessive with the TV remote
Hey! Get off. That remote is MINE. . . .
"need greaters" ugh!!
i hate that phrase and i always have.
we knew a jw couple who applied every year to bethel and giliad until the age cut-off (age 35 or 40?).
One more
Definitely "The Truth"
" "The Truth?" You can't handle "The Truth" "
