well they didn't fully teach me ttatt but helped me on the way.............. first thing i do in the morning after waking up is grinding some nice coffee beans and getting the brew started while i take a hot shower.
after the shower i like to clean out all the nasty wax out of my ears with a q-tip (or cotton swab for those not familiar with that term).. while cleaning out my ears i would think about how nice it is we have things like q-tips and coffee filters that make life more enjoyable but at the same time realize that somebody somewhere is in a factory making these.. i can't imagine a child saying "when i grow up i want to work in a factory making coffee filters".
the people who end up really doing that as adults did not set that to be a life goal.
One day in service years ago, the bro driving our group spat his gum out the window before he hopped out to make a call. His wife snickered, said "you're going to be on gum-scraping duty in the paradise!"
Immediately the thought popped into my mind... I'd rather scrape gum day in and day out than be on dead body burial duty. Billions upon billions of bodies.
has anyone watched the videos for children on jw.org?
i feel sick.. in one video a little girl dreams about paradise: the blind can see again, the deaf can hear again, and of course, she gets to hug a cute little panda cub.
not until the end of the video is her wheelchair revealed.
I wonder if Jehovah will modify the digestive systems of all the carnivores to be able to eat veggies? Of course, their systems have only been that way for 4500 years... Since the flood of course.
The shark looks happy cause there's a nice kelp bed for dinner
so recently, several over-righteous ones in the cong were discussing "how amazing it felt when they got baptised".
statements like "how awesome did it feel as you got raised back out of the water?!".
or the classic "i felt so close to jehovah as i came out of the pool"!.
I felt some relief, some guilt. I thought I was supposed to want to be baptized. I did it because I couldn't put it off any longer. I was 20 years old, the last of my acquaintances to be baptized, and was already dating my beautiful later-to-be wife. Pressure from pretty much all sides.
I wanted my family not to be proud, but no longer ashamed. I had no interest except not to be killed at the big A. Being fed lies my whole life I thought the world really was going to end in my lifetime.
hello to all.
i've been on this site for a couple of weeks now posting here and there but have not had the opportunity to read about many of the regular members and what led up to their leaving the wt.. i understand that some of you (i'm part of this club) may not be able to disclose many details and i can appreciate that.. i'd love to hear what was it that finally made you renounce what is and hopefully soon to be "was" the wt.. i truly look forward to having good discussions.. thank you to all for your kind participation.. .
Once I learned that 607 was wrong, it was official for me. There was a lot leading up to that, but that's where I drew the line.
wanted to say hello to you all.
i am new to the forum and just wanted to introduce myself.
i was raised a witness, never baptized (yay) and am married to a lovely baptized witness of jehovah.. i had been trying to get back into it due to both our families being j dbs but just never could get it into my heart.
Wow that hurts to have your families boycott your wedding.
How long did you put off baptism? I mean how old are you now? If you're not really young they should have known something was up.
wanted to say hello to you all.
i am new to the forum and just wanted to introduce myself.
i was raised a witness, never baptized (yay) and am married to a lovely baptized witness of jehovah.. i had been trying to get back into it due to both our families being j dbs but just never could get it into my heart.
Welcome mikeypants!
Couple questions: how devout is your wife? Family? Take this into consideration as you make your exit.
Theres a chance your wife, even if she's really liberal will turn on baby-protection mode and try to forcefully raise the kid a JW. It could drive a wedge between you.
The first thing you need to do is find out exactly where she's at. Even a very liberal or inactive dub can turn on a dime. We've all been brainwashed from birth. Cults are dangerous creatures.
Anyway, explore the board a bit, feel free to comment. I'll bet you'll find lots of issues with the JWs that you never even knew about.
this is probably all old news to most but i found it interesting.
i was trying to find the website that has all the boes and in my yahoo search these showed up and i checked them out.
there are probably better lines than the ones i picked out but if interested check them out.. http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/202012206#h=0:0-3:583 "a trustee or executor should be aware that whether the estate is large or small, liberties should not be taken with the assets.
How about saving a few years' worth of cat litter and willing that to them? It's more than they deserve
"of course,a close relationship will not last if one person does all the talking.
(in this case it is me talking to god)just as friends enjoy two-way communication,(right on)we should allow god to speak to us(yes i have allowed him to speak but he says nothing)and we should listen to him when he does.
(iam still waiting for him to say something).
It's up to you how long you'll wait for him to reply. Personally I'd like to think he has better things to do, like making sure millions of children die of malnutrition every day when he supposed had the power to feed everyone.
How long will you wait?
i dont have the willpower to attend meetings anymore.
i'm literally on the sound system list every week.
i'm either reading on sunday or tuesday, praying on tuesday nites, adjusting mics, passing mics, or working the sound system, or doing last minute parts for the service meeting.
Bro... Take a step back and consider your plans. You joined the board a couple months ago, which means you are FULLY awale by now. If you're getting more "priveledges" now, you're doing something wrong.
Time to cut those serve-us hours to the single digits this month, less than 5 for the next 3, the last two of which are a complete lie as you never went out at all. Servo is the first thing the eldurrs look at when doling out "privileges". Make yourself an unlikely candidate.
After these next 4 months of low reporting, time to not put in a report at all. Put in one that says zero, and dont bother after that. When asked why , make shit up. Never.. EVER apologize it make excuses. What you are doing is what you are doing, and it is not wrong. Don't give the impression that you can be convinced that you are in the wrong. They are child molester protecting liars, not you. You just know their secrets.
Pretty soon their attention will shift to someone else and you will be ignored. After 3 months of zero hours you will get a shep visit. They will lay out the usual FOG (Fear, Obligation, Guilt) routine on you, which you will give them nothing. Just cold. Thanks them for their time and interest. it will piss them off to no end that you didn't show any fear of them or remorse for having let big J down.
Before you know it, you'll be skipping more than you go.
Tand a moment and think about WHO you go to the meetings for. Family? Move. Friends? Get new ones. Real ones.
nasa discovery proves the bible scientifically accurate.
the debate.
for decades there has been a long standing debate between science and religion as to the validity of the biblical genesis account of creation.
Your ad hoc excuses/explanations do not impress.
Keep at this, though. Eventually you will realize how far you have to bend and how much you have to ignore to be the type of believer you want to be.
