sorry if this is a bit of a bummer, folks, but i am feeling really down about this and had to post.
i took my life in my hands and checked out jw.org, initially to find out what the go was regarding the sarah as satan posts and the patronus spell lion ( although i was nearly crying with laughter when i real that all along the watchtower (spiritualist harry potter reading) flash of writing department madness, well the posts about it anyway.. anyway what made me feel so bad was something about being good to full time long term service people..in the caleb and sophia section for gods sake!
it was this sad picture of two elderly publishers ( god what a word!
Agreed, completely.
There are a lot of judgmental people in the org, but this is usually caused by the very high level of insecurity the org produces in them.
There are many wonderful people as well who are just trying their best. They've thrown their lives away, and been taken for a ride. Hopefully found some good friends on the way and enjoyed it in parts.
the past five weeks have been perhaps the most painful in my life as a witness.. some months ago a young man (i'd say in his late thirties or early forties) began attending meetings at my kingdom hall.
he had just moved to my area from another state.
he had disassociated himself from his home congregation many years back, when he was 20 years old and going through many of the typical trials and temptations most young men experience.. two of the elders met with him initially, and they later shared the details with the body of elders.
Jeramy, your words above are faith strengthening for me! Thank you.
I am so happy that you have contacts that are dissidents and will be faithful friends, as well as Christians not associated with the witnesses. I'll pray for strength for you to deal with the traumas in the weeks ahead. It won't be easy. But you are a person of fortitude. Your walls are strong, you will not easily be crumbled.
6 weeks ago some jws came to my door.
i've been inactive for 8 years.
after they gave their presentation i told them i was inactive.
a comment by forum member 'sowhatnow' made me stop and think about how true it is the wt is becoming another tv evangelist religion.
the similarities are uncanny!.
logos.
ok ladies, has there been any documented studies on the role religion or society plays in keeping women in an economical and social disadvantaged state ?
im wondering how many other women out there in the world, who either being raised or being long term followers of a strict religious faith,with traditional family structures, have upon either divorce or death of a spouse find it nearly impossible to find a mate or economic stability , and live out the remainder of their lives struggling and either bouncing from one guy to another, being disappointed or used, or simply alone.
i have personally felt, that i, being a xjw and now divorced woman , with no acceptable work skills,[ ie: fancy resume with degrees] living of low wage part time work and barely any alimony , will simply be viewed as someone trying to get another man to support her.
Caleb I felt bad for saying that and playing into stereotypes but couldn't help it in this particular case.
And you are adorable.
i know being a witness for 33 years and not celebrating b/days you do lose the habit , but i thought one of them would have remembered ?
oh well .. maybe i will just rub it in with them tomorrow .make them feel guilty , eh ?.
then again i might just start singing "76 trombones" at the dinner table tonight .
Smiddy, take it from someone who has a very forgetful husband...I drop hints a few weeks before my birthday or our anniversary and even Mother's Day. I would LIKE my husband to remember these things without me dropping hints but it is just too sad for me when he doesn't remember, so I go the hints route. We might be looking at something that's broken and I'll say 'you can fix it for my birthday!' And ping! The lightbulb goes off in his head (when is her birthday again? Is it coming up?) lol.
Im glad you mentioned it to your family the day after, and hoping they are more aware for next year. Because truly, despite what the WT says, everyone deserves to feel special one day out of the year!!
in another thread i wrote some notes about why using jehovah in english is as good as using yahweh.
i'm starting a discussion on this topic because it sounds quite ignorant to hear people talk of the monk who started using it in latin without really understanding why the monk did so.. the spanish dominican monk, raymundus martini, in 1270, didn't get hoodwinked by an old jewish superstition about pronouncing the divine name with the vowel points of another word.. 1. first the vowel points of adonay and jehovah cannot be the same for grammatical reasons.
you just can't use the same vowel points because some vowels aren't paired with some consonants in pronouncing hebrew words.
Wow, that 1950 quote!!! Gotta love 'em. ....or leave 'em.
the past five weeks have been perhaps the most painful in my life as a witness.. some months ago a young man (i'd say in his late thirties or early forties) began attending meetings at my kingdom hall.
he had just moved to my area from another state.
he had disassociated himself from his home congregation many years back, when he was 20 years old and going through many of the typical trials and temptations most young men experience.. two of the elders met with him initially, and they later shared the details with the body of elders.
