when i started studying again, i got the guilts and threw out lots of stuff.
over 200 cd's - goth, punk, industrial, rock, pop, classical, you name it, i threw it.
i got rid of my witchcraft books, astrology books, crystal ball, tarot cards, even my damn nintendo.
Errr..how about a career..a life???!!!
No really.....REALLY!
Comic books....18 (R) films
Sex..till I was 22 and married
Fun packed sex packed vacations
"Worldly" magazines and books
Clubbing and pubbing
Getting pissed(drunk) every weekend
Gambling
Lottery(see above)
Porn (oh no I'm lying)
Masturbation (oh no I'm lying)
when i was heavily into the borg (before marriage to jw followed by dissapointment and dissillusion)i knew an interesting sister from new york who often visited england and actually stayed in my (parents)home about 1989.she gave me an audio tape of some witness band(i think they were in bethel) which tape had 2 tracks about jw's preaching etc.they were both excellent and very funny.one was called "pioneer blues" and the other "going to the kingdom hall".does anybody remember this stuff.
(incidentally in typical witness style the music was condemned by the borg heirarchy and the bros in question were counselled for producing so called negative songs about the witnesses!).
i have the tape still!!!
When I was heavily into the borg (before marriage to jw followed by dissapointment and dissillusion)I knew an interesting sister from New York who often visited England and actually stayed in my (parents)home about 1989.She gave me an audio tape of some witness band(I think they were in Bethel) which tape had 2 tracks about jw's preaching etc.They were both excellent and very funny.One was called "Pioneer Blues" and the other "Going to the Kingdom hall".Does anybody remember this stuff.(Incidentally in typical witness style the music was condemned by the borg heirarchy and the bros in question were counselled for producing so called negative songs about the witnesses!)
I have the tape still!!!!
admittedly it's been a long time since i've read an awake and i can't remember much about what's in it but doesn't it contain a bunch of superficial articles with a general interest theme?
like a poor mans readers digest?
i was recently wondering what the purpose of the awake is?
The purpose of the Awake!(why the exclamation mark?)is to use it in door to door work to cover up the Watchtower magazine underneath (which compared to the watchtower is "must read"stuff)...so that the publisher might have at least half a chance of selling them.
i decided to make a new thread instead of posting my response on the old one .
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?d=22330&site=3&page=2 .
sf asked:.
Good story Wick...It's a shame that we have to lose friends when we come out. I have a wonderful friend who I encouraged to pioneer and go abroad.He is now pioneering in the Dominican Republic!When he hears about my being inactive(he probably already has)he'll flip.
Be interesting to see if he tries to contact me for a pep talk.He's a great bloke.Funny how your elder's wife friend called you a baptist just for quoting from the bible!!Unbelievable:(
I've not had many visits yet just one elder who originally was very weak in the truth when I was strong and he uses the line "you encouraged me when I was down so now it's my turn etc"..but he's still comes across as an old friend(at the moment anyway)
I'm hoping to just fade away.....pigs might fly:)
Enjoyed your post anyway Wick....do you really live on Christmas Island...isn't that where the crabs crawl across the island every year?
what i am talking about a movie that you thought was great, but is mostly forgotten by most people today.. well, my favorite overlooked movie is "a perfect world.
" in it kevin costner is an escaped felon who escapes from prison with another felon.
they then break into a house and kidnap a boy who is a (gasp!
Boxcar Bertha...Scorsese's first I think.Barbara Hershey in the nip!
Android...strange sci-fi with Klaus kinski
Wages of fear about truck in south america loaded with nitro glycerine
Running on Empty...River Phoenix and fam on the lam from government
Deep Cover .. Jeff Goldblum and Larry Fishburne messing with drugs
Runaway Train...Jon Voight and Eric Roberts..awesome movie
Well done dude!I'm not worthy I'm not worthy!
i know i've posted about this in the past, but there are so many new people, and sooooo many lurkers i thought i'd bring it up again.
i went on 2 convetion tours and have to admit we had a wonderful time.
i also made some really good friends from all over that i haven't been able to keep in touch with.
I went to Sheffield 1976 International Convention
It was that really hot British scorcher summer and I was only 8 years old and I got terrible sunstroke...spent entire assembly in sick room throwing up and delirious.Sucked big time.I did manage to be a drink vendor though(heavy wooden thing with drinks of orange,cheap chocolate and sweets)Got a pic somewhere .. when I sort out my scanner I'll post it
the title to this post was 'the perfect presentation to cofuse householders.
'greetings, i'm a member of the great crowd of other sheep rendering sacred service to the ancient of days in the earthly courtyard of the spiritual temple by following the example of the fine shepherd and engaging as a pioneer in preaching the good news of the kingdom with the sword of the spirit.
we are helping to warn those not familiar with the divine name that the second presence of the chief agent of life has begun, and soon the last days will reach their culmination when the scarlet-colored wild beast will turn on the harlot and destroy babylon the great, beginning the great tribulation which is climaxed by har-magedon and the ruler of the world, now in tartarus, being thrown into the abyss for the rest of the last adam's millennial reign.
Hysterical....can't believe I actually believed this baloney
I remember calling on people and saying stuff like "Hi I'm calling with some good news.....do you like good news 'cos there's so much bad news about isn't there ?"..and then I'd show them the magazines with pictures of Armageddon , death and destruction on the cover or something like "Breaking free from the shackles of spiritism" or "Comic Books...why your kids shouldn't read them"
how's this for jw mind control?
(embarrasing but true).
i feel humiliated posting this but i think it needs to be said to illustrate the absolute stupidity of jw "mind control"and the lengths innocent young people will go to further"kingdom interests"... here goes.....when i was 21 i was still a jw virgin but was courting a jw pioneer (i was reg.
Thanks for comments....very encouraging...I think I should talk to my doc.Venice yes it was before the WT changed their mind about vasectomies(1990)However it was still frowned upon and left to conscience.
On the subject,I read in a newspaper that vasectomies can lead to depression.This is true in my case;whether it's a physical/psychological thing I don't know but I often look at blokes my age with kids and wonder what if?Didn't know about the possibility of getting sperm out and storing it...I suppose they'd have to open up my testicle and catch the little critters!heh heh..
Thanks again you've given me hope.
Rummy
how's this for jw mind control?
(embarrasing but true).
i feel humiliated posting this but i think it needs to be said to illustrate the absolute stupidity of jw "mind control"and the lengths innocent young people will go to further"kingdom interests"... here goes.....when i was 21 i was still a jw virgin but was courting a jw pioneer (i was reg.
How's this for jw mind control?(Embarrasing but true)
I feel humiliated posting this but I think it needs to be said to illustrate the absolute stupidity of jw "mind control"and the lengths innocent young people will go to further"kingdom interests"..
Here goes.....when I was 21 I was still a jw virgin but was courting a jw pioneer (I was reg. pioneer also) Because of the impending last days and Armageddon looming according to WT I decided that I (WE) would never have children in "this system of things" so ...guess what..I had a vasectomy!How dunb is that??
For the past 2-3 years (I have since divorced the "sister" I was with who absolutely agreed with my decision!) I have begun to regret this foolish decision I made at such a young and impressionable age.
I doubt if there is any turning back as the longer you leave it the harder a "reversal" is possible.............comments please?....
