it is killing me now that i am awake, having kids in school and having to be jws.
birthdays, christmas, thanksgiving, having to go home or be left out because their teachers know they are witnesses and/or have kids from the school in their class or grade.
it's a small town so the other jws in the hall know what's going on since their kids are in the same school.
I agree with Apognophos. He is sitting on the fence. He needs some help to break out of that 'comfort zone'. The organ transplant issue might be a good topic to encourage him to investigate.
I don't agree with the don't push it suggestions. Why make the children suffer for possibly several more years especially when he isn't even fully on-board? Maybe you should read the scripture JW's often refer to when they have to deal with fence sitters...
it is killing me now that i am awake, having kids in school and having to be jws.
birthdays, christmas, thanksgiving, having to go home or be left out because their teachers know they are witnesses and/or have kids from the school in their class or grade.
it's a small town so the other jws in the hall know what's going on since their kids are in the same school.
You are so close to the rest of your life. Hang in there. If he needs an event to experience the dark side of the borg, find some recent teaching that he can't accept and ask him to present his ideas to the elder body. For example: new understanding of 'this generation' or the impossibilty of a global flood in 2370BCE. For me, the biggest issue was that I wasn't allowed to disagree with anything. That is not a search for 'truth'.
You need to push him to 'man-up' for your children's sake.
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"!.
Big letdown. I never even did the dedication prayer that is supposed to be done before making that public declaration. Shouldn't that have been a reason to stop and ask WTF am I doing? I wish I could kick myself in the ass for being so pathetic.
I also clearly remember the dude going down the line looking for good 'how did you come into the truth' stories. He would ask a couple of basic questions and then move on down the line if your story wasn't potential Year-book material.
So many ignored warning signs...
a couple of years back, a friend of mine who is a former baptist preacher (dub horn) began.
visiting a rehabilitation hospital.
the irony of this was not lost on me.
Great stuff as usual Terry. I think for a lot of us this is where an explicit DNR is important. I have already made it clear it clear to my wife if she sees me face down in the dirt in the gardens out back, just leave me there. The only thing I dread is having a stroke and waking up in a ward where I can't speak and people are forced to clean me up occasionally.
what do you say, bible gurus???
a relative asked me what i thought of the zone visit.
i am in the process of gathering my thoughts.
What more is necessary than what eyeuse2badub said? I can't tell you how many company-men totally avoided such needy ones (too busy handing out invitations to attend the memorial in one case). To be fair, I have also seen the other side, but they were by far in the minority and not destined for advancement. But, they did care....
does a female kingdom publisher need to wear a head covering if she conducts a bible study in the presence of a male publisher?.
in a questions from readers item published in the watchtower of july 15, 2002, it was stated that a sister should cover her head if she conducts a bible study in the presence of a male publisher, whether he is baptized or not.
further consideration of the matter suggests that a modification to this direction is appropriate.. if the male publisher who accompanies the sister while she conducts an established bible study is baptized, the sister would certainly want to wear a head covering.
Unless it is on a Tuesday of course... I'm with Mum on this one. Soon they will bury this bone.
took the magazines in the waiting room and dumped them in the trash.
was a great feeling.
to think many witnoids wont dare throw out the surplus magazines they have in stacks around the house is amazing.
I used to save them for getting the fire started, but I don't like the new ink colors. Thankfully my wife still has several boxes of the old B&W editions in the attic. The new stuff just goes straight to the trash can (I don't even bother putting it into the recycle bin on the off chance another cult-susceptible person might accidently stumble across it - and I would be blood-guilty).
i celebrated halloween and my birthday and the elders have been told.
husband told the elders i've called the religion a cult.
they said i'm "heading down a road to be an apostate.
Lots of excellent advice. Tell them you will be happy to meet with them if your attorney is allowed to be present. Problem solved.
That is what I was going to write and then it occured to me that I don't know what you want to accomplish. Sorry, need to reread your posts from the beginning. But, in general, I like your style.
after reading about tight pant tony's rant about sisters only marrying ministerial servants lest their marriage will be a failure what anecdotal evidence do you have to support this.
the divorces that i am familiar with in the congregation show me that having priveledges in the congregation do not improve the odds of a better marriage.
i would say about 60% of the divorces had at least one spouse who was a pioneer, elder or ministerial servant.
How would that work if every brother in the cong was a MS or elder? Would the next step be additional levels of rank like 'Senior MS' - almost an elder. 'Junior MS' - just appointed (Ok to marry but might want to wait). What about the guys that are perpetual MS class - Not deemed worthy enough to move up to the next caste level? Soon it will be only marry elders and then the next step will be, elders can have multiple wives since not enough men are 'spiritual enough'.
And then they merge with the Mormons.
when i am3 was going to speak i was ecstatic to hear this lunatic embarass himself.
after the propaganda indoctrination session, a relative asked me what my spiritual goals were, i told em i want to become a servant before i turn 23 so i could get laid.
lmfao.
At least if we sent him some socks, he would know 'somebody' was paying attention.
