Grace, You have been here for over 10 years. Certainly that is proof that your skin is not so thin that you would depart because what a few may say.
Please reconsider. I am sure you still have words of wisdom to share with this community.
it has been nice talking with you.but i seem to upset a few because of my faith.. so have a great christmas.... & be good, i wont be here to send you to your rooms .
i have grown close to many of you.... if i have ever said anything to hurt you sorry!!!!.
when i kick the bucket i am sure "mary" who ssometimes post will let you know.. mouthy grace gough.
Grace, You have been here for over 10 years. Certainly that is proof that your skin is not so thin that you would depart because what a few may say.
Please reconsider. I am sure you still have words of wisdom to share with this community.
my wife has told her jw best friend and jw sister that she is givng up the religion!!
and there was i worrying about losing her when i left the cult.
and, to top it all, my 15 and 13 year old children are using their critical thinking skills and can see it all for what it is.
Well done!
saw an opening?.
if we look at christianity it appears that pauls teaching are what formulate it and not jesus.
paul often contradicts the words that are "supposedly" spoken by jesus repeatedly.
Thanks for the examples TD & Kate. Another;
1 Cor 4, Paul says: For though you have countless leaders in christ....
Matt 23, Jesus says: Neither be called leaders for you have one leader, the christ.
It's easy to see why the WT organization loves and rely heavily on Paul's doctrines for their excessive rules & regulations.
saw an opening?.
if we look at christianity it appears that pauls teaching are what formulate it and not jesus.
paul often contradicts the words that are "supposedly" spoken by jesus repeatedly.
Interesting topic. Could someone provide a couple examples of how Paul contradicted the saying of Jesus?
evening.
i have it from 1st hand (or second) that a circuit overseer who gave a talk at twickenham in august 2013 has been disfellowshipped.. .
my dilemma?
People name names on this site all the time. Outrageous things are said about GB members posted right along with their pictures on this site and no one is concerned about privacy.
If a GB member was disfellowshipped would we be concerned about not using his name for the sake of his privacy? I don't see the distniction between GB members and their top company men lap dogs really.
That siad, I am more interested in the reason more than the who. It would really be good to see some defections at high levels, but most likely they were DF for conduct unbecomming a christian.
i have the hardest time meeting singles in the "world".
currently inactive.
but my dating situation is sort of in limbo and its driving me mad..
hey guys.
i need to speak about something that has haunted me in the past and has affected me still today.. in school from 3rd to 8th grade i have been severly bullied because i was raised as a jehovah's witness.
kids everyday would beat and me call me "jo-ho" and chant the name on the school grounds, and the school bus everyday without stop!
If there was a primary ring leader who instigated the bulling, I would do some reasearch find where he is today and go give him the beat down he deserves.
You may or may not feal better in doing so.... I would.
the jws stopped by my house a couple weeks ago on a saturday morning.
i knew that with others most likely waiting for them out in the car they probably did not then have much time to engage in any serious conversation.
so i let them talk while i feigned interest in what they had to say.
Marked
i just got in from my daughters homecoming(she is a cheerleader and these guys make a huge deal out of this stuff).
they play 3 football games of various age groups.
it starts at 8 in the morning and just ended at 1:30. i just got in the house literally 5 minutes ago and i had to share.
Have you considered that they were there to watch you for any brazen conduct that would allow them to DF you without the need for your signature on paper?
my mom sent me a email telling me that if i want to put any of that (non jw/non christian) religious stuff on my facebook then i should unfriend her.
i didn't respond directly.
i did take the email, remove id'ing aspects and ask my facebook friends to tell me what they thought of the request.
Tell her that if she is offended by what you post on FB she should blame her parents for raising a pussy.