just wondering if this is a common thing for you guys and girls?
when i left the jws it was hard to make a connection with people, much of the time i felt that whatever they wanted to talk about just didn't seem relevant/deep/meaningful.
i find myself filtering my mind to get to a level with others (small talk mostly).
Anyone struggle to find meaning in life?
Sorry if you are depressed, and I hope that you find your answers if that's what matters to you. To answer your question, no, I don't struggle with that. I have more important things to do in my life than wasting it looking for its "meaning".
someone at my workplace, i don't know who, is a jw and has been leaving magazines in the cafeteria.
any suggestion as to what i could do?
i thought of writing up a note stating: "to whoever is bringing these magazine: jw have broken up my family, please don't bring religion to work.
I'm a fadder, so I can't exactly reveal my identity either.
I'm a little aggressive in my approach, and I'm certainly not interested in educating nor saving anyone, and it's been decades since the last time I gave a fuck about what others think of me, so what I have done when that happens is that I leave the magazines in the exact same place... only shredded to the smallest pieces I can shred them.
the door was knocked very quietly, (the bell ignored) .
two ladies stood there both clutching bibles, a youngish one, early thirties, and an old dear, in her seventies i would guess.. the young one started "we have been asking your neighbours today if they feel there is anywhere to go for reliable guidance ?".
" but pointing to her silver sword i said " but not there though !".
I just hope some of what I said will stick in their minds, you never know.
Thinking about when I was on the other side of the JW nonsense, and thinking about what a whole lot of people here have shared, I bet some of it does stick.
contrary to common belief, neither the bible nor the watchtower condemns homosexuality; however, they do condemn the practice of fornication.
homosexuality is same sex attraction whether such attraction is acted upon or not.
leviticus 20:13 describes a man having sexual relations with a man, or the act of fornication.
You might surprised how many JWs are homosexuals
Not really. What's your point anyway?
in the movie the wizard of oz, while the whole yellow brick road gang was being addressed by the great and powerful wizard of oz, the dog toto ran off to the side, pulled back on a curtain, and showed that a normal-looking humbug of a person was operating cranks and levers.
for a short while, the normal-looking man kept yanking levers and cranking cranks, and said into the microphone (which made the great and powerful wizard speak the same words) "pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!
i am the great and powerful wiz .
Why did the Governing Body come around the curtain and expose themselves?
You mean, show who they really are, right?
i hope hollywood helps make her the democratic nominee.
she sounds like she’s testing out the waters.
good luck ms. winfrey.
As much as I love Oprah, I'm quite fed up with Americans putting showmanship and celebrity status over real leadership. She will have to be very, very convincing to a person like me for me to vote for her in a primary of any party.
lt appears this topic has not been debated.energy has to come from something it doesn't come from nothing..
Did electrical energy evolve or was it created?
Evolved.
i am stuck on amos 4:11, jehovah said he will destroy the way god destroyed sodom and gamorah, is this a misprint?.
I am stuck on Amos 4:11, Jehovah said he will destroy the way God destroyed Sodom and Gamorah, is this a misprint?
Yes. The entire bible is a misprint.
That said, I wonder what your specific concern is. I can't care less about anybody's sexual orientation (other than mine and my husband's), so my concern is more about why that particular piece of information of the bible seems to bother you. Also, if you think about the actual action of the Jehovah in that book, doesn't seem like the action of the same god who claims to be all love.
i was talking to someone a few years ago and he said in his congregation they have a rail of white shirts prepared in the cloakroom for if a speaker doesn't have a white shirt on.
it was a rule in their hall that all brothers in the platform must wear white shirts when going talks and if the speaker won't comply when asked to change into the shirt they provide an elder in the congregation will do the talk instead.
i have never known any other halls do it so it must be a rule the elders have made up without gb input.
I have never known any other halls do it so it must be a rule the elders have made up without GB input. Does anyone know of other elder made rules that are unique to their hall?
You brought me back to even before my time. I actually remember when I was just a child, people making comments about the WT having problems with certain colors of shirts. Other than that, maybe that congregation never got the memo.
terry walstrom posted this exceptional link on another thread.
i think it so amazing that it should have a thread of its own so everyone can have clear and easy access to the document.
terry wrote:.
Interesting, very useful for those who benefit from following their history.
