i wanted to take a moment to give a quick baby update.
my last post mentioned that we lost twin b at 17 weeks but twin a is doing well so far.
we are 25 weeks tomorrow and a week past the point of viability so we are starting to get really exited for this new adventure in our lives.
I am very sorry for your loss, and very happy to hear that your decisions around the baby shower are sound and loving. Great lesson for those JWs who think they are entitled to include and exclude people as they please.
My heart goes to you and your family.
Happy to hear about your baby a.
it's nearly a job for life if you don't literally fu.. up..
It's nearly a job for life if you don't literally fu.. up.
I never did, but not because I couldn't. I never told anything about anyone to the elders. I had quite some dirt in quite a few elders. I saw one drinking at a hotel bar with some woman that looked like a "working woman", another carrying a birthday cake for one of his students (he was a teacher), one that dressed like Santa at a corner downtown my town. I saw a couple of them at the porn theater, and I had sex with one when he was an elder. Had sex with another who later became an elder.
I never bothered saying anything to anyone. The reason was more along the lines that I can't really care less about the JW structure and how they do things. Plus to be honest, I think that there's some humanity in me. My encounter with the elders, as much as I was able to handle them, were not pleasant.
I guess I was just happy of reaffirming my point that they are all full of --it, and that elders are not to be trusted.
i am thinking about buying coffee mug(s).
maybe i will get my coffee mug personalized.
any suggestions on what should be on my coffee mug?
I would have this printed in the mug:
I am thinking about buying coffee mug(s). Maybe I will get my Coffee Mug Personalized. Any Suggestions on what should be on my Coffee Mug?
:-)
hello people,.
i was born in but long time faded.
i think i hold current jws to a higher standard than they now maintain.. here's the thing; my father is very old, in his nineties and been a jdub for over 60 years and even made it to elder till he got too old.on a recent visit my siblings and dad were saying how wonderful that veterans affairs were.
Should a JW accept Veteran payments?
Yes, no question about it, there are many JWs that I knew/know who receive veteran benefits.
since leaving watchtower i kind of hit the "reset" button in my mind and reevaluated what i thought i knew, what i believe and i require proof for every idea put before me before i commit to it.
lately i've been fascinated with evolution.
as a jw i never even looked at the subject, dismissing it as "just a theory".
One more reason i could never go back to the JWs.
And the beauty of it all is that if you decide not to believe in it anyway, no one is going to shun you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdfs5b-ant4.
Sounds like petty vindictiveness. Not funny to me.
i've recently openly joined this community and already have a huge favor to ask: if you are in the nyc area, would you be willing to be my marriage witness this wednesday morning?
all of my family and friends are either active dubs or abroad, while my "worldly" fiancée is a fl transplant and still new to the city.
we're happy to provide modest compensation.
I am in NYC but unfortunately have a lot of professional responsibilities and can't just go. I'm sure that if you can find the right person in the line behind you anywhere, that will be in NYC.
just to get others opinions and experiences.
out of everyone in the jw organization, how many do you think never get caught doing a "gross sin "?
and how many do you think actually get caught?
how many do you think never get caught doing a "gross sin "? And how many do you think actually get caught? How many people confess? How many do you guys think practice gross sin and not get caught?
I find it hard to be accurate since many of us were JWs for a longer time than others, also because some of us were nosier than others, and also because some of us were in different congregations and therefore knew (of) more people.
I'm also basing my answer in the presumption that you are using the WT's definition of a "gross sin", which includes my very own existence.
As a gay JW, and growing in a culture and medium that wasn't too kind to LGBTQ+ people socially, legally or any other way-ly, I got to know quite a few JWs with a double life. Never counted how many, but through my entire life in that organization there were many people in the congregation who had double lives.
Me personally, I can fill the entire quota of "gross sins" based on their definitions of things that they believe people should get killed for, regardless of how decent and morally clean they are. Their criteria for sin is ridiculously, insanely, stupidly narrow and specific, so pretty much every single person at some point will do something that is considered a "gross sin".
Getting caught in the sense of people knowing, a lot. Getting caught in the sense of anyone in the congregation taking any actions, very few. I think those two last statements also answer your last question.
when i suffered some loss what jesus said came to my mind: “if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat also.” (mathew 5:40) principle behind this statement made flash to me: ‘here shirt is only a symbol of material things/comfort.
if you suffer a loss, have the mind-set that i have no problem even if i suffer some greater loss,’ and my worry immediately disappeared.
whether jesus was a historical figure or not matters not if what he (supposedly) said happens to be of great practical help..
When I suffered some loss what Jesus said came to my mind: “If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat also.” (Mathew 5:40) Principle behind this statement made flash to me: ‘Here shirt is only a symbol of material things/comfort. If you suffer a loss, have the mind-set that I have no problem even if I suffer some greater loss,’ and my worry immediately disappeared.
Whether Jesus was a historical figure or not matters not if what he (supposedly) said happens to be of great practical help.
I have no idea of what you are trying to say.
according to the self-proclaimed "faithful and discreet slave" of jehovah's witnesses, all sorts of evil things are going to be allowed to occur during christ's 1000 year reign!
it-2 p. 789 resurrection - "they are judged, not on what they did before hearing his voice, but on what they do after hearing it.
re chap.
Who's got it wrong - the Bible or the "faithful slave?"
It makes an interesting theological conversation.
