thinkers wife

Joined

• started 5 topics
• posted 903 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by thinkers wife

• 
  4

  Anyone live in the DC AREA?

  by happytobefree in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm kind of new to this board and was wondering if any of you meeting offline.

  i would love to meet some inactive, disfellowshipped, disassociated, or anyone who have not been associated or associated with jw.

  if there is anyone who live in the washington dc area and would like to meet offline, let me know.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  thinkers wife

  Wendy,
  We are right off I81, so seriously consider a stop would love to meet you and yours!!!!!!!
  TW
  And I would cook.
• 
  11

  1914? Wrong! See why.

  by thinker in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  went to an interesting site the other day concerning 1914 and the wtbts.

  it seems well researched and true.

  hope you'll visit it and comment here.. http://home.online.no/~jansh/wteng/chron.html.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  thinkers wife

  Now don't you boys be callin' my husband MDS behind our back.
  TW
• 
  58

  Living A Lie

  by MoodyBlue in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am sick of living a lie, yet afraid to change it.

  married to a man who refuses to listen, who would rather plug his ears and shout "nooooooo" is taking it's tole.

  i am afraid to speak my mind about my doubt, my thoughts, and what i'm learning, as i'm not ready to cross that point of no return.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  thinkers wife

  Moody Blue,
  You've got your whole life ahead of you!! Use it to the full and wisely.
  Amicus,
  I just pick and choose too. Music is one of the great loves of my life. We have everything from blues to classical to rock. There is something good in all of it.
  TW
• 
  28

  Things said from the platform

  by MoodyBlue in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i recalled something said a while back by an elder during a service meeting a while back.

  i beleive it was a local needs part on getting out in service.

  basically what he said was this:.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  thinkers wife

  Well said Martini,
  I know some wonderful people who do very good things for the community just because they want to. If there is a god such as mainline religions teach, I think he looks on these works very favorably. Even more so, because it is from their hearts. Not out of some sense of obligations.
  TW
• 
  62

  Do we need a 'Faithful and Discrete Slave' ?

  by ISP in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there is a thread already started on the subject of the fds elsewhere but i thought we may as well deal with aspect.. do we need a fds?.

  what would we miss if we didn't have one?.

  what additional new light do we need?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  thinkers wife

  Welcome RWaterman,
  I think what you said is a very accurate description. Once a person has their eyes opened you can see the importance of living in the here and now.
  The mind set of the JW's can be very dangerous. Especially when it comes to having a family. It is so very important to live in the moment, because that can change the future. I hope this makes sense. I know what I am thinking, but find it hard to put in words.
  It is comforting to know that the JW's do seem to appeal to good honest people, meaning that is what your son is.
  Don't give up hope on him. Many do begin to question, leave, and go on to live good productive lives.
  TW
• 
  72

  When should you Disassociate yourself?

  by happytobefree in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been having discussion with my sister (relative), who is an active witness, about writing a letter of disassociation.

  the reason being is that i have not attended the meetings in over a year and it's been 4 years since i have went out in the jw ministry.. i going to try to sum this topic up.

  my sister think that i should not da myself because i have not done any immoral act in her thinking.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  thinkers wife

  Well said JT. I have pointed these very things out to my husband who was never a JW.
  Waiting and RHW,
  Right on the money. I think the biggest thing I have learned through my "exile", is tolerance for others. We haven't walked around in their shoes, so we never know why they have done what they have done. This is true in or out of the org.
  And it is very difficult sometimes when you so want to tell your loved ones the truth about yourself. They either don't want to hear it or can't.
  TW
• 
  63

  Are you Ex's still Christian?

  by joel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  whassup guys.

  i've spent most of my web time over the last 2 years at another site full of ex-jdubs...i'd say about 50 people post there on occasion...many of that number regularly.. what struck me from the beginning, as i got to know the people posting there was...how many were now atheists...non-believers in god...the bible...pretty much anything they once held sacred as jw's!.

  i dare say...90 some % do not consider themselves christian now!.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  thinkers wife

  My husband and I also lean more toward science. He has opened my eyes to a lot of things the Society shot down. I was just gullible and bought into them blindly.
  I believe you can be very spiritual without being a "Christian".
  As for the Bible. Well who is to say it is the only inspired religious work. Many other religions have wonderful premises, including non Christian ones.
  I am still searching, if you want to call it that. It isn't a burning issue in my life. I think living in the here and now is very important. How you treat others and yourself can and does have an impact on the world around us.
  I'm not sure anyone knows the "truth", I think we find what works for us. But it is important to believe in something. Though not all-important.
  Spreading around love and compassion is important to me. If you only have room in your life to share it with your immediate surroundings, that is o.k. too. But over-all ethics and decency are very important too.
  TW
• 
  48

  JW Preaching Work Ends in 20th Century ?

  by Scorpion in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  page 12 of the january 1,1989 wt original magazine paragraph 8 ends with the statement that the apostle paul's missionary activity laid a foundation for a work that would be completed in our 20th century.".

  (a subtle prophecy that 'the end' will come by the year 2000 a.d.).

  this sentence is changed in the bound volume reprint to read "a work that would be completed in our day.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  thinkers wife

  At the risk of being redundant. I do believe Ray Franz makes quite a few references to this very thing, in his book, Crises of Conscience. It was disturbing to him to.
  Gozz I am with you. It is haunting.
  TW
• 
  12

  Answering Machine at the Mental Hospital

  by Grunt in

  1. social
  2. humour

  answering machine at the mental hospital: .

  > "hello, and welcome to the mental health hotline.

  > if you are obsessive-compulsive, press 1 repeatedly.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  thinkers wife

  2, 4, 4, 6, 5, 8, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, Oh yes, yes, Yes, YES, YES.
  Ooops never mind that is sex. Sorry.
  TW
• 
  12

  Answering Machine at the Mental Hospital

  by Grunt in

  1. social
  2. humour

  answering machine at the mental hospital: .

  > "hello, and welcome to the mental health hotline.

  > if you are obsessive-compulsive, press 1 repeatedly.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  thinkers wife

  Grunt,
  My husband is in the bath tub at the other end of the house wondering why I am laughing my head off.
  Maybe someone can think of a word that applies to that.
  TW