TweetieBird

Joined

• started 191 topics
• posted 1,184 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by TweetieBird

• 
  15

  I actually loved field service

  by gubberningbody in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that might seem odd, but it really suited my personality.

  even before i became a jw i was annoying people with personal questions.

  the thing is that it's sort of ok in normal land to do that as a cult member, but not as a "normal citizen".. .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  TweetieBird

  I don't think I ever enjoyed it, not one minute. I enjoyed getting home and hoping that Armaggedon would come that day because I had actually done something that I was suppose to. I enjoyed feeling that I was pleasing Jehovah by going out in service but I HATED knocking on doors.
• 
  6

  'How I Got Sucked Into A Cult’

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  'how i got sucked into a cult'.

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9061694/how-igot-sucked-into-a-cult.html.

  bangalore.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  TweetieBird

  Very interesting.
• 
  20

  A "brief" synopsis of my story

  by Sheep2slaughter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i wanted to tell my story for sometime.

  i've been a member of jwn for a few months and a lurker even longer.

  here's my story.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  TweetieBird

  Welcome to the board. Great advice already given. If I may add a suggestion, while you are fading I would spend extra quality time with your wife. If there is something that you both enjoy that would help you to be around non-JW's, try to get her involved in that. The more non-witness friends you have (as a couple) the easier it is to fade. Most JW's stay with it because of the social aspect, especially if you were raised in it.

  There is also some great threads on getting your family out. One brother did it by means of the family study and asking questions. This would be a great opportunity for you to have a family study with your wife since you are "spirtually weak".

  Good luck.
• 
  10

  So, did the Memorial answer the question posed in their invitation?

  by poppers in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just wondering if they addressed and answered the question - something about "how do you view jesus?

  ".

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  TweetieBird

  Desirous-we must have been to the same one.
• 
  322

  My son was murdered today

  by truman in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been on this site daily, almost from its beginning, since i left the jws in 2001, but i have been more of a reader than a poster, as you can see from my post count.

  i know few here know me, although i know many of you through reading your posts.

  maybe it is not right to ask for support, when i generally stay quietly in the background of this forum, but i want only to speak a human misery of the deepest kind.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  TweetieBird

  I can't even begin to fathom what you must be going through. I hope you are surrounded by loving, compassionate friends and family to help you through this awful time. Please check in from time to time to let us know how you are doing.
• 
  46

  My Partner and I have been together for 10 years today!

  by ohiocowboy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am very proud that we have been together for 10 years!

  being raised a jw, it was always hard for me to find a long term relationship.

  most people that i met weren't interested in anything long term, and each time one ended, it left me feeling like i would never find someone who shared the same feelings.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  TweetieBird

  Happy Anniversary! Raising my glass of red wine in honor of you and Dave. Maybe I'll get to meet him on my next trip to Dallas.
• 
  15

  Fabius Maximus (or Why The Watchtower Will Lose)

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  once upon a time, there was a military commander named fabius maximus (the name sounds silly, i know, like gluteous maximus).

  he faced a more powerful enemy he could not directly defeat - and so was born "the fabian strategy".. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fabius_maximus.

  it worked in the american revolution.. it worked in vietnam.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  TweetieBird

  Very interesting, as usual. I hope I live to see it.
• 
  6

  Not sure if this was posted yet...

  by TweetieBird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=8609209&syndicate=syndicate&section=.

  a billion dollars!!!.

  this explanation really helped me come to terms with these huge numbers, in a format i could understand.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  TweetieBird

  Thanks Ohio, I have never been techno saavy. Hope you are doing well. Check your pm.
• 
  61

  Will you ever go back to the Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by XPeterX in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  discuss..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  TweetieBird

  NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Heaven said it best: " No. Once you see the man behind the curtain, the magic is gone. Once trust is broken, you can never truly trust again. I prefer to move forward than go back. I left for a reason and those reasons have not changed, hence I would never go back."
• 
  6

  Not sure if this was posted yet...

  by TweetieBird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=8609209&syndicate=syndicate&section=.

  a billion dollars!!!.

  this explanation really helped me come to terms with these huge numbers, in a format i could understand.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  TweetieBird

  http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=8609209&syndicate=syndicate§ion=

  A BILLION DOLLARS!!!

  This explanation really helped me come to terms with these huge numbers, in a format I could understand. It says:

  • 1 million seconds is equal to 11 ½ days
  • 1 billion seconds is equal to 31 ¾ years
  • 1 trillion seconds is equal to 31,710 years

  So the difference between a million and a billion is the difference between 11 ½ days and 31 ¾ years (11.5 days vs. 11,315 days)!