many friends i've spoken with are becoming discouraged.
because of this it's becoming tempting to privately share my views with friends, but i know this is still too dangerous.
most witnesses in my circle are intelligent free thinkers.
I did a survey here on who left after the 1995 thing and got many responses. You can go through the "topics started" on my profile to find it if you're interested.
I think people are getting tired. It's just the same thing decade after decade and it's lost its value. It's become a great big "Meh."
i'm not da or df and for some reason i can't bring myself to da just yet.
but i'm living in terror.
today it something came up that reminded me.
Thanks Winston, and that is a nice letter. I may use it as a model to structure my own one day.
tell us a little about yourself and your family.. my wife and i are fortunate to live in a lovely little country cottage northumberland in northern england.
we have two children who have both grown up and left home.
our son is a physical training instructor in the royal air force and our daughter works in the historic city of york.. were you a born in or a convert?.
Cofty you are a firecracker!!! Great interview. I feel I understand you so much better now.
i'm not da or df and for some reason i can't bring myself to da just yet.
but i'm living in terror.
today it something came up that reminded me.
Indeed I do. I just wanna be me. And if that means putting something Christmas on my Art page and telling all and sundry I was in a cult, then so be it.
god's word is beneficial ca:.
full time service:.
there are sound reasons for pioneering.. 1) it's the most satisfying work there is.. 2) you cooperate even more fully with the angels and the anointed [ which equals the gb/fds, not sister old mcsingletilldeath.].
4) Pioneers are better teachers of " Bible Truths."
Yeah, than my cat maybe.
12) Jw's are sending a tremor throughout the Nations.
Tremors of laughter........
I was thinking more like bowel tremours. Giving them the sh**s.
god's word is beneficial ca:.
full time service:.
there are sound reasons for pioneering.. 1) it's the most satisfying work there is.. 2) you cooperate even more fully with the angels and the anointed [ which equals the gb/fds, not sister old mcsingletilldeath.].
Thank goodness that in Australia people aren't allowed to access their 'super' (retirement fund) until the age of 55! Still, there will be all these 55 yo Jws with perhaps 20-30 years ahead of them squandering their super now.
tell us a little about yourself and your family.. mother was baptized while carrying me.
father and two older siblings raised as witnesses.
mother and father divorced in the 70's.
if you look at the first page of the kingdom ministry for december (link here), read the talk entitled: "the theocratic ministry school for 2014".
here is a copy of what it says (bold & red mine).
talk by the school overseer.
Only indented paragraphs? Wtf?
i'm not da or df and for some reason i can't bring myself to da just yet.
but i'm living in terror.
today it something came up that reminded me.
Really? Well then I could say whatever I liked without fear. I wouldn't have to censor what I write on Facebook or anywhere else for that matter. I still have stab of fear when I see a car pull up in our street, or the guy from the dealership nearby who wears a tie walk past...oh dear.
I have no JW relatives to stay associated for. My husband probably wouldn't da because he's not sure what he believes anymore, but I sure as hell want a clean break from these jerks.
tell us a little about yourself and your family.. i have a husband and we've been married nearly three years.
no kids.. were you a born in or a convert?.
convert- converted from atheism in my teens.. are your parents / family jws?.
Yeah me too. It didn't take long to convince him. But even now he still prays before meals and occasionally uses the word 'Jehovah'. When I ask him what he believes, he always just says, "I don't know, I'm confused."
