i'm on it every couple of days and it's usually to see pics of my grandkids or to get the 411 onwhat's going on..
Doc,
There are many faithful witnesses on Facebook. The majority of the elders wives in my old hall are on it. Pioneers use it, too. Last year, about 90 percent of my Facebook friends were JW. Now it's the opposite.
There are also many JW Facebook groups. The largest one I've seen, which has ministerial servants and pioneers I personally know "liking" the page is the Jehovah's Witnesses News page, with 69,000 followers.
i was thinking about a few things confusedandalone said the other day.
i mirrored his thinking identically.
for me it was having kids that made my decision to leave an easier one.. if i had no children, i might still be in and just going through the motions.
My teen helped me reevaluate the religion and now we are both out. Paying for private school has really paid off in an unexpected way :)
The game changer was the day she dressed in a professional, modest pantsuit for the meeting and I couldn't find a sensible reason for her to change. That was the last regular meeting I had her attend. We went to the memorial, in case family asked, and haven't been back to date.
on an earlier thread i made the statement that, "an evangelical christian government would look a lot like the taliban".. laika asked me incredulously, "do you really think your friends from your old church would govern like the taliban!?".
i thought it was a really interesting question and might work as a separate thread.. the people i worshipped with were mostly a nice bunch of people, but the thought of them having secular power would make me shudder.. christianity is mostly harmless because it lacks power.
christian politicians are restrained by secular laws and constitutions.
Frightening.
.
"...jonathan holt, 24, a neighbor of heichel and a member of the same jehovah's witness church, appeared via closed-circuit television in clackamas county court wearing a suicide smock..." read cable news report of full story complete with photographs.
very excellent investigation.. http://abcnews.go.com/us/murdered-barista-whitney-heichel-raped-shot-times/story?id=17534209#.ujvk-w-hk8b
Hard to believe this happened a year ago. Someone commented in the news report I read, about the Candace Conti case...and here I am...fully faded.
This was a case with some awful details and my heart goes out to Whitney's husband and family.
"one of the bible study was listening and singing the song by jason mraz titled lucky with the chorus going like this;.
quote.
'i'm lucky i'm in love with my best friend.. lucky to have been where i have been.. lucky to be coming home again.. lucky we're in love in every way.. lucky to have stayed where we have stayed.. lucky to be coming home someday..'.
I still haven't been able to bring myself to say "bless you" when coworkers sneeze. Probably more to do with the fact that I'm closer to atheist now than anything else and can't stand supporting any superstition, especially the knocking on wood one.
i finally got to see it tonight.
actually i wanted my wife and me to see it yesterday, but we were both too tired.
it was very touching, well-made.
I finally watched this movie. I found it touching and was absorbed in the plot and picturesesque outdoor setting While intrigued by the love story aspect. I definitely felt bad for the wives and the mental anguish the wife of Ennis experienced. The ending was gut wrenching. I could only feel compassion for those that have gone through something similar.
My dad would launch into a tirade if I expressed this to him as he would be disgusted when Will and Grace came on the TV, when I was a teen and wasn't too fond of us watching the program.
Watching this film was my own personal last hurrah/reminder, that I'm happy to have faded this year and completely accept that what other people do in terms of their sex life, abortion, tattoo's etc. is none of my business. I only wish more people would practice safer sex and not have children until they can financially and emotionally provide for them. Education is the way to improve these issues.
Live and let live.
To thyne own self, be true.
since my coming out publicly, i have received a lot of kind words.. i wanted to thank all of you from the depth of my heart.. .
on the other hand, i need to make two things clear:.
i'm often encouraged to use my position to create cartoons or stories for nickelodeon, etc.... i do not have that kind of fire-power.
My ex-wife points out that I'm as zealous an apostate as I was a pioneer. It's true. I'm still growing in that sense.
I can relate to that! I have to step back and go to yoga when I get too riled up about JW issues and want to reverse witness at 7a.mlast a laundromat.
Congrats on getting out! Enjoy!
Carpe Diem!
i am currently on a business trip for a trade show in another city.
as i'm walking to the convention center, i run into 2 jw's preaching.
one is about mid 60s the other probably mid 30's.
Great job! Sometimes, I honestly think that if just one person had raised a valid point to me, especially when I was pioneering, I would have started questioning things more deeply Earlier on. I'll keep your example in mind. Thanks!
another tidbit of information about this generation from the 1/15/2014 study edition under "let your kingdom come - but when?".
they've changed it again.. this generation will not pass away14-16.
what is a third reason for believing that gods kingdom will come soon?.
I really wonder what some of the older sisters that do a lot of studying are thinking about these changes?
hello sftw,.
when you have a moment.
why not have a respectful conversation about the societies blood doctrine, the evolution of that doctrine, and the implications of that doctrine.
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