well i have not been on this site for ages - so long that i had forgotten my username etc and have had to start again!.
anyway briefly - bought up in 'the truth', baptised at 18, married at 21, had kids, got divorced, remarried, disfellowshipped 15 years ago.. parents and brother shun me.. early last year father very ill, calls me.
i arrange to visit him in hospital.
There have been a few experiences here about parents with dementia forgetting all about the JWs and having good relationships with their formerly shunned children.
You just need to wait until the dementia gets worse and then just avoid your brother. You might end up enjoying the lasts few months' or years' of your mum's life once she forgets all about the JWs and her daily life is only as large as the care home.
how did such a weighty decision get put directly in the hands on the average citizen?
and with only a simple majority required?
in the usa the biggest thing that people vote on directly is city building projects or infrastructure.
The best thing about democracy is that everybody gets a vote.
The worst thing about democracy is that everybody gets a vote.
i just frightened a jehovah’s witness lady half out of her wits!.
i just frightened a sweet jehovah’s witness lady half out of her wits.... .
she took off like a sprinter at the sound of a starter pistol!.
When are the going to put that Starbucks on the Do Not Call list?
besides being a waste of time for those doing it, and being an easy way for the society to inflate its reports of time spent in the ministry, cart witnessing is also taking up space.
i live in a hot city in brazil.
today, the jws decided to set up their cart in the shady spot of the bus stop, where people going to work have to wait for the bus.. ugh!.
Geez, who's dressed dowdier?
the wildfires in san gabriel today is in my back yard.
we are next to be evacuated if the .
wind shift.
Well, that's a relief, then. Mother nature is unpredictable.
Never had a wildfire to deal with, but we get hurricanes often enough and it's nerve-wracking not knowing exactly where they will hit and how bad it will be.
Hope it rains soon.
the wildfires in san gabriel today is in my back yard.
we are next to be evacuated if the .
wind shift.
Ooh, I guess you are nervous then. I hope the wind blows the other way.
well, thats it folks.. my identity on here has been rumbled and reported to the elders.
someone, somehow, has figured out that im a member of this site and - rather than speak to me - has promptly reported me to the elders.
i just feel sad for my daughter.
Just another example of having no concept of boundaries.
Would you ever, in a million years, ever go over to someone else's house, get on their personal computer, pull up their history and then proceed to snoop through the websites and take pictures?
And, then, as an elder, would you accept evidence gained in such an underhanded manner?
What morally bankrupt people.
wt - may 15, 2006 - p. 31. the worldwide preaching of the established kingdom of god done by jehovah’s witnesses has become just such a threat to the nations.
after all, the messianic kingdom of god in the hands of jesus christ is going to “crush and put an end to all [man-made] kingdoms.” (daniel 2:44) the message of judgment included in our preaching work is sending out a tremor among the nations.
(isaiah 61:2) .
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
i'm wondering why believers remain members of this forum which is clearly hostile to believers.
as one member said, nonbelievers pounce on any semblance of belief like piranhas on prey.
as former jws we should have had our fill of judgmental know-it-alls, but here we are.
" I get upset when, first, people think they are not animals, and second, that they are better or superior to all the other animals. "
That is the actual quote. Nowhere did I say that I can't stand people who don't believe they are animals.
I don't have a problem with the people! I'm on this site to support other people. And, if I haven't said so yet, "Welcome!"
It's the belief that bothers me; the belief, not the person.
This inability to separate the belief from the person frustrates me to no end. It often leads to people misrepresenting others.
As to why I'm here: to sharpen my critical thinking skills and to support others who are going through the misery of exiting.
I had no one when I left and it was tough. So, I think it's really important to be the help that I didn't have.
i’ve been reading it for a few of years off and on, but have been a little too ... maybe ... timid to join.
i left the watchtower organization almost 20 years ago but never abandoned my faith and belief in god.
i knew the gb/organization didn’t represent god, so when i lost my faith in them, i managed to keep my faith in an all wise benevolent creator.
" I get upset when, first, people think they are not animals, and second, that they are better or superior to all the other animals. "
That is the actual quote. Nowhere did I say that I can't stand people who don't believe they are animals.
I don't have a problem with the people! I'm on this site to support other people. And, if I haven't said so yet, "Welcome!"
It's the belief that bothers me; the belief, not the person.
This inability to separate the belief from the person frustrates me to no end. It often leads to people misrepresenting others.
As to why I'm here: to sharpen my critical thinking skills and to support others who are going through the misery of exiting.
I had no one when I left and it was tough. So, I think it's really important to be the help that I didn't have.
