my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 1 .
my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 2 .
my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 3
Simon,
Thank you so much for putting your experience out here for all of us to read.
Your counsel at the end is very much appreciated as some of us are having trouble just moving on.
I wish you and your family success as you plan to move to Canada.
I am going to take a break now and enjoy a nice timmy's. It's "roll up the rim" season.
wannaexit
sister self-rightous busy body-- always has her nose in everyone else's business.
makes a point to ask questions without really asking them like "oh we havent seen you here in a looong tiiiime" and "we miss hearing you comment at the meetings" .
brother womenizer--known for dating all the "available" sisters and dumping them .
Sister sickly------misses all the meetings because she is so ill but can stay up late most nights playing cards and she never misses social functions and man can she dance up a storm.
Wannaexit
on the surface, racism is not suppose to exist in the org.
i have a different experience .
.. i use to work for a brother who was also a general contractor.
He said that they openly discouraged him from marrying the woman he loved because she was black and it would cause too many problems for everyone.
That sounds about right. Racism is very much alive among Jw's.
wannaexit
i was a catholic all my life then in my early 30s i got baptized as a jw.
a friend of mine when in her 20s became a dub.
she always talked to me about the borg and troof and i listened.
My folks came in the "troof" when I was 9 so I guess I was practically born into it.
wannaexit
coming to terms.
my family are deeply indoctrinated in the borg, my parents have been jws since 1963 my sister and brother-in-law and their six children are in, and my brother and sister-in-law are the family?s mascot bethel elder/reg.
pioneer.
I?m feeling used
Jumper,
I've know a few bethelites who believe they are a notch above everybody else. And it is in them to use others. Why I my not surprised that you are feeling used.
Don't allow them to walk over you.
wannaexit
god?s way of ruling is by love.
if that would be the case, wouldn?t we really be asking ourselves the question, ?do we really want the rulership of god??
"everlasting life in a righteous new world.".
Ask yourself, how many times you discussed the kingdom, before and after the meetings, and in social settings
I remember a particular period of time in my days of pioneering where I was truly trying to keep the conversations in the car group on a spiritual ground.
I would bring up a point I read in the mags/rags or I would ask what they thought on a particular passage.
To my surprise NO ONE was interested in this. In fact I soon realized that my partners were actually irritated. They accused me of trying to show off.
And there you have it. J.W are not interested in discussing the kingdom. And If they do its just a facade.
wannaexit
of all the stupid type and prototype watchtower invented, the most idiotic one to me is that the 10 camels used by abraham's servant eliazer to find rebekah represent the bible today.
do any of you remember this absurdity?.
wannaexit
WHAT,WHEN,WHERE?This was in the oral review of the bible reading this week. I wonder where they dished this one from.
of all the stupid type and prototype watchtower invented, the most idiotic one to me is that the 10 camels used by abraham's servant eliazer to find rebekah represent the bible today.
do any of you remember this absurdity?.
wannaexit
Of all the stupid type and prototype watchtower invented, the most idiotic one to me is that the 10 camels used by Abraham's servant Eliazer to find Rebekah represent the Bible today.
Do any of you remember this absurdity?
wannaexit
one of the down sides of the web is not knowing the various posters status; married, involved, looking, and lost...suspect a lot of those here!
my status is complicated...mostly by me!
i have a couple of admirers that would like to lock me down but i keep dancing around the whole issue.
Married with kids.
wannaexit
damn.
damn me to hell.
i just now, not ten minutes ago, had a totally cool conversation with this sweet italian girl at starbucks.
Bradley,
Sometimes (men and women) are afraid of gaps of silence and feel that they have to fill every second with something worth while to say.
Its perfectly OK to sit quietly with another person and just enjoy the moment. Gives both parties a chance to assess each other.
wannaexit
