too many trolls here lately, y'all need a giggle.
i got an email today with a bunch of funny bumper stickers but this one seemed so appropriate for this board.
seemed like it could apply to door knocking and trolling apostate websites.. okay, i thought i could post the image but i can't because i can't remember my password for ftp to my website (don't ask...lol) and i guess only pictures that can be plugged in have to be links to pics (makes sense now that i know it has to be on some web server).
shun the ones you love - family the watchtower way
who lit the fuse on your tampon ?
mean people suck - nice people swa***w
piss on pity (this is a disability rights slogan)
does this wheelchair make my ass look fat ? ------ dont get all offended, I am a wheelchair user LOL
does anyone here remember nursing their babies at the meetings and/or assemblies before the laws that protected the ability to do so in public were passed in the us?
was it any easier to do in other parts of the world?.
jean
There was a couch in the ladies room for awhile at the kh I grew up in...later we build a "mothers room" at the back of the main hall.
It was specifically for nursing and changing infants...couches and easy chairs...a high curtained window to view the platform and even a speaker so as not to miss a word of the talks.
There was never much of an issue with nursing mothers except for some of the other parents who didn't like having to explain the why's and wherefore's to their young children who might catch a glimps of a breast or a nipple........nipple....MMmmmmmm....oh, um..sorry I digress.
As the..."dun dun daaaa"..."attendant".. (said in my best super hero voice LOL)... part of my job was to "patrol" the area to keep the curious kids away and make sure the mothers kept the curtains closed while they were "exposed". Sort of like leaving the mouse in charge of the cheese ! LOL
RGW
last week my ex husband sent a letter to the elders telling each and every one of them just what he felt about them.
as they were d/f him he figured this was his last chance.
in his letter he stated that as i had scriptural reason for divoce, so did he.
When I sent my DA letter and got the big visit the elders basically told me the same thing. They told me to just take the letter back and continue as I was to make things easier on my family. I asked them if they wanted me to be a hypocrit and live a lie when they clearly knew my feelings after having read my letter. While they wouldn't come right out and tell me to lie they basically said that the only people who knew I had sent the letter were me and them so what would it really matter. How about God ? Didn't He know that I sent it and no longer believe in their cult ? I just shook my head and invited them to leave.
RGW
many of the people on this site say that they are apostates.
but that is not the way i feel about myself.. i am not angry with the "witnesses" or the organisation, i don't feel that i wasted my life.
i just think that i was stupid to believe it for 30 years (well sort of believe it, i did have severe doubts on and off).
While I still believe in God and still have faith...I have most definitely turned my back on the wbts organization. I also feel that the jw's are a cult and take every opportunity to try to steer other unsuspecting people away from their clutches.
By my definition that makes me an Apostate and to be honest, I am very proud of the title.
I made t-shirts, bumper stickers, etc that are clearly anti jw. I confront jw's whenever possible and educate the public on their false teachings and shunning practice. I am basically just an a**hole LOL.
I always try to remain polite, professional and smiling when dealing with them and I take great pleasure in demonstrating my relaxed, free, happy and successful lifestyle now that I am out of the org.
RGW
i'm wondering if our departure has cost the society and local congregations money.
My folks usually give $10 or $20 a week (since 1969 - at $10 thats = $18,720.00) even though they usually could use it themselves...more donations at assemblies...once I was baptised I gave $5 a week (sometimes)
Since I am an old fart (LOL) there were also no "recommended donations" for personal or service literature...it was cold hard cash baby.....who knows how much we spent (and they are still spending) on books and mags for personal use and then FS merchandise on top of that....
What a waste..............
RGW
every year since 1991 i have been making my own "mix-tape" (since 1998, my own "mix-tape" cd) of my favorite songs of the year.
i have just completed my cd for 2004. one of the real pleasures of doing this is finding the right track order to make the styles of the songs flow smoothly from one to another, while keeping some semblance of the chronological progression of the year.
i thought it might be interesting to post my list and see if anyone else has their own similar list for the past year:.
"Punches up Sinatra and James Taylor on the MP3 player"............
Man...do I feel old ! LOL
looking back, did your being a jw hurt you all that much???
?
I didn't suffer the pain or abuse that many did but I still feel harmed to a certain extent.
Others have mentioned and I totally agree that growing up worried that you would be killed if you didn't comment at book study enough or get your field service hours in...that was harmful.
Having a wonderful family who then shunned me for several years when I DA'd. They later were told by a CO that since I was their son they could associate but just not discuss spiritual matters which then allowed 12+ years of contact only to be destroyed by the recent new light which told them I must be shunned again. It was a blast trying t oexplain to my sweet boy who was 5 at the time that daddy can't visit nanny and poppa anymore...no daddy can't talk to nanny on the phone. I have since adopted the attitude of screw them...it is their rules not mine..so I go to their house and call them all the time and can only hope it makes them uncomfortable. Especially like telling them hot news that they don't know yet ! LOL
Having my parents tell me that they could not listen to the facts I had for them because if they left the org now they would lose everything. Everything ? They have a son, daughter in law and two increadible grandchildren who visited them several times a week...they rarely attend meetings (use a phone hook up because of my mom's disability), no field service, dad is not an elder any more ( because of me), they rarely are visited by FS groups who need a place to pee....but losing them was worse to my parents than losing their own family.....even though they know in their hearts it is not the truth... THAT is hurtful.
Its funny...I was in for 20+ years and out now for over 14 years and I feel fairly "over it" most of the time and then I read what my parents said to me on a post like this and just want to cry. I know they love me, but how could they choose that over me and their grandchildren ? I will never understand how you can turn your back on your family.
RGW
what was your motivation for being a witness?.
1) love for god?.
2)appreciation for jesus ransom sacrifice?.
I was raised in the org...early on my motivation was wanting to please my family.
As time passed the recognition and ego stroking I got from the elders and others worked for awhile but then that old "Free Will" kicked in and I began to question too many things. Privileges disappeared....that old "Bad Associaton" label started to stick.
Tried to fade but it was a pretty rural area....everyone knew me and my family (elder/dad, ms/grandfather, pioneer grandmother and mom) and everyone had their nose in your business.
Once I learned the truth about the troof I was motivated alright....LOL. DA'd and while I still have a strong faith in God...I broke most of their man made rules !
Now I am happy, successful, great family (wife & 2 kids) and most of all.... FREE !
ok friends.....multi part question for you..... 1) what do you think is the view of the jw organization toward people with disabilities ?.
2) what are your personal views ?
(pwd as workers, parents, objects of affection, intimate partners).
bttt
apostate - .
deserter: a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
not faithful to religion or party or cause .
