kind of got into it with my jw wife last night for the first time in a long time.. i try to not engage in conversations about doctrinal matters unless she asks me which she did.. anyway, i wont go into details but of course i am "not going to change her mind" and "why is it that you can't see when very smart people can?
" yada yada yada.
you probably can imagine.. it makes me so depressed.
NikL...
I'm sorry to hear about your situation. My wife is still in and we got into it for the first time in a while just the other day. I don't often speak about doctrine to her. When I do, she calls me an apostate, records me and threatens to go to the elders with the recording. I will be the first to admit that I'm not perfect (or imperfect, as the elders say), but you and I deserve better.
my dad told me this today..
You just said poopie.
jw's around the globe have been encouraged to write letters to putin and the russian government.
they are expected to give their personal details on the envelope.
i appreciate that this might be normal when writing to your own government if they are tolerant, but is this not a bit strange that the gb want to give putin the address of every jw in the world?
Putin probably already has them.
this appeared on my facebook today.
can anyone confirm if this has official gb bullshit approval?.
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The only new light I want to hear about is dissolution of the org. Nothing else really matters.
if there's one thing we can look back on and laugh and tell our kids it's the fact that knocking on strangers doors at inopportune times results in some funny or embarrassing experiences.
i'd be interested in hearing some of yours.
here's some of mine to get the ball rolling:.
One more. I got my Social Studies teacher at the door.
if there's one thing we can look back on and laugh and tell our kids it's the fact that knocking on strangers doors at inopportune times results in some funny or embarrassing experiences.
i'd be interested in hearing some of yours.
here's some of mine to get the ball rolling:.
When I was a teenager, I was working with a group of brothers. In order to cover the territory quicker, we went to the doors by individually. I walked up to this one door, rang the bell and this very attractive woman wearing just a bathrobe and a smile answers the door. I go through my presentation and still smiling, takes the magazines and thanks me. That just made my day.
Did I mention that I was a teenager?
had a great chat with a jw on my door yesterday.
girl 1: .... i dont think you would.
me: ________, and say hi to my uncle ________ for me.. girl 1: i will.
@ pale.emperor:
Did you record this conversation, or was it recounted from memory?
i'm feeling very angry tonight as i watched my mother in law end her relationship with my husband, her son, tonight.
we were happily inactive, enjoying a distant but decent relationship with my in laws until they saw some christmas decorations and everything changed.
i spent two hours getting drilled on whether my husband and i celebrate holidays, to be told that my laws won't socialize with us anymore.
"If it doesn't feel right, follow your gut, it probably isn't."
That is the quote of the day.
i'll start: stilton cheese.. (it was a toss up between that and sweet pickled beetroot).. thank you folks..
Pizza to me is like alcohol to an alcoholic.
ive lived here 7 months now--and today was the 4th time some dubs have called--while i was at home.. they were probably about 60-70.. after i let one do her simple leaflet presentation--i told them i used to be a jw--but left over 40 years ago.
and that i held the watchtower responsible for the break up of my family: and discussed shunning.. but the main thing i wanted to discuss--was the sale of their kingdom hall.
they confirmed a sale was going through.
@ stan livedeath:
Just the fact that they stayed for about 30 minutes should be a reason for hope.
