i am a new member here and wanted to say hello to all.
i noticed that there are a lot of hot topics being discussed here.
i am not bitter or angry, just kinda very lost in the shuffle and hope to meet some new people.
Welcome!
It's pretty mind-blowing to start over...and it sounds like you are totally starting over! I've been out for a little over a year, and establishing all new friendships has been challenging. As a former witness it's almost like your entire history has been taken from you. But it is totally worth it! You can finally base relationships on things you are actually interested in.
Hang in there, and enjoy your freedom!
Huxley
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taken from the feb 4 2004 almost awake mag.
so it's ok for nominal christians but not ones who want to keep free from practises with pagan origins.
"Indoor Fireworks" is a great Elvis Costello song.
They should have an article about not saying "Thursday". True christians avoid paying homage to Thor.
Happy "Paulsday"
Huxley
i have been reading the different topics listed here for a few months.
i will apologize at this point because i am basically illiterate when it comes to this posting stuff.
i am an exjw.
Welcome! I can relate to the head honcho Dad part of your experience...
Enjoy yourself!
Huxley
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here it is 2004 and the society is still holding out the 'carrot' on a stick.this carrot,or 'promised rewards' is still coupled with threats.the threats being do more ,do more,preaching and meeting attendance are vital to your survival of the great tribulation / armageddon that is looming ( new word now being used--ahead )no more dating just ahead.. although the the great tribulation / armageddon is just "ahead",not to worry if its not.even if you lose your life now because of old age,( or waiting for parts of three centuries to taste of this carrot,promised rewards )or sickness,an accident,or persecution,even if this should happen to you,while waiting for the gt/arm.jehovah will resurrect you to life in paradise.. marvelous freedom ahead awaits those chasing the carrot.. blueblades,who cautions that ahead could be an undetermined number of years,that's why the society says "even if you lose your life now because of old age?????".
blueblades
True. Same old routine year after year. Do more...Stay focused...right around the corner...
Even hamsters get tired of running in their wheel after a while.
what to do in a terrorist attack
the us government has a new website, http://www.ready.gov.
it's another attempt at scare mongering in the style of the old "duck and cover" advice after wwii.. .
Hilarious! That was comedy gold!
Huxley
i read this on another thread:when i asked if they knew my son had clinical depression, they said, well, even he says he feels better when he studies and goes to meetings, and shrugged their shoulders.).
i've been told this by my ex too, that when she attends meetings it makes her feel better.
anybody else noticed this?
Meetings are like a big warm hug from an abusive parent.
Huxley
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ray davies from the kinks was shot in the leg in new orleans after chasing someone who stole his girlfriends purse.. apparently he will be ok, and they caught one of the purse snatchers.
Wily...nicely done sir..
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ray davies from the kinks was shot in the leg in new orleans after chasing someone who stole his girlfriends purse.. apparently he will be ok, and they caught one of the purse snatchers.
Hopefully the guy that shot Ray will be in jail, singing "Where have all the good times gone?"
Huxley
january 6 marks the day i went to a psychotherapist 5 years ago to find out how to deal with the war going on inside me.
i didn't intend to leave the jw's, i just wanted some arrows in my quiver to help me cope.
here's the top 10 aha's!
More power to you fellow Portlander! The books you mentioned sound pretty good...hmm..maybe I'll take a Sunday trip to Powells.
Huxley
at a meeting-------what would it have been?
i can imagine making a comment at the watchtower study after reading blondie's review and spouting some of her research from the publications to mess everybody up or give a public talk and say something like," as we all know, the society has blundered many, many dates in the past and given some false prophecies, too-----but that doesn't mean we should stop trusting them, now does it????
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I've thought about this a lot. My moment would have been during the last talk I gave. The topic was "Mother's Day" and of course, I was supposed to expose it's ghastly pagan roots and explain why True Christians(tm) would have no part in honoring Mothers on this day. There was no way to make it sound like a reasonable argument.
I wish I would have told the audience that life is short, give your Mom a hug, make her a card by hand, and thank her for bringing you into this world.
Huxley
