he knows i'm done, he's willing to fade.... out of the blue last night he tells me if i want to buy him a gift, he'd like the bacon bowl maker and the hamburger press (with the hollow center for fillings) so i will be buying him a valentine gift and i'm excited to be able to do it.~.
i'm looking forward to doing lots of things we couldn't do, we may have to secretly do them since we still have family in wt.
my mind is overwhelmed with excitement.... .
What is a bacon bowl? Sounds divine.
Congrats on your new choices and freedoms. Scratch off tickets can be fun, because you don't have to wait to find out you lost.
If you go to the casino, watch a couple of videos on blackjack first. Don't spend more than you can afford to lose! May I also recommend BINGO!
http://news.yahoo.com/norwegians-become-crown-millionaires-oil-saving-landmark-172511178--sector.html.
wow!
what a country!.
I admit I haven't done a lot of research on that one, Flying. I'm sure you're right. 30-40% isn't that bad for a tax rate.
I admit to being a person who prefers freedom and self-reliance, over government controls in my life. This way of thinking is vanishing is the age of technology, and as they work harder to achieve one world government.
i have my own personal viewpoint on why its often so futile to reason with a jehovers witness.. i think many witnesses, feel like legitimate children to the organisation.
( i have often heard the org being referrd to as mother).
and this parental sence of belonging is so strong that new membets become " stepchildren".
As one who got out before getting baptized, I can sort of see what you're saying. There is definitely a pecking order in the KH, and even a visitor can figure it out, if you're paying attention. "We're all equals," is one of those claims they make that just aren't true.
Since we were shiny and new, we never got demoted to stepchild. I think I noticed it happening to one unnoticable lady in the congregation. She got baptized at the CA, and I heard the comment from someone, "Oh, she's finally doing that huh?" There didn't seem to be a lot of joy in it.
I observed a few baptism "talks" and ceremonies, as a non-JW (student). They were creepy.
hi everyone .
it was not my intention to write here anymore, but i found things that caught my interest, things that i feel to share in the hope of someone finds it interesting.. the core is that the wt surprisingly admits that what "we" believe in, is after all, only opinions (awake 2000 june 22 page9-11 "do not be a victim of propaganda).. anyone with a scan of thiese pages would make my day ;-) the questions/arguments below are built around this:.
feel free to find better arguments ;-).
This is a great find, and I hope it can help open someone's eyes. Do the JW's teach opinions or are they the inspired mouth of God? ("Not for me to decide... That's what I love about this," said my newly converted to JW dad.)
http://news.yahoo.com/norwegians-become-crown-millionaires-oil-saving-landmark-172511178--sector.html.
wow!
what a country!.
A commentator yesterday said that Sweden has a 75% tax rate. (I'm sure we'll get there some day...)
"surely i tell you today, the generation at saw the events of 2014 will surely not pass away before the end comes.".
damn it!
someone hit the reset button, i feel we have all been here befor a hundred years ago.
Is this a quote from a current article, or are you pulling my leg?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihncqunkq94.
whatever your thoughts on the shouting, displaying a simple web address is an extremely effective and non-confrontational way of getting the message across - and in this case it looks like hundreds if not thousands of witnesses saw it.. .
cedars.
Could you share more with us, the methods you used to reach and save 300 JW's?
i reprted 5 studies the month i was df'd.
more than a year has passed since i have seen any of my students.
i got on so well with many of them, we became friends.. did i do the right thing?
You have just proven yourself a bigger and better friend than any JW I know.
i reprted 5 studies the month i was df'd.
more than a year has passed since i have seen any of my students.
i got on so well with many of them, we became friends.. did i do the right thing?
I wish I could still be friends with any of my Bible teachers! Good play, Kate!
You are so right about the love-bombing, but it does work. It kept me studying well past my better judgment.
It was an accidental exposure to a YouTube video of the John Ankerburg Show, that shocked my husband and I into investigating the stories we were getting. When our teacher told us he would not listen to the apostate information, we were done. When we stopped going to meetings, the friendships stopped too.
hello all, it is nice to have a forum for former jw's and see i wasn't the only one out there having serious doubts.
my parents got into it when i was about 4 years old.
my family was part of the granville ny congregation.. my dad in time became an elder.
Welcome, and thanks for sharing your story.
I was never baptized, but studied with the JW's for a few years. As more of an observer to this strange group, I find the different stories very interesting.
It is good to hear the story of someone who left.
