when i was a jw it was pretty much a weekly thing in the cold weather months for different congregations(actually someone within the congregation) to rent a gym for th bros to play ball.
i really like playing ball.
when i left, that as something i actually missed.
Kids have to sit through the same material adults do...everyone is the same in the eyes of the org...except we aren't.
Heh, and they always brag about how they don't "banish" kids off to Sunday School, where they would have more fun and learn more. What a bunch of baloney.
when i was a jw it was pretty much a weekly thing in the cold weather months for different congregations(actually someone within the congregation) to rent a gym for th bros to play ball.
i really like playing ball.
when i left, that as something i actually missed.
Benjamin and Stacey - Wow. What a bunch of moronic assholes. If I would've saw that going on, I would've flattened one of them. I'm not very strong, but I am pretty heavy, and it would probably hurt if I sat on ya.
when i was a jw it was pretty much a weekly thing in the cold weather months for different congregations(actually someone within the congregation) to rent a gym for th bros to play ball.
i really like playing ball.
when i left, that as something i actually missed.
Yeah, the guy I studied with initially, before moving, constantly badgered me about playing basketball with the brothers. However, I politely declined because 1) I'm not interested in basketball. 2) I'm out of shape. 3) I heard bits and pieces from regulars that it gets pretty violent.
When I moved, a bunch of them got together and we just shoot baskets and played HORSE. They even allowed girls to play.
i can't stand the guy or his songs.
his voice is grating.
what's worse, my local radio station plays one of his songs like every 15 minutes, and every other station is either country or classical music.
I do a killer, and I do mean KILLER impersonation of him tho...just ask eyegirl--she nearly wet herself the last time I sernated her when one of his songs came on the radio.
Something tells me this is something I gotta hear.
lots of love connections have been made on this board, and its about time we made a few more!
its been almost a year since there was a thread on this, and i figure its about time for an update.. so, are you single?
if so, post a little about yourself here - perhaps there's a love connection right here on this board!.
Another thing, to get into the school of education, I needed a 2.75 cumulative GPA, but only a 2.5 in English. Tell me that makes sense.
while in the chat a few days ago, someone recommended raymond franz's crisis of conscience.
another excellent book pertinent to the jws is lois lowry's the giver.
yes, it is a young adult book, and yes, it's not about witnesses per se.
Oh yeah, when my professor covered the book in class, he called the society in the book a dystopia, meaning on the surface it looks like a perfect society, but it's really all smoke and mirrors. If you look closely enough, you can see how horrible it really is.
while in the chat a few days ago, someone recommended raymond franz's crisis of conscience.
another excellent book pertinent to the jws is lois lowry's the giver.
yes, it is a young adult book, and yes, it's not about witnesses per se.
While in the chat a few days ago, someone recommended Raymond Franz's Crisis of Conscience.
Another excellent book pertinent to the JWs is Lois Lowry's The Giver. Yes, it is a young adult book, and yes, it's not about witnesses per se. However, many of the themes in the book are strikingly parallel to stuff that goes on in the everyday life of a dub.
For example, in the community in the book, people are killed after they break the rules three times, which the community calls "a release." I think this is similar to how the JWs disfellowship those who don't conform to their strict standards.
Next, you can't even choose your own marriage mate. You are assigned a partner. In the "truth," I noticed you aren't supposed to date those who aren't baptized JWs. This hurt me in particular, because I was a study and I fell for a girl who is a pioneer. She's an elder's daughter in fact, but alas, she's way out of my reach.
Also, there is a body of elders and a man called who is the giver, hence the book's namesake. Both the elders and the giver understand the real truth, but they keep that information from the community.
JWs are often accused of being little more than clones, and this is certainly the case in The Giver. Everybody looks alike. Everybody is issued the same stuff. They go so far as to remove people's ability to distinguish color. In other words, there is no color.
Finally, you don't get to choose your career in the story. After children reach a certain age, they are assigned a job based on characterstics they have shown while growing up. The JWs discourage higher education, jobs that are in any way, shape or form related to Christendom, - Salvation Army, etc. - thus severly limiting the dubs' career choices.
And this analysis doesn't even do the book justice. The parallels are there, although in the book, they are much more severe than in the borg. However, it wouldn't surprise me to see the JWs inch toward a community much like the one in the story in the near future. Please don't dismiss this story as a children's book either, because when I took a class on young adult literature, I found more often than not, the stories contained very serious, adult themes.
i am a former jehovah's witness (borned and raised).
i am looking for individuals who are former jehovah's witness to interview for a profile i am writing for my journalism class.
the criteria i need is listed below:.
Welcome to freedom, man.
By the way, you just reminded me of something I need to do. I need to conduct interviews for a class myself, and it never occured to me to do it via message board.
i just read in the 11/1/03 wt an article entitled cultivate a giving spirit.
never have i seen the society so unashamedly extend its hands in search of more money.
i'm going to let the article speak for itself.
I also remember their attitude toward donations and how they think they are sepperate from other religions because they don't ask for money . What a bunch of lying hypocrites . They don't like to pass a collection plate but don't have a problem with taking all your worldly possessions .
Yeah, the people I study with used to brag all the time about how they don't pass around a collection plate.
lots of love connections have been made on this board, and its about time we made a few more!
its been almost a year since there was a thread on this, and i figure its about time for an update.. so, are you single?
if so, post a little about yourself here - perhaps there's a love connection right here on this board!.
Jeezum crow. So I made a spelling error? Just because I'm an English major doesn't mean I've perfected every aspect of the language. I thought part of the reason we left the duds is because we all got sick of having to conform to their standards of perfection. Didn't we all get sick of that?
Besides, have you seen the curriculum to become an English teacher? I've had only two classes that cover grammar, and one of those was optional. You have to take as many courses in physical science, economics, and even P.E, and whatnot, as you do English courses. So it's not like we're trained that well either.
Cut me some slack.
