alright who here has one of those pesky nieghbors to deal with?
i have mine across the street and boy are they a hoot.
they crank about everything.
Teenyuck,
He's a DENTIST?!! A NAKED DENTIST??!!!
and I have to go to the DENTIST, tomorrow... OOOOOHHHH.. You know what I will be thinking about.
I suppose I could surround myself with ....... CHICKEN WIRE.!!!!.. but then he couldn't fix my teeth.
WEIRD NEIGHBORS
YOU GUYS HAVE WEIRD NEIGHBORS!!
SPECIAL K
just been doing some reading on predictions for the future based on current scentific research.
seems its just possible that cures for cancers, hereditary dieaseses, even ageing may not be too far off.but they are probably far enough off that our generation could miss out.
its breath taking to think that we could possibly be the last generation of humans to suffer from major illnesses and early death.
YOU SEE IT'S ONE OF THOSE "IN YOUR GENERATION" THINGS AGAIN.
Special K
It would be great if it was... a cure for these things.. marvelous.
Special K
i'm curious how many put off seeing a doctor or some other "worldly" professional because you didn't want to bring "reproach upon jehovah's name" or were counseled against it.
minimus
Your niece was "told she had to protect Gods name from reproach" !!
That was one of the things, that they used to say to me... It really bothered me, when I was a J.W., that the elders kept telling me that .. I had to protect Jehovah God and HIS organization. AND KEEP MY MOUTH QUIET!! and do exactly what they say.
It was the beginning of me falling away.Because I thought.. "I don't get it... I have to protect Jehovah and he is the most almighty GOD... wHY CAN'T He can protect himself..
scully
You suffered a form of emotional abuse in that congregation you were in. You were made to feel ashamed around all your J.W. friends and peers in a public setting .. the Kingdom Hall.
I get so upset at this kind of thing.. when they feel they have the right to hurt and undermine someone like this.
I'm GLAD you got away from them
SPECIAL K
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i just got back from the doctor,he say the echocardiogram reveals aortic stenosis,narrowing of the valve.however,i have no symptoms of this,and so he is scheduling me for a visit to the cardiologist.. i have done some research on the heart and this problem,in the long run valve replacement is usually the way to go.. i need to wait and see what the cardiologist will recommend.that's it for now.. blueblades, trying not to be anxious.
Big hug (((blueblades)))
You hang in there, and get the help you need.
You may need to take 1 day at a time to get through all this.
My thoughts are with you.
SPECIAL K
thanks to the policies of j-dud central a lot of people have less than satisfying jobs.
i am one of the fortunate few who loves what he does.
i work for the rich and famous and get to travel a lot.
Hey maxwell
Seems to me you got a good deal going job wise.
You must have become a J.W. after your Engineering degree because here in Canada the society does not promote going to college or anything like that.
and that is why I think that this post is about "crappy jobs".. all the the Jobs J.W. have to do, because they couldn't get a higher education or trade, to advance themselves... and ended up cleaning, janitor work and window washing.
Special K
guess what?
i have been posting here for a whole year .
i have learnt so much from this forum and thank you all for the great posts, a very great thank you to simon for all the hard work and time spent helping us all.
Hi frogit!
Have a VERY MERRY BIRTHDAY!!! OOPs. did it again. Mixed it up with another holiday!
Will I ever get it right, ...you see how not having birthdays and christmas can screw people up.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FROGIT... HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT DAY.
SPECIAL K
this happened a long time ago but i have a friend (da'd) who is shunned by his family.
his sister asked if he could give her money every month so she could continue to pioneer.
he is very well off and could afford to give her the money.
Hey reborn,
Sounds like they used you without your knowledge and then it came back to you what they had done with your money. That wasn't right what they did to you!!!! NOT FAIR!!
For some reason, they think they make all the rules,.. and they keep changing them.
I could never understand disfellowshipping. My family disowned me, but yet I know of other ones disfellowshipped where the J.W. family have that d'fd family over alot.
I don't get it?
Why does a J.W. feel he can come to you for money?.. It doesn't make sense.
I know a woman disfellowshipped when she was 18, Her parents and other J.W. didn't have anything to do with her for almost 20 years. Her elder father died suddenly, and her elderly mother.. wasn't really good at caring for herself..... so the elders visited the woman and got her to take over looking after her mother. .... WEIRD!
Special K
yes, fun poisoning.
i had the pleasure of spending a considerable amount of time with the district overbeer this weekend in the great state of wisconsin.
valis and i had not interacted before this weekend and the apostafest gathering in green bay.
Thunder rider
This sound like a real good time. So glad you could make all the connections and find such a good group of new friends where you are accepted, just because your you..
Special K
for those who think mormons are more 'successful' than the witnesses.. .
does the mormon church really have 11.7 million members?
keep in mind that the church practice 'quick-baptisms'.
I think that if you take them both
jw 6,304,645 and add the mormon 3,731,270 = 10,035,915 people
that means that over 10 million people are caught up in these 2 cults.
I hope the mormons have there own "ex-mormon" forum to get support too.
Special K
hey guys,.
went to the kh for the first time in about a year.. i went in part because i have a couple of friends there (i'm not df or da).. good or bad, here were my observations.... 1) people were generally friendly, but it seems (and honestly) that most of the friendly ones were the ones considered "spiritually weak" by kh standards.
2) it's pretty sad how much the "f and d slave" is actually worshiped.. it seemed that every other watchtower comment was geared toward praising, "jehovah's faithful slave., etc.
confucious
What that elder did and said to you after your friend committed suicide..
THAT'S HORRIBLE!!!
THAT'S A FORM OF EMOTIONAL ABUSE
He counseled you not to CRY and then jabbed you after you put flowers on the grave.
That elder is "sick in the head".
Your emotions and feelings were right on, ..
SPECIAL K
