Thanks for the info...so I am getting a colostomy this comming week. I believe this will get all th BS out of my system that has been clogging up my thinking abilities.
I will fill the void with something else.
SW
NotNew
JoinedPosts by NotNew
-
41
The CO visit this week he says" In August..."
by James Jackson inup until 5 years ago, the co used to work up their own parts for specfic congregations in their circuits.
everything is up to script, in other words, every co in the country are givings the same talks in the local congregations they visit.
what got me to cringe is when he said at the meeting, trying to encourage everyone to pioneer this august; he said :" you know this october it will be 100 years since gods kingdom began ruling, remember what happen when joshua told the israelites to march around jericho on the seventh day, and what happened when they let out a great war cry?
-
-
-
5
Grieving in JW Land
by cultBgone inwhile experiencing a seemingly annual time of grief over the deaths of my sister and mom, a few other posters mentioned they experienced similar episodes linked to family deaths.
i've known some in my jw family who have this shared experience as well.. i know that grief as an emotion must be dealt with, that is, allowed to happen and be experienced, or we end up stuffing the emotions inside ourselves.
and any emotions we've stuffed and hidden will always try to get out in the body's normal course of healing itself.
-
-
NotNew
It's hard to lose a loved one...so sorry
I recall being taught that we were not suppose to lose anyone in death... so god never put in us the ability to cope with death!?
Really? Why not...death is connected to life...I just witnessed the death of my MIL...UNPLEASANT and very emotional for my wife. She is reminded of it everyday as I am...getting over it I suspect will never happen...learning to cope is possible.
At 59 I am comming to grips that I will some day die...never believing that was possible except in accident or sickness...my mom is 82 and someday she will pass...still believing in god saving her through Armageddon.
Sorry I don't have any words of comfort.
SW
-
50
My daughter's wedding dilemma
by RULES & REGULATIONS inmy daughter will be getting married this coming august.
she and her future husband are not jehovah's witnesses.
they will have a non-religious wedding ceremony.
-
-
NotNew
Where do your loyalties lie? Family or "friends"?
Who's wedding it is? Yours? Then do as you want and let the invitees do as they want...come or don't or leave when you wish ( just leave the gift):)
What outcome are u looking for?..are you trying to please everyone...this will fail.
You are not to required to qualify any decision to those u invite.
So I would invite who you would like to see there and let them make their own decisions.
SW
-
12
DESTROYED
by compound complex inwhat is this wall like brick and mortar that separates.
your proud heart from mine contrite and broken?.
at one time -- i recall so very well -- your soul.
-
-
NotNew
Ok great!
Im outside sipping my scotch after finishing a few puffs...listening to some " best chinese bamboo flute zen" music and read this...I said to myself wow...took another sip, and thought, I feel really great right now and will live in this moment...and see what comes next!
SW
-
84
One thing about this site that bothers me
by keyser soze inthe constant references to 'window washers' as something derogatory.. i understand the context of it-that most jws are uneducated, and unqualified to do much more.
but sometimes the references seem snobbish, almost mean-spirited.
one poster, on another thread, essentially referred to window washers as 'losers'.
-
-
NotNew
Keyser soze...thanks for bringing this up. Your point should be well-taken. So many that I know are doing the best they can with their abilities...why degrade them or their occupation.
SW
-
10
Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 05-11-2014 WT Study (SELF-SACRIFICE)
by blondie incomments you will not hear at the 05-11-2014 wt study (march 15, 2014, pages 7-11)(self-sacrifice).
review comments will be headed outside the boxes.
wt material from today's wt will be in quote boxes.
-
-
NotNew
Thanks Blondie! I look forward to read your review...the comments are right on!
SW
-
29
TTATT in a Can... finally finished!!
by ILoveTTATT inok so... how to condense all the flip-flops and doctrinal changes, and show graphically how the different doctrines changed, and when?.
ttatt in a can!!.
enjoy ;).
-
-
NotNew
Good work...and thanks for the spreadsheet
SW
-
61
CO is chasing me . Meeting him tomorrow.
by Ancientofdays inthis week is the "special week", co is back.. he phone called me this morning asking to meet together.. i replied "i don't refuse people who want talking to me, but my condition is that you must be alone, and we meet in public space.".
he agreed and we will meet tomorrow in a cafe.. .
this week he already met with my wife in the kh, and he told her "i believe your housband is apostate !!
-
-
NotNew
For start...why be rude?
being resolved in your convictions does not have to come off as nasty, rude, or indifferent. You lose because he will feel justified...ur what he thought.
To start it would be better to listen to what he has to say, and what he is "fishing" for. In other word seek to understand then base your comments on that.
SW
-
18
Yoga
by FL_Panthers inone elder in my cong told me that this is a df offense?
is this true?
can yoga be practised?.
-
-
NotNew
Just finished our 40 min of yoga...if being possessed means feeling great after "doing yoga" then I will continue.
There was a time that if you said you were taking a yoga class they would DF you...not so much anymore since yoga if done at home can be done without the spiritual chanting.
Namaste
SW
-
51
BREAKING NEWS ! Finland attacks judicial committees
by raymond frantz inthe finish minister of justice has publicly attacked the practice of judicial committees in her country which are in violation with the basic rights and freedoms enjoyed from citizens in her country .read the full article here :.
finland attacks judicial committees.
please like and share article so more get to see it!.
-
-
NotNew
I don't see this as a good thing at all. But this is Finland - I'm not sure what protections are awarded relgions. But even as an atheist, I worry about that precedent that it would set. And what are the "human rights" that are violated if a group doesn't want you as a member anymore?
MMM
- Many of these apply...can u find the ones that jehovah witness org violates?
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
1. We are all free and equal. We are all born free. We all have our own thoughts and ideas. We should all be treated in the same way.
2. Don’t discriminate. These rights belong to everybody, whatever our differences.
3. The right to life. We all have the right to life, and to live in freedom and safety.
4. No slavery – past and present. Nobody has any right to make us a slave. We cannot make anyone our slave.
5. No Torture. Nobody has any right to hurt us or to torture us.
6. We all have the same right to use the law. I am a person just like you!
7. We are all protected by the law. The law is the same for everyone. It must treat us all fairly.
8. Fair treatment by fair courts. We can all ask for the law to help us when we are not treated fairly.
9. No unfair detainment. Nobody has the right to put us in prison without a good reason and keep us there, or to send us away from our country.
10. The right to trial. If we are put on trial this should be in public. The people who try us should not let anyone tell them what to do.
11. Innocent until proven guilty. Nobody should be blamed for doing something until it is proven. When people say we did a bad thing we have the right to show it is not true.
12. The right to privacy. Nobody should try to harm our good name. Nobody has the right to come into our home, open our letters or bother us or our family without a good reason.
13. Freedom to move. We all have the right to go where we want in our own country and to travel as we wish.
14. The right to asylum. If we are frightened of being badly treated in our own country, we all have the right to run away to another country to be safe.
15. The right to a nationality. We all have the right to belong to a country.
16. Marriage and family. Every grown-up has the right to marry and have a family if they want to. Men and women have the same rights when they are married, and when they are separated.
17. Your own things. Everyone has the right to own things or share them. Nobody should take our things from us without a good reason.
18. Freedom of thought. We all have the right to believe in what we want to believe, to have a religion, or to change it if we want.
19. Free to say what you want. We all have the right to make up our own minds, to think what we like, to say what we think, and to share our ideas with other people.
20. Meet where you like. We all have the right to meet our friends and to work together in peace to defend our rights. Nobody can make us join a group if we don’t want to.
21. The right to democracy. We all have the right to take part in the government of our country. Every grown-up should be allowed to choose their own leaders.
22. The right to social security. We all have the right to affordable housing, medicine, education, and child care, enough money to live on and medical help if we are ill or old.
23. Workers’ rights. Every grown-up has the right to do a job, to a fair wage for their work, and to join a trade union.
24. The right to play. We all have the right to rest from work and to relax.
25. A bed and some food. We all have the right to a good life. Mothers and children, people who are old, unemployed or disabled, and all people have the right to be cared for.
26. The right to education. Education is a right. Primary school should be free. We should learn about the United Nations and how to get on with others. Our parents can choose what we learn.
27. Culture and copyright. Copyright is a special law that protects one’s own artistic creations and writings; others cannot make copies without permission. We all have the right to our own way of life and to enjoy the good things that “art,” science and learning bring.
28. A free and fair world. There must be proper order so we can all enjoy rights and freedoms in our own country and all over the world.
29. Our responsibilities. We have a duty to other people, and we should protect their rights and freedoms.
30. Nobody can take away these rights and freedoms from us.
- See more at: http://www.samaritanmag.com/
SW