i don't really know where to start on my first post; i feel i have so much to say and yet i am so emotionally tired that it is hard to go through it all again in my head.
but, i do need support and advice and so i will make the effort.. i started having doubts about certain beliefs of the witnesses about 2 years ago and did research since that i now come to the belief there is no god, and witnesses definitely are a cult.. at first it bothered me more on the god issue, but now i am more bothered by the cult issue, mainly because it dictates my life even though i am aware of it.. when i was a child, my mother and father divorced and my mother told me i will live with my father because she was going to die at armageddon being a non witness.
i think, as well as many other pressures i cant list for fear of a very long post, this was the main pressure that made me get baptized even though i wasn't that happy being a witness.
Welcome Gaping. I'm sorry you're having such a difficult time.
(Shame on you, Password. Why don't you take it to a new thread. The OP's beliefs are not up for debate here. Clearly you don't care about being kind or supportive, you just want a platform for your tirades against beliefs that differ from yours. Hey! Just like the JWs! Wow!)
because we have a stinken spy on our hands!
oh, and he wants to let everyone know that he is unbreakable in the truth.
as a matter of fact, hes going out in service both saturday and sunday.
This thread cracks me up. Hi Mr. Cognac. Welcome to the jungle. Notwithstanding the fact that "Pooter" is a very entertaining nickname, I think I will refer to you as "Armagnac."
i really shouldn't be starting any new threads and almost put this one as a reply in the 1928 pdf messenger thread, but it is just too juicy to get buried right away.. i suggest that anyone even halfway interested in jw history download that 1928 messenger pdf.
it is full of treasures.
here is one i found on page 7 of the newsletter (page 25 of the pdf file).
Nice. Cracks me up. It's amazing how they've morphed all of this into some little propaganda machine that convinces the sheeple that they are not book salesmen.
it actually all started a bit stronger when mj died.
he loves his music and curiousity got the better of him and he started to google everything about him and jws.
he was also watching a lot of youtube videos.
Hey Mary... I've been busy trying to get this house fixed up, running a business, dealing with raising a damn dachshund who ate my kitchen floor and terrorizes the neighborhood... You know, LIFE! :) Good to see you're still kickin'!
i left the jws one year ago by moving accross the country and not going to a new hall.
the dubs in my last hall knew i was moving and they know i haven't requested my card for a new hall.
what do they usually do in such a circumstance?.
Let me get this straight: you got divorced, left the JWs, moved across the country to a (presumably) whole new life, where you've now had new sexual partners and/or relationships, and you're worried about making sure your EX-husband doesn't have the congregation's permission to remarry because you think he's a jerk?
Perhaps the question shouldn't be: "does he have scriptural grounds to remarry if nobody finds out I've slept with someone?"
but rather: "where can I find a good counselor who will help me not to waste anymore time trying to punish someone I've already removed from my life?"
it actually all started a bit stronger when mj died.
he loves his music and curiousity got the better of him and he started to google everything about him and jws.
he was also watching a lot of youtube videos.
What great news! He is thinking for himself in little leaps and hops! I love to hear things like this. You are doing a good job. :)
i had an hour to kill before picking julian up at a birthday party, last friday.
so, i decided to go relax at the library.
"when i was a child, we gave up our chairs for adults.
LOLROTF @ John Doe's comment. YES!
i've missed you!
so, this thread is in dedication to you and anybody else who hasn't posted in awhile!
how have you been?.
Ugh, my aching back. Finished digging up the flower beds. Now I'm ready for my gin and tonic.
i've missed you!
so, this thread is in dedication to you and anybody else who hasn't posted in awhile!
how have you been?.
Yeah, you'll be saying that when your house turns into Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse in your giant Ficus tree. Ahhahahaha!!!
Okay, gonna go dig more irises.
i've missed you!
so, this thread is in dedication to you and anybody else who hasn't posted in awhile!
how have you been?.
Bwahahaha!!! So, do you need a 100' tree in your yard? I'm afraid I am not the one to be asking advice. My poor gardening judgment is the reason why I am now digging up the front yard! Well like most things, the root size determines the tree size. You could surround the roots with sheet metal the way they do with bamboo I suppose. Ficus don't really grow here.
