happy birthady charlie!!! 10/11/12 is extra lucky i think ;)
yay we both haveoctober birthdays and are celebrating them for the first time!!! cheers!!! (grumblecakes raises a glass)
My birthday
by Chariklo 23 Replies latest jw friends
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Chariklo
Hey grumblecakes, I didn't realise you were freshly out. Like me, though I was only in in an unbaptised way. I haven't caught up with your story.
Thinking about yesterday made me wonder about how lifelong, or at least, thoroughly-in, JW's feel about birthdays etc once they're out. The whole WT "reasoning"...in reality mindless parroting, not real reasoning...on birthdays is so strong.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/239801/1/How-do-you-feel-about-birthdays-and-Christmas-nowThe Watchtower takes good things and spoils them. Takes good people, damages them and spoils them. Turns others into mindless automatons, and others into bullies. And they call themselves Christians?
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grumblecakes
hey charliko,
totally agree. even they know the reasons for not celbrating birthdays are weak at best. i remeber about 12 years ago or so they had a talk on it at convention (or at least addressed it in a part) and i thought "oh good, were finally gonnna get a decent reason". but nope,same old song and dance about "only mentioned 2 times in the bible..."
last year i didnt really celebrate any holidays but i did make a few comprimises that made me uncomfortable. this year tho, no guilt.
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straightshooter
Happy birthday, may the power of Thor be with you.