no, not that sort of 'love'.
how do you feel about animals?.
never been one for pets although when a jw we had our fair share.. these days i just love looking out the window in the morning and seeing the wild rabbits eating our long grass (even though out here we are supposed do do out bit to eradicate the 'pest').
Black Sheep, the video was amaxing!!! Considering the life span of most Monarchs, to take the time, care and concern for a not too lowly insect was wonderful to see. I watched the PBS special on the flight of the Monarch Butterfly. Thier ability to fly such incredible distances is a testimony to Jehovah's design and craftsmanship in another area we humans may take for granted.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/journey-butterflies.html
this is my #1 hobby.
i have a ps2, psp, and xbox.
i was mainly an xbox kind of guy until they completely abandoned it soon after the 360 was released.
i remember my mum standing at the kitchen sink preparing little cypriot meat patties in a beat up enamel dish.
there was a window overlooking the small garden where me and my brother and sisters used to play (wonderful, wonderful times before the cult got its tentacles into our family).. my mum used to sing lots of tunes but this lynn anderson song is the one i remember .
actually choking up a little .
do you tend to blame your problems on the fact that you were a jehovah's witness?.
The dysfuntional connect with the rest of society. You can never have worldly people as friends or associates. The world was placed in such a poisonous light, yet I'm in the world no longer part of "God's alleged Organisation". I've been taught to keep the world at a distance, so I never really made myself accessible to it. It's been a monumental struggle to allow myself the room to find where I can fit in with just regular folk.
I started with my family though. Thank God they choose to still put up with me. I go to Thanksgiving Dinners now, Christmas too, and I see so much I had missed from the years I was too good to associate with "These Pagans". I love getting together with them now as I find I can blend in and get beyond most of those feelings of frustration. I'm so absolutely no better than they are.
I've also found those of similar intrest who love cars. We repair them. Go to the junk yard and pull parts. Talk about life, love, politics and the like. I still have faith in God. I make it known. They don't stand down wind of me, but I don't hold them hostage either because some choose not to have any faith at all. It's a huge learning curve I've had to negotiate. Community matters. To find a few folks who you can just walk thru life with. It's been a means to find grace in those who, thank God, are not like me.
do you tend to blame your problems on the fact that you were a jehovah's witness?.
Yes. I wonder almost daily, what direction my life would have taken had I never come in contact with this religion. From the discouragement of higher education, putting your life on hold because we were only here for a few minutes, no need to pursue any of your goals and dreams in this life. Wait till you get in to New System before you get married. Crunching those numbers, gotta' get yer time in. The phony fun at the gatherings..............
all i discovered back then was i did not feeling like a freak!....i really started liking girls then, so found a way to make valentines and love notes like everyone else even though my parents were very clear to teacher i was to be sitting in the flukkin library for every holiday, birthday, you name it!!!
i wanted cupcakes dammit!!!
and you think i was going to sit there during the pledge of allegience?
if you could describe the jehovah's witnesses, in a sentence (no run-ons please) what would it be?.
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jehovah's witnesses are mostly harmless; just don't join 'em..
You can check out anytime you like but you can never leave
i remember my mum standing at the kitchen sink preparing little cypriot meat patties in a beat up enamel dish.
there was a window overlooking the small garden where me and my brother and sisters used to play (wonderful, wonderful times before the cult got its tentacles into our family).. my mum used to sing lots of tunes but this lynn anderson song is the one i remember .
actually choking up a little .
Moms are a Miracle, Yes. Thanks Sister Jones. It's a Love/Hate thing between us. I'm the only witness, I love her with a passion, but she can werk my last nerve. Honour your father and your mother, one of the 10, regardless. For all that I but her through, all I can do to make up is pay down the debt. Thanks again Mrs. Jones.
i remember my mum standing at the kitchen sink preparing little cypriot meat patties in a beat up enamel dish.
there was a window overlooking the small garden where me and my brother and sisters used to play (wonderful, wonderful times before the cult got its tentacles into our family).. my mum used to sing lots of tunes but this lynn anderson song is the one i remember .
actually choking up a little .
i remember my mum standing at the kitchen sink preparing little cypriot meat patties in a beat up enamel dish.
there was a window overlooking the small garden where me and my brother and sisters used to play (wonderful, wonderful times before the cult got its tentacles into our family).. my mum used to sing lots of tunes but this lynn anderson song is the one i remember .
actually choking up a little .
Thanks Nic and Unshackled. What happening is the space where the link is will not allow me to highlight it.
