I wrote a letter to DA 11 years ago - despite being third generation jdub. Best thing I ever did.
Was I shunned by JW family and friends? You betcha. Do I care? Not on your life.
Most of my JW family members finally faded out anyway, and I made new friends! Life can be good, you just need to start living it.
was prob going to stay here a bit longer as i love this place.....but way more than i need, and the payment bites.........with sucky economy it prob makes more sense to sell.........or else i need to have a few more kids!!!
(or at least put forth the effort for more!)................oompa.
plus....i will not be jobless i hope...but income about to hit the shitters...........
Do you sell and downsize so as to empty out the nest, ie. force the grown kids to share rooms so that they want to leave! Its really hard to get 20 plus yr olds to leave home these days.
Or do you wait until they leave of their own free will (2039), then sell and downsize to live in a retirement village?
To be mortgage free would be great (hates Black Sheep right now) but would miss the big house with theatre room, home gym room, 4 bedrooms, computer room, family room, double garage and alfresco....YES I know, I'm materialistic and I love it.
the scriptures say that solomon turned away from 'god' in his later years and this is attributed to the influence of his wives.. how can this be correct?
it seems that from day one solomon had no special affection for 'god's laws' to have so many wives in the first place.. most people would expect 700 wives and 300 concubines to be high maintainence.
wouldn't you think there would be an awful lot of cat fights and chaos?.
Solomon's talent (other than sex monger) was wisdom....yet he turned away from God in his later years. Did Solomon become an APOSTATE too? Were his wise eyes opened to the truth about the Borg? Better late than never I suppose.
mine goes back to may of 1955.. i was 17 months old.. my mother went into labor with the last of her 13 children, and i remember pitching a fit because the midwife wouldn't let me into her room.. how about you?.
sylvia.
My earliest JW memory was when I was about 3 or 4 and I asked my mother when would I start school. Her answer was 'you'll never get to go to school, because Armagedon will be here by then'.
I'm 42, my youngest daughter has just finished high school.
So my earliest memory was that telling lies is okay....unless you're a worldlie who tells their kids Santa, Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy are real....those are bad lies. Yeah whatever!!
i've been reading several of the comments and many of you appear to be out-of-step with the faithful and discreet slave..
If ever there were an Apostate website, this is where I'd go to find one....you beauty!!!!
Nice to know you're all still here you loyal sons of guns!!
...hi, and i'm still alive...pope, i have lost your email address, did you throw mine away or did we break up, i can't remember.
uncle b, your pic is hot, is that your brother?
hook us up *jokes* i just felt like taking a walk in my old neighbourhood - you all look great by the way.
Beck, where have you been??
I've been to London to visit the Queen....
No not really, I've just been working my little tooshie off storing up treasures on earth before Armaggedon
You all look great, no one has aged, no one has changed - of course I can't actually see any of you, but in my mind's eye you all look as you did to me many moons ago.
Ozzie, I have a confession, I don't like Shiraz, never have, probably never will. Sorry about that mate. But I do think of you when I walk past the Shiraz section in the bottle store (yes, I walk past them and sometimes I screw my nose up hehe)
Hey there bikie_chic, how the heck are ya? Have you and Craig had a love child yet?
Greetings Stephanus - Wollongong's greatest - are you still there? What a one horse town that is LOL...no offense...I'm from NZ so I know all about one horse towns.
I hope you are all happy and well - as am I. When I get a chance I will read the one million trillion quadrillion posts I have missed over the last couple of years and try and catch up. Beats reading the Watchtower.
~Beck~
...hi, and i'm still alive...pope, i have lost your email address, did you throw mine away or did we break up, i can't remember.
uncle b, your pic is hot, is that your brother?
hook us up *jokes* i just felt like taking a walk in my old neighbourhood - you all look great by the way.
...Hi, and I'm still alive...Pope, I have lost your email address, did you throw mine away or did we break up, I can't remember. Uncle B, your pic is hot, is that your brother? Hook us up *jokes* I just felt like taking a walk in my old neighbourhood - you all look great by the way. So yeah, just thought I'd check in after all these years.
Kiss Kiss Hug Hug Squeeze Squeeze
~Beck~
ok, i was reading the "worst bookstudy book" thread, and it got me thinking about the worst book study groups i went to.
once, my dad was study conductor and the study was held in an elderly sister's home.
there was antique furniture and doilies on the tables.
My fondest memories are of bookstudy night. We used to have it in our home, and so I loved the fact that I didn't have to go far. Many a night we would have cup of tea night with cakes and savouries and treats for the children....sometimes these evenings would go quite late and a few would stay back for a game of cards and a bit of a gossip session. I rarely won the card games...some of those sisters were sharks!
~Beck~
you know.... one of those jws who nods slightly in agreement with a point the speaker makes?
i've seen this lots at assemblies etc but we do have a local nodder; we call her bonnie bobble-head cuz she reminds me and the kids of the bobble-heads for car dashes.
heehee.
I used to nod only when certain speakers were giving talks....apparently it gave them more confidence and they got their jollies knowing someone out there was getting their point. I was merely being kind to the speaker - I'm just too nice
~Beck~
several weeks ago i posted about a client of mine named sue.
well today i was back at her place completing all the cold water and sanitary plumbing to the railway carriage.
while i was there sue came running out several times with more questions about the bible and i was able to help her with information about the old books origins the sumerian epics, egyptian military code, persian dualism, torah, hebrew, nazarite / aramaic, paulian greek, catholic latin leading to the modern english translations we are so blessed with today.
Very funny dialogue uncs...Sue sure likes free stuff
Nice pics too, but it looks cold there for some reason.....it reminds me of the Mamaku Ranges near Lake Rotorua
~Beck~
