ramtrucker
JoinedTopics Started by ramtrucker
-
32
We live in a beautiful part of the world.
by Gregor intoday my wife and i left the house at 9 am and had lunch at a restaurant in cannon beach while looking at this view.
we were home by dinner time.. .
-
45
Relief for nighttime leg cramps
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite inokay, i'm closing in on 500 posts, but have almost no 'new topics' to my name.
i don't feel like starting anything profoundly spiritual.
so, i'll share this tip that has worked for my kinfolk.. on both sides of my family, we frequently suffer from nighttime leg craps.
-
8
a basic of abuse
by lancelink ini have been studying psychology this past semester at college, and i had a different type of question for this site.
when abuse of any type occurs ( whether it be toward children, or adults) usually animal abuse can be found linked .
somewhere in the abusers past.
-
383
Thinking of becoming a Witness again and my reasons for doing so :(
by reniaa ini've been a faded jw for 10 years i left because of my failed first marriage, i'm no hypocrite and realised i had left completely so i embraced the world and dived in, only christmas and birthdays i could not get into, they were too foreign to me having never celebrated them, like if i suddenly tried to do ramadan or something like that.. 1/ all the criticisms of the people in the truth you say on here, i've found in the world, warts and all only in the world nothing holds them back from being utterly horrible to you.. 2/ i got stabbed by a worldly boyfriend, i got married 2 times of my own choosing to men outside the truth, the first smoked and was an alcoholic, the second gambled every penny we had and defrauded me out of money after we separated, 2 divorces later i am currently pregnant and a single mum since current boyfriend decided kids was to much of a responsibility and he needed his freedom and i was 'too selfish to expect him to give up his life'.. 3/ parents-in-law!
i have been shunned by them as equal to anything you accuse witness families of and for the silliest of reasons, i had a disabled son and his grandparents said they wanted nothing to do with him because they didn't want to become attached in case he died.. 4/ i miss the honest friendships of the truth, i had friends of all ages from 14 to 80 years old and they genuinely cared for me, many trying to keep me in the faith a long time after i left but i was determined to fade so moved away completely, but i find friendships in the world so shallow in comparison and very hard to sustain :( i've never been a drinker and sometimes thats what friendship means you being a companion for them to goto pub with.. 5/ my recent boyfriend was in a christian religion, i thought why not find out about it, harvest churches if you ever heard of them, unfortunately it still hasn't stop him leaving me pregnant and alone and when i said to him how does he clear that with god, he replies "as long as i repent it doesn't matter" it's like he has a "get out of jail free card" for any wrong-doing in the bible, this is so alien to me and my witness trained conscience.. 6/ i recently out of frustration tried looking into atheism and joined their forums, it wasn't fun, they are as bombastic and arrogant as their religious counterparts can be from any religion, they make a religion out of not believing in god, it's very weird they talk of saving people from believing in god and offer nothing to replace it.
they said to me "be happy you are in reality now and enjoy it" and i thought "well if this is reality i've had enough of it".
-
7
millions now living will never die!!
by jefferywhat inyeah right!!!
.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23358515-2,00.html .
-
14
Street Corner Witness
by Poztate inhas it come to an end ??
for many years in my small quiet community the main street was filled with faithful (dubs) putting in their time on the street but no longer... they would stand for hour after hour with the mags rarely making eye contact and more interested in talking to their companion...but the time still added up.. i remember as a young newlywed getting up at 5:30 on a saturday morning so we could start street corner work at 7:00 in a seedy part of a big city we then lived in.. we then rushed for the group effort at 9:15 and didn't complete our morning until 12:00 i am sure god was pleased with our efforts... how is the street corner work doing in your part of the world now ??
is it dying out ?
-
19
My brother being kicked out of Bethel
by observador inone more sad story about someone beyond their good age being kicked out of bethel.
i have been informed that starting in march, he will be reassigned to the wonderful privilege of working as a pioneer in a distant rural area congregation.
my brother, 41, knows nothing but bethel life.
-
10
PRAYERS that you have endured.....
by nomoreguilt inin the course of our wasted time in the org we have all expierenced/ suffered through the ten minute closing prayers at assemblies/conventions.
so many times there have been others that just couldn't escape our attention.
humble wanna be's, pious glorified one's, and just out and out condemnatory oratories to the flock.
-
9
Are you in the Spokane, Walla Walla or Yakima area?
by Bryan ini'm scheduled for many books stores in spokane, walla walla and yakima.
i'm currently working on seattle stores for april/may.
then i'll move on to portland.. i'd love to see you if you're in these areas!.