Posts by Hope4Others

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"Hey mom, I'm home!"

by dissed in

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a jw called my wife to talk business yesterday, and voluntarily mentioned her son was living with them again.. now you have to understand, we have not associated with the jw's for 13 plus years.

so it took my wife by surprise that a jw, knowing our situation, would mention this.

but it gets better, there is more to this story.. she then volunteered, he's been living at home with them for over a year since.......bethel "re-assigned" him as she said sarcastically.. "how long was he at bethel?

Hope4Others

It is very sad, its hard to get past it all when depression sets in. He needs to take some sort of course to find a better job.

Perhaps he could be encouraged to do so he still is young enough. What did he do in bethel? what was he assigned?

h4o

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Dont shoot me!!

by angel eyes in

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friends

ok here we go...im going to put my head on the chopping board (so to speak).

i only came on here to meet new people and have chats etc...yes i am a jw and do love jah.....but im also just an average person who im pretty sure many of you would get on with if we had the time to chat about other things too.... i think some want me to go....sad but yes true.....if you all want me to go then i'll do that..im fine with it as i just want to please people...... i know jb and some say they want to go to my elders,and honestly im fine with that but surely if someone is threatening then they clearly dont want me on here...... time to go???????

or as big brother would say "who goes...you decide"?

Hope4Others

I guess I'm just curious since you mentioned that you have not been to meetings for sometime because of a bad back,

well how many jw's have come over to see you or call you....just curious....

And you do realize your mingling with mostly apostates....according to jw standards

h4o

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the futility of 1-ply vs 2-ply toilet paper (debate)

by SnakesInTheTower in

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over on my literature burning thread, someone jokingly suggested that when the big a comes i am going to regret not saving that paper for toilet paper..... this made me think of recent discussions my fiancee and i have had on this subject.. when we first started dating about 4 months ago, i would come to their apartment for coffee or dinner...after awhile i started spending the night.

one thing i noticed was the toilet paper.

lousy one-ply.

Hope4Others

It could be worse you could be going to the store for Maxi pads instead of toilet paper....lol

Could you handle that? hehe

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I can't get past the bitterness.....

by desib77 in

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friends

i don't know why but lately i have been so intolerant of people.

i find myself bitter when people spew nonsense as if it is fact (political, religious, etc........).

i went on a girl's weekend with a good friend of mine (non jw) and everytime she started talking about how blessed she is and how god put stuff on her heart i felt ill. i feel ill just telling you about it.. so, am i the only one feeling bitter these days??

Hope4Others

I think sometimes we just need to take a step back from being around people who bring us down. Being around more upbeat

friends will help until it doesn't get to you anymore and you can ignore it all.

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Where will you go ...whom will you trust ??

by caliber in

just give your personal thoughts and view.... what are your coping skills....the epitome of your personal motivation in life ??.

long term goals... or short term" one day at time "(for example ).

.

Hope4Others

I think many need to get over the fear and guilt that keeps creeping up from time to time. The society does not have the corner market on God. I think that anyone can have a personal relationship with God if they so desire.

Which brings to mind the idea of holy spirit, Are elders truly appointed by holy spirit? They say they pray over such appointments and then it goes to the Wt. Well they are doing a bad job of it all I would say. I have know those who have been appointed that have lived double lives. Alcoholics, abusers, pedophiles....where is the holy spirit there?

I feel that some need to wake up that believe God is with that idea. Many Jws are in shut down mode when you talk to them, they are thinking of there next sentence and are not listening to the conversation around them. So they will never get it. They are not truly open minded.

So where will you go, who will you trust.....Trust your guts! The answers are before you if you truly listen.....that's my motto!

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Our "Bible Study" with the Jehovah's Witnesses

by garyneal in

my wife and i had a "bible study" with an elder and his wife yesterday (9-11-09) and the topic was marraige.

the book we covered was "keeping yourself in god's love.

" this particular "bible study" was based primarily on the topic we covered in the book and, of course, there was a lot of "hop scotching" of the bible.

Hope4Others

Do you understand that your dedication and baptism identify you as one of Jehovah's Witnesses in association with God's spirit-directed organization? (italics mine)

Over the years this question of dedicating ones life and to God's spirit directed organization has been added. I was baptised in the 70's this was not part of the baptismal questions...no one baptized as a Witness prior to 1985 was asked to dedicate themselves to "God's visible organization"

But now even after if you still are a jw, they would say you have excepted it.

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