you have to make a life changing choice.
you approach the choice one way and your spouse advocates a different approach.
the nature of the situation removes any possibility of a compromised arrangement.
Choose the course that will cause the least long term damage. If you can survive "giving in" and he can't, give in.
If "giving in" will be decision that you cannot live with and will haunt you for the rest of your life, don't wreck your life for anybody.
i believe i did in 1974, but i was just coming into the org and didn't realize the significance of the part he played.. it was a sunday at a stadium on the campus of the university of alabama in tuscaloosa.
all the "friends" were almost beside themselves with excitement, so looking back, it must have been f. w. franz!.
i'd worked until 6 pm that saturday night, had a one year old teething child, and had to arise at 3 am to get ready for the bus trip.. when we arrived, the weather had turned colder, the stadium was quite warm, and i fell asleep a few minutes into the talk.
I have.
They say he couldn't see well enough to read. I believe it.
Because he certainly could not read a clock!
He would go on and on and on!
And is prayers were painfully long.
Are we still talkin' abbout Ali G?
i went to the assembly today (sunday)cause my little girl asked me to,with mom.. i have not been to one for so long,and i had to laugh to myself,things have not changed.. they still have to keep the eye simple,the end is still right around the corner,etc,etc.. man i love my kid,i just need to keep at me wife,and i have to say that after the drama!!!!
!,i have made some head way with my wife,she is coming round.and i have to say iam pleasesed.. so who else went if any and what did you think?.
god bless you all x.
Good job ex...
My kid is the only reason i went to the memorial this year.
Many of us know what your goin through. Hang in there and good to see your post.
ok, here's my problem.... this weekend is my fiancee's district assembly, and she is attending.
i am suppoused to accompany her sat.
and sun.
Blondie- " I did not not go over to the dark side".
Some of us might disagree. In fact you may actually be the empress of the dark side
a good friend of mine was df'd this week.
he did so much for this organization.
as an accomplished musician and composer, he has contributed so much over the years.his work is in most of the homes of an avg jw.
Now I will listen to all the songs backwards and let you all know of this "hidden" apostate message.
i read these threads and there are a few that bend over backwards to say why wts is correct on this issue or that issue.. they act like typical jw's that refuse to acknowledge points that may show that wts is not following the scriptures or that wts goes beyond the scriptures in a way that is not supported by others.. the point could be the blood issue or shunning or whether 1799 or 1914 was the start (or finish?
) of the last days or whether there is a faithful and discreet slave class or not.
i don't want to harp on each point.
OMG-
Is she freak*n married? (she speaks of adultery)
Some poor guy must be looking forward to his death.
i saw this on wikipedia:.
the united nations commission on human rights, considers the recanting of a person's religion a human right legally protected by the international covenant on civil and political rights: "the committee observes that the freedom to 'have or to adopt' a religion or belief necessarily entails the freedom to choose a religion or belief, including the right to replace one's current religion or belief with another or to adopt atheistic views [...] article 18.2 bars coercion that would impair the right to have or adopt a religion or belief, including the use of threat of physical force or penal sanctions to compel believers or non-believers to adhere to their religious beliefs and congregations, to recant their religion or belief or to convert."[5].
seems to me that being shunned by family and friends for quitting jehovah's witnesses would be penal sanctions.. .
Wow!
A sensible quote without an agenda.
Nice post JT
I am closer with Ali G.
I thought this might be in response to an E.D. problem.
Completely faded in 6 months.
It really is bizarre that I have not heard a word from any elders. Especially since my wife and kids go to almost every meetomg.
