Posts by megs

My friend... Such a smart, smart guy... but he honestly believes the end is "very near" TM So he's almost 36 years old, never been with a woman, didn't go to university because that would be frowned upon... I feel sorry for him, he's wasted so much time already.

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Who here has just let the JW stuff go?. I NEED HELP GUYS!!!!!!!.................

by oompa in

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....i am so frikkin obsessed about the jw lies and my newfound truths about them, and it is prob driving me crazy or causing depression.....if i wake up in the middle of the night, i never get back to sleep as my mind starts racing about jw crap and how it affects my marriage, and then how can i make this marriage work with her such a hardcore dub....i told my wife i now realize i am an abusive husband.....i must stop talking to her about the real truth!!

!..........it is killing her inside and we have had soooo many bad discussions that turn into arguments......on top of that she says she is now closer to jah and the org than at any other time in her life, that now that she has no positive direction from me, she relies totally on jehovah and prays to him more than ever..... we talked about separation, and that i was going to lose her over our religious differences........i feel so sorry for what i have put her through, and i know that if i can not really shut up with my ohsohelpful comments of truths about this truth she will leave me due to "spiritual endangerment".......and she said she is damm close to that happening.....i told her i knew it to and would so hate to lose her due to our religious differences.

at my recent shepherding call, they said to try and stop focusing on the negatives i have found in jw, and focus on the good things...and that is not a bad idea even if i never go back to meetings....there are good things about dubs....the efforts at ending racism and at least for me, some really good lifelong friends.......even their hope for the future was pretty good to me, even though it is a bunch of crap and i no longer believe the bible is gods word or inspired.....it does have some good suggestions for a happy life and ideas as to how to treat others........but so do just about every holy book of other faiths........ i had plans to start going to some meetings with my wife, but today, after a sleepless night i told her i just dont think i can do it, and just as she strongly believes it is the truth, i do not, and that i think the guys on the gb are not led by holy spirit cause if she will read the proclaimers book, she will see we have never gotten a single bible inerpretation of prophecy correct.......so she says "so what is there?

megs

Oompa... First of all, I don't think it's wrong of you to try to get through to her. You obviously love her. If it were something other than religion, no one would even argue with you trying to get her out.. Let's say you and your wife both worked for Enron, you'd devoted your lives to moving up in the company, you had financial stake in their shares etc. Then, before the big crash, you received information that made it clear that they were up to no good, they were lying to their shareholders, and manipulating the system. So with this information, you would obviously go to your wife and try to get you both out of the company. Now she doesn't want to believe anything you say because they've treated her great as an employee, given her good raises over the years, and seemingly valued her contributions. Would you just give up and let her continue working for the company, knowing it was a sinking ship? Or would you keep trying to get through to her? You are not wrong to be in the mindset that you are, but you do have to face the fact that unless you can find some common ground, your future may not be together.

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Irish jwd'ers: Your culture and pastimes

by rebel8 in

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ok so after complaining about my city's pathetic tradition of celebrating st. pat's day by mass alcohol poisoning, i thought i would try to find out some actual cultural things about ireland.

i tried the internet but almost everything i found was either pictures of green beer or drunk americans holding plastic shamrocks next to their green beer.

to paraphrase myself, it is so sad to boil an entire culture down to alcohol and tacky decorations.

megs

Soda bread is lovely... In Ireland... I've tried, but have never been able to recreate it here...

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Irish jwd'ers: Your culture and pastimes

by rebel8 in

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ok so after complaining about my city's pathetic tradition of celebrating st. pat's day by mass alcohol poisoning, i thought i would try to find out some actual cultural things about ireland.

i tried the internet but almost everything i found was either pictures of green beer or drunk americans holding plastic shamrocks next to their green beer.

to paraphrase myself, it is so sad to boil an entire culture down to alcohol and tacky decorations.

megs

Bubblie, Guinness in Ireland tastes the same as the Guinness you can buy there, I believe it's actually still made in Dublin though they could have expanded... If you're not up for the black stuff, try Harp's or Kilkenny's. Again, they taste the same in north american as in Ireland ;)

St. Patrick's Day used to be just another feast-day in Ireland, wasn't anything awfully special other than that Patrick is the patron St. of Ireland... It's the ex-pats that turned it into what it is today.

If you're looking for an Irish meal, try boxty or corned beef & cabbage... Ireland never was renowned for its cuisine.

I used to spend my summers in Ireland, my dad was an emigrant. A family meal at home in Ireland for me was typically a baked ham, spuds (potatoes), maybe cabbage or carrots, with soda bread... Dessert if we were lucky was cream cakes from the bakery... However, now the bakery has been shut down, not sure if the butcher is even still there... Tesco's has pretty much taken over, along with Super Quinn's & Super Value... *sigh* It's not the same place as it was when I was a child...

On a Friday, my family would watch the Gay Byrne show, he was the Irish equivalent of Johnny Carson. There's always the pub for the nightlife, and the odd time you'd catch a céilidh on a Friday or Saturday night (a dance).

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march 14th is Pi Day

by chickpea in

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What Are Songs That "Get You In The Mood"?

by minimus in

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i'm listening to after7's with babyface's brother singing , "baby i'm for real".....oh my!.

megs

At Last - Etta James

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Do you know of any non English speaking ex jw boards??

by noni1974 in

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can you post links please!!!

any language will do..

megs

This one is Swedish:

http://www.hjalpkallan.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=2