Did anyone else look at the whole "eternal life on a Paradise earth" scenario and think...that doesn't really sound like much fun! I mean
yeah, you get to live forever peacefully with a bunch of people and animals. But then there's the things that don't seem to add up quite
right. Say you're married in this life, then you die but your spouse lives on to marry another. The whole Paradise thing happens while
they're both still alive, and your happy azz comes back from the dead to find your mate married to some other person. Death released them
from the marriage, sure, but are you REALLY going to be thrilled with that scenario? Then there's the whole sex and babies issue.
Eventually the earth is going to fill up and there will be no more room for babies, so does that mean no more children...EVER? My kids
certainly drive me nuts from time to time, but I'm quite certain I wouldn't care to live in a society with no little munchkins running
around anymore for all eternity. After the need for children is no more, does that mean sex disappears too? And what if all the good ones
eventually get "taken" marriage-wise and you get stuck with some weirdo for eternity? Or is Jehovah supposed to fix them, not let them in,
or somehow make you completely happy with the fact that you will spend your eternity alone? Someone actually suggested to me one time (I
think it was my father) that Jehovah may make other planets inhabitable when the earth becomes "filled". Ummmm...I thought it was "in
Paradise ON EARTH". Somehow the "eternal sleep" sounds a lot better than all of that crap, but maybe it's just me. :shrug:
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What was the most laughable JW teaching??
by chuckyy inhi all.
in your opinion, what was the silliest , most laughable watchtower teaching/doctrine, since its beginning until now???.
chukyy.
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What are your dreams?
by Renegade inone day, i was with my grandma and she asked me what my dreams (for the future) were.. i told her i'd like to be in band because i love listening to, and making music.
plus, it'd be great if i could earn some good money with it.. she some how got the nerve to say,.
"no, i mean a realistic dream.".
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To be a secretary!
Oh wait, that was my "we're not sending you to college" JW parents' dream for me...
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New here, but not to being an Ex-JW...
by amama2six ini just thought i'd briefly introduce myself.
my name is april, i am a navy wife and mother of six children, will be 30 next month, and have been disfellowshipped for almost 12 years.
i was also reproved two years prior to that.
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Yay! I got my ex-Elder friend to join!!! Now if I can just find him... :p
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11-yr old wants to get baptized, father objects, elders interfere
by Bonnie_Clyde inthe mother went to the elders when the dad objected to the girl getting baptized.
this prompted a visit from the elders who counselled him for wanting to hold his child back from baptism.
this girl is immature even for an 11-year old.
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I was nine years old when I was baptized. By 15-16 years old I realized I'd made a big mistake. Sure, I knew all the "answers" from their list of questions but I didn't comprehend the extent of what I was doing. Ultimately all the other kids in the congregation were doing it and I was having a hard time fitting in so I thought I would do it, too. Great reason for making the decision, but as some others have mentioned it's usually why most kids around that age in the religion do it.
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New here, but not to being an Ex-JW...
by amama2six ini just thought i'd briefly introduce myself.
my name is april, i am a navy wife and mother of six children, will be 30 next month, and have been disfellowshipped for almost 12 years.
i was also reproved two years prior to that.
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That's the biggest thing, Gary. Walking away doesn't always mean dropping the beliefs, and even though I was essentially "breaking all the rules" it has been hard to let go of the core teachings smashed into my head all those years. I ran to atheism because it was the simplest solution to dealing with leaving and not having any other religion I could really fit into. Things as stupid as "what Jesus died on"; kept me from being able to embrace any other religious group, even if they were non-denominational. At this point I can't say I'm outright "atheist"...nor a "believer". You could say I'm somewhere in the middle...if God exists, great. If not, that's fine too. Either way the worst I get is the eternal sleep, right? :p With as many kids as I have I could use the rest, anyhow. :D
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New here, but not to being an Ex-JW...
by amama2six ini just thought i'd briefly introduce myself.
my name is april, i am a navy wife and mother of six children, will be 30 next month, and have been disfellowshipped for almost 12 years.
i was also reproved two years prior to that.
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Actually about three of them will claim hunger, and thirst, then need of a bathroom break, then thirst again, then bathroom break again. :rolleyes: hehehe A mother's work is most certainly not done!!!
Oh, and to the person who asked how many kids I was going for...I'm done. :p I wanted six kids over the course of 10 years and succeeded, now I'm all tied up and glad to move on to raising them and getting them out of the house! :D
Oooooh, that brings up another lovely subject, blood transfusions. When I had my tubes tied (the day after I had my last baby) the doctor screwed up and I bled internally for 2 1/2 days. By the time I went back to the ER I needed a transfusion to save my life. I took it. :D No WAY was I going to leave six kids motherless...I'm SO glad "religious beliefs" didn't stand in the way of that! -
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New here, but not to being an Ex-JW...
by amama2six ini just thought i'd briefly introduce myself.
my name is april, i am a navy wife and mother of six children, will be 30 next month, and have been disfellowshipped for almost 12 years.
i was also reproved two years prior to that.
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I just spent HOURS cleaning house (and it's still not clean) today, therefore it's now time for the kids to trash it again so I can have something to do tomorrow morning. ;) *looks at the time* Oh look, it's their bedtime anyway! :D
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New here, but not to being an Ex-JW...
by amama2six ini just thought i'd briefly introduce myself.
my name is april, i am a navy wife and mother of six children, will be 30 next month, and have been disfellowshipped for almost 12 years.
i was also reproved two years prior to that.
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And now I fixed it...lol. Wow figuring this all out is so much fun! :D
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New here, but not to being an Ex-JW...
by amama2six ini just thought i'd briefly introduce myself.
my name is april, i am a navy wife and mother of six children, will be 30 next month, and have been disfellowshipped for almost 12 years.
i was also reproved two years prior to that.
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There's only one reason I'll go on my knees, Hubert, and it isn't to sit in the corner. :p (Sorry, couldn't resist!)
I AM using Firefox, so maybe that's the problem.
I'm not sure if my friend would want to join the forum, but I'll ask her. She doesn't spend too much time on the internet but definitely has issue with the way she was raised and the way her mother treats her now. She only gets a call from her when someone is dying or dead. This poor lady has gone through cervical cancer, radiation treatment, hysterectomy, inability to bear children, her wedding, etc. all without her mother's support. That's just s*** if you ask me. :(
I didn't check that second box last time but I will try it now and see what happens. Otherwise I'll try Internet Explorer and see if things work better from there. :)
Edit: Baba, you were right, it's working now, thanks! :D On the legal thing...I am also having problems with her father, now, who came into her life when she was 10. That's actually where she's living at the moment and he's soaked up everything my idiot parents said about me so now he thinks I'm not a fit parent either. Apparently I'm a raging alcoholic, among other things I'm sure. *gulps drink* :D My daughter told me a few weeks ago that my parents and her father actually almost ended up in court. My stepmother wrote up an EIGHT PAGE report on how evil I am. As if her word would hold up in court (dumb people, I swear). So yeah, it's a little more complicated now, unfortunately. :( Edit 2: Apparently editing creates problems with the whole spaces thing. Won't do it again. :p -
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New here, but not to being an Ex-JW...
by amama2six ini just thought i'd briefly introduce myself.
my name is april, i am a navy wife and mother of six children, will be 30 next month, and have been disfellowshipped for almost 12 years.
i was also reproved two years prior to that.
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Thanks again everyone! I had that HTML box checked so I guess that's why my long post didn't show the paragraphs. Should be better from here on out. As for being able to find my topic...thanks for the advice and I will just have to be patient for the next few days until everything evens out! On my oldest daughter...getting her is easier said than done. She's nearly 13 years old and hasn't lived with me (aside from two months) for the last eight years. My parents have already indicated they have no problem dragging me to court which I can't do because 1. I can't afford a lawyer and 2. They live in Connecticut and I'm stuck in Virginia where my husband is currently stationed. There's also an issue with her father but that's an ENTIRELY other story. I just hold on to the knowledge that my daughter knows what they are doing and is not being dragged down the way I (unfortunately) so easily was for all these years. I myself am just now realizing the extent to which I was brainwashed; it went FAR beyond the religion itself and obviously leaving didn't fix everything that had been broken inside me. I guess my daughter is a little smarter (and more defiant) than I ever was...especially at her age. *proud* :D I have no idea why it took me so long to do this...well one thing is I had no idea there was a group like this out there. I should have figured there were plenty of other people affected in a similar way by the JWs...haha. I am a big fan of Lost (the series), though, and did manage to find a friend on a fansite that is an ex-Elder! Talking to him over the past year has been helpful. :) Here's a fun-fact...I live literally ONE MINUTE from a Kingdom Hall, now. Is it bad I've been tempted to go to a meeting, chat EVERYONE up there...then drop the I'm disfellowshipped bomb? I don't know, it just sounds like it would be therapeutic. :D One more thing...my best friend since I was six years old (in the religion, also, but different congregation) left the religion a year or two after I did. I had NO idea and she didn't know I had left either (we had lost contact for a few years). She showed up at my work one day (store at the mall) and it was really awkward. She apparently thought I wasn't supposed to talk to her and vice versa. Finally she blurts out "I know you aren't supposed to talk to me because I'm DFed but hi anyway!" LOL We still laugh about that to this day. :D Edit: Well that didn't work out so well...I put the paragraphs and unchecked the HTML thing but it's still not working right. Sorry... :(