Another test would be...did they just contact you out of the blue or was this a job you sought and applied for?
If the first, ring all the alarm bells and run from it!
they seem to have just offered me a job.
part of me is screaming "scam!
" as i seem to have received an offer all to easily.
Another test would be...did they just contact you out of the blue or was this a job you sought and applied for?
If the first, ring all the alarm bells and run from it!
and why did you choose it?
if you have a avatar, what is it and why did you pick it?.
ok ill start.
I like my avatar. It feels more or less cheerful, friendly, likes to make a point.
My name? One of the mythological centaurs, wayward, rebellious, awkward, independent. Neither one thing nor another. Basically, how the JW's saw me!
measured about 5.1 on the richter scale, it was enough to rattle residents.. .
You're not alone, Gopher. It took me a minute, too!
as a serving witness, i am not foolhardy enough to ask elders this question, because their 'praetorian guard' instincts would kick in, and i would be treated as an anti-christ.. w07 1/1 p. 28 par.
11- "it seems that resurrected ones of the 24-elders group may be involved in the communicating of divine truths today.
my question is simply based on this 'inspired' 'spiritual food at the proper time'; please put a little meat on the bone and tell all 7+ million of us, how do receive these "divine truths" from spirit creatures whom you cannot identify?.
They talk to Smurfs.
after leaving christianity it's common especially among the young to experiment with witchcraft.
some get drawn into it by getting involved with earth movements and back to nature groups.. .
witchcraft is an evil thing.
If witchcraft is wrong, what about Shamanism?
Please can I still be a Shaman? Actually, I'll just go ahead anyway. I like shamanism.
If going back to nature is wrong, what about growing organic vegetables? Should we be warned about that?
Saving the whale? Saving the planet? Is that all worshipping creation? Satan?
Inquiring minds want to know.
that's right, and it's great!
i don't know exactly why because he hasn't turned apostate and still seems to believe jw things.
i don't feel comfortable in asking him why he doesn't go to meetings anymore for some reason, or find out what he believes and if the things i've told him bout ttatt influenced his decision.
Good news, Julia!
Relax and enjoy the new freedom!
i am so tired of waking up without hope.
so tired of fighting one more day...i just want it to end as painless as possible.
i truly don't have the willpower or strength anymore..
Oh, Loubelle, I'm so sorry you're so depressed. I haven't read every page here, but I can't let this go by qithout at least saying hello and giving you a huge cyber-hug.
(((((((((((((((Loubelle))))))))))))
Things WILL get better. Life goes in cycles. You are in the middle of a great big down time, when it seems like everything that can possibly go wrong will go wrong. But it will pick up. Truly.
As others have said, take it one step at a time, day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute.
One positive thing you can do is to begin making yourself a scrapbook of lovely things, things you really like, places you love, even ones you haven't seen yet but just love the look of. Things you want, if that feels right to do, but better to ophrase it in your mind as things that you are definitely going to have one day.
May sound silly, but it isn't. It can really help to get you out of this big downer.
((((((((((((((((((((((((((One more hug)))))))))))))))))))))))
i'm sure that many of you remember this kind.
of catch phrase used in the publications of thewtbs inc.. .. for the sake of clarity let's give some of the quotes from the.
book : .
I was searching for something completely unrelated...because JWN is a wonderful encyclopaedic resource!...and found this ancient thread. A real blast from the past! But it solved something that's been puzzling me for some time.
To me, a religion is, say, Christianity, or Buddhism, or Islam...in other words, it's a particular school of belief. The word religion on its own, without the indefinite article, means to me and is generally understood as referring just to belief in a divine something or other. Not much more than that.
Recently, I've encountered people using the word "religion" to mean any kind of organised denomination, whether Lutheran, Anglican, Baptist, methodist, Catholic...anything. They object to any kind of religious organisation on the grounds that a person is better to make their own subjective interpretation according to what he or she reads in the Bible.
This was so foreign to me that I couldn't understand why or how they'd comne up with such a concept. Now, just reading through this dusty old thread and brushing off the cobwebs, I see where it comes from. It's all Jehovah's Witness baggage. It's JW lingo.
And I didn't recognise it because I was never with the JW's for long enough for everything to rub off on me!
It never ceases to amaze me how people who even, perhaps, left the WT years ago, still manage to carry so many of the old attitudes for years and years, maybe for ever, I don't know. Some do truly shake it all off. Some completely react the other way, as though they were a piece of elastic pinging as far away as possible from the point of origin. And some vocally reject it but continue to think along the same old tramlines.
It's interesting, but anyway, this was my personal bit of enlightenment this morning so for what it's worth I thought I'd share it with everyone!
I wonder if anyone remembers and recognises these old names? I don't know them.
for those of you who have travelled the world over, which country or city will you consider the place to live in the world.
Wherever I happen to find myself, especially if it's out in the countryside!
hi all.. i'm a newbie from paris, france.
so please forgive my english grammar, it might be some times...improper.
27, got baptised at 16 (for a girl...i never had).
Bonjour, Sylvlef!
Nice to have someone here from France! Ici nous sommes des amis.
That's it! Trying to write French on an English iPad just won't work!
Great to have you here!