i could give you hundreds of experiences but let me kick off with the following.
i boarded a train at 4am heading to an airport a few weeks ago.
in my carriage there were at least 100 people.. .
One time when I was 13, I was walking through an Albertson's after school with my back pack on. The store manager started following me around watching what I was doing and after a few aisles worth of being my shadow he rudely asked what was in my pack? I let him know my school books but he didn't buy it, he said he needed to check it because he knew what "you people are really like."
I've never hated other races but that day I definitely hated that douche.
p.s. he was white and I'm Latino.
all is well and good in my life right now :) with one small catch... i have a secret that i have hidden from my girlfriend.. for the first time since coming out of the borg, i have found romance.
i was lucky to meet a girl called romilda (name has been changed), and we get on like a house in fire.
we have been in a relationship for a few days now, but some of my friends have pointed out that i should be honest with her and be straight about my sexuallity.
Hi ronweasley, I would be straight up- honest with her if you really do care about her. If she is special to you never hide anything from her as she'll distrust you down the road when she finds out. I'm not sure how you can tell her, maybe have her over to your place for drinks- something casual and give her the info.
Best wishes,
i have basically thrown away all of my bound volumes and loose wt and awake magazines.
i kept some bpoks, the insight to the scriptures, god's love, the reasoning book, and daniel's prophecies (this was my favorite) .
i held onto insight to the scriptures after reading some of ray franz's book, crisis of conscience.
My bible
hello everyone, i want us to discuss the gbs right to control jws.
the gb claim, and rf jws believe that they can't understand the bible without help from the gb.
when you ask them why they listen to the gb you hear stuff like .
The way I had understood this situation was that they were guided by Jehovah's spirit and were directed to act in accordance with it. Supposedly their prayers and their study of the scriptures were what helped them to make decisions for the organization.
As far as why the JW's listen, well first because they feel that their religion has been blessed with a special relationship with the Creator and second because if you believe a group of men have a hotline to God why question it? Is this the prudent course of action?
No, of course not and inevitably many of us have left because we could not comprehend how an organization that claimed to be guided by God's spirit acts and believes in things that are in direct contradiction with it.
i have been thinking latley about having a little fun.
i want to dress up in a suite go to the kingdom hall during a meeting and knocking on the door to offer them a religious track.
maybe i will record it and put it on youtube.
Hi TRUJW, although we all enjoy our daily dose of humor I would recommend avoiding a situation like that. Why put yourself up for something that starts fun and ends in a major headache?
parking at the tacoma dome for jehovah's witnesses was.
evidently included in the cost of the rent.. >.
"by law, the wtbs was not to collect additional.
I hope all the lurkers clicked on the links.
in an effort to get some help and hopefully help others, i'd like to start this thread about psychology, specifically starting with the subject of anger management.. .
personally, i don't have much of a temper.
what i do have, i've learned to control.
Awesome post Billy! Really liked this part: "Even though I am tempted to rant and rave in anger over WT policies, teaching, and practices, I avoid the impression of anger toward WT, it's much more about frustration, I suppose."
You're completely right, being angry and yelling will only serve to close the other persons mind to whatever it was you wanted to say.
i thought it was fitting for me to share my freedom from the witnesses story on independence day weekend.. i dont have any secret info, just experiences that happened to me and started to open my eyes.. i was a third generation, raised in the truth kid who was never supposed to be born, and then never supposed to graduate high school.
ive now been out of high school longer than i was in school.. the beginning of the end started a little less than a decade ago.
i was late 20s at the time.
Awesome story, thank you for sharing.
when i was a busy little pie-in-ear we had a local apostate who would come and pretend to be interested.
he always attacked russell and rutherford and the early organization.
(this was in the late 80's early 90's) after he left, the young brother with me said, "these apostates always attack the imperfect organization but never can show anything from the bible.
Sure, maybe not ridicule as much as immediately dismiss anything I considered to oppose the truth. I remember one of the first talks I gave in the TMS talked about apostates but back then I didn't really understand why they chose to leave or disagree with certain things. It's funny to think how robotic my responses used to be, one time at a convention I was warned to not even look at them.
I guess looking at someone who might actually be right might make my brain start working and researching. We wouldn't want that now, would we?
i've just had the official results on my pgce.
i'm not posting here to boast, but to encourage any who may have abandoned education because of the pressure as a jw, and who may feel that it's too late to return and achieve such goals.
in the 1980s i stopped halfway through my b.ed honours and accepted a dip.h.e.
Congrats and so yours is a tale of determination that does not know how to falter. Thank you for not giving up and revel in your accomplishment.
All the best!
