Really good. Enjoyed reading it and so true.
May 22, 1969 Awake! promises "you will never grow old" - Creative Writing
by Mad Sweeney 78 Replies latest jw friends
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clarity
Mad ... love it-
When it is put into retrospect it amazingly becomes so plain! Does'nt it?
Why not produce "the Mad Chronicles", with all the lunatic writings and rantings of wtbts?
You like writing it, we like reading it and you may, ... just may, make some sense to the poor deluded watchtower adherents!
Of course you also could just have Andrew limp home to his sick wife, in his crappy rental house with the backed -up septic tank and.... and blow .................
clarity
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scary21
yes Clarity, thats along the line I was thinking.
Sherry
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dgp
Bookmarked in sadness for all those who were deceived this way.
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BluesBrother
But which is really practical: preparing yourself for a position in this world that soon will pass away? or working toward surviving this system's end and enjoying eternal life in God's righteous new order?
There is a certain logic in that statement...it would be perfectly correct - If only the original premse were true.
Truth is that those of us of Andrews generation spent decades pounding the streets hawking Watchtowers and wasting our time (thankfully I did not become a career window cleaner) only to face the reality.
These are NOT the last days, we are NOT facing Armageddon and there is NOT going to be a New World!
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zarco
Really well written, Mad. And very typical of many JWs.
The 1969 Awake was used by a kindly Congregation Servant in helping me with making choice about what classes to take in high school and also why I should turn down a scholarship to go to college. Fortunately, later in life I disobeyed the WTS's kindly "dumb-arse" advice and went to college.
Secondly, a few years ago some uber-JWs were at our house and we were dicussing their child's educational opportunities. They mentioned that the Circuit Overseer mentioned that the WTS advice on education has always been the same. Starting with the 1969 Awake and then the Lloyd Barry inspired easing on this stance and then the current return to 1969 thinking (read lack of thinking), we were easily able to show that the CO was misinformed and likely misleading in his comments.
Our "friends" have not been back to visit since:)
Best,
zarco
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saltyoldlady
So very sad and so very true - I think the ending is perfect just the way you have it. Thank you for sharing this piece.
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glentrevette
excellent my brotherinlaw and sister were in bethel 25 years ago and are now cleaners broke and so depressed my sister is always begging my 80 year old parents for money
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Mad Sweeney
MS, is Andrew related to Andre?
As a matter of fact, yes. He's the grumpy old tired version of Andre. I was wondering whether anyone would pick up on that.
How about Bob & Doug? Anyone? Eh?
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wasblind
Great thread Mad,