by ozziepost 75 Replies latest jw friends
larc,
How you know I dated a witness girl 'Candy' when I was a mere 17yrs old. You have been responsible for many melancholy moments, since I arrived at this place....you the resident de'jah'vu guy?
Oh me this Zin is good...better be careful...someone will realize the bearman is tipsy....hell it Friday nite...and I don't have to go out in service in the morning....YeeePeeeeeDoDah
Cheer larc
Danny
say tiffly bear...... koala bear......candy bear......db
why aren't you out Sat morning?
Ozzie (me neither)
Sin with Zin? Dandy Candy? Tipsy Bear? Good Shaggin' Sheila?
I just got in with a copy of M. Python's The Holy Grail 'n wuz about to slip it into the VCR when my 'puter beckoned.
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Amicus,
Here's fawning with you. Between Bossy Ozzie,Winsome Wendy, Sparkelin Larc, YuColdman JT,Limeyman, Gossamer Blues, LaterHallsDay, we have put together a little impromptu party...all of us knocking poor Ozzies serious question Who's to blame?, right off track.
Well no matter, Frenchy, Ioian, Tr, and MDS, kept up the theocratic atmosphere...despite us juvenile deliquents.
Hey Ami, to much reading will make your head grow, anyway. So come on in and join the party.
Dannny
Hey Danny,
Ozzie told about foreplay in his country. Here in the midwest: foreplay is twenty minutes of begging. You know Danny, I haven't had this much fun since the eighth grade picnic!
By the way, when you get a chance go look at the Hersey of the Month thread, and be sure and start at the beginning, because the new light gets brighter and brighter as you go.
larc,
Just finished reading your posts to Xandit, was interesting that when everyone stung him with so many strong facts, he finally admitted that the WTBS is a cult. Our efforts here do pay off sometimes.
Ok then Iam off to be a heretic....report to follow.
Danny
Ps. Iam really glad your an ole fart like me....all these youngins are intimidating, sometimes.
Sorry to get all serious on you guy's.
What do you think of this?
At a recent one day assembly I attended, the speaker reasoned as to what a spiritual person is. Is such a person someone who was brought up in the truth, been in the truth 20/30 years? ANSWER - NO a spiritual person is a person that THINKS GODS THOUGHTS. Then he proceeded to read the following scripture and apply it to those that no longer attend.
Philippians 3:18,19)****** For there are many, I used to mention them often but now I mention them also with weeping, who are walking as the enemies of the torture stake of the Christ, and their finish is destruction, and their god is their belly, and their glory consists in their shame, and they have their minds upon things on the earth******
His words were that they have become ENEMIES of truth. Sorry guys, BUT it's quite the CONTRARY!! I'm sorry for all the shouting in this post but, how can they be so damning of ones that are absent. I went to the assembly, half hoping that something would be said to pursued me to carry on, no, it was no way like that. It helped me make up my mind, that I will NOT expose myself or family to this kind of judgementalism…..it's just plain wrong.
I feel ANGRY and very SADDENED that these, long term loyal ones, were JUDGED in their absence. How dare he judge people. There are many scriptures to quote, to EMPHASIS that WE / WTBTS should NOT judge people in this way so sweepingly, tarring EVERYONE with the SAME brush.
I don't know of, and can't imagine anyone, that has been in the org. (or not for that matter) being suddenly concerned with LIES…..No way.
Such discourses, only serve to make the 'weak' ones feel worse. Also, it subtly divides, the strong and the weak. It does not have room for the strong helping the weak. Where is the ENCOURAGEMENT? Where is the LOVE??
*** Rbi8 Acts 20:35 ***
YOU must assist those who are weak, and must bear in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, when he himself said, 'There is more happiness in giving than there is in receiving.'"
*** w97 5/15 26 Beware of Imputing Wrong Motives ***
A Lesson From the Past
Imputing wrong motives to others without just cause is tantamount to judging them. It is as though we are jumping to the conclusion that their words or deeds are merely a subterfuge hiding something devious and malicious. Often the real problem lies in a mistaken view of matters, as can be seen from the Bible account found in Joshua chapter 22.
*** w97 12/1 30 Is All Complaining Bad? ***
Further, Jesus counseled his followers, not to complain about "the straw" of faults observed in our fellow humans, but to be well aware of the larger "rafter" of shortcomings that we ourselves have. (Matthew 7:1-5) In a similar vein, Paul condemned judging (a form of complaining) another as "inexcusable . . . inasmuch as you that judge practice the same things." These cautions against complaining should move us to avoid being needlessly critical and developing a complaining spirit.-Romans 2:1.
My conclusion is that many, are disheartened/saddened that we do not seem to be any nearer to paradise than we'd all hoped for. I think the discouragement is an epidemic....even, amongst those whom we are told to imitate, in their faith and works.
Well that's my two penny worth!! Feel better after that rant! Thanks folks.
Latte
Edited by - Latte on 24 February 2001 2:22:3
Hey Danny, Ozzie and all of you!!!
You're killing me here. Just LMAO. Thinker took me to Outback Steak House for Valentines day last week. Does that qualify me for anything?
TW
Latte,
Not trying to over ride your serious note here. That is one of the basic reasons I quit going. Couldn't stand to hear all the judgementalism (new word?) and the pure meaness going on. Just didn't sit right with me.
TW
Larc,
P.S. I thought the mosquito was going to send me into an apopleptic fit. And just when I thought I was recovering from that Danny Bear had to start. I don't know how much I can stand. Keep it up you guys!!! I love it.
