LOL@Lady Lee! Sounds like you're starting your country with a crew in need of rehab, cherie!
Frannie B
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what would life be like for everyone who lives there?.
frannie b
LOL@Lady Lee! Sounds like you're starting your country with a crew in need of rehab, cherie!
Frannie B
i am not a jw (never have been)... and am curious by the "10 hrs" i see posted from time to time.. does an elder pull you aside and say, "i see you've only done 9 hours, so i will revoke your status of ____?
" do they actually have an scripture reason for insisting on logging hours?
they must have some kind of reason that makes sence, otherwise you could just turn around and say, "two hours is enough - it's the quality, not the quantity" or can't you talk like this to an elder?
One time a young sister with 4 young children was in the process of getting a divorce from her abusive hubby......abusive hubby died before the divorce was final in a motor cycle accident......Young sister was grieving terribly, because she had actually loved him....and was probably frightened for her children's and her own future......At the KH, I mentioned to an elder that I was planning on visiting her and asked if there were something necessary I could take to the sister and her children (food, etc.).....That Kong-irrational serpent told me that I should be careful and not get into association with the young sister, because she was too emotional.....I turned on him like a mongoose and looked him straight in the eye and said "GOOD! I would think her behavior strange at this time, if she weren't!"....and walked away from his dumb-struck look.....so.....I spose you could say I wasn't very influenced by what elders said, thought, or did as it got closer to time for my personal Exodus..........
Frannie B
i was discussing this a little with someone earlier, and i wanted to get some opinions.. as jw's, we were not supposed to associate with 'worldly' people, other than what was absolutely necessary.
we conversed with them while out in the preaching work, but most of that discussion was of a pre-packaged sort.
our topics for conversation were found in the kindom ministry as were suggested presentations.
Yes....No.....Yes.....Yes......Yes......Yes
Frannie B
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what would life be like for everyone who lives there?.
frannie b
What would life be like for everyone who lives there?
Frannie B
ok, i'm a single female in her early 30s looking for someone to settle down with.
i'd like to have kids, but the trouble with dating guys who are over 30 is that by now most have a kid and/or have decided they don't want any/more.
so i am getting faced with the dilemma of maybe finding that someone special, but he may not want to have kids.
Not unless you live in your own country, apart from the laws and unwanted outside influences.......but then you'd hafta be careful to give them a "headsup" on the reality of living in the "other" reality......
Frannie B
as many of you know there are some studies that indicade thath jw have an above-average mental illness incidence.
i know a jw doctor that , ironicaly, has confirmed this claim to me.. greets,.
heianderen
Yes....JWs are more depressed than anyone else on earth as a group....because they are love-starved.....unless the individual JW is really "into" S&M, that is...or perhaps has a deviant sociopathic persona....
Frannie B
some of you may remember the atmosphere of panic and fear that accompanied.
the great blackout in the '60's.. how times have changed!.
the mayor of detroit was pleased that crime seems to have decreased.
Say WHAT? Didn't they know it was jist too DANG HOT ta get out der and hustle up some rustle this time? Felt like a nukular meldown out der! Evybody's shorts was stuck in dey cracks an' sweat runnin' down in dey eyes....can't SEE nuffin' ta steal dat way, dude!
Frannie B
mine
imagine by john lennon he went to paris by jimmy buffett raindrops keep falling on my head by b j thomas the voice by the moody blues express yourself by madonna
1. The One Elton John
2. That Ol' Time Rock an' Roll
3. Bo Diddley Ray Charles
4. R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Aretha Franklin
5. Think Aretha Franklin
do the math:.
1998 - 3,802 congregations (1999 yrbook figure) .
(drum roll, please).
(smirks)....Japan was among the worldwide branch offices to which I sent LOTSA debunking shtuff after I was deborganized in 1992....I'd like to think it took it's toll also.....
Frannie B (of the wielding the Gnu-Whirled in a lite-handed manner class)
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lotsa newbies here.....i keep trippin' over yall when i'm readin' posts....why don't yall check in here and introduce yourselves?
we'd all love to hear from yall, dontcha know..... frannie b
LOL, Sheila! Hiya! Howzit goin today for u? Things are lookin better here in the Emerald City....
Frannie B