the mother went to the elders when the dad objected to the girl getting baptized.
this prompted a visit from the elders who counselled him for wanting to hold his child back from baptism.
this girl is immature even for an 11-year old.
The mother went to the elders when the dad objected to the girl getting baptized. This prompted a visit from the elders who counselled him for wanting to hold his child back from baptism. This girl is immature even for an 11-year old. She was too afraid to sit by herself with the baptism candidates and had to have her parents sit in the row behind her.
My son later commented that if the elders tried to pull a stunt on him like that, he would have seen them to the door--or more!
today me and my friend went to lunch, while we were waiting to pay a guy made some small talk with us.
well as i went to pay he swatted my card away and paid for both me and my friend.
he said something along the lines of, "you boys look like you work hard it's on me".
Interesting - Clyde likes to stop for coffee shops occasionally, and on at least 4 occasions he saw JW's having lunch. He told the waitress to give him the bill, and he paid it. He only got a thank you one time. Even ex-JW's can be loving.
visiting my mum she made me go to my first meeting in years.
a brother i studied with invites me to dinner....nice change i thought!
rumor has it that i have become in-active....true!
The one time that I heard Samuel Herd in person he talked about disfellowshipping and about love. He said, "If you mother is disfellowshipped, you must love her less." So much for honoring your father and your mother.......
guys: i fulfilled my most recent theocratic goals:.
1) reached 200 posts in jwd!!
2) met ray franz and cynthia during this weekend!
I'm anxious to hear about Ray and Cynthia.
i remember when i was a kid in "the truth.
there was an elderly sister that had a heart attack during the meeting.
she made loud gasping sounds as she was holding on for dear life.
When I attended (a million years ago) there was a sister who had eplilepsy and she would regularly have siezures during the meetings. Uncontrolable shaking fits. It was as if nothing was going on. Just hold her in the chair so she won't drop to the floor, stick a pencil in her mouth so she don't swallow her tounge and carry on.
I remember a boy at a circuit assembly who was having an apparent epileptic seizure. The circuit overseer giving the talk stopped and pointed in his direction--asking that the young man who is making all those contortions, please stop.
you know whats always bothered me intensely?
.. when witnesses (esp.
pioneers) have all the little wt extras, such as the wt year agenda, the wt removable book covers, bible with their name printed on the leather cover, the rv book with the little tower logo on it, "pens from patterson" etc.
I remember the Tetragrammeton jewelry. However, somebody--I think a CO--put a stop to it.
I did at one time. In the late 50's, and 60's and early 70's, I KNEW we had the truth. I think there was a lot more commeraderie back then--I usually enjoyed going to meetings, and I was OK with field service. My disillusionment began with the 1975 fiasco, but it was years before I actually came to terms with it.
most cults don't go out with a whisper when they know their time has come.
jonestown.
branch davidians.
They are planning a great hounding campaign next year (and I am sure more threads about that will be coming as it gets closer) for those that are inactive.
WTWizard: Will you tell me more about this?
it happened yesterday.
the traffic ahead of me on the expressway suddenly came to a stop.
i had no problem stopping.
How fast was he going? Did he skid much? I am glad you are not hurt and your car isn't totaled.
He was almost stopped or it would have been bad. Still it was scary seeing him coming. I had my van checked at a body shop, and there's no structural damage. May get a new bumper, but the damage is barely noticeable. Just might let it go and save the insurance company $700.
It does upset me how people tailgate. So many don't allow much for stopping time.
five tips for a woman.... .
1. it is important that a man helps you around the house and has a job.. .
2. it is important that a man makes you laugh.. .
This came in an email from a friend. Thought it pretty funny....
