the thread about "clinking" got me to thinking.. what were the rules you hated most?
rules that were just so boneheaded as to be infuriating.. there are so many rules and regulations to follow as a dub.
some rules may not even be able to be referenced in the publications, at least not firmly and clearly.
Explanation for no 2-door cars: It was unchristian to drive something that would inconvenience other publishers in service by having them climb out of the back seat.
Some I recall:
Can't pierce your ears because God didn't put holes in them in the first place.
Couldn't chew gum at the hall.
Couldn't wear sunglasses in field service because the householder wouldn't be able to see if your pupils were dilated and you might be stoned.
We had to call Lucky Charms...Fortunate Trinkets.
just for fun - and on a more fun/lighthearted note - i have a few questions to pose:.
1. what was your very first car?.
2. what car are you driving now?
First: 1952 GMC pick-up, grey primer, baby moon chrome rims, straight six, baby blue interior with all the chrome I could steal
Current: 1991 Toyota Camry Mom's taxi with 240,000 miles
Dream: 1970 Chevelle SS, 454, dualled out, ever-the-top stripe, holley package, built from the ground up by yours truly, "no man's land" plates...oh, and a little tree spice freshener. Those things are dangerous.
i want to know what truth" is if its out there some where surely god will guide me to find it, i don't want to die without honestly knowing for sure knowing i have found the so called "truth.
i have been stumbled by others and by my selfish ways.
in the words of the song "send me an angel," cause i sure need one.. maybe i am not of their sort as the bible says and as elders have labeled me, but i do want to live and exist somewhere, and see the light what ever and where ever it is.
Is this the Shane from Utah? You can e-mail me privately if so, you sound like someone I know.
i thought i would let you all know i will likely be away from posting for about 10 days.
we are leaving sunday to go camping, and are meeting princess and her family, and venice and her mom and dad, who are already there.
it's "soft" camping.
I miss you already. Enjoy yourself.
what if you as an unaffiliated christian went to a pastor, elder, or apostle of a church and after his service you went up to him and said, im one of those unaffiliated christians.. what would his reaction be?.
would he look very startled?.
would he even view us as a real christian?.
I have tried a couple different churches in the past month. Yesterday I attended a service where I felt very welcome and appreciated. I have already been asked to teach the 5-6 year olds and handle the information board!
This is so different from the kingdom hall. Even as an elder's wife the only feelings I got from people was "brown-nosing".
This church is only trying to get people to love one another and be Christian. That's all I need for now.
Abe Lincoln said that as soon as he found a church where the only two doctrines proferred were to love God and your neighbor, he would join. It seems I have found one.
call me a neopositivist, a semi-verificationist or semi-falsificationist, but the claims made by "silentlambs" reminds me of the shakespearean line that was quoted in the creator book published by the wtbts.
that is, the contentions of silentlambs seem like much "sound and fury" that in truth signify nothing.
i am of course referring to the supposed dateline show and the claims made about some members of the gb of jehovah's witnesses.
As I told an elder on my committee,
"If you would rather associate with pedophiles than me and my children, I leave you to each other. If my father molests another young person, my conscience is clear. I have done everything within my power to stop him and let people know. Have you? Oh, and by the way, my father was sitting behind your daughter at the district convention this year."
You want proof? How about audio taped confessions?
Watch your kids.
i am going to be at a trial in ritzville, washington.
the town is about an hour southwest from spokane, wa.
i will be there on august 14th, which will be on a tuesday.
I'm going to rob my piggy bank and see what I can come up with. I will do everything I can to be there...not far from Utah. If you are passing the idiots name around I could use it and start a few fires too!
With ya' Bill
regarding dfing policy:.
is it true that those wishing reinstatement sit up the back?.
in an average congregation, how many dfed would be sitting up the back?.
p.s. I was recommended for reinstatement 4 times but my original committee would not even address it. They would not return my phone calls or even respond to the elders in my current Hall. That enough for me. "By their fruits.........."
regarding dfing policy:.
is it true that those wishing reinstatement sit up the back?.
in an average congregation, how many dfed would be sitting up the back?.
When I was disassociated and attending meetings trying to be reinstated (don't ask) an unbaptized person came up to me and asked how my baby was and we talked briefly. Later I overheard an elder in the coatroom ream him for speaking to me. He must have been all of 12. There was a friend of mine there also who was df'ed and we would give signals and meet around the block in our cars and go for coffee. Ironically, she is reinstated and will not speak to me now.
has anyone ever addressed the incidence of domestic violence in witness families?
i am relatively new here and don't want to cover old ground.. thinking back, i can name multiple examples of households in each congregation i attended where domestic violence was evident.. i have an active protective order against my ex.
who is still active in the congregation he attends.
gsark:
Thank you for the welcome. The only strings I have are the family I have who are still in. My daughters are also at risk. I guess the greatest gift I can give them right now is common sense and see where that leads. It got me out.
