with a friend suddenly confronted with the prospect of being disfellowshiped recently it got me wondering about how an elder feels the first time he disfellowships someone.. the first time you disfellowshiped someone was there regret?
sadness?
or a sense of justice?.
Frenchy and LittleToe,
In all honesty, though, what does it matter what the elder's will feel when they DF your friend? There is little comfort in knowing that your life has been smashed to smitherines by someone who is "really broken up about it".
He was DF'd for smoking two cigarettes a day, and one of the elders who sat on his committee walked out to his car with him and they were both crying.
Marjorie
i think these pictures are horrible!.
http://www.intrex.net/tallyman/wt_evil.html.
marjorie
Hi, Farkel--
Thanks for posting the information about your friend Tallyman. He sent me several friendly and helpful emails after I asked him a question yesterday. He said that a popular site in Norway has just posted a link to his site, so it will be getting more exposure. I'm very sorry to hear about his disability following pesticide exposure.
That's criminal!
Marjorie
i think these pictures are horrible!.
http://www.intrex.net/tallyman/wt_evil.html.
marjorie
I appreciate Allymom posting the link.
Would someone tell Wendy I said "thanks"? <g>
Marjorie
i think these pictures are horrible!.
http://www.intrex.net/tallyman/wt_evil.html.
marjorie
Hi, Cellomould --
There is confusion of ignorance and intent with respect to the Squibbs icon. Yeah, that really kills the sitemaster's credibility.The webmaster of the site emailed me and said that he was at Bethel and he is the one who took the photo of the Squibb icon. He said:
'What are his motives?' is the first question that comes to mind, even as an informed, atheist ex JW.
I was at Bethel - Watchtower's NYC Headquarters for Four Years,He also asked:
from 1973-77 and I TOOK that photo of the Old Squibb building medallion/icon.I had the Bethel Oldtimers tell me that when the WT Society bought the building from Squibb Pharmaceuticals, they felt the wording on the Squibb Motto "applied" equally to the precepts of the Watchtower society...so, they never removed the Four Large Squibb medallions.
WHERE did "cellomould" get HIS information and/or WHAT'S he talking about?I don't want to get involved in any more "tell-your-father-to-pass-the-potatoes" kinds of conversation <s>, but I thought y'all might be interested in his response. (That was a neat photo he took of the medallion, wasn't it?!)
Regards,
Marjorie
i think these pictures are horrible!.
http://www.intrex.net/tallyman/wt_evil.html.
marjorie
As I look at all those WT pictures of smiling, laughing people I feel sick. But I wonder, would true-blue Witnesses look at all those 9-11 lookalike pictures and say, "Yep, the WT was right." Would they see the WT pics as prophecy (of a sort) and the 9-11 photos as fulfillment of prophecy?
Just wondering.
Marjorie
i think these pictures are horrible!.
http://www.intrex.net/tallyman/wt_evil.html.
marjorie
I was never one of Jehovah's Witnesses, so most of these images are new to me. Perhaps that is why I find them so shocking. When I look at them, my mind automatically calls up images of 9-11.
For those of you who grew up with WT literature, perhaps the shock value is lessened by the pictures' familiarity.
Marjorie
i think these pictures are horrible!.
http://www.intrex.net/tallyman/wt_evil.html.
marjorie
Scully,
Kinda makes you shake your head in disgust when you realize that these kinds of pictures are what makes JWs "the happiest people on earth".....Some of the pictures are quite old, but look at the one from the 1992 publication "Does God Really Care About Us?" That's one of the most horrifying of them all. The people are actually laughing!
Marjorie
i think these pictures are horrible!.
http://www.intrex.net/tallyman/wt_evil.html.
marjorie
You want to see one that's really creepy? Go to the site and scroll down through the pictures to row 8 and click on the large, square, yellow picture in the center of the row:
The Golden Age - August 11, 1926
It's the one with the words WAR and FAMINE up at the top.
The Golden Age cover shows an illustration of the devil sitting atop a skyscraper. Look at the word "WAR" and you will see that the illustrator turned the R into little cloven hooves.
Then scroll way down through the long link until you get to the section where he contrasts that picture with the 9-11 photo by Mark D. Phillips (the one where some people see an image of Satan in the WTC smoke).
Marjorie
i think these pictures are horrible!.
http://www.intrex.net/tallyman/wt_evil.html.
marjorie
Dan --
The pictures speak for themselves, less is more. This would be better if it simply had a caption telling the viewer where each image was taken, some comments as to the article that contained the image and some analytical summary that would tell, in a mature, un-rabid like manner how these images and the text really contain a message of hate and is counter-productive to peace.I agree with your comments. Why not email the author of the site and tell him what you think? I emailed him earlier this evening (when he gave me permission to post the URL here), and he wrote back quickly.
Marjorie
i think these pictures are horrible!.
http://www.intrex.net/tallyman/wt_evil.html.
marjorie
