FMZ, really, you know you can edit your posts within a day don't you?
Well, now that you know this, please go ahead and edit out the incriminating information.
Except I've copied it all and will hold it ransom and may even post it - LOL
boa
you better make sure you bury them really deep cause my dog will find it and bring it home.
i have a 10mth old bloodhound and you would not believe the dead stuff she has brought me.
in the past 3wks i have had skin's , skulls , leg bone's and i have no idea what yesterdays was.
FMZ, really, you know you can edit your posts within a day don't you?
Well, now that you know this, please go ahead and edit out the incriminating information.
Except I've copied it all and will hold it ransom and may even post it - LOL
boa
has the wt org.
published any figures on how many faithful "annointed" they think there've been since russell got things started back in the 1800s?
would be interested in subtracting that number from 144,000 to see how many faithful christians the jws say there were in the previous 1800 years or so.
of course, if what R Franz says about the society not really keeping track of the 'anointed' individually in the world is true, then it would be oh so convenient for the wts to never face the music of the 144000 not being a literal number
boa
if I could understand the mystery of the 'anointed' and their 'special' absolute knowledge they are going to a heavenly calling, now that would be something new....
k, so i'm not really lookin for it so settle down please everyone!.
but really, am i the only one that would be tripping on watchtowers and awakes and when it came to sunday morning and you had to get your shite together tout de suite , there wasn't the right wt to be found anywhere?!?.
just me have this happen folks???.
heh heh, I definitely was of the 'faker' class if I had forgotten my copy - i'd sooner use something else than ask for a correct one.
Of course, there is the old 'does anyone need a copy' at the beginning of the meeting, which no doubt is done to try and be helpful, but also tells everyone who the poor saps are who forgot.
boa
btw, is it wrong to put another mag inside the study article wt (after you've read the whole damn thing during the study anyway) and catch up on the new issues?
scooby - since when did you become so tolerant and agreeable?
Xena....thats noble. The WT should try that more often
Xena Some of us don't think of ourselves in a mind numbing cult tho..... Some of us are just trying to keep up, and hold on to something that means alot to us, whilst all the time having to take alot of flak. I don't mean me here either, I choose to be here, I mean Witnesses in general. Remember what it was like at school? or going door to door feeling petrified?
HS....... Again .....yet Again, I post and there you are. on about fly spray or something........ oh lordy. Doesn't Emperor class or Supreme One or whatever, cause you to look beyond a mere Jedi such as myself?.......Not that I don't appreciate your contributions of course...............
LOL - just teasin' you eh.
A: let's use our God-given brain and reasoning powers to discern a matter - just like Bible encourages.
W: after achieving the most basic knowledge of the Scriptures, let's focus more on the fine art of burying, our collective rank and file head, in sand.
boa
...still finding sand in scalp and ears....jeece
k, so i'm not really lookin for it so settle down please everyone!.
but really, am i the only one that would be tripping on watchtowers and awakes and when it came to sunday morning and you had to get your shite together tout de suite , there wasn't the right wt to be found anywhere?!?.
just me have this happen folks???.
k, so i'm not really lookin for it so settle down please everyone!
but really, am I the only one that would be tripping on watchtowers and awakes and when it came to sunday morning and you had to get your shite together tout de suite , THERE WASN'T THE RIGHT WT TO BE FOUND ANYWHERE?!?
Just me have this happen folks???
I remember regularly getting in a unholy rage, stomping around looking for the required rag, and that there were tons of wt mags for the previous studies and the ones after but not the one needed! Was it God trying to save us from the WTS? (snick snick)
boa
no longer in an unholy rage, uhhhh, for the above reason anyway
i'd like to do a little informal survey.
i'm wondering how many pieces of literature are actually distributed to the public.
not how many pieces are reported placed, but actually placed.
was a good dubbie in 'fear' of Jehovah, so I never faked hrs or placements and was a bit surprised when a friend said he put in 2 hrs on the report 'just to keep the elders off his back'.
I did use several of the 'tricks of the trade' when pioneering to make the hrs stretch though - which is of course a dishonesty in its own right.
I've also left older mags at NH doors - we had a good ol' time with this and called it 'sloughing' although I prefer to spell it 'sluffing' lol
An interesting twist to this Farkel is that i've been 'inactive' (certainly not in the bedroom snick snick) from the org for a coupla years but only 'left it all' in the last coupla months, and in that inactive time, I 'witnessed' a few times, probly several hrs worth and NEVER REPORTED THE TIME. LOL!
we always had a shiteload of extra mags and even now the damn things get underfoot - i'll be going to the po to get the order cancelled very soon. Funny though, when you needed the sunday mags, they were never to be found?
had enough - you said
this tread does not deserve to be minimized as worthless and/or too difficult to calculate.
LOL - damn - poztate beat me to the obvious pun
boa
luke 11:10-13
for everyone asking receives, and everyone seeking finds, and to everyone knocking it will be opened.
11 indeed, which father is there among you who, if his son asks for a fish, will perhaps hand him a serpent instead of a fish?
Garybuss and SS, thanks for the comments that have a 'ring of truth' to them for me.
Interesting idea X but I agree with some of the others that it could be taken different ways although I like the direct connection with the idea and common words of serpents and what father would do such a thing - the reason it was done in the former of course is different than the reason it wouldn't be done in the latter - still, neat find!
boa
...not really a believer in anything now, and probably next will go to research the early jewish religion and especially how the bible came about and whether it is 'from God'.
Gary, you ever planning to start a new religion - cuz I want to join it! JUST KIDDING LOL
i have been reading the posts for a while now, and it has really helped.
i wasn't sure if i should post, but i have been so touched reading about other peoples experiences that i wanted to share mine.
i was never raised jw.
welcome prgirl,
your a thinker and that will likely save you from disaster in this situation.
this site has the info and support you may need.
boa
now that i have your attention.
with the total anonymity available on-line, is it truly cheating, to flirt with, tease, or even "have sex" with someone via your computer?
is this the same as actually committing adultery, or is it just generally "harmless" fun?
If you're a Christian, and since cyber sex isn't specifically mentioned in the Bible nor is masterbation, then it seems to me to come down to your understanding of related Bible principles which should guide your conscience. Of course the org would make rules on this, likely dead set against it - hell, they don't even really want you on the internet!
Since I can't truly say I'm a Christian (don't know what i am yet), then to me it would be all about honesty and fidelity with my wife. Thus, if I'm doing something in secret of this nature, I would agree with some of the others that this would be wrong because it would show a lack of respect and knowledge for my life partner.
Still, where is the line drawn between flirting, getting hot, and getting off as being out and out wrong?
Thats a tuff one cuz i like the first one and the wife knows me, soooooo, any ladies want to cyber-flirt???
boa
i've been called naughty...if they only knew how much...snick snick
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my boyfriend (feels more like fiance though i guess as we've talked about but just need the ring) and i have been together over two yrs and living together for over a yr. he never was a jw, and professes to be no religon and isn't even sure god exsists.
is your signifigant other a jw or non-witness?
wifee and i became exjws at the same although wifee's heart not in it for many years - very patient gal waiting for me to come around - the doll!
boa
freedom is sweet and worth the cost - remember mel's yell as they disemboweled him in Braveheart,
FREEEEEDOM!
boa