once an elder asked me if i had any problems with masturbation?
i told him, no !!!!
that was before getting baptized.
On a slightly different track but nonetheless personal:
After going through the baptism questions the elders asked if I was really married to my (then-) husband. They wanted to see the marriage certificate! I told them that I was indeed married and no, I wouldn't show them the marriage certificate because it contained information concerning my spouse who was not the least bit interested in JW's.
They baptized me anyway.
i remember that happening a few times.
one sunday morning my son went up to a young elder and said "hey, i thought you were giving the talk today in xxx xxxxx.
the look of horror on the elder's face!
Southern California...temperature was over 107F...air conditioning in the KH was off...all the elders were on vacation...all the ministerial servants were absent from the meeting...
Song...prayer...27 people present (including my family of 6)...
Pioneer brother brings a tape recorder and places it onstage atop a stool...
Br. Klose..."Strict Obedience".
...We sat there and listened all the way through.
:(
josh groban, is exceptionally talented.
can't help but enjoy this, even as disney sweet as it is:.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/229538/josh_groban/.
Good example of a dedication made early in life.
N.
has anyone posted this, or has anyone heard that you can now be d/f for being obese?
not that i am, (slightly overweight but arent most people?
) but am curious to find out if it is true.
What about the connection between low wage jobs and high-carb "filler food" groceries?
If a person is overweight it may be because he or she can't afford to buy high quality food.
Blaming the victim...a tried and true WT technique!
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i was just at my sis for supper...it came up in conversation that when they (her and hubby) were on the last circuit assembly programme - relating an experience - he had to sign a declaration specifying that the experience was true.. i was completely taken aback by this...the irony etc...they were surprised that i was unaware of this.. funnily enough the reason it came up was that in a different talk an experience had been acted out that is almost certainly untrue..given that it happened to a girl who is seeing a psychiatrist for constant lieing...her father had the assembly part and must surely have also had to sign the declaration... had anyone else had to sign such a declaration or know someone who did.
he had to sign a declaration
He did and she didn't? Is this some new demonstration of the headship arrangement?
for all you people who were raised witnesses, and yet got to college without parental help, i want your story.. i'm in just that situation and i need ideas.
plus it will probably be interesting too.
so, please, commence with the stories...
Are you in the USA? If yes, citizen, legal resident or other?
i don't know if this would be considered "advertising" or against any posting guidelines, but i have found something that is so delicious i don't feel it would be right to not to put this out there, it is worthy of a subject of its own on jwd.
this could become to the good citizens on this board, a sublime life affirming experience, a turning point even.
godiva white chocolate raspberry ice cream bars.
I absolutely love avocados!
The correct answer must be "zero". Change can be effected only through Holy Spirit.
i bet some still carry them.
you all know what i'm talking about; there were at least 3 brothers in the congregation that had one.
thank god my father wasn't one of them.
Only an obsessed maniac would actually lug that 40 lbs bookbag around
You could be right about that...
After the meeting a sister happened to glance down as she passed one of those briefcases left next to an aisle seat, and what did she see inside? Three handguns. The sister quietly conveyed the information to a brother, he informed the elders, the elders informed the owner of the briefcase that handguns were not permitted in the Kingdom Hall.
Brother Briefcase claimed the guns were not all his, that one belonged to his (baptized) wife and one to his 14 year old daughter. He said they needed the guns in case a certain (baptized) member of his wife's family appeared.
Love's excelling way...
so, i was happy and celebrating because of getting good grades in my courses, well i get a call from my mom.
at first the phone call was just "hi, how are you" then she laid into me saying my "problem" (meaning my divorce) was because i was putting my education first and not jah.
she goes on to tell me that the "talk today" was about people murmuring as israelites and bad things happened to them.
She said that they wanted more and more and that I was doing the same thing in trying to get a career getting more money…
1. Read her 1Tim. 4:8.
2. Tell her about Judah Ben Schroeder.
...not that I think it will do much good...
N.
