i alway's start the day in good mood, but suddenly my day went wrong when a storm came.
what a day!
i cancelled all of my appointments.
1. no coffee
2. the cream in my coffee is bad
3. the pilot went out and the water is not hot
4. the car needs gas and its raining
5. having to wake up extra early
6. the internet is down and I actually have to work
7. the phone mail box is full
Just to name a few
there was a knock at the door earlier this week.
and i was on the phone, so my daughter opened the door to find two women on our porch.
holy somkes ... it must be jws!.
HAhahahaha - you guys crack me up. I am rotfl!! at work!! I can't take it.
hi folks, i have heard the latest news that in germany it is no more announced on the platform, when someone is disfellowshipped.. this fact in future will only be given privately to the brothers.. has anybody heard that too?
is that a typical german way because the seltersbrothers demand the status of a church to save taxes and get public subvention.. since 1990 they are keen to get this privlege but at present time they stay where they begun.. i remember when i studied with the witnesses some decades ago that an elder mentioned: we never would become church.
that is the key to concordates with the state, jehovahs witnesses would losse their clean status before god.. and now since the 90ies they change their doctrines in sbustituting military services and so on.. frere kelsey - vieux homme sans moustache, le duc des boissons du selters, pourquoi is est va comme ca?
This would be quite a setback for the JW's. Without shunning, they couldn't "lovingly" ignore their former members in a loving attempt to convince them that this is God's only loving worldwide brotherhood!
So well said!
I don't think they need to announce it from the platform. The gossip tree works well enough.
I won't think it's a step in the right direction until they are able to figure out its WRONG and UNLOVING and change the policy for that reason alone. Not for some hidden agenda.
i guess i'm asking in more of a business aspect?
or in any kind of dealings with them.....for example, because of their morals honesty is "supposed" to be practiced.
would you hire one because of this?
I would not hire anyone I knew to be THAT out of touch with reality and that unable to think or reason for themselves. Hardworking or not. Honest or not. There are plently of honest, hardworking people to choose from without hiring a JW. As a sidenote - no - I do not trust them. I have been lied to and manipulated too many times by devout JW's. They do not know how to tell the truth.
hello all; my jaw dropped monday at the bookstudy.at the book study on monday, the only meeting i can stomach anymore, a statement was made that made my blood boil.
in asking the question "how does god protect us?
" sister elder answered this way: "well, one of the ways is like that abuse case that was filed in the (twin) cities, or wherever, (sic) it turns out it was thrown out because all the charges were false, or whatever.
I guess its just a knee jerk reaction or a defensive thing. If they dont spout this crap, they'd probably just curl up in a foetal position and start quoting John 3 16 over and over again. Most of the time, they say these things without even engaging their brains. I dont get angry with them anymore,I just pity them.
That is so true. I really don't think most of them have the ego strength to handle the real truth. They would probably have a nervous breakdown! It's just extra sad that they would rather fault innocent abused children over the Society. Disgusting!
i can't.
in the few times i have prayed since leaving the dubs i notice i catch myself -- "dear heavenly god jeh----......" there's just so much emotional baggage connected to the name.
i wish to leave it behind altogether.. b.
I don't use that word at all - unless badmouthing the JW's!! I can't even stand to hear any bible reading. I really cringe when people use the bible around me. It just brings up such bad memories of having scriptures forced down my throat and of being manipulated and lied to with scriptures.
due to a problem with the server i was using for the maps i have had to move them so we can still have access to them and post them here.
so if you were wondering where we are from.
or how close you are to other jwd posters in your area just take a look.. ballistic has done an amazing job with the map of the uk you can find it at .
Can a newbie be on the map?? I'm in Louisiana.
BTW - Love the map idea!!
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/australasia/story.jsp?story=527993
tv channel rebuked over 'play school' lesbians by kathy marks in sydney 04 june 2004
for people raised in britain, play school evokes innocent memories of humpty, hamble and jemima, the rag doll.
"I would hate to see us turn the clock back to a time when minorities were censored from Australian television, as Aborigines and Asians and people with disabilities were."
Sad thing is that it wouldn't really be turning the clock back. It happens all the time.
They don't seem to have the sensitivity to understand that children of gay parents need to see themselves as "normal" or mainstream and TV shows like that can help. Children can be mean and they need to be taught about other cultures/lifestyles, etc. We obviously can't leave that job up to the parents. What is meant to be an attack on gays is really an attack on children. That's a sad thing.
Ball - That was priceless.
Mine is spending too much time on the internet at work!!
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as much as i dreaded going to all the meetings there were things that i did enjoy.. 1. no special parking spaces for the elders, etc.. 2. no collections plate going around the room.
3. no one person giving the talk every single week (can you imagine the same speaker 3 to 4 times a week, every day?
Sometimes we got to get Popeye's fried chicken after the Sunday meeting. Yea. That was cool.
Oh - and if it ended on time we could also catch the end of "American Top 40" and hear the #1 song for the week!!
