before you go thinking that this is a 'minimus'-type thread, the title i have chosen is the title from the august 15, 2003 watchtower.. the photos on the cover are of a young man (22ish).
in the lower-left corner he is a basketball player.
so, how does the wts want you to be remembered?
12) "Unreasonableness only discourages frank and free discussion."
WTF!!!!! assholes!
Did they really say this? This is an excellent post BTW Funch. Doesn't everyone miss the old Funch's funny WT critiques?
These type of articles really cause my Turret's syndrome to flare up!
i have never tried to hurt anyone in my life.
i have always tried to love others from my own childhood upbringing.. i have been treated like a traitor.
everything i said was twisted.
Reb,
I know exactly how you feel same thing happened to me and my wife about 2 years ago. You will feel sick, but hang in there...things will be better in time!
BW.
i was in a cong in n.london for 8 1/2 years (1991-99).
i may know some of you if you were ever in that area.
let me know.. my personal email is [email protected].
bttt ^^^
famous jehovah's witnesses
dwight d. eisenhower - u.s. president (raised jw) .
venus and serena williams - world chamption/olympic gold medalist tennis players .
it's a fair question!.
at some point, there has to be a collision between decades of theocratic dumbing.
down and the actual needs of an international organization that must cope with.
Dansk,
you're 100% correct. I am also a known apostate/opposer of "the truth". Never disfellowshipped even though others have reported me for having birhtday parties, Christmas, etc. The cong must be puzzled over the fact that technically I am still in good standing. However I and my family are avoided like the plague.
did anyone notice that the latest km (uk version) in the article about the new circuit assembly program said in the last paragraph.
that 'jehovah himself has prepared this spiritual food...and that we would all cry out with joy if we attend all the sessions'?.
this must have slipped through the censor
Can someone be kind enough to sacn this please? That's a great quote!
i have been reading the threads for about a year now and thought its time to post my story.
i cant remember much up until i was ten except the usual no birthdays, no worldly friends or bad associates.
then it was a series of arguments of why i didnt what to go to church.
Welcome Teela! Enjoyed your story.
One thing though is confusing though.. you say your parents became dubs "just after WW2, about 30 years ago" WW2 was around 60 years ago. Did you mean Vietnam?
hawkaw posted this on another thread.
this is amazing!
makes me wonder how many others are out there who did actually accept the "hush" money from these clowns?
Hawkaw posted this on another thread. This is amazing! Makes me wonder how many others are out there who did actually accept the "hush" money from these clowns? I guess we'll never know that.
Thank you Vicki for letting your story be told. Even if you weren't give a fair $$ compensation. Being able to read the court's decision and learning of their attempted buy out is truly priceless!
hi all and thanks for being here and caring.
i have had a bad day today.
most of you have heard me rant and rave about my thirty years in the borg, not yet over.
Pist-
I've been out for about 2 years now. I'm also grieving the loss of 2 sisters and my mother. It is worse than death really, because you have no contact with them and yet you know that they consider you an EVIL, destructive influence. That really hurts. Especially when my whole life I've been nothing less than a thoughtful, caring family member who would (and did) do anything for my family. The bad days are less than at first, but I still have a lot of pain at times too. I wish it would go away. I also identify with the other poster who mentioned his cursing fits... I suffer from this too, I call it Post Witness Turret's Syndrome. I think it is caused by the very high level of frustration we are feeling. I don't know what the solution is. I am hoping that others who say "time is a healer" are right.
-BW.
an inscription in the vatican states plainly, "he who will not eat of my body, nor drink of my blood so that he may be one with me and i with him, shall not be saved.".
this is not terribly surprising, unless you consider that this is inscribed on the remains of the temple the vatican was built on- one dedicated to the god mithras.
such eerie parallels between the pronouncements of jesus and mithras are not the only similarities.
Very interesting Nic, thanks!
It's amazing that most Christians still will not allow their minds to even consider these similarities. I was recently attempting to discuss with a Christian (not a JW) at work something I read about the similarities between Buddha and Jesus. The guy just shot the conversation down before I had a chance to say anything - this really showed me that he was really afraid of hearing any conflicting information. So nice to have a free mind huh?
