take a look at this wt excerpt from another thread that i copied and pasted:.
*** g93 3/22 why so many false alarms?
jehovah?s witnesses, in their eagerness for jesus?
I just love the way the members of the FDS distance themselves from themselves and their followers(and thus from their responsibililities and guilt, I presume) by always referring to themselves as "they" rather than "we."
Their protective ivory tower is fairy tale that they must continually reinforce with their incredibly shoddy workmanship.
--Merry
appears that the jws don't even want to reveal their figures!
http://tenterfield.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category=general%20news&story_id=369622&y=2005&m=2.
http://tenterfield.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category=general%20news&story_id=369622&y=2005&m=2.
Gee, I wonder why they are the only group listed as "continuing to collect"? I'm catching a whiff of something...
--Merry
this week's question is:.
if you were marooned on a desert island, what drink would you die for?.
1. shiraz.
Blondie & Carmel,
Have you tried white tea yet? It's rare, expensive, supposed to be loaded w/ antioxidants, and possibly even more beneficial than green tea. Stash has an inexpensive white and green tea fusion I'm giving a go.
As to the poll...Lotus tea from Tazo for me...
--Merry
it was made by a women who in later years wore crotchless panties and bras which had holes in the nipple areas.
he not only knew the woman in question (she's now deceased), he has met her numerous times.
up until recently this secret of her year's long sexual affair with rutherford was kept by the family.
OK, I went back to p17 of this thread, looking for a new wild hare to chase on the off chance it might lead somewhere important (or, at least, interesting)...
Decided to check out the Treseders with whom the Susette Heath Black (JW and sister of William Pratt Heath, Jr) and George Black, Jr lived in 1930 (as found by Leolaia). Nothing of any great importance yet, but I did want to share the interesting similarity beween the early Coca-Cola company and the WBTS company around the time when William Heath II and Ross Treseder were both salesmen for the former...
An article at http://www.businessweek.com/chapter/tedlow.htm quotes Ross's remembrance of Asa Briggs Candler (Coke Daddy and devout Methodist) who would have the salesmen sing Onward Christian Soldiers with him at the close of the sales meeting. But here's the words that really stood out, making me wonder how much the Coca-Cola sales methods influenced the development of the JW door-to-door work?...just a thought... [red highlights mine]
The sales force was of critical importance in achieving national distribution for Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola under Candler relied heavily on a personal, face-to-face selling approach. Although there are other ways to reach the customer--such as mass-media or direct-mail advertising-- personal selling has the advantages of high impact on the customer and flexibility. The salesperson can tailor the message to the individual customer, answering questions and responding to objections. At Coca-Cola, management worked to maximize sales force performance in such subtle exchanges. "Sales demonstrations can be staged," explained a Coca-Cola vice-president at a 1923 bottler convention, "one salesman taking the part of a merchant and the other taking the part of a salesman. Questions can be asked, ideas can be brought out, and a general discussion of territories can be gone into."
Sound familiar? All those staged demonstrations at the meetings and assemblies?
--Merry
edited to add, for clarity, that the above quote was from the writer of the article, not from Ross Treseder.
saw a car today in the mall parking lot with a great bumper sticker!
the first one said pagan lesbian... made me wonder if it was someone from the forum!
but the next one was so great it said hem hem drum roll please!;.
Brilliant... Love it!
Made my night. Thanks for sharing.
--Merry
someone today mentioned chick tracts, reminding me how much i used to enjoy reading them.
if you can get past that he's totally serious, and that sadly some people are living their lives based on them, they are really very entertaining.
i hope you can get some amusement from them:.
...looks like the people who brought us the annual Halloween Hell House teamed up with the originators of Scared Straight and Bazooka Joe bubblegum comics...
Initial reaction? Took a while to get to funny. Truly horrendous!
--Merry
what is the wt publication you hated the most?
why did you hate it?
for me, it was probably that damn pink great teacher book.
All JW books should have Parental Advisory stickers affixed to their covers, especially the ones written for children!!!
The ones that did me the most damage were, as with so many others here, the Paradise Lost book and the Youth book. The nightmares they inspired! The secret, certain dread I continuously felt after somehow getting the notion that I had committed the UNFORGIVEABLE SIN by masturbating! Horrible.
It was all down hill from there...hope in God and belief in myself shrivelled up and died until I finally realized what load of crap it all was. Now I'm really and truly alive and it feels good!
--Merry
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to tell the truth, i am surprised that they call on me anymore since they know who i am.
just curious as to what you all say to them now that you know what they really represent.. jean
They don't come knockin' at this ol' door anymore. I live in a very small town, they know who I am, and I'm pretty sure I'm on file as a DoNotCall!!!
But the sad thing I discovered last Halloween is that I was another DoNotCall list-- that of the local trick-or-treaters. I was all ready with my big basket o' treats, door to the front porch open, lights on, and wondered why all the kids were just passin' by on the other side until I heard one tell his dad, who had pointed at my house and said "What about there?", "No, they don't celebrate."
"Yes, I do," I called out and they came on over. The woman who lived here before me was a JW and, apparently, had told 'em what was what. Gave me a bad reputation (of the kind I don't deserve).
--Merry
during class the teacher asks "who all plan to go to college?
" and you shrink down in your seat in an effort to become invisible as everyone in the class raises their hand.
-doodle-v. your turn!
Kay-Kay,
That whole skirt thing---- sad but true.
I was so grateful she was letting me go! I helped her cut the fruit shapes out of colored felt and write the actual "fruitages" on them with a marker. She glued them on to the full, swirly circle skirt.
I excitedly entered the double doors of the gym and was quickly mortified when I realized just how different and out-of-place I was. I spent the whole dance alone in a corner, staring at my shoes, hoping no one would notice me and promising God I would never try to engage in anything that "worldly" again!
Good Golly, Miss Molly
--Merry
hi folks, .
it's been a year since my last confession (once a catholic, always a catholic).
i have posted a couple of times here recently, but for the most part have just lurked from time to time.
Best wishes, Globetrotter...
Do stick around. I think the folks here will be able to light a candle for you from time to time on your long (not too long, I hope) dark (but not hopelessly dark) journey to the other side. Good things await and you will be able to enjoy them, whatever pain and difficulty lies between here and there.
--Merry
