if you don't know what watchtower money is click here: wt money <<complete instructions on this link.. .
the overwhelming and ongoing support for the memorial campaign is awesome.
click here for more information: news about 2006 memorial (4200 views and counting!).
Love the quotes distilled from the other thread! Good work, Severus.
The idea of putting the "checks" and "money" in public places where they can be seen by everyone is quite appealing to me. I wonder how much it would cost to have beach towels imprinted with these designs...
~Merry
jw: lola how is your relationship with jehovah?.
jw: and then what?
me: i cant do that.. jw: what do you mean?.
(((((((Lola)))))))Sorry to hear she gave you up to the Inquisition. Probably thinks she's "helping" you. You ok?
~Merry
well it happened, oh my goodnes, it only took like 3 hours going around in circles!!!
well its a very long story people, but i have to thankyou for the help yesterday, because i totally wasnt myself in the meeting and i actually questioned them and challenged them, and one of the elders is like wow you've changed, is this someone else talking?and i was like no, my questions are genuine, from me and hes like what are you studying at uni, theology?and im like no, sport and recreation!!!
!and at first i took my sister and i wanted her to come in but they wouldnt let her, then once i started questioning them, they could only say the same few things like the faithfull and discreet slaves are the directed ones and i have to believe them and then basicaly tried to make it that i was diassociating myself and i was like, no, i dont want to leave as long as i could research from other sources and they kinda ignored that and pretended like it was fine after telling me it wasnt, but disfellowshipping me because i said i couldnt promise them i wouldnt do a couple of things they frown upon again and that i didnt know if i was repentant untill i knew that they were wrong in my heart.
Must have felt kinda good to rise to the occassion like that and not let them get the better of you.I salute youHope you're doing ok now, adjusting to the after-effects.
~Merry
okay, i feel a bit smug.
i posted a few days ago how it was our 20th wedding anniversary this week (wednesday actually).
well tomorrow i take my lovely, gorgeous, delicious wife away for the weekend to a fabulous hotel in the english cotswolds.
Happy 20th AnniversaryAnd enjoy your great getaway together
~Merry
page 31. the "empty thing" they keep "muttering," or meditating on, is the continuation of their own sovereignty.
nothing shakes them more than any threat to their rulership.
.. the worldwide preaching of the established kingdom of god done by jehovah's witnesses has become just such a threat to the nations.
Too funny! I didn't realize at first that this was part of the quoted article:
The "empty thing" they keep "muttering," or meditating on, is the continuation of their own sovereignty. Nothing shakes them more than any threat to their rulership.
I thought blindersoff was talking about the WTS. It fits them so perfectly.
~Merry
religious people gone wild
title:great video of religious people getting pissed and trying to beat the crap out of people.
jehovah's witnesses, how art thou make my black ass crack up (that's the sub title)
Yeah, not JWs. As far as I know, no Witness calls a non-Witness "brother" nor invites a non-Witness for "refreshments" on a weekly basis I wonder who they were...
~Merry
who is old enough to remember when witnesses used eagerly to meet on a friday or saturday night to "pre-study" the watchtower in groups: reading paragraphs, underlining, reading scriptures (sometimes)?.
what happened to that, does anyone still do it anywhere?
i think witnesses are just not as enthusiastic about the "truth" as they used to be.
I remember pre-studying the Watchtower in the 70s on Saturday nights! My mom, a new "sister" she brought into the bOrg, her two kids and I would go to the home of an elderly widow and all take turns reading the paragraphs aloud, look up the scriptures, and underline the answers together, then have snacks. We even got to ask questions that weren't printed at the bottom of the page, and look up scriptures in different Bible translations
If we kids were good, we got to watch the Wonderful World of Disney afterward. So we learned quick not to watch the clock or try to rush things along cos that would get our Disney movie cancelled real quick.
~Merry
hey all,.
i am devoriced and my 13 year old son lives with my ex, who is a jw.
he is very strict and my son is very unhappy.
Welcome Poodlehead
I'm sorry for what you and your son are having to deal with. It must be terrible to see your kid in an unhappy, soul-destructive situation, and not know what to do about it.
I'm bringing this back to the top so someone else will see it who might have something more helpful to say.
Best wishes,
~Merry
i hate both terms to describe ex-jws.
i know most people say "apostate" when they refer to an ex-jw that is an opposer now but some will say "so and so" is an "evil slave" now.
evil slave sounds so "boogie man under the bed" that i just laugh when i hear the term.
I'm still aiming for "apostababe."
~Merry
he's a gentleman and a scoundrel and really adds a lot to this place.
for those who haven't had the pleasure.... his great art: http://www.maloneillustration.com/art/fineart/programed.jpg .
some favorite snippets: .
and p.s.--don't worry about this thread dragging out as long as the other one did. My having started it pretty much guarantees and real short shelf life
~Merry
