I've always hated (and even more since I left) the analogy of the rowboat. If you don't keep rowing forward, you will start drifting backwards.
Posts by lucky
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37most hated analogies
by googlemagoogle inwe've already got some "most hated" threads on here, like "most hated bible verse" or "most hated meeting", don't know if there's another thread on metaphors/analogies.
one of the most used analogies used is the "jehovah's like a loving father holding your hand and leading you, you can trust him like a little child trusts his father".
i don't know how often i heard that one.
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Tell us your story if you went to seldom worked territory
by truthseeker intell us about the results, the fun, the friendships you made and those that broke.
did you meet your current spouse there?
what was your team captain like?
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lucky
I went on one trip to seldom worked territory. It wasn't "official", but we did let the elders in the congregation know that we were coming. I was pioneering at the time. It was just a friend and me, in Nebraska. We drove my friend's dad's truck and slept in the back of the truck on the way there (it took us a couple days to get there), which in retrospect was probably actually pretty dangerous! We had to drive through Colorado and I had never seen the rockies, so that was fun. We spent the first night after we arrived sleeping in the back of the truck in the kingdom hall parking lot, but a brother and sister in the congregation ended up letting us stay at their house - they had an extra room. We spent every day all day for a week doing "rurals". It was a ton of fun. We were placing some brochure or other (it was one of those "blanket" campaigns), so we didn't have to talk much to the householders and all the houses were so far apart and it was just fun to see the scenery. We took lots of pictures, and got pretty creative with our photography, taking pictures of us up to our necks in wheat, or standing in old abandoned schoolhouses. Some days, the one pioneer brother in the congregation came with us and other days we had kids come with us (10-12 year olds, mostly). A couple days we were by ourselves. Everyone in the congregation was really nice and we were treated as sort of celebrities. We got invited over to dinner at peoples houses almost every night and they had a party for us at the end of the week. The whole thing was very fun. It's probably one of the few good memories I have from my 24 years of servitude...
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Older men dating teenagers/Lolitas
by wanderlustguy inlolitas older men with little girls.
i promised myself only 30 minutes on thisso the timer starts now.
my perspective on this is probably different than most, i am a male, 32 years old.
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lucky
When I was 17/18 I got involved with a married brother who was 25 years my senior. It was entirely initiated by him; I didn't think of him as anything other than a father figure before he told me he was in love with me (we worked together). Our (secret) relationship lasted about two years, during which he completely dominated every aspect of my life, including picking out my clothes, choosing what music I could listen to, forbidding me from watching TV or movies, refusing to allow me to wear makeup or jewelry, and deciding what I could eat and who I could hang out with. The fact that all of this happened in secrecy without anyone knowing (although we did sit through a number of meetings with the elders towards the end of the two years (during which we both denied everything) and I believe his wife was pretty suspicious) is all the more amazing. Although he refused to leave his wife, he told me that he would commit suicide if I ever married anyone else. My parents wondered what in the world was causing this radical transformation in all of my habits. Even after leaving the relationship (I left and moved to a different state because I was afraid of being disfellowshipped, not because the relationship was abusive; I didn't believe it was) I felt that I was absolutely in love with him and that we were meant to be together, that all these changes were things that I WANTED, and that we'd be together in the new system (his wife was an unbeliever). Afterwards, I spent years consumed by the guilt of the fornication and by the fear that he would somehow find out that I had worn earrings or watched a movie or committed some other "sin" when my strict habits started to slip a bit in my new home.
Now, 14 years later, out of the borg, and married to someone my own age and completely un-domineering, I am amazed at both how naive I was and how much damage the relationship caused me emotionally.
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Are the Fed's interest rate hikes affecting you?
by truthseeker intoday marks the 10th increase in the federal funds rate, taking the historical low of 1% to 3.5%, in less than a year.
how does this affect you?
if you have an arm mortgage, have your payments jumped a lot?
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lucky
My student load payment went up $3 a month.
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Way back in time. Did anyone attend Assembly that Michael Jackson went to?
by out of the box inwe had some of the cong go all the way to california to attend the same assembly that they knew michael jackson would attend!
when i made a comment about how they were going just to get a glimpse of him.
that was not received too well.
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lucky
When I was growing up (in the mid 80's) there was a brother who had recently moved to our hall who had previously been in Michael Jackson's hall, although this was not common knowledge. He had been an elder in Michael Jackson's congregation and had gone out in service with him regularly. I remember at one service meeting part about not listening to "music that debases" or some such nonsense, a sister made a comment about Michael Jackson and how there was no way that he could be a witness in good standing, and then this brother commented and refuted her, and the congregation just about erupted into a shouting match for a few minutes before the brother at the mike got everything back under control. It was pretty exciting and actually woke me up from my usual time-killing exercise of counting ceiling tiles.
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Do you believe in miracles?
by hibiscusfire in.
i believe in miracles.
even the birth of a new born is a miracle.. there is no such thing as luck.. hibiscusfire
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lucky
did anyone see the Daily Show last night? (do you europeans get it on CNN or another channel? Here in the US it's on Comedy Central). They had a segment on "Miracles" and were talking about the plane crash in Toronto. John Stewart quoted a definition of miracles (similar to Terry's definition) and said so the "act of God involved in all this was actually the lightning striking the plane". It wasn't a miracle that everyone got out alive. It was due to the quick thinking on the part of all the people involved. Of course, he was very funny about it all. But I agree with him; a lot of things that getted marked down as "miracles" are actually people just showing good, quick judgement in challenging situations.
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What Websites Do You Often Visit?
by minimus ini was looking at my "favorites" and here are some that i like to look at: my homepage is the drudge report.
other favs include jwc, accuweather, the urban dictionary, tracone world newspaper page, the new york post and craiglist to name a few.
what about you?
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lucky
has anyone checked out google earth (www.earth.google.com) ? it's way cool.
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Long-Time Bethelites Organizing To Leave Headquarters!
by bjc2read inthe following link shows there are serious problems stirring at bethel headquarters for the watchtower society.
it appears, many long-time bethelites are organizing to leave headquarters!
here is the link,.
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lucky
There was another thread on this yesterday:
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watchtowerfarm.org????
by TowerWatch ini am sorry i do not post on this forum often but i need your help!
i just had someone register on my forum and they claim they are assigned to the watchtower farm.
they gave this web site address:.
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lucky
That publisher to elder book is definitely a joke. And the other book seems like it might be a bit "heretical", too. It also is a bit odd that the website seems to indicate that they live at Patterson (on the "About Us" page) but their website is called watchtowerfarm. Watchtower Farms and Patterson are two different sites in two different counties. I'm very anxious to see what happens with this site...
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What smell takes you back to your dub days?
by mtbatoon inold heated paint.
let me explain.
the old kh i went to would give off this strange smell of burnt paint ever time the central heating was put on.
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lucky
the multi-colored life savers. My siblings and I were allowed two packs of lifesavers each (for some reason, they were always the multi-colored fruit kind) for the four days of the convention. We would make notes on our programs and time their dispensal so that they'd last the whole four days.