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i will post this as a link for download, it's about 3.5 meg (searchable!).
http://members.cox.net/captainschmideo/km-e_us_3-05-march%202005.pdf.
Gawd, I forgot how SIMPLISTIC it was written, and the questions at the bottom are so redundant. It's really too childish. That's like in kindergarten when you ask a child to recite something you've just said to teach them a new letter or new word.
AUGH!!! It for sure is NOT literature in the true sense of the word. It is printed material, but not literature in the LITERARY sense.
my name is ayernye... sometimes i go by stephan... it used to be stephen mcguire back when i was a witness in the wilmington and groton massachusetts congregations from '83 - '94.
was a pioneer and ministerial servant and was married for two of those years.
with tremendous agony and confusion, i moved far away to discover myself... took years to adjust to my new reality... drugs... drinking... anything to numb my tired brain... but the transformation was eventual and so worth it... of course... i am now my own person... mostly happy, adjusted and living my life to the best i can... .
He didn't ask for your social security number... he asked if you wanted to willingly participate. That could mean a simple email with comments. If he's interested I am sure before you invited anyone into your home you would take normal precautions.
I don't know though,,, my JW mother popped by my house tonight to drop off a music box she bought me at Goodwill, she had a lady in her car filled with stuff to the ceiling and I asked what was going on. Well, seems like when she went to Goodwill the lady turned out to be a Witness and had some problems with her roomate, so my mom decided right there and then to move her into her own home. So she's moving in. Some people go to Goodwill to buy things, my mother does and picks up people to live in her house too.
i noticed in the article that was studied on sunday february 13, 2005 an interesting point.
at least interesting to me.. paragraph 15 states in part: " they acknowlege that riches can make life comfortable, but they know the wealth does nothing for their everlasting future".
please note the use of the term everlasting future (like after a ressurection), and not everlasting life are used.
But even if they make those subtle changes the older witnesses are still reciting the old rants "the end is sooooo soon" "Armeggedon is coming any day now" etc... I hear it from my mom.
Even if the WTS actually makes those small changes and quits publishing the end is coming, I doubt it will change the mindset of those totally indoctrinated. They won't even notice it, and keep right on waiting for it to start.
here is some analysis that you won't hear anybody say at the wt study on march 13, 2005 when the 2004 service year report is discussed.. usa.
in 1993 there were 926,914 peak publishers.
in 2004 there are 1,019,696 peak publishers.
Also consider we have a lot of immigrants, a lot of spanish speaking immigrants too here in the USA.
The decline is going to continue I have no doubts about that. As the older generations die off in the next 20-30 years I think we will see the sharpest declines.
i was molested by a brother in my congregation when i was nine years old.
when i told my mother she went directly to a family friend and respected elder to seek advise.
a couple days later, he and another elder made a visit to our home and questioned me for hours.
Have you spoken to the authorities now? Why can't you go ahead and prosecute now, you are older, you have witnesses to his offenses, the elders and I would suggest you talk to a lawyer about getting the records that pertain to his DF'ing. If they harbored a criminal, especially a pedophile this needs to come out.
Sadly, you aren't alone. I'm so sorry to hear about this. I truly am. I work in a law enforcement field (not an Officer) and when I hear of things like this it makes me sick. It's sad that the elders didn't give you the help than a stranger (police officer) would have given you, when the elders are in charge of taking care of the congregation.
Check out silent lambs website. I hope you find some answers there.
when i was studying and in the org i never did put two and two together becuase first off it was peer pressure and a young baptism age.
i was indoctrinated as a child so i never got a chance to ever use sound reason and judgement toword the validity of the society's claims.
but anywho i was thinking the other day about certain things that are obvious red flags and far fetched claims that the org makes.
The reason they are all old white men that live near NY or PA is the same reason most of the higher ups in the Mormon chuch live in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Also the same reason only the Isrealites were God's chosen people, do you see a connection?
in the week i have to get up at 5:15 and go to work while the rest of my family are gently snoring in their warm and toasty beds - not fair.
on saturdays the mornings are usually a bit noisy with teenage kids and their friends coming and going, mobiles ringing and the sound of spongebob coming from my little girls room.. but sundays.
ah sundays!.
Sundays are my favorite days. We usually do nothing. Every Friday and Saturday we try to have "dates" or do fun stuff, but Sunday is the lazy day where I get to wear my pajamas past noon if I want to. Drink hot tea, read a bit, take a noon nap with my sweetie and just generally decompress before Monday starts again.
in a local congregation, a ms is being accused of fondling a 14 year old girl.
the elders are pulling the "2 witness rule" out of their arses to protect the guy.
he was 22 at the time.
The older guy and younger girl thing isn't frowned upon though in the religion.
There were always older "brothers" that were getting paired off with young single "sisters" because of the lack of suitable marriage mates. When I was 17, I was hooked up in field service on Saturday with some 38 yoa MS that was single... one elder kept mentioning how "available" and how "spiritual" he was... he was freaking old and icky in my book.
There was a 16 yoa girl that was married off though while I was still a teenager, her husband was a MS on his way to eldership and was about 30 yoa. Her parents signed the waiver for her to get married even though she was 16 yoa to this guy. It was a huge KH wedding and everything, no one batted an eyelash that maybe this wasn't appropriate. That was probably 1988 or 1990 I think.
i have read the second bridget jones book - the edge of reason.
here is my list of things i find deeply annoying about the whole bridget jones thing.
1) she lives in london.
I thought it was adorable. Then again I'm American... hahhaa.. maybe it was for us.
The best part is when Colin Firth tells her that he loves her "just the way she is"
Why have the main character be perfect? Why not show her as desperate for love, wearing tight granny panties to look skinnier than she is? Why not show a character that spends some nights home alone dancing and drinking?
I was single for years and did many of the same things, although I have to say I'm quite independant and wasn't desperate, but there are times when we all have cracked and felt lonely, especially around the holidays.
It is just a movie... and the book, well it's NOT literature, it's a fluffy book you read on a plane or whatever.
this is from todays "times":.
solid and relaxed but with a sense of fun.
penny wark .
Ok, she does look like a horse, but don't you know that is why Charles is in love with her? He loves horses, they are his favorite past-time, his favorite hobby, it's only fitting that he choose a horse-look-alike as the love of his love.
