...know the exact layout of lower manhattan so that whenever a bethel building even momentarily flashed upon the screen you'd go "look, look, it's the watchtower!!".
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about the only cool thing about jws was the awesome chunks of real estate they had in brooklyn heights.. .
Ha Ha Just before we left, my wife recommended BAD SANTA to a family with a young daughter, she had not seen the movie, only the shorts and it looked pretty harmless!!! Then we watched it and loved it, but...... we like to watch it before christmas as part of our wind down and always laugh when Lauren Graham and Santa are in the car!
I have been at the movies when other JW's got up and left. They knoew we were there and expected us to follow them out, which we didn't!
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Quick question... Is there really a new elders almanac? Is it vailable anywhere yet? Thanks
funny how ones perspective on a given type of event can change.... over the years, while still a jw, we would find ourselves in a bit of financial strife and somehow we would get through it.
''jehovah'' always provided some relief, some unexpected windfall or extra work etc.. oh what proof of the holy spirit at work!.
fast forward to now, when i am so far removed from ''jehovah'' as one could be and guess what?
Guardian Angels?
they say every person in the org was pick by jehova so thats that mean that the kids that leave the truth are not?.?.?.
i dont get that i ask couple elders and they don't have a answear.... if everybody is pick by jehova why preach.?.?.
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Don't be too logical.... elders, co's all hate these kind if questions... keep up the good work!
for the so-called conscious class, those of you who know it's all a disgusting lie, what is the real reason you stay in?
i find it hard to understand how ones who know what the org truly is would continue to be an active jw.
i'm not talking about the "faders"- those with an actual plan to get out as painlessly as possible.
I only hope that your families love you as much as you love them... Someone said they love theri family "unconditionally" which is noble, and how a lot of people are.
But... are you accorded the same respect? Does your JW family love you unconditionally? I wonder. Some may say they do, but the reality may prove to be different.
In the end, ones' happiness has to come from within. If I can be happy on my own, with myself then I don't really need their approval. I am happy to share time with them and love them, but I don't need them to return it to me.
My wife and I were going to do the slow fade, until the book study conductor said that the people [who were on TV in relation to a story about pedophile activity within the ranks of JW's] were liars and apostates! It was more than I could swallow, he wanted me to confirm his statement and I could not in all good conscience, so I picked up my books and walked. I stated that they were victims and that the borg has hurt them.
We have never been back. How many of my "friends" rang to see how we were? People I had grown up with... "0" zero, none. My friends, people who I cared about... "Unconditional", what a joke.
Why would I want to pretend that I support that? Please be careful where you place your loyalty is all I am saying.
just another update on 1 australian senators quest to squash the tax free status of scientology/jw's and other cults:.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/call-for-independent-charities-commission-20100912-1570g.html.
now the election is over, hopefully wont take too long for legislation to pass.
Rutherford was right, "religion is a snare and a racket".
Including his! Especially his!
just another update on 1 australian senators quest to squash the tax free status of scientology/jw's and other cults:.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/call-for-independent-charities-commission-20100912-1570g.html.
now the election is over, hopefully wont take too long for legislation to pass.
Big problem there debator... how much does god take for himself?
just another update on 1 australian senators quest to squash the tax free status of scientology/jw's and other cults:.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/call-for-independent-charities-commission-20100912-1570g.html.
now the election is over, hopefully wont take too long for legislation to pass.
A while ago someone got a copy of the WT 2005 company tax statement in Australia. $16 million donated and it listed $1500 as being disposed of in "charitable" works! We all know how much money they give in this way.
Even some little old lady down to her last penny is first sent back to beg from her family before she is helped out, and then it will usually be by an individual and not the cong! No one gets their hands on that cash!
there were a handful of youths in my congregation.
all were vibrant and zealous members.
some conducted bible studies, some were dedicated and quite enthusiastic in the "truth".. .
In your teens you question and challenge the "boundries". They chose not to live that way. Cheers to them I say. I wish that I had challenged and questioned way more in my youth then got the f#@* out of there instead of wasting my "youth" on them!
in david splane's talk, "remain in the secret place of the most high", at the 2010 district convention he referred to "rutherford, a prominent member of the governing body".. while technically correct (the governing body is a technical term for a board of directors), the term "governing body" currently has a spiritual meaning, seperate from "board of directors", in the eyes of jws: the representatives of the faithful and discreet slave who make the decisions on spiritual matters.
my understanding is that the "board of directors" handle other business/legal operations (since the 80s re-org).. please correct my if i am wrong, but retroactively applying the modern-day understanding of the term "governing body" to the board of directors in the rutherford/knorr era suggests that the board of directors had equal input on spiritual matters.
my understanding though is that the president/vice-president made the majority of decisions on spiritual matters during that time.. does anyone know of any quotes or references from watchtower material that states who actually made the spiritual decisions during the rutherford/knorr era?.
Triple it!
WE should be careful when talking about any members of "the Board" of directors for any period of time and not refer to them as a "body". Thereby using wt language which serves to confuse the issue.
Remember that the "governing body" is not mentioned in the bible, only in wt stuff.
