when i became a witness in ventura, california in 1973. i was 15 years old and in the tenth grade.
i was the only one in my family that was active though my mother, step father and my brothers thought the watchtower was the truth.
my step father had been raised a witness while my family was not affiliated with any particular church.
i once threatened to turn my own brother in to the elders for "slander" - he'd just made some stupid throwaway remark about somebody in the congregation, and he was only about 17 years old at the time. i meant it as well, an 18 year old pioneer is a beast to be taken seriously! i was such a fucking idiot. hope i'm a little less stupid now.
pepheuga
the text reads:.
ford.. on the roads of europe, german ford trucks testify to the work of german industry.
the agile, reliable and easy to maintain ford truck will be a welcome help in solving the major tasks that await our continent after the war.
how did they get the acropolis into germany? and why?
pepheuga
so, according to the great minds at watchtower, and you all know we can trust them, adam was created in october 1, 4026 bce (morning or afternoon?
) and he had a 6,000 anniversary in 1975. correct?
and eve's creation would have marked the end of the 6th creative day, correct?
cheers garybuss, that's very cool!
pepheuga
so, according to the great minds at watchtower, and you all know we can trust them, adam was created in october 1, 4026 bce (morning or afternoon?
) and he had a 6,000 anniversary in 1975. correct?
and eve's creation would have marked the end of the 6th creative day, correct?
search it where garybuss?
pepheuga
follow this link to see another person's review of their circuit assembly:.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/83427/1366950/post.ashx#1366950.
i can re-confirm the following from my weekend.. the district overseer, brother anderson, a very good, folksey speaker with lots of anecdotes, did indeed tell the story about calling on a distinguished british gentleman who turned out to be the retired head of the literature department at oxford.
you couldn't possibly give me a name for that oxford don could you? i have contacts at oxford and can do some spadework if i have a name to go on.
pepheuga
is it possible that the jw religion appeals to someone with an adolescent level of maturity, and that people leave it because they simply grow up?
those who are satisfied may be adults in other areas of their lives, but perhaps spiritually they are still adolescents or even children?
:No - I do not agree - there are some very intelligebt people who have become JWs - see the IQ thread could you possibly supply a link thereto? pepheuga
.
i was just wondering if you still feel hurt or some kind of interior pain from your jw days or is it all passed and you have no more feelings towards this organization.... i still feel "hurt" and let down... .
afterall, they were friends, and now they just don't care anymore.
i never felt hurt, just angry and bewildered. to feel hurt, one might have to have a sense of one's own worth. one of the things the jws persuaded me of was that i was worth nothing.
pepheuga
.
.
well, we know the jw take on the events of 1914, but how many of us accept the standard issue "wordly" explanation - that if only the balkan crises could have been contained therein, there would have been no world war one.. blame the great powers i say, all those silky smooth university educated elites "running" the show.. pepheuga
the chinese beg to differ though.....
pepheuga
.
.
well, we know the jw take on the events of 1914, but how many of us accept the standard issue "wordly" explanation - that if only the balkan crises could have been contained therein, there would have been no world war one.. blame the great powers i say, all those silky smooth university educated elites "running" the show.. pepheuga
well, i imagine that the start of world war one was more crisp & distinct than was the start of world war two. excactly when did world war two begin?
pepheuga
.
.
well, we know the jw take on the events of 1914, but how many of us accept the standard issue "wordly" explanation - that if only the balkan crises could have been contained therein, there would have been no world war one.. blame the great powers i say, all those silky smooth university educated elites "running" the show.. pepheuga
wouldn't have thought a pole would need a bunch of nutters in brooklyn to warn him about hitler & stalin :-)
pepheuga
