my wife got this by email.
it passed through many channels getting to her, literally hundreds of others received it.
it is unreal!subject: fw: daniel advancement of the stone... interesting.
God, I could just see my poor mother following along and nodding. Then making some comment on the ride home after the meeting about such deep things being revealed.
One of the most distasteful things about growing up is realizing just how sad and brainwashed your parents were/are.
hey there all you x-xjws..... if you've wondered where i've been (i know..who the hell is u/d) i've been busy the past several months building and opening my new business.. it's an aveda lifestyle salon and spa (3500sf).
it's called ten (our logo is the roman numeral x) it's a beaut!.
you can check us out at www.tensalonandspa.com .
U/D,
Congratulations! That is very, very cool. Best wishes for your venture!
the march 1 watchtower's cover asks the question, "where can you find christ's teachings?".
meanwhile, in the very same magazine, we get 2 study articles containing the following:.
-- which type of video & video game to avoid.
They never seem to see the irony. I thought the supreme example was the article in which they ripped the Amish for their shunning practices. I mean, can you get much more ironic than that?
is satan in possession of an alien spaceship?
will the devil use this advanced technology to deceive the nations?
welcome to the mystery of genesis:6:4. .
This is great stuff. I can't wait for the sequel.
why is it so offensive to a jw when a person mentions the cross?
I might be wrong, but I think the Watchtowers rejection of the traditional cross comes more from Rutherford(?) trying to make his religion "differant" and finding ways to distance themselves from the more mainstream churches. One only has to look at many of the stances taken on things like Holidays, voting, blood, ect. to see that these are used as things that make the Witnesses "differant" and thus correct.
They get offended mainly because they feel they are correct in their view, and the one speaking of the particular doctrine in question is ignorant of the facts, or simply just ignorant of spiritual things in general.
Bingo, give the man a cigar.
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or what do you regret most about being a jw?.
for me it's being alienated by my twin daughters.
I think it would b interesting to take a poll. It seems reading this and other threads like it, those of us born into the borg despise the loss of our childhood the most, its just such a common theme among us, I'd say that wins hands down. But for those that came in as adults it doesn't seem that there is quite as clear cut common theme with them, except for maybe shunning.
losing jehovah was like losing a girlfriend that you loved.
you barely had time to flinch when you found out that she had been sleeping with all your friends and stealing your records to pawn off.
that you had just been another sucker on the vine.. when jehovah dumps you, you start looking at yourself longer and harder, and wondering what it was about him that you found in yourself, until all you see there in the reflection is just yourself, dancing with an imaginary hand and waistline.. when jehovah was gone, and the war was over, i realized that all the things that had made me "good", and "moral", and "hate what was bad", didn't mean anything to me anymore.
Good stuff Tetragod, I'll do an extra goat on the hibachi tonight in your honor.
Made me think of the classic: When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.
i'm not sure where to start, probably in two major areas.
mechanics thing, that can't work, and what i see as the lack of true love in the brotherhood.
i've been in "the truth" or lack thereof, for about 30 years, give or take a little.
Welcome to the board BP, hope to hear more about you! Glad you found this place, it helps.
my friend gave an article out her local little newspaper entitled in huge print, "blood ban of jehovah's witnesses is more complex than many realize.
" by richard n. ostling .
i am not sure if the exact same article is the one for release that has already been posted here, but it starts out, .
I hope those pieces of crap in Brooklyn are squirming. Every bit of negative publicity is good publicity.
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i grew a goatee and thats my sign to them, that i'm rebellious... .
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I really started to rebel in my freshman year in highschool at 118 pounds dripping wet. That's when I started playing football and hitting the weights, by the time I was a senior I weighed 215 pounds with a 20" neck and arms to match, at that point the brothers at the hall realized I was getting more exercise than just going door to door.
