at least for many..... i remember looking around at meetings and so many in the audience seemed to be in another world.
people would get up and talk at the back shamelessly.
meetings were a good opportunity to make plans with friends.
For me though, even as I went through some years just like them, plodding along with the program, when I finally started reaching out, exerting myself to do what I thought was necessary to be faithful, that's when it started to unravel. It was when I actually took it serious and tried to separate myself from the pretenders that I saw through it. It didn't stand up to the test.
Undercover, this is an important comment. Almost exactly what happened to me, and many, many others, I suspect.
it's interesting to me how much of our taxes go to subsidizing the great american consumer.
(me included).. i detuct for mortgage interest on my first home, and if i buy a second home or anything that resembles a second home, i can deduct the interest on that as well.
if i can afford a second home, recreational vehicle, etc., why would i be given a tax break?.
It's interesting to me how much of our taxes go to subsidizing the great American Consumer. (Me included).
I detuct for mortgage interest on my first home, and if I buy a second home or anything that resembles a second home, I can deduct the interest on that as well. If I can afford a second home, recreational vehicle, etc., why would I be given a tax break?
Just wondering how much we could affect our growing deficits if subsidization was really looked at critically. (There is talk)
May be too close to the weekend for a topic like this, but hey!!
does anyone remember the rationale that was used in rebranding "back calls" as "return visits"?.
while on the subject does anyone else remember any theocratic name changes like,.
district assembly to district convention.
"Return Visit" is much more business like.
they are causing mental problems by pushing and pushing the ones in to do more and more and more.. the dec 15th wt on page 7 says .
"you have a document that needs a certain person's attention by the end of the day.
you mare it urgent!
The pressure may be there, but I notice, based on my facebook friends, that they are finding new and better ways to blow off steam....
quite a while ago i wrote about my dad who has been living with prostate cancer for 13 years with secondry bone cancer for the last 2 years.
we all thought he was going to leave us back in april when he had a bad chest infection.
i was talking about wanting to be able to say some words at his funeral.
i really do appreciate all the help you guys have given me in this process.
but it's time for me to leave.
it was time for me to leave the wt (at least in my mind) when it became damaging to me.
It think Dan is just doing what Jesus would do.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jwtalks/attachments/folder/1404536699/item/271142292/view?picmode=original&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&dir=asc.
It would be so nice of all of our elderly could be taken care of like the Bethelites. So many of our elderly did not plan for late in life care.
it's just all god's will .... it's just all god's will..... i threw up a little bit in my mouth typing that... christians that say this, after a tragic moment make me ill!!!!.
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I like it! The buck gotta stop somewhere!
i saw your pm.
i sent one back with a link you should look at for me.
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Love the smell of popcorn in the evening.
"Read The Watchtower Every Day"
