Posts by Wasanelder Once

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Letter to Ritchie's Mom

by jgnat in

a young man is on the verge of saying goodbye to his mother.

he's forced in to this position due by a rigid organization that punishes strength, intelligence, and individuality.

i dedicate this thread to all good thoughts about richie rich.

I have to assume that Richie has some of you in him. Probably more than you're willing to own up to. Someone who thinks as lucidly as he does must have had a role model. Now I know you think he's out there in left field with all this anti organization stuff, but face it... whatever doubts and frustrations you've expressed over the years he has picked up on and amplified. You would do well to listen to that part of you that asks, what am I waiting for? Jehovah isn't the slaughtering being I've had hammered into my head and that elder that is way off base couldn't have been appointed by God's spirit.

Keep communication open with the kid, you're about the most important person he's got to go to in order to keep him centered. I trust in your love for the big palooka.

Do what comes natural, Jehovah put it in you.

W.Once

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Can you advise the WTS on what to do about travelling overseers?

by ozziepost in

yep, metatron's thread got me thinking.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/109442/1.ashx.

let's apply some lateral thinking to this situation.

ever thought of that?

Wasanelder Once

I was always told that CO's were rotated out so that they would not be around to build creature worship on the part of weak publishers who would idolize them. Now that I look at it from the outside, I think its the other way around. I think this system actually perpetuates creature worship. If they stuck around much longer they would eventually drop the facade and be seen for who they really are. Now they take a certain, mystique with them when they move on. I was being groomed to be one and I can tell you it was an eye opener to see the form sent to the society with reports of the number of sick and inactive persons they had visited...

Phoney baloney....

W.Once

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ANOTHER OIL SPILL IN ALASKA!!!

by SWALKER in

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002858141_oilspill11m.html

this really makes you confident that drilling is alaska won't hurt the environment!!!

swalker

Wasanelder Once

...and we live in a time when its not major news and no one seems to care.... pathetic

28

Brokeback mountain

by InquiryMan in

i finally got to see it tonight.

actually i wanted my wife and me to see it yesterday, but we were both too tired.

it was very touching, well-made.

Wasanelder Once

I gave in and saw it. At first I wanted to laugh at the music. It was twangy country guitar and I thought it was meant as a satire. It was a little over the top. Then the music changed when they started getting interested in one another. When they were at it like rabbits the music was even more comical. The story was sad because the characters portrayed are so pathetic. The life they lead is so unfulfilling. The deception and duplicity they engage in is draining to watch. It was an ok movie, not a classic. Heath whatshisface did a good job of seeming the disinterested husband/boyfriend. His mumble and antisocial affectations were so believable I wondered if he was acting. All in all it was some of the most beautiful scenery I've seen on a big screen in years.

W.Once

77

Bro. Schroeder dies

by bythesea in

jw
friends

i just received this news from a bro who has connections in bethel.... .

bro albert d schroeder died at 10:30 am new york time today at brooklyn bethel...he was 94 yrs old.. he was born on april 7, 1911 in saginaw, michigan and entered bethel service in 1932. he was appointed a member of the governing body on december 18, 1974. bro schroeder's life story appeared in the march 1, '88 wt pages 10-17: entitled: "my life in jehovah's spirit-directed organization.".

i don't know if the "today" means it was actually today...as i can't be sure when my friend received this news... but anyway, another of the old guys bites the dust.. .

Wasanelder Once

At an elders school once in the early 90's Albert was up front instructing us as if we were ministerial servants. He didn't know who he was instructing and spent his whole part admonishing we ministerial servants on how we could assist the elders...

Poor old poop didn't know where he was back then.

W.Once

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The Reformed Church of God, anyone know anything about them?

by wednesday in

i have found their web site and am reading some of their material.

they sound and awful lot like jws.

i sent an email and they have responded very nicely.

Wasanelder Once

Looks like the bastard child of Herbert W. Armstrong and the Worldwide Church of God. Its basically The Plain Truth people without the copyrighted material. They cant touch it. Thats what the site says.

More hocus pocus in the religious circus of life.

How do you like your Truth? Plain or Peanut?

W.Once

20

Can someone explain Mosaic Law please??

by Super_Becka in

ok, so maybe i should've asked this a long time ago, but i'm a little slow sometimes.

my apologies for being uneducated in this particular area.

hey, i'm still learning, that's why i'm here.. i've seen a lot of references to mosaic law here on the board, but i'm a little unclear as to what it is, what it says, what it means, and who it applies to.

Wasanelder Once

Moses go up mountain. Jehovah give him tablets. Moses come down mountain, Israel eventually says, Ok, we'll do what you say Moses you speak for God. Your law is his, we will do, we will do. Then they didn't because nobody can. Jesus came and said, OK, no more law, new one. All is forgiven if you give your sould to the Watchtower Society. Oops, thats the law of futility. Ok, nevermind.

W.Once

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Did U Know A Lot Of "Cuckoo" JWs???

by minimus in

jw
friends

i knew a number of elder's wives that were nuts.

one in particular used to talk to herself regularly.

Wasanelder Once

I could fill a page with tales of lice ridden, mentally unstable people that were dragged into the Kingdom Hall by zealous publishers in our congregation. The worse one was the guy who turned out to have TB. Great! That one sent a ripple through the brotherhood! We had our usual share of allergic types wearing masks and hiding in the corners. Finally the CO said, "Friends, Jehovah is not curing mental illness in our day. That will come in the near future. Until then, please spend your time with people capable of making an informed choice to become one of Jehovah's witnesses. Anyone unable mentally to do so will be treated by Jehovah with due mercy." In other words, leave the cuckoos at home.

W.Once

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Present Truth, when was term discarded?

by Wasanelder Once in

i know there was a question from readers in the 80's i think that asked if we believe in "present truth".

the answer was given that there is no "present truth", only the truth.

oh, great.

Wasanelder Once

I thank you all for your input. I still seem to remember that there was an article or question from readers that actually stated that the JW's dont use "Present Truth" for a specific reason. I thought it became a no no and was dropped. I couldn't find it either. I guess it was wishful thinking, or some sort of fever dream.

Thanks again,

W.Once

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Present Truth, when was term discarded?

by Wasanelder Once in

i know there was a question from readers in the 80's i think that asked if we believe in "present truth".

the answer was given that there is no "present truth", only the truth.

oh, great.

Wasanelder Once

I know there was a question from readers in the 80's I think that asked if we believe in "Present Truth". The answer was given that there is no "Present Truth", only The Truth. Oh, great. I can't find the reference, anyone know where it is? Also, they left the phrase, "and keep in step with 'present truth' " in one of the kingdom songs after that clarification in the WT.

Thanks,

W.Once