the 1997 wt, 4/15 page 26 is about weddings and more rules the wt tries to enforce to take the fun out of even weddings.
"while a disfellowshipped person could be allowed to attend the talk at the kingdom hall, the watchtower of april 15, 1984, said: it would be unfitting to have in the wedding party people who are disfellowshipped or whose scandalous life-style grossly conflicts with bible principles.
- isn't that funny?
"It is good to bear in mind that our time is precious, since we need time for our ministry, personal study, and other family and congregational pursuits."
Comments like this is part of what drove me out. Translation: If you are not totallly ocd about our crap, god hates you.
we are visiting family in albuquerque nm for thanksgiving and we stopped by walter whites house and car wash. were big breaking bad fans.
had a great time.
sorry if the pictures come out too big.. .
I've been on a BB marathon lately. Just started season 5 last night. Such a great show!
Watch out for falling airplane debris while down there!
so i waz reading the august 15 wt study article, elisha saw fiery chariots, do you?
and it made me think about this forum.
if you remember, syria was hunting god's prophet, elisha.
Does the defintion of spirituality involve how many meeting you attend and how many hours you spend knocking on doors?
so i've been sharing some a little at a time with my sister.
she is married and very scared of actually learning too much.
she doesn't want to ruin her marriage.
"You cannot condemn it in one place and use it to support you in another."
Of course they can. This is the WT we're talking about here!
Welcome, Aroq.
i can't stand it!.
if somebody starts whispering in my presence i have to walk away quickly.
it's a visceral reaction i can't control.
I have aversions to quite a few things and one is whispering....and for the exact same reason.
absolutely weird.
minding my own business while pumping gas - this 60 year old short jw lady with fluffed bun styled 60's hair and her 30 year old attractive 5 ' 10 inch jw lady partner came straight up to me as i'm pumping.
they picked the wrong hombre .
I'm disappointed that I didn't find out who controls the world!
I wonder if they'll start questioning the wisdom of walking up and talking to strangers.
i have recently joined the site.
i was just appointed an elder this summer.
i started discovering the ttatt (the truth about the truth) last year after putting a few things together myself concerning the leadership and then doing some research online.. i really enjoyed jwfacts.com, jwsurvey, and others.
Welcome!
I felt much the same when I first read it.
No matter what happens all that needs to be said is: "It sure shows how mad Satan is and how hard he's working. It also sure shows how close armageddon is!"
i would have to say that ray franz was the biggest influence for me.. when i first got on this board, a poster by the name of james, a former bethelite and organization heavy, helped me understand a lot of the inner workings in the upper echelons of the society.. .
and of course, farkel's common sense approach was (usually) helpful..
I don't really have a "favorite" but I do have to give a shout out to Randy (Dogpatch).
Two years ago this christmas I met up with a cousin that I hadn't seen over 15 years. She told me that when she was questioning the org(about that same 15 years ago), they emailed back and forth for a bit and he was instrumental in her seeing what a farce it is. Something about seeing in color versus black and white when you finally get out.
One of the best christmas's I've ever had.
i'm just sayin... blondie...are you a lawyer or investigator or what!?
her/your weekly watchtower comments we won't hear at the watchtower indoctrination are amazing.
so much work.
