several years ago, before my wife and i left, my 5 yr old daughter got up during the watchtower to cross the aisle to sit with someone else.
she tripped on the roving microphone wire and smashed her head on the foot of a metal chair.
the bleeding was profuse and an ambulance was called.
I can't even to begin to imagine what it must be like to live in such a litigious country as the U.S.A.
You guys must be utterly terrified of doing anything that might make you liable for an accident, now or in the future.
How does your court system cope ??
the rise of the conscious class is unmistakable but what will it take for an uprising against the watchtower to remove its leadership and petition for change?.
terms.
1 - immediate removal of all governing body members.
Most here would be happy if the GB took the money and ran off to the South pacific. - LG
Don't send us your ne'er-do-wells and malcontents ! The money however.............
kid's watching wall-e right now.. i love the part when the gb, er, borg, er, auto pilot is telling the captain that staying on the ship means surviving and the captain says:.
"i don't want to survive, i want to live!
".
The Truth ?! You can't handle the Truth!
feb 11 webcast: do the bible prophecies about israel apply to the jehovahs witnesses?.
in our february 11 webcast, ken rawson discusses whether bible prophecies about israel apply to the jehovahs witnesses.
is the watchtower organization the witnesses of jehovah mentioned in the prophecy of isaiah 43:10?.
forgive me
one sport that i think is lame is pro hockey.
it's the only sport where players are expected to beat the crap out of each other.
it's not as much about scoring but how many punches were thrown!
Synchronized swimming and petanque.
i am reading steve hassan's book combatting cult mind control and wow is all i have to say.
i am pretty much convinced that this religion is a mind control induced cult.
he actually outlines step by step the actual mind control methods used in destructive cults.
Remember, you don't unlearn patterns and automatic ways of thinking, that you have practiced for years, in a short period of time.
The realisation that you've been fooled or manipulated somehow can make you oscillate between shame and anger and everywhere in between.
Don't make any rash decisions and allow yourself some years to steady yourself.
I hope that's useful advice. I've had about 5 years headstart on you .
i'll keep it short.. you're no doubt aware of the 'if the gb say something that seems odd, just go along with it' thing.
and the 'do as the gb tell you!
dont doubt the gb!
Well, I recall that ever since the early eighties the society gave the impression that the preaching message would change from a message of warning and salvation to one of condemnation where we would in fact be sayying "Too late" (Ha, Ha - Nelson).
So, the idea is not new.
i have just been told that i have an ovarian cyst and need an operation to remove it.
apparently ihave had it a long time and it is a rather bizarre form of cyst called a dermoid cyst.
i was wondering if any of the ladies on jwn have had the same type or know anything about them?
Best wishes Maddie for the op.
Just wanted to say my wife (oneoftwelve here) had the same op as snowbird. It's a pretty big surgery but she was home after two days. I just don't know how similar it will be to yours.
two quotes i'm trying to locate, from the mags i think, or possibly a book;.
1) one article (mid '80's ?
) stated that it was concievable that this system could continue as far as the year 2000 but all the signs were it would never get this far.
Thank you for all those replies, much appreciate your effort.
I think Pastelder found the one I was after, the date seems earlier than I remember though. But drwtsn32 that's very interesting and is another one for the 'changed history' notes.
TD, spot on, ta!
And band on the run, know how you feel. I'm a vinyl nut too. I've just finished packing all my gear away for a move to Australia and I don't know how I'm going to cope without them all sitting in storage in NZ.
two quotes i'm trying to locate, from the mags i think, or possibly a book;.
1) one article (mid '80's ?
) stated that it was concievable that this system could continue as far as the year 2000 but all the signs were it would never get this far.
Nobody likes me.
