despite all the shunning crap - or perhaps because of it - i feel less inclined to take positive action against the watchtower these days.
perhaps it's just a temporary malaise or maybe it's that the organisation i looked up to for so long now seems small, petty and trivial and frankly i just don't want to waste my time and energy on it.. what do you think..
Gill, I don't know you but for what it's worth I would like to point out that those who have just busted out of the WTS straightjacket should be cautious not to get caught up in a "backlash" effect. You really need to examine yourself and decide what principles are YOURS. Even in small things like using curse words, everyone needs their own personal boundaries and take care not to eat too much forbidden fruit until you are ready.
This also known as "Don't throw out the baby with the bath water"
despite all the shunning crap - or perhaps because of it - i feel less inclined to take positive action against the watchtower these days.
perhaps it's just a temporary malaise or maybe it's that the organisation i looked up to for so long now seems small, petty and trivial and frankly i just don't want to waste my time and energy on it.. what do you think..
Life is too short to bear a grudge.
That's one way of looking at it...just want to move on and not look back. Cool.
But others may feel kind of like a jew that managed to escape the boxcar before it got to the camp. It's difficult for them to just move on when you know what is happening to others. They feel compelled to try and do something. That's cool too.
i'm doing good.
i'll be flying back to portland next monday.
i'm reading a book by a biologist named richard dawkins called "the blind watchmaker".
Thanks for the Dawkins clip. I enjoyed it. Going to have to pick up one of his books.
despite all the shunning crap - or perhaps because of it - i feel less inclined to take positive action against the watchtower these days.
perhaps it's just a temporary malaise or maybe it's that the organisation i looked up to for so long now seems small, petty and trivial and frankly i just don't want to waste my time and energy on it.. what do you think..
Could someone explain exactly how the '1995 generation' change amounted to a 'retraction' of the 1914 doctrine?
Yadda, As I said, it was a personal triumph. They 'blinked'. The generation of 1914 was not to pass away before Armageddon. Period. They played with the word 'generation' until they almost got down to a fetus that was conceived on 12/31/14 at 11:59 pm. They painted themselves into a corner and finally in '95 they got up and walked across the wet paint and stared everyone in the eye like nothing had happened. I know what happened, I had known for years that it would get to that point and when it did I saw it then and still see it as a ignominious defeat.
despite all the shunning crap - or perhaps because of it - i feel less inclined to take positive action against the watchtower these days.
perhaps it's just a temporary malaise or maybe it's that the organisation i looked up to for so long now seems small, petty and trivial and frankly i just don't want to waste my time and energy on it.. what do you think..
For me, on a personal level, I'm satisfied that the WTS was defeated in 1995 when they published what amounted to a retraction of the 1914 doctrine.
http://filecabi.net/video/radio-dumper.html.
thought i would share this - for all those who have been cheated on, this is great.. not that i'm vindictive though .
gary.
I listened to the whole thing. I thought it more sad than funny. I think that if she had any idea her 'boyfriend' of four years was ready to commit she might not have done the deed (under the influence of alcohol and four years of apparent indifference from the twerp she had been sleeping with). Todays young people seem to want it both ways - sex means nothing and sex means everything. Not to mention the obvious double standard of male and female sexual experiences. I think the young man who arranged to have her 'dumped' (how could he have felt anything for her) is very shallow and the $$ring meant more to him as 'bragging' rights than any measure of his loooove. BS! The whole thing is an unfortunate example of todays "sex is no big deal" culture.
i'm thinking about joining the aaa auto club.
my car is getting along in years and isn't going to get replaced any time soon.
i'm imagining that my stranded-on-the-side-of-the-road moment is imminent.
Most insurers offer roadside assistance that is no diff than AAA. But if you want all the travel agency services then check out AAA. I looked into them a few years ago and found them to be quite pricey.
first and foremost.... only half of you admit to having hairy chests,,,.
i thank all of you for your honesty.
fbf .
Fleshybirdfodder - It has been brought to the attention of the JWD judicial committe that you have been speaking out on various subjects with ideas and thoughts based on your own intellect and not in harmony with the pronouncements of the God inspired JWD governing body. We therefore request your presence at a meeting of three apostates to determine if you should be allowed to have continued intercourse on this forum. May God have mercy on your worthless soul.
ok, for those of us non-, and never before-jw's, will someone please explain what the big deal is about having responsibility for microphones is all about?
we do use microphones in our church, but ....i mean whoever is in charge of any technology that day sets up microphones.
it could be anyone in the church, male or female, young or old, the pastor, the janitor.
According to Mark 12:23, "There were many who were chosen to serve as carriers of the voice amplifying devices. On these men many blessings were poured out, and they were blessed to see the "babies butts" in the womens blouses". Amen
ok, for those of us non-, and never before-jw's, will someone please explain what the big deal is about having responsibility for microphones is all about?
we do use microphones in our church, but ....i mean whoever is in charge of any technology that day sets up microphones.
it could be anyone in the church, male or female, young or old, the pastor, the janitor.
I've posted this before but it is my only mike duty story... I remember in the 70's when we started to use audience mikes for comments. Being a 'Mike' attendant was a big deal. It was usually given to young brothers, never sisters. These mikes were on about a 3 ft. long boom so the attendant could reach those near the middle of a row. Picture this, it happened about three times in one WT study. A long winded pioneer sister was sitting in the middle of a long row and had her hand up on nearly every question. The young mike handler would have to stand with one leg right up against the leg of a middle aged sister in the end seat and lean way over to reach sister blabby. The only problem was that this young man, about 17 yrs old, wore those super tight stretchy polyesther pants and he was hung like a mule. Honest to Jah, you could easily see he'd been circumscised. So each time blabby was called on he's standing with his crotch about 18 inches from the face of the end seat sister for a minute or two that seemed like an hour for those who could see the situation. The middle aged sister flushed bright red from her neck up to her ears each time. Before the end of the meeting she got up and moved to the back of the hall. I've often felt she should have tucked a dollar bill into his shirt pocket!
