this guy was a pretty good friend when i was a jovie.
haven't talked to him for years, and find this in the obits in the paper.
he was a great guy.
Did not know him but i do know Dan his father in law in Florida.
Big D played a big part in my realization that the "truth" was a bunch of crap. Him and his wife appointed themselves the morality police in meadowlands. I have nothing good to say about them.
this guy was a pretty good friend when i was a jovie.
haven't talked to him for years, and find this in the obits in the paper.
he was a great guy.
This guy was a pretty good friend when I was a jovie. Haven't talked to him for years, and find this in the obits in the paper. He was a great guy. Not your typical elder. Sad to hear he died. He knew a lot of people. Maybe some here knew him.
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/obituary/id/109559
Aaron James Callen, 38, of Meadowlands, Minn, passed away on Monday, Jan. 12, 2009 from complications due to prolonged illness.
He was born on March 16, 1970 to Janet “Jacky” and Clarence Callen in Duluth.
He married Patricia D’Anza on Sept 5, 1992 in Meadowlands. He spent his younger years logging with his father and his brothers, C. Callen & Sons Logging. His favorite times in his life were playing cards, sledding, and listening to music with his daughters, playing the drums, four-wheeling, snowmobiling, and volunteering his time to comfort others with the good news of God’s Kingdom. At 19 years of age he served as a member of the Order of Special Full-Time Service at the then Headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses in New York. He served as an elder in the Meadowlands Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses until his death. He and his wife volunteered to build Kingdom Halls and Branch Offices of Jehovah’s Witnesses abroad. He loved and treasured all of his friends and family. He valued the help and support of his friends at the CN railroad.
He deeply appreciated the care of his physicians, Dr. Kirk Bernadino, and Dr. Bruce Knutsen, and the nurses on the 7th and 9th floors of St. Mary’s Hospital.
He was preceded in death by his grandfathers, Helmer Callen and Russell Cragin; three cousins, Bobby Dalton, Tracey and Gregory Hansen.
He is survived by his wife, Pattie; two daughters, Nicolette and Aliyah, both at home; his parents, Janet “Jacky” and Clarence Callen of Meadowlands; a sister, Becki (Warren) Koski of Hibbing; three brothers, David (Teresa) Callen of Manassas, VA, Jason and Nathan Callen both of Eveleth; maternal grandmother, Cecilia Cragin of Oliver, WIS., and paternal grandmother, Anna Callen of Meadowlands; mother and father-in-law, Dan and Stella D'Anza of Frostproof, Fla.; brother-in-law, Michael (Judy) D'Anza of Cotton; sister-in-law, Christine D'Anza of Ely; several aunts, uncles, cousins, five nephews and one niece.
VISITATION: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday in Williams-Lobermeier Funeral Home. 3208 West 3rd St. Funeral service 2 p.m. Saturday in the Duluth Kingdom Hall Of Jehovah’s Witnesses. 4602 West Arrowhead Rd. Burial at Meadowlands Cemetery.
according to watch tower statistics about 30000 thousand people per year left the organization.
my question is: how many of them in are not raised in the truth?
sorry for my poor english.
I got sucked in when I was 19, and coming off a major hangover. I stuck around for a bit, but the whole, god is going to kill your worldly family (who are incredible people) and every good person who is not a jovie. I also observed so much hypocrisy throughout the congregations that I just had that feeling that it was all bullshit. I'm embarassed that I fell for this crap.
i am interested to know what you know about lucifer/satan and what you really think of his teachings.. god demands that we believe everything that he tells us, and that we do everything that he says without questioning.
(deuteronomy 6:16-19).
lucifer is the embodiment of reason, of intelligence, of critical thought.
I guess the 666 embedded in my scalp makes me a little touchy on threads like this.
i am interested to know what you know about lucifer/satan and what you really think of his teachings.. god demands that we believe everything that he tells us, and that we do everything that he says without questioning.
(deuteronomy 6:16-19).
lucifer is the embodiment of reason, of intelligence, of critical thought.
Good grief! I love how all the god fearing, warm hearted christians are basically telling the non god squad that they deserve to die. It's just like we're back at the kingdumb hall again!
http://www.nbcsports.com/ufc/1170834/detail.html.
fight of a lifetimenate quarry never played a sport until his 20s; his next challenge is a comebackby mike chiappetta.
nbcsports.composted: mar.6, 2007, 3:48 pm est.
Those Jws and their strict policy of not resorting to violence. Darn them from keeping that young man from joining a sport that consists of smashing the opponents face in with your fists. How dare them control his mind by pounding in Christ teachings concerning how we treat others! Those wicked, wicked people. Thank God he is free from there benevolent influence, now he can do what he enjoys....beating the crap out of people in the ring!
It's the fact that he broke away from your cult, enjoying life, and making more then $5.95 an hour cleaning toilets. But don't let these facts interrupt your smartass post.
There was an elder named morris in my old congo that in one night managed to state in his ms parts that in case any of the jovies has car issues and is stranded (cold northern mn) that you could drink the water/fluid in the radiator and/or windshield wiper fluid THEN proclaimed (in another part) that we wouldn't want to have out of marriage relationships because it would createbastards and god doesn't want bastards in his org. He also was always telling my buddies mom that since there's so many black brothers in other countries that when her worldly husband dies in the big A she'll have to marry one in the new system. He sure was a charmer. He was also the one that slowly drove by my mother with a shit eating grin after she was in a pretty bad car accident with my 6 month old niece after she DA'd.
maybe you're afraid of rats, or afraid to walk under a ladder or go in your basement for some reason .
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As a kid I was terrified of dolls. My parents let me stay up one night and watch "Trilogy of Terror", and that damn little Zuni warrior doll that came to life to kill that woman, really did a number on me. I then dismembered every doll in my house except for one life sized german doll that my mother brought over with her from her childhood. I could've sworn the thing was staring at me, so I poked its beady little eyes out, and then got spanked for it.
as a witness/pioneer, did you ever falsify or lie on your time card?.
abr.
I was taught by the reg pioneers at the kingdumb hall how to be creative in counting time. We'd immediately call one of the bible studies and the time would start, then always take some territory in the middle of nowhere in "Deliverance" country where it was all deer hunting shacks or summer cabins. We'd leave mags at every door and not see a human for an entire day.
Embarrassed to even been a part of this.
my vent: people who put words in your mouth.
quoting you as saying something you never said or is taken out of context..
Since I work in IT, some people think they can call me about computer crap at all hours of the day, or ask me to work on their computer without even offering me a beer for the work.
