we are in the "memorial season" and therefore we should sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice!
this is what i am hearing at the meetings.
pioneer!
A New Me, I think that you have it down pat.
Hubby is going to go and celebrate it with his brothers and sister in the 'truth'
This is the first time in 33 years that I will be going . What a wonderful way to acknowledge tomorrow by going down to the edge of the woods while meditating and praying. That just makes great sense to me. Also perhaps a bit of bible reading before and / or after would be good for the soul.
Great idea. Thank you,
cabin
i know that people here make comments about the religion having problems and growth not being anything other then children born into the faith and third world countries.
i even see them make comments about, "how much longer can this go on?
" yet honestly, do you really think the witness religion will end in our life time?
Very, very interesting thread. Yes, I believe that this religion is doomed. Not because of just one thing but a long and disgusting list, protecting child rapist in the name of god, false prophecy, internet, television exposure, continual lines of suits being filed in courts in many countries, rapidly changing doctrines including the one on blood, it is harder and harder to find gullible, uneducated people as in the past or at least in the more developed countries, Bethelites are being sent home . the buildings are selling and people will want to know what is being done with the money. People are bound to notice that friends and relatives are being disfellowshipped and disassoiciated by the truckload and when the 'good ole boys' in NYC say, "Rejoice, this is Jah cleaning out the congregation and then the end will come!" People are NOT going to buy into it the way that they have in the past. Without the people in the K.H.s then the money will slow down and so will the preaching. It is a house of cards and the wind is starting to blow.
I think that as long as this ugly beast can draw a small amount of breathe and there is a slight pulse left inside of her it then it will die last in countries like Africa and other impoversed areas.
I say in 5 years it will be unrecognizable by todays standards
Mary in the cabin
anyone else have trouble yesterday getting on to jwd?
i tried three different computers and when i clicked on jwd's url each computer wouldn't access it - it would partially load the url and then wouldn't complete the load.
i tried getting on over a period of over 6 hours and the same thing happened.
Thanks for the info Scully. I too tried on and off all day. By dinner time I was certain that we had been hacked esp. after those strange emails the day or two before.... phew!!! This site is what keeps me going.
m in the cabin.
on another thread frannie wrote:.
adios, yall.
it's been real.
Oh no! Do you think that we can talk her into coming back?? She is one of the really, really special ones.
mary in the cabin
well, things are getting ugly around here!!
just got a call from my best friend, who her and her husband have been fading for some time.
apparently her husband arived at work (he owns his own business) only to be dropped in on by a relative "elder"!
We must not forget that these are the people that call a table full of senile men "their spiritual Mother" as a sign of utmost respect.... hhmmmm. (shudder)
Mary in the cabin
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Thank you w-a-c!! I hated the other site that I had and set up one with them on the spot.
This is an incredible deal.
mary in the cabin
i put in an offer on a house on its way to a sheriff's sale.
the sale is the 17th this month.. if i close on the house next friday the 14th, ... i get it for a steal of a deal.
the paper work.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Buying a new house is one of the most exciting things you can do! We are doing just the opposite. Next week we are putting a 3 unit apartment house on the market. Gonna just keep the one in the country.
Any one just dying to live in Vt.? Darn, I had a feeling.
Hugs,
Mary
does anyone remember about how long it takes for the number of memorial attendees as well as the count of partakers to be announced to the public?
for the life of me i can not remember.
i am certain that those numbers are not held back until the yearbook.
DARN! No Bethel connections. Just can not wait to see how those numbers look for attendance this year. This is the first time in 30 some odd years that I am not going to go and I have seen a lot of others on this board that are putting their foot down as well to all this nonsence.
Even if they are fudged I want to see what they spit out. Just wished that we had some secret access to them, don't you?
Mary
does anyone remember about how long it takes for the number of memorial attendees as well as the count of partakers to be announced to the public?
for the life of me i can not remember.
i am certain that those numbers are not held back until the yearbook.
Does anyone remember about how long it takes for the number of Memorial attendees as well as the count of partakers to be announced to the public? For the life of me I can not remember. I am certain that those numbers are not held back until the yearbook. Anyone out there remember?
Mary... shoveling many, many inches of wet heavy 'sugar' snow outside the cabin
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hi my name is alex and i was born in the truth and...i'm still in it.......i'm 15 and openly gay well at least at schooland to all my friends some who are also jw's well the reason for posting this is i wanted to knw if there were any other gay people here......if anyone wants to email me its [email protected].
i want like advice on how i should deal with this cause sometimes i feel this oppression(dont knw if i spelled that right) on being gay and also being a j.w theres this i'm not sure how to explain it....like you knw that when people in your congregation find out the ones you know all ur life are going to hate u cause ur gay............this i guess just makes me feel really sad........ kind of hoping that this made some sorta sence.................... i suck at spelling so if i miss spelled something sorry@_@
Hello to both of the new members in this thread and welcome to this thread.
One thing that I just happened to think about was that there is a wonderful group for gay and lesbian J.W.s and ex J.W.s and of course I can NOT think of the name of it. I have 2 very close lesbian friends-yes, they were my friends when I was in the " truth". That place has helped me to understand alternative sexuality and made sense of so many aspects of it.
Annother thing I wanted to mention is to be careful about your computer history as people can go on your pc and check out where you spend time. You might be 'outed' before you are ready. So, clean your history after each session and all of your 'sent emails' and any emails that you want to keep you might want to save in a password protected folder.
Hugs to you both
Mary
