Mary,
Thanks for the fine summarization and comments.
When I was still in, articles like that would make me want to scream. I guess that's why I quit reading them.
Control freaks. Bastards.
u
i really think those in the writing dept.
should be checked over for dementia or just plain insanity.
here are some highlights from the april 15th wt magazine that i thought you'd enjoy:
Mary,
Thanks for the fine summarization and comments.
When I was still in, articles like that would make me want to scream. I guess that's why I quit reading them.
Control freaks. Bastards.
u
did any of you go to prison either in the vietnam era, or earlier?.
i was in severel prisons:.
mount lemon, tucson.
Terry,
I should know you but probably don't.
I went in in October of 66 and got out in 68.
I know one brother in Seagoville, a Roger Carroll. We later served in Gladewater, Texas at the same time.
I hear your story. I don't know if I ever got one letter from dozens that I wrote. I just assumed that the friends were too busy.
I lost my engaged girl too.
But I did a lot better anyway after I got out.
Do you still live in Texas?
Good to hear from you, pm me if you want to. Will supply any info you want.
u
did any of you go to prison either in the vietnam era, or earlier?.
i was in severel prisons:.
mount lemon, tucson.
Unc,
You are one of the funniest and "politest" people that I like to follow on the post trail.
Thanks for the encouragement, maybe someday soon I will write some history that will really bore you.
u
many jw's seem to believe they are the only pacifist religion that does not go to war.
here is a list of others that i found on wikipedia.
other religions that do not participate in war are the church of the brethren, mennonites and society of friends, amish, hutterites, and others in the anabaptist tradition, doukhobors, molokans, bruderhof communities, schwenkfelders, moravians many groups of brethren, and many groups within the pentecostal movement.
While it is true that a few other religions don't go to war, most of them do allow their members to take non-combat duty within the military.
While I was in the Pen during the 60's for not going to Viet Nam, there were three other young men in there with us. One was simply a pacifist, another a German Baptist (off shoot of Brethren) and one Adventist.
There was a maximum of 80 JW's in there during the time that I was there for two years.
u
this morning at about 7:45 am in fort worth texas the landmark tower was demolished using controlled explosions... and i got to watch and feel it!
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/13813576.htmdamn!
that was very impressive!
Too bad it wasn't the 30 Building and not a 30 story building.
u
did any of you go to prison either in the vietnam era, or earlier?.
i was in severel prisons:.
mount lemon, tucson.
Candidlynuts,
since your are already 92 years old your dad must be really old.
Is he still around?
enjoyed your post.
u
paragraph 14 "administration" linked to "kingdom government".
christians, those who hope to live in heaven, partake, whereas the majority,.
2 jehovah is a god of purpose.
Great work as usual Blondie.
What if anything do you do for memorial?
this is our first memorial away and I am really sad.
U
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i haven't been able to get on much....so, what's going on?
what's going on with you, the forum, the wts whatever you want to inform me about?
Memorial season has me kind of in the dumps.
Our family is planning a trip to Branson and we are going to have an informal family discussion of the various facets of Nisan 14, its history and the inauguration of the New Covenant, then the later establishment of the Kingdom Covenant. Maybe I will feel better afterward.
I feel the WT is really a sick, bad organization, but I miss the sense of belonging that we had from the 50's.
Pretty melancholy day.
u
did any of you go to prison either in the vietnam era, or earlier?.
i was in severel prisons:.
mount lemon, tucson.
Candidlynuts,
The federal penitentiary at Springfield Missouri is the only federal pen in MO that I know of.
In the prison camp, we had a locker that was passed down from one set of inmates to the next there in Springfield, and JW's from the 40's put literature in it and it was followed by later brothers until it came to us in the mid to late 60's. I was the librarian of the locker when I was there and would look through and see the names and numbers of my predecessors.
Your dad may have been one of them.
u
did any of you go to prison either in the vietnam era, or earlier?.
i was in severel prisons:.
mount lemon, tucson.
Dr. Jekyll,
I have given a lot of thought to your question.
To be truthful, I am not really sure, let me explain.
I was a good student in HS and was given several scholarships, and I had a Senatorial appointment to both the Merchant Marine and Coast Guard Academies.
My father had been a career Navy man and even though he was a witness, he asked me not to embaress him by going to prison.
Anyway, I guess that I wish I would have taken the Coast Guard Academy. But I am not sure.
I have visited the "WALL" in D.C. and have cried there for all the young men that were lost, and all the lives that were damaged. I say the movie, "The Killing Fields" and have felt so sad for the Vietnamese too, and their plight when the Americans left.
I feel a little like a coward for not going, though I have never been cowardly in any other way. I don't think I am a coward, I thought I was brave and honorable.
Prison was all in all a good experience for me. I studied the Bible really hard, reading it a couple of times, but also deeply indoctrinating myself in the WT viewpoint. Probably why it took me until 2005 to leave the org.
Short answer, I did what I thought was right and I think a person should live that way.
I do regret not being there on the battlefield if I could have helped someone live, but we all make choices. I hate war and killing, but I am all in favor of the destruction of Terrorism. I have a real hard line attitude toward Muslims, although I am sure there must be a few that love their fellow man. The rest should be destroyed. See what I mean?
I am almost 60 and stupider than ever.
u