i was going through an old file folder a few days ago and came across this letter i wrote to our old congregation regarding renovations that had been proposed.
at the time, i was very upset with the way the proposals were steam-rollered through (i think the sentiment comes across nicely in my letter lol).
has anything like this ever happened elsewhere??
Sooo you where one of Those sisters!!! hahahah
Was there ever really any doubt??
Odrade wrote: Nice "bump." I hadn't seen this before.
Oh, my!! I didn't even realize that is thread is over 4 years old. Scully was just 1500 posts into the forum back then and not even on for a year.
Agreed. Nice "bump".
-Aude.
short story:.
never had a real religious formation until i met the witness in my teenage years.. not everything has been bad but most of my friends there and exwife have been cheaters, liars and hypocrites.... i called it quits this year as i could no longer swallow their truth.
i remarried a supposedly "christian" 23 yr old woman that has shown me how bad things are 'out here'.... regarding her i have a question... those of you that continue to uphold bible's principles and love for our dear creator please advise on the following situation:.
You already posted this identical thread yesterday.
Here's the link so we can keep it all together:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/126335/1.ashx
-Aude.
zach was playing around with our camera taking pictures of our decorations and he managed to catch sierra admiring her new hair style.... i just loved it and wanted to share this with all of you.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rmsoywqrbc.
i hope this works.. .
~froggy~.
Too cute!
nice tree, as well.
Merry Christmas!!
-Denise.
i've been learning to play for the last 3 weeks and would like to buy myself an acoustical guitar.
i've borrowed two, one is a wonderful yamaha and the other is a fender made in china, plywood and it sounds not so good.
those of you who have gone through this - what would you recommend to me if i were your favorite poster?.
** I've written my own song to play on xmas day for the family - done in true Adam Sandler style.** | |
Please, Oh! Please oh Please...
Record it and share it with us, too.~~!!
-Denise.
in the vain hope that maybe...just maybe things would be better...or at least somewhat improved...i was wrong.
i was told about the al gore dvd that talks about how bad the world is and when i tried to say i didnt want to think about how bad the world is and rather think of ways to improve it they showed me a book about "how to deal with emotions" or something like that...i kind of tuned out right about then.
i talked about my job and my dad said, "see!
Sorry, Zan...
I don't remember the background to your story but I sure feel you pain. It's tough when you feel like an outsider with your own family.
-Aude.
thought i would bump to the top this excellent tape recording of a judicial meeting.
you will find the person "on trial" has bneen a elder himself.
once he realised things were not adding up he ended up disassociating himself along with his wife.
It's interesting that these elders actually listened to what they had to say instead of just saying "Do you believe this is the Truth?" like so many JCs nowadays.
I believe that this is part of the 'simplification process'.
It's much simpler to encourage the elders to just ask this bottom-line question and let the elders think that the purpose is to not waste everyone's time (especially their's) if the person is not really 'honest-hearted' (ie: a zombie j-dub).
The reality is more likely that it's simpler for the GB and the org in general to not allow room for questioning amongst the elders. A questioning elder will soon need to be replaced. Much more comlicated than keeping the ones they have.
-Aude.
i just could not believe it when i stumbled across this forum recently.
i was actually doing research for my dad who wanted to see the world's viewpoint of the failed 1975 prophecy.
he came into the truth less than three years ago and though my mom has been a witness since she was a teenager she never spoke of that particular time period to him.
Elinor wrote: I still feel as though something terrible will happen to me for finally acknowledging what began to nag at me over ten years ago.
Actually, something wonderfully amazing will happen to you.
I remember that feeling when I registered here 2 years ago. I dared my self to join the site and dared myself again to read and learn. I dared to accept the consequences reap the rewards that come with listening to my gut.
Welcome to JWD! It really is a great place.
-Aude Sapere (Meaning: Dare to Know; Dare to Have Widsom/Understanding; Dare to Think for Yourself)
about a week ago i had my little meeting with "the bobs" (yuk yuk), and i got the whole thing digitally recorded.
it's available online, along with a written transcript here...
http://www.ichthusstudios.org/cults/jw/
Wow, Shaolu ~~!
You really jumped right in here with a pretty impressive first post. Thanks for sharing that and welcome to JWD.
Can we assume that you have been lurking here for a little while already?
Looking forward to hearing more from you - when you're ready to share (although it looks like you are ready, maybe...)
-Aude Sapere (meaning: Dare to Know; Dare to Think for Yourself)
i found a website that is full of lawsuits involving jw's!!
talk about sue-happy people!!.
it's very interesting reading!!.
He would wait till the week of summer convention was already taken, then demand the time off anyway
UUGGGGHH!! This used to steam me. I had a few young witnesses working for me back in the 80's when I was still seriously active.
Summer was our busiest season and they would ask for time off with only a few days notice. Fortunately, I knew the schedule of the all DCs in the area and would negotiate with them. I reminded them that they were told WELL in advance (5-6 months) and it was not at all acceptable to give their employer a lousy one or two days notice.
I encouraged all employees to provide adequate advance notice - for any reason. How much notice is too much notice?? I kept a calendar 3 years in the future. 3 and a half years notice would still be accomodated.
-Aude.
for some reason, i can't cut & past from word.
DoubtingBro wrote: And even funnier was that the CO said that will no explaination, and just moved on. I couldn't look up because I was afraid my reaction would have given me away. Maybe the holy spirit just conference called Paul into the weekly meeting since he was on the road so much??
I think I'd have busted a gut trying to stiffle that chuckle. How did you *do* it??
-Aude.
