it sounds like a parent's nightmare.
so tragic!
this is the first time i have seen pictures of his son.
I have heard conflicting accounts of whether Jett was on seizure meds or not. On Larry King, they said he had been taken off of seizure meds years ago.
The fact that they cremated him so quickly and that they insisted on ther own special doctor to be present at the autoposy makes me wonder if he was being treated properly medically.
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One of the most harmful teachings for me was that I would not have to physically die, but could escape death into an earthly paradise. I really believed it and when I woke up and realized I had been lied to, it was devastating.
Witnesses have an unnatural view of life and death. They encourage people to become focused only on their own welfare and to quickly dismiss the lives of others. They will abandon their children, parents, etc. to gain their life in paradise. They are not working for the greater good of mankind, but rather the selfish continuation of their own lives at the expense of all others.
What will you do to keep living? It makes me think of those who abandoned others in Nazi Germany and other similar situations to spare their own lives. It is not a selfless way to think, but the ultimate exercise in selfishness.
it sounds like a parent's nightmare.
so tragic!
this is the first time i have seen pictures of his son.
It sounds like a parent's nightmare. So tragic! This is the first time I have seen pictures of his son. He has such beautiful eyes. I am watching Larry King discuss what is known so far.
So tragic to lose a child.
i know we've had this thread before - but thought i'd be the first on the new board !
some of my top picks as follows.
more to come.. 1. jaws.
DaCheech, I love what's eating gilbert grape. Johny Depp at his finest.
Fried Green Tomatos, Meet Joe Black, Thelma and Louise are all memorable. i like quirky movies that make me think.
It's hard to be a thinkers when they practice thought stop techniques. I stuffed so many "controversial thoughts" when I was a witness that I finally ran out of room in my mind.
I admit that I learned a lot about bible stories and types and anti-types, but I had to learn to dismiss obvious contradictions and critical thinking is labeled as "independent thinking" and berated as evil.
Not really for thinkers.
faithful and discreet slave, a distinct class of people comprising the remaining ones of the 'anointed[1]' 144,000[2], or "the remnant"[3] that is "appointed over" others to "give them their food at the proper time", based on their interpretation of matthew 24:45 ("a faithful and wise servant" kjv).. .
each year at the annual "memorial" only the anointed class of members partake of the emblems.
everyone else is an observer.. did you ever think that the memorial is only a display to keep their authority over the rank and file ?
Are they still publishing the number of partakers? I wonder if they will this spring? They stopped publishing the stats for service in the KM.
Coming from a church background, the Memorial always bothered me. It did seem like a rejection rather than a celebration. I agree it is a control mechanism, making a person think they are dependent on the annointed for salvation.
isanyone here and expert on finding people?
i have found a childhood friend on classmates.com.
i am positive it is here because she has the same eyes she did when i last saw her 28 years ago.
I like your letter. It is very to the point, but concise. They aren't likely to read one that is really long. I can't believe they bothered your sick wife rather than talking straight to you. That would make me mad too.
Do what you feel is best for you and your wife.
you would think that man has caused enough trouble what with wrecking global capitalism and all.
i am only joking of course greenspan probably knows little about the jw view of 1914 and cares less, but a box in the march study wt quotes his new book the age of turbulence in support of their 1914 chronology.
here is the extract as it is presented in the watchtower:.
i think we all tend to look back to our early years with nostalgia as we get older. His early years just happened to be before 1914.
today, as i wait for the grout on the kitchen floor to dry, i began to ponder...... i wonder looking back just how insensitive to reality i could have been to have spent the vastness of my youth and midlife believing the obvious lies of jehovah's witnesses.
though i enjoy my freedom, i have no foundational background upon which to prop it.
though having a sense of being reborn, that rebirth has taken place late in life, and has left me feeling somewhat empty.
I have often felt like I woke up from a bad dream after spending my productive years in the false world of the watchtower. Sure you can move on, but you always wonder what life would have been like if you had lived it on your terms and made your own decisions?