Tom needs a smack , The Easter thing is typical JW style, Stand fast to your beliefs unless there is someway to benefit. In Bob's kids case ,it just happens to be candy.
Bob's story is nothing new. Hope he learns how to cope.
i have two true strange stories.. the first story is of this guy (lets call him bob) that comes to the portland oregon exjw "meet up group.".
the strange thing about bob is he has never been a jw...or ever wanted to be.
so why does he come to the meetings?.
Tom needs a smack , The Easter thing is typical JW style, Stand fast to your beliefs unless there is someway to benefit. In Bob's kids case ,it just happens to be candy.
Bob's story is nothing new. Hope he learns how to cope.
what benifit did association with the un really have ?
was it only to have access to the dpi.
if it was spritual warfare, like some claim.
What benifit did association with the UN really have ? Was it only to have access to the DPI.
If it was spritual warfare, like some claim. Wouldn't it have been smarter just to tell the members about the NGO status ? So it didn't make them look like freakin idots after 10 years of withholding the truth or should I say avoiding . The letter on the UN website clearly states what was required of ALL NGO's back in 1992.
What the hell were they thinking ? Sorry, That's has nothing to do humans not being perfect, like some claim but rather just ignorant. ( Like the Creator of the Universe is guiding these bone heads ) Yeah Right !!
in the new may awake magazine there is an article "is philanthropy the answer?
i knew what the answer.
was going to be before i even read it.
Can you believe it ? I would love to see how many rich Witnesses leave their money to the Watchtower, They (Brooklyn) have it covered , just in case someone has that kind of money that it wouldn't be in the kingdoms best interest to build schools or parks or something just to help humanity, but rather " Give it to us" , "We wouldn't squander it like your worldly relatives would." You would be making friends with the world if you put your name on a library and it would be a form of idolatry." Send check to:The CONTROL FREAKS WHO KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO WITH YOUR MONEY BETTER THEN YOU DO MORONS IN THE STAR CHAMBER @ BROOKLYN BETHEL.
i'm talking about kids from 12 on up.
what are your thoughts on them "going steady"?.
this can either be without any jw influence in the situation or with.. all thoughts appreciated.. om.
It's called being normal.
at tonights meeting a new brochure was released along with the question box in the km regarding how to dress when visiting bethel/branch homes.
they, of course, said to dress like you do at th meetings.
the brochure is 4 pages with color photo illustations of what not to wear and what is appropriate.
Dressing up is nothing new if you go to one of the torture factories. I went to the farms once and this chick was with a dress on cleaning, gloves on and all. She did not look happy but that place was clean. That place seemed like a prison. The one guy I was with knew this one inmate and he showed us his cell. There he live with 3 others and that shit was tiny. He said it was only temporary because the place was "under expansion." One of his cell mates didn't even sleep in a bed. When you talk temporary and expansion of facilities, That's at least 6 months. The dude was like "I don't mind it , I like to sleep on the floor anyway." I wonder how his back turned out ? I know the Farms turned out OK.
i just joined this forum today after reading the comments on today's watchtower (which i have to attend in about an hour unfortunately).
i was raised in "the truth" and it was only recently that i began to listen to a close friend of mine as he pointed out the secrets and lies that is the watchtower society and governing body.
even though he was informing me for almost a year, he never gave up on me.
Agreed Lesterd, If your not careful you could stab with your words or be stabbed from others words. Some are just misconstrued .
i just joined this forum today after reading the comments on today's watchtower (which i have to attend in about an hour unfortunately).
i was raised in "the truth" and it was only recently that i began to listen to a close friend of mine as he pointed out the secrets and lies that is the watchtower society and governing body.
even though he was informing me for almost a year, he never gave up on me.
Ahhhhhha , Someone has had their feelings hurt somewhere on this board, but don't let that stop you from posting, There my be allot of gays, atheists, or whoever else this one doesn't agree with , but whoever you are, That's the beauty of free speech. There is no shortage though of fundamentalist who believe that invisible beings are watching every move they make. Believe what you will but don't play next to fire if you don't want to get burned. This is a board filled with bitter and angry people and that is OK ,Some believe in a God or Gods or sons of Gods or whatever. Some just believe in themselves, I recommend ,since you decided to come here start thinking for yourself and talk as much about what you want. Not everyone will agree with you, that's life. Praise or Persecute remember its FREE and will help your recovery.
there are many artists whose work i love, but i think my all time favorite is sargent... my second home, growing up, was the museum of fine arts in boston, and additionally, the gardner museum close by... both have important sargents... the way he painted light was liquid and sensual... a master at making the complex look effortless....he had it all.... http://jssgallery.org/major_paintings/major.htm.
so whose art do you love?.
coffee .
were you considered by others as "the cream of the crop"?
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did you view yourself as a pillar in the congregation or were you "spiritually weak"?.
Oldseeker,
Agnostic thinking is what will set you free, after all, no one really knows isn't that true ?
I was a horrible witness, and so proud of it.
i just joined this forum today after reading the comments on today's watchtower (which i have to attend in about an hour unfortunately).
i was raised in "the truth" and it was only recently that i began to listen to a close friend of mine as he pointed out the secrets and lies that is the watchtower society and governing body.
even though he was informing me for almost a year, he never gave up on me.
Not sure what book it was, I believe it was around 1918 or so. Find the one in the hall library that has a pyramid on the first or second page. They believed that the pyramid's in Eygpt had something to do with God. Oh yeah, Russell also printed somewhere that Jehovah lived on some star and ruled from there. Freakin whack jobs !.
Welcome, you will see the light on this forum. Its called reality.