back when i was attending kingdom halls, our circuit had a lot of 'drop dead gorgeous' women, many whom were married to the geekiest looking guys.
i always asked myself, "how did these 'dorks' do it"!.
was this because selection was limited, or was this just a peculiarity in our area?
I went to South Beach in Miami this summer and I noticed the same thing. There were all these truly beautiful women, with bodies to die for, but every single one was with a short legged barrel chested gut hanging stumpy guy! I was truly gob smacked.
In the world it is money and drugs that gets a guy a good looking woman.
A popular biker tee shirt says grass or ass no one rides for free.
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it seems to me that all the jw's i knew while going to the meetings, weather they were spiritually strong or weak, never criticized.
they were like real sheep.. i used to always bitch about the length of the meetings and the time of the meetings and so on.....when i drove the brothers back home in my car or talked to them in private.. naturally i would only say this to my closer jw friends or those i knew wouldn't squeal on me.. .
No I never heard any active witnesses criticize the organization but myself. Maybe thats why I didnt fit in from the get go. I like to think of myself as a lone wolf as opposed to a goat. Los Lobos.
i start my vacation tomorrow, and afterward i will be taking a break from this board.
logging on here day after day in hopes of meeting up with a family member is taking its toll on me.
so after 4 years, i need a break from it.
Have a nice vacation. Recharge your batteries.
where are you in flordia?.
are you boarding up.
or are you packing up?
Im in Tampa Bay. Nothing is happening right now. Hot overcast 6:15 afternoon, evening.
i thought it was time i posted here, having been lurking for over 4 years (on and off).
well my wife is now out.
we never really discussed the issues i had with the troof, although she of course new what some of them were.
Hello from Florida Gilberto.
well...i'll be on the road to nashville in a few hours.
then i start my new job tomorrow morning.
i don't know when the next time will be that i'll post on the board, b/c i don't have my own computer yet, and i don't know how strict they are with the internet at the new job.
Good luck Jo Jo in your new city and your new job.
just reading some christian news and came across this hard story.
a poll conducted by what bills itself as "the world's most visited christian website" indicates a surprising number of christians are addicted to pornography.
"the poll results indicate that 50% of all christian men and 20% of all christian women are addicted to pornography," .
The poll results indicate that 50% of all Christian men and 20% of all Christian women are addicted to pornography,"
Well if 50% of the Christian men who are notorious liars and 99% of the worldly men are addicted to porn it sounds to me that porn and sex are normal. Those that do not partake are suspect.
What it really is in my opinion is Sex is natural and those that try to control you want you to think you are sinning so they can collect a monetary pentinece for your repentance. Your desire will be back tommorow. Its never ending. Its just like consuming a meal. Sex and drugs and rock and roll, along with money these are things that make the world go round.
I would suspect that those males that do not consume pornography have a chemical imbalance or are not connnected to the innernet. They are probably the ones that are consuming the viagra trying to fix their imbalance.
so why didn't you think you were in a cult when you were a jdub?
my "worldly" husband always told me i was in a cult when we were dating..i didn't believe him.
but, to this day i still don't know why i didn't agree with him.
I was a Witness in the 70's as a teenager. Information was not as prevelant in the 70's as today. There was no internet and only 3 tv channels. You really had to go on a mission to find information on anything. I dont think cult ever came up in my mind in the 60's and 70's. With the failure of 1975 to produce any results I went on a mission. I found enough info to escape by 1983.
if you suddenly found yourself with all the names and addresses of all the local jws and elders and ms's and hlc member for the surrounding area, what little snippet of information would you send them?
When the students ready the teacher will appear.
here's a few: "we apologize!
" ..... "2014----a marked year?
" ...... "forgiving the child molesters within us".. .
lawrence you have some really good ones!
