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about the watchtower society is the question.
on the one hand, had we remain-.
But oppression is not
okay just because the people have false hope. The damage
done to children and depressed ones is absolutely terrible, and
no amount of happiness for the well-adjusted (fully assimilated)
members can justify the damage.
Amen brother
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about the watchtower society is the question.
on the one hand, had we remain-.
Richard, did you write an "article"? I must've missed it.
lol, i caught that too.
it seems to me the primary power of this discussion forum is the collective knowledge, insight and research regarding the jw experience.
i would like to propose that a section of this board be set up and maintained as a wiki-pedia-type reference source regarding various issues.
this would be the next evolution of the "best of" area.
Great Idea, I could really use a referance like that. I'm in favor. I don't know if its doable technically though.
i'm a ministerial servant and i've been to only 2 congregation meetings in about 2 and 1/2 months and haven't turned in a field service report for those two months as well.
i've also skipped some assignments within that timeframe.
the elders talked to me last week about possibly removing me because of the ex-fiancee situation, but i'm still being assigned to these parts.
fewer people giving parts = more parts for the remaining individuals giving them. They'll keep you on at all cost because they don't want to do it either.
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about the watchtower society is the question.
on the one hand, had we remain-.
I think the real answer to the question can be gotten to via another question. Are you happier now than when you were in the org.?
I for one am happier now to know the truth and to be free of the demands of the org. I don't think that many really look forward to paradise anyway, i think that it's another one of those things that we believed because we were indoctrinated to keep looking to the new system.
RV
i've left a couple of messages in your inboxes.
but haven't received word back from you.
it's meeeee, cheryl/songmistress risen from the depths of my private hell, divorced and trying to catch up with whats going on.
oops. i see you already did. lol
i've left a couple of messages in your inboxes.
but haven't received word back from you.
it's meeeee, cheryl/songmistress risen from the depths of my private hell, divorced and trying to catch up with whats going on.
Glad to have you back, and good to see you've emerged. Maybe you should change your name to Phenox.
just click here to see it.
Almost had me. This IS a joke right? Please tell me its a joke
every two weeks i take a drive to new hampshire to replenish my supply of cigarettes, 20 dollars less a carton and i buy two.
the savings is worth the 25 minute ride.. today was the day and an early morning trip, driving north away from boston, there is light traffic.
everyone is driving at 65 mph or more.. close to the n.h. border and a quarter mile in front of me, i spot an animal approach the guardrail from a wooded area.
Remember the butterfly effect. Had you changed one thing you did the future would be different for everybody. Not necessarily better, just different. : )
'... follow the man who seeks the truth: run from the man who has found it.
' (vaclav havel).
the above may have found its way to this site before, but i just ran across it and thought of all of you here.
abso-freaken-lotly , right on
