this is just an obsevation from me...ok i dont mean to annoy anyone but is it true or just me?.
i feel that ones raised in the truth are so much better of than us who came in from the world.
i say that because they have family who are witnesses too.
ATJ - Oh man. I would have been one of the sisters all aquiver because you were such a spiritually good catch. ;) You hot thing you!!!! Oh yes, together we could have ruled our congregation and showed those peons how it's done!!!
Ugh. Who WERE we????
ZZ - I totally forgot - to, too, and two!
this presentation goes over jerry bergman's research on mental illness with jehovah's witnesses.
this includes over 8 different research projects conducted by different doctors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urbxtvuat1g.
@jazzbo and garyneal - Thanks for saying that. Everytime someone hauls out Bergman's research as evidence I cringe b/c the source has been so thoroughly discredited. Very balanced observations - thanks.
i would imagine cs3 would be similar.
i'm laying out a book for a client and have a question.
just thought on the off-chance....
Anyone have it and use it? I would imagine CS3 would be similar. I'm laying out a book for a client and have a question. Just thought on the off-chance...
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this is just an obsevation from me...ok i dont mean to annoy anyone but is it true or just me?.
i feel that ones raised in the truth are so much better of than us who came in from the world.
i say that because they have family who are witnesses too.
ATJ - you were born in, right? I wish I had had the guts to rebel too. If I had only known THEN what I know now - but when you are indoctrinated from birth...it's tough to make that break.
this is just an obsevation from me...ok i dont mean to annoy anyone but is it true or just me?.
i feel that ones raised in the truth are so much better of than us who came in from the world.
i say that because they have family who are witnesses too.
zugswang - YES! My personal favs:
your, you're
their, they're, there
and the one guaranteed to make me howl with irritation:
"probs"
I don't know why, but I want to shake my monitor when I see that. What, you can't type probably? WHICH is singular so should never have an S?
I'm annoyed. ;)
what things about elders do only elders know and the rest of us dont?
i never knew they had a hand book till i came on here.
unsure why they dont mention it because surely its not meant to be a secret?.
AE - answered your question on the previous page - I think it hadn't shown up yet.
this is just an obsevation from me...ok i dont mean to annoy anyone but is it true or just me?.
i feel that ones raised in the truth are so much better of than us who came in from the world.
i say that because they have family who are witnesses too.
In all fairness, THAT was a fairly accurate observation. If you are not born in, a time comes when a JW quits "wasting their time". Either put up or shut up (i.e. get baptized and make progress or get dropped). If you are born in, you don't have that same 6 month - 18 month "unspoken" timeframe. On the other hand, if you are born in, you do have to at least be old enough to get baptized - (what is that now? 8??? - shaking head) so there's some built-in extra time.
I think the point is that it IS different if you are born in vs coming in.
what things about elders do only elders know and the rest of us dont?
i never knew they had a hand book till i came on here.
unsure why they dont mention it because surely its not meant to be a secret?.
i had a brother approach me once to tell me i was too friendly.
i had the habit of greeting everyone i could in the time provided before the meeting.
it was done sincerely and with personal interest.
Blondie - wow, that and the other thread just brought back a memory I had totally forgotten - I had entered my teenage years and was FINALLY (oh the excitement!) allowed to wear make-up. My molester came up to me in the KH and criticized me for looking "too old". Guess I didn't have that fresh baby-faced look anymore. I remember just feeling physically ill.
i had a brother approach me once to tell me i was too friendly.
i had the habit of greeting everyone i could in the time provided before the meeting.
it was done sincerely and with personal interest.
palmtree - HA! I think it was just the fact that I smiled instead of casting my eyes down demurely and genuflecting like a good submissive sister whenever a brother walked by!!! ;)
