the latest study article encourages witnesses to display goodness in their everyday lives.
(january 15, 2002).
nothing wrong with that, you may think, but what motive is being fostered in the article?.
My mother convert to witness when I was five years old. Until then she was Baptist. However, she learned goodness from her parents, and passed it on to her children. She will go out of her way to help anyone and does not hesistate even if giving a witness is not her goal.
The sad thing is that growing up I thought that really only witnesses taught this. But then I realized that you dont have to be of a certain religion to be good to others. It took many years to realize that.
well, you have to admit it most da letters are boring.
especially so are the ones that contain 15-20 pages full of quotes from the golden age of march 15th 1917, or an obscure reference to a slip of the pen made by some overworked and knackered out member of writing.. lets be honest, most xjw's do not read past the first few paragraphs, but we all expect our letters will be read by the wts or its representatives, analysed and then responded to.
the reality is that they are rapidly scanned for 'juicy bits' and dumped into a bin marked, 'oh, god not another one!..
ahahahahaahh!!!
i just wanted to introduce myself and came to see what all the fuss was about.. watergodess
Watergoddess, did you bring any cheese?
All newcomers are required to bring cheese.
We need as much cheese as we can get to go with Fred Hall's whine.
Welcome!
...and i gotta say it was well worth the money and the wait!!!.
i guess we should have used the money to pay bills...but you have to splurge once in a while.
i play nascar heat and caused about 34 wrecks...very neat game.. and to think if i was a jw still i would have been sitting in the book group instead of taking out dale jarrett and kevin harvick.. what a shame!
...and I gotta say it was WELL worth the money and the wait!!!
I guess we should have used the money to pay bills...but you have to splurge once in a while.
I play Nascar Heat and caused about 34 wrecks...very neat game.
And to think if I was a JW still I would have been sitting in the book group instead of taking out Dale Jarrett and Kevin Harvick.
What a shame!
just celebrated our 18th year as a married couple.
went out for a nice dinner, then gambling at a casino!
actually put some extra cash in my pocket for my troubles.. tr.
WOOHOOOO!!!
Happy Anniversary!!
this is a good reminder.. this is a sweet, thought provoking challenge:.
read the riddle.
here is a pretty neat little thing from paul harvey.
When I read stuff like that it makes me grateful that my family was fairly poor while I was growing up. It helped me to appreciate things a lot more than a lot of my peers, and I make a special effort to make sure my kids don't take too much for granted.
But, I don't mind if my kids like beer, just please don't let it be Milwaukee Best. And if I have to wash out any mouths with soap it is going to be with Dial...it tastes nastier than Ivory, heehee!
in another post i mentioned job a comedy of justice by robert heinlien.
the responses to the post got me thinking about other books that have affected me.
what books have had an impact on your life?
Julie,
Does that book come with instructional photos?
i am an ex jw and i just left quietly.
i was in bethel and started seeing huge holes in the borg.
i was also a non practicing homosexual (undeclared at the time).
I think it depends on whether your old congregation is going through the periodic "sifting and shaking". My local congregation went through that in the late 80s and early 90s. There were one or two extremely zealous elders that contacted several inactive people, and targeted a few that they wanted out, even ones that were not yet baptised.
I believe the reason for this was because so many of the witness kids that I grew up with in the 80s lived totally double lives as teenagers and the congregation never caught on until the situation became down right embarrassing.
This is how I discovered that disfellowshipping and marking are not always about the individual. It sometimes comes down to whether or not the elders need to make an example of someone.
My advice...don't worry about it unless they come a calling.
in another post i mentioned job a comedy of justice by robert heinlien.
the responses to the post got me thinking about other books that have affected me.
what books have had an impact on your life?
Wow...just went to Amazon.com and read the back covers of Towing Jehovah and Blameless in Abbadon...wow talk about sacrilage!
I may just have to order them.
at xjw net was an invitation to participate in a press release about the un stuff.. as i told before on this board this issue is most powerfull if well used to show the real face behind the wtbts!!.
even i am not in the us i will gladly contribute for a press release wich states a mix of un/ajwrb/silentlambs.
if some with more language skills than me composes such a press release and releases it in the way mike pence described i will donate 150 usd one or two weeks before the release.. it is tecnically dificult to donate from this distance.
I am confused....why do they need donations for a press release? Newspapers print press releases for free.
Perhaps I misunderstand what you are trying to get across. What is the donation for?
