we have a visitor from far away with us, "hopscotch" as she is known on the board.. we would to put out a "shout-out" for any and all who would like to join us for a meetup this coming weekend, august 21 or 22. we are open to suggestions for where and when.
i would like to encourage any in the area, and even if you are not, to join us.
i cannot tell you how wonderful it is to meet up with the kindred spirits of those who are on the journey we are all on.
Since it is just the two of us (no kids) we can go where ever it is most convenient for everyone. We live in Santa Monica, so we are between the San Diego and Ventura suggestions that have been made. I think my condo is too small to fit everyone, of course that would depend on how many were involved.
Besty - where in La Jolla did you have in mind?
we have a visitor from far away with us, "hopscotch" as she is known on the board.. we would to put out a "shout-out" for any and all who would like to join us for a meetup this coming weekend, august 21 or 22. we are open to suggestions for where and when.
i would like to encourage any in the area, and even if you are not, to join us.
i cannot tell you how wonderful it is to meet up with the kindred spirits of those who are on the journey we are all on.
Hey Dagney - DNC and I might be able to join. We will check back to see which time and place is convenient for most.
hi gang, i would really appreciate if you could take a look at my blog about the book i've written re the witnesses.
i've aimed to have a laugh at all the madness that i experienced in the 20 years i spent in the 'truth'.. i'm using the blog to get some positive comments so i can get the book published.
i've already had lot's of help.
Well, you had me laughing out loud. God, when I think about what I did to my kids it makes me want to poke my eyes out.
How does one go about ordering a copy in the U.S.?
this is taken word for word from the study article entitled: "unity identifies true worship", page 13, paragraph 8:.
"similarly today, a governing body composed of spirit-anointed christians contributes to the unity of the worldwide congregation.
the governing body publishes spiritually encouraging literature in many languages.
The "Governing Body" is a group of imperfect men ...
... but you damn well better treat them like GOD!!
Love it Billy! I will use this.
looking up all the references is a lot of work - one of the reasons nobody normally verifies these, but trust the writers.
as you will see, the writers are banking on this, but it is not a good thing to trust the wtbts writers.
please find the bibliography worked out for quotes 38-51, covering the heading "what about human evolution".. interesting is that many quotes are from the [u]preface[/u] of books, where the authors honestly explain the difficulties and assumptions related to evolutionary science.. [b]what about human evolution?[/b].
This is fascinating. Thank you for your hard work in putting this together.
I don't know how they sleep at night.
one of the mesages emanating from the "new light"rhetoric is that it might be prudent to prepare to die before armageddon.
better to forget about the assurances that "you will never grow old, much less die" in this old system; maybe it's time to enact a macabre plan b and latch onto a cemetary plot and prepaid funerals....
my husband graduated HS in 1969 and pioneered, which was pretty much the only option. The Vietnam war was on, so for young men it was either pioneer or go to prison. Going to college was out of the question for good dubs. We raised 2 kids, but life was definately a struggle at times. My son graduated HS in 2000 and I made damn sure he went to college.
please check this out.
hollywood producer seeking seed money for $million film on jehovah's witnesses.. .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmgtmgb2pgk.
Great cause guys!
passing this on from jim moon:.
subject: exjw documentaryhi everyone!.
one of my exjw friends in los angeles is developing a documentary about the jws entitled "losing my religion" and he asked me to forward information to anyone i thought might be interested in helping out with its development.
This is a great cause. A film like this can be very powerful in helping others to be free. Love the title Stephan!
thank you all.. it seems that we former jw's have excellent reasons to be be upset.
between being lied to about how russell and rutherford started this fruity little cult, having to deal with the coverups of pedophiles and other criminals, the mysoginistic treatment of women, being lied to about 1914 and the related date of 607 bce, the ridiculous and ever changing blood doctrine, being lied to about gb involvement in the un, the changed it once and now back again understanding of what a "generation" is, being lied to about when the end of this system was supposed to come, being lied to about 1975, being told not to go to college and instead explore the underrated world of window washing with the outstanding income potential it produces...... *panting* i am sorry, i am out of breath...... my point is this, (and i speak from experience): former jw's are pretty raw.
and thus, easily exploitable on internet boards by trolls.. trolls see this.
Excellent post ATJ. It was Renaii that I remember when I started lurking. Her presence just confirmed the falsehoods to me.
started a new topic b/c i didn't want to threadjack another ongoing pointless debate.
:) (isn't it interesting how the apologists all come out around dc time?).
i have seen that statement made over and over again by jws about disfellowshipping.
Thank you Georgiegirl for starting this thread. I don't post often, but I read everyday, and the comments of Bane regarding dfing were very offensive and inaccurate. My husband was 8 and I was 16 when we were baptized, him in 1959 and me in 1968. How much do you think we really understood at that point? You can't sign a contract until you are at least 18, and the consequences of being df'ed are far more catastrophic than violating a contract. WE WERE KIDS, WHO HAD BEING INTENSELY BRAINWASHED. Nobody deserves to be punished for the rest of their lives for a decision they made as a child (or an adult for that matter). Get real.
