http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjmg69xmjp8.
this is a documentary from louis theroux on his return visit to westboro baptist chutch - as wacky a bunch as you'll meet.
but not that different, imho, as jdubs.. i never was a dub, but i hope as a human that i can share their pain.. being entirely secular here, it seems to me that some of the young ladies in the film need to experience 'worldly' love,.
I would think being shunned by WBC would be a good thing!
All kidding aside, shunning is a disgusting and despicable practice. I am DF'ed and semi shunned by family, but I don't really care that much. For others, the pain of shunning can be unbearable, and to those individuals, my heart goes out to you.
in talking to sparky the elder today (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/263862/1/an-elder-called-me-hes-waking-up-and-knew-id-understand-nice-for-him-to-have-a-friend) i found out he did the accounts for our congregation for years.
he said very rarely did the congregation meet its expenses without some well-off brother chipping in a few grand here and there.
the elders would also make up the shortfall.
Sorry...double post
in talking to sparky the elder today (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/263862/1/an-elder-called-me-hes-waking-up-and-knew-id-understand-nice-for-him-to-have-a-friend) i found out he did the accounts for our congregation for years.
he said very rarely did the congregation meet its expenses without some well-off brother chipping in a few grand here and there.
the elders would also make up the shortfall.
SFPW...the beauty of a forum like this, is that anyone can post their thoughts. I am a little puzzled by your attack on Julia, as she is reporting information passed on to her. I find your statement that " the organization's longevity is a testament to Jehovah's blessing" to be a bit misleading...using that same reasoning, you would have to admit that God's blessing is on the Catholic Church...it has been around a lot longer than the JW's...and a lot larger in numbers as well. They must really have God's blessing!
this is true everywhere but it seems especially true with the witnesses.
they seem to feel that since god forgives them, you should too, so you end up with these pathologically rude, crude people.. "get over it" is what my wife says if i tell her about some incident where i couldn't believe my ears.
but i have to remind myself that she is also like that.. but she's right, too, because who wants to spend the rest of their life as a victim?
I remember when I was in, I had a janitorial business (surprise, surprise), and I employed JW's...worst experience ever! They would flake on jobs, call off at the last minute ("I need to get my hours in before the end of the month", "I have a talk to write", etc., etc.), and I was supposed to "understand"...no apology, just an assumption of understanding on my part. If I protested their actions, I became the bad guy! I REALLY resented that attitude...I would never knowingly hire a JW given their priorities regarding their jobs.
Seriously?...of course they would! LOL
there's a lot.
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one that i just don't understand is that no one should hold hands during a prayer.. where the hell do they come up with these rules??
It's ok to use the services of the police, but not ok to be a police officer.
It's ok to take blood fractions, but not ok to donate blood to provide blood fractions.
when i was a kiddo growing up, i wasn't one of those that we all heard at assemblies giving their experiences... "here, let me show you the answer from the bible..." <reaching into their a** bringing out a bible>.
no, i would sit there in the audience, and think... that person has balls to do that.. when i went to grade school, i tried to keep as low of a profile as possible.
it was bad enough that i had to start the day by not saying the pledge of allegience like all the other school kids.
My most embarrassing moment was being in the D2D work, and a girl who I had a huge crush on answered the door. If I could have died right then and there, I would have! I was always embarrassed to admit I was a JW...I usually said I was a Christian.
a group of seniors from a baptist church were on their way back from gatlinburg va. where they had preached to the locals.
their bus blew a tire and veered into traffic catching fire in the accident.
8 people died and 14 others were injured.. how do people of faith come to terms with those considered faithful meeting such a tragic end and causing the deaths and injury of others.. ap news service.
To quote an oft used term..."Time and unforeseen occurences"
just wondering if your name describes what you saw, how you were treated when you were "in" or now "out", maybe your personality, ect.... i'm label licker and the why i picked this name was because of all the licking up one side of elders and down the other to either be an elder or ministerial servant.
one time i was standing right in front of this brother who wasn't made an ms yet and he totally ignored me and talked right over my head speaking really loud trying to catch the co's attention.. got sick of watching the poor elderly sitting all alone or standing against the wall like a wall flower with noone to talk to and yet all these label lickers would take turns picking up the elders elderly parents and take them shopping and do their groceries at least four times a week while out in service, yet, there was noone there to take a meal to a sister who just got out of the hospital with a heart attack.
when i had shown up at her apartment with a meal she asked if i could wash her private and change her bandages.
At the time I picked the name, it referred to my time already out of the JW's, and it was also one of my favorite groups of the 60's...their performance of "Im Going Home" at Woodstock was one of the most impressive of the festival!
i finally got caught up with it on netflix, and now it's ending.. predictions for sunday night's finale?
i find myself not really caring what happens to walt.
but i'm definitely rooting for something good to happen to jesse, anything at all..
I guess we will never know about Jesse SBF...I think the only spin off is supposed to be a prequel with Saul Goodman. I think the ending was pretty clear when the cops walked around Walt's body lying on the ground, but you are right, the episode never said he was dead...just alluded to it.
