I hope after you get your daughter back, you will get the state to prosecute the JWs for being an accessory after the fact to kidnapping and every other thing you can find.
francois
for the court hearing on july 17, i need examples of jehovah's witnesses who have kidnapped children out of hospital or not provided essential medical treatment.
this would include children who died for refusing a blood transfusion or needed phychiatric care and commited suicide.
incase i have been to busy to say thankyou, please forgive me.
I hope after you get your daughter back, you will get the state to prosecute the JWs for being an accessory after the fact to kidnapping and every other thing you can find.
francois
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my copy of crisis of conscience arrived today.
i can barely put it down.
Let's see on what page you get pissed off first. We could have a lottery. I'll bet you're pissed off by page 98 so badly, you'll have to whip out your smelling salts.
francois
are the witness numbers going down?
or, are they still increasing?
does anyone have any good data on this?
Depending on the WTBTS for an honest revelation of any kind of statistical data is frankly naive in the extreme.
These people are counting as "publishers" little children too young to understand what they are doing. Also they are counting as publishers people who get in their 15 minutes. God only knows what other slick practices they're pulling in order to appear to be growing. This group is just not honest, and it's never been.
Read through Jehovah's Witnesses in the Divine Purpose and see if, during your reading, you hear the ring of the Bell of Truth even once.
There is so much documentation available regarding the basic dishonesty of this group that it takes a certain type of self-delusion to believe anything they say; a near-terminal case of cognitive dissonance.
I say the WTBTS was one of the models for the book How to Lie with Statistics.
francois
this is my first time posting...i've been lurking for awhile.
i "faded away" in september and my mental health has greatly improved, although i still struggle with a somewhat-controlled eating disorder.
i have a long history of mental health problems, from the time i was about 20. i was raised "in the truth" and my parents were very emotionally/verbally abusive.
Wow, Nosferatu (what DOES that mean?),
Your mother was textbook abusive, wasn't she? I'll bet she really gets into advanced retreating when you bring up the subject, doesn't she?
There is a great book out there that perhaps you may have heard of, perhaps not. It's title is Toxic Parents. I've read it a time or two, since my own parents - well - my family of origin was/is dysfunctional to the core. Anyway, I recommend that book and hope it does you well if you read it. Perhaps you can find one at far less than retail at half.com.
francois
Can we still call Jaracz "Ol' Needle Nose" and why doesn't the grim son of a bitch have any sense of humor? Don't he know that you don't make up nicknames except for people you LIKE? (laughing up sleeve)
There was rumored to be a pamphlet authored by Da Judge and titled "I Will Survive This Cancer of the Rectum" but of course it was never released because the cancer wrecked 'um.
(Look, I've been working on finding a pun in Da Judge's manner of death for over a year now, and that's the best I've got. If you can do better, lets hear it. I'm tired of trying to pun on the Judges ass hole.)
a couple of things i forgot to mention... -it would not be "wise" to have open bars at witness wedding receptions.. -dating non-witnesses like going to the morgue to find a mate.
(this was mentioned at the latest circuit assembly as well).. -there are "deplorable conditions" in christendom...not in jah's org.. -we reflect the glory of god by preaching.. -(this is a doosy, and an actual statement made by the speaker)..just as jesus was hated by the world, but was perfect, so too is jehovahs' organization.
(yes he actually said this).. -3:05 sat.
HERE'S A SURVERY FOR YOU ALL.....
What would you rather do:
1. Stay on this planet in a sweaty ol' body and do yardwork through eternity.
2. Go on to the next life on a different planet in a less physical body and start discovering the real skinny about God, reality, and stuff as you work toward becoming a real prize in the universe; to take your part in the relationship between those created perfect and those (like us) who had to become perfect via dint of our own effort?
FRANCOIS
i come to you with a heavy heart and tears in my eyes.
tuesday 27th may 2003 at 12.30 am, i misscarried my first baby.
i was 9 weeks pregnant.
My daughter Rachel was pregnant a couple of summers ago when I took her to San Francisco for vacation. Just as we got back, she had pain and some bleeding and it turned out that she had an ectopic pregnancy and went straight into surgery. The doctors told us all that when a baby is miscarried, that is nature's way of voiding a child that has something terribly wrong with it.
She didn't take any phone calls for a couple of days. Then she waited for four months to begin trying again. Now she has delivered, in February, a beautiful baby boy - my first grandchild.
And I'd be willing to bet that you do the same thing. Although I'm very sorry your first pregnancy turned out as it did, when you start feeling badly about it, remember my little story and look forward to trying again and this time delivering your baby. I'll bet your mother's natural built-in love for her grandchild will over-ride the WTBTS's add-on rules.
Will be watching for your next announcement that you're preggers.
what say you on the following news article?.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/5954814.htmwoman sues to hide face in license photo.
mike schneider.
The veil isn't hanging from the rear view mirror, it's hanging from the woman's face. Big difference.
Frankly, I think the state driver's licenses are nothing more than a form of national ID.
francois
some things i know: latin, how to overclock intel processors, linear algebra, enough about web design to build a really lame,crappy webpage with hard to read text, quite a bit about the roman empire, all about the civil war, i can identify most bird species in my area, a respectable knowledge of plantaganet kings, alot about medieval central europe, where old cemetaries are in my surrounding area.
how a diesel engine works.
a good bit about vitamins,minerals and various beneficial herbs.how to rescue a drowning person who is attempting to pull you under.
I.G. Thas' ok. I don't think I want to know.
francois
any book that you like.. i am particularly interested in reading some good non-fiction.. crisis of conscience tops my recommendations, i think it is one of the best books i've ever read.
but you don't have to recommend apostate books.. currently i am enjoying dale carnegie's how to win friends and influence people.
i am enjoying it and trying to take the advice to heart - namely, don't be so negative!.
Eric Hoffer The True Believer