i just got a fresh supply of yellow pages books.
three huge volumes in a plastic bag.
it's my 3rd shipment this year, from various suppliers, i assume.
It's good to keep two thick phone books on hand. They're just the right height to use as a booster seat for a toddler.
When there are no phone books on hand I have to use the Aid to Bible Understanding or Volumes 1 and 2 of Insight On The Scriptures.
as most of you know, that evil spirit creature known as satan the devil is of course after jw's and only jw's.
i can remember this middle aged lady at my old hall give a comment on how "satan works in the most mysterious ways against jehovah's people, he even has the teachers give out more homework on meetings nights so that he can make it more difficult for the young ones to attend the meetings".
at that time i was hardcore in it, and even thought this lady is a "looney-tune".
The fire in the woodstove went out during the night only on Saturdays so that the house would be too chilled to want to get ready for Sunday meeting.
can anyone point me in the directions where i would stats on how many deaths have occurred at kingdom halls?
i just got back from the bathroom barfing after reading this email.
i wanted to respond to it with some stats.
Borrowing from the stats as presented:
Don't go out in the door to door work because 14% of all accidents involve pedestrians.
Don't conduct return visits or Bible studies because 17% of all accidents occur in the home.
Don't drive/ride to the Kingdom Hall because automobiles are responsible for 20% of all fatal accidents.
Let's see....14% + 17% + 20%....that's 51%.
I'm safer being an xJW!
i have read a dozen different health books that come to this same conclusion.
what is milk?
mammal infants require milk from their own species to grow quickly and start solid food.
Oh, wonderful....insect parts in fruit juice, pus in milk, steroids and antibiotics in meat....
in the 10/15/08 wt, page 16, there is a very small filler article on a 15th century german cardinal who used the name "jehovah" (or its equivalent in 15th century german, at least) in a sermon he wrote.
sorry, no scanner.. anyway, part of that sermon he wrote, in which he references the name "jehovah", is quoted.
but wait a minute, what's this?
Before the 'net as most people know it today there were BBS. Lots of JW's, mostly males, were online back then.
ok boys and girls something light tonight.
ive been talking to someone the other day who is studying psychology and she tells me you can tell a lot about a person based on who their childhood hero was.
im not sure if i subscribe to the idea at all, kind of reminds me of horoscope or tarot archetypes but on the other hand, ive been thinking tonight, she might be onto something there at least partly.
Mr. Peabody http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Peabody
just called their media line:.
http://www.jw-media.org/contact.htm.
asked a young man named bryce where is the official press release on the cano pedophile situation.
I have a pic of Cano
Does Cano have a pic of you?
excerpt from the article entitled the silver is mine, and the gold is mine taken from the november 1, 2007 watchtower, pages 22-21:.
ways in which some choose to give contributions to the worldwide work.
many set aside, or budget, an amount that they place in the contribution boxes labeled "contributions for the worldwide workmatthew 24:14.".
Why are you worrying about somebody else's money?
Do what you want with your own finances and leave other people free to do the same.
not sure if so many are still on here, i am feeling kinda lost.
anyway, saturday came and went and tuesday came and went and no judicial meeting with me.
the elders just sort of avoided me and didn't let me comment at the wt.
I wish I knew what is happening.
It's quite obvious what is happening; you are about to be disfellowshipped! You wouldn't have been "marked" if the elders thought you were innocent.
If you have any pictures, papers, personal posessions, outstanding loans, etc. that you hope to collect back from any JW, start right now to retreive or collect.
If you share any storage locker, lockbox, or other facility with family or a JW, move your things out, no matter how inconvenient this may prove to be.
If you share a bank account or other financial arrangement (credit card, health insurance, life insurance, etc.) remove any funds belonging to you immediately. Remove other names from any account that you control, remove your name from any account controlled by another person.
If you have anything that belongs to a JW give it back immediately.
If you have keys or other access to anything (buildings, vehicles, etc.) owned by a family member or by another JW, return the items through a neutral third party such as an attorney or, if you have no one else, through the community relations department of the local Police station.
Change the locks on your house if you have ever, at any time, given a key to family or JW friend.
Give written notice to your landlord that no one has permission from you to access your dwelling or remove anything of yours from the property.
Buy window locks, sliding door locks, garage door locks, etc. and use them 100% of the time.
If you don't have either voicemail or an answering machine, set one up now.
Keep in mind that these people are no longer your friends; they're already proving that by their actions.
Breaking with WT/JW's is a lot like ending a marriage or any other contract, only it's guaranteed that JW's won't stay friendly with you!
i think i am having a sort of mid-life crises.
the other night i began to wonder who were the people that influenced me the most in a postitive manner, making me who i am today..
) my third grade teacher.
1. My grandmother: no one has ever cared about me the way she did. I miss her every day.
2. My mother: taught me how to survive in the business world when I should have been outside playing; showed me how *not* to raise children.
3. The "sister" who "studied" with me: devoted, persistent, generous, outspoken; not always "right" but showed by example how to stand up for what I believed..
