it drives me crazy when people say "altimers disease".. or jewlery.. .
I've always had difficulty with "similarly" and "accompaniment." In class I fequently ask, "Do you usually..." and half the time the two [yu] sounds together trip me up. I'm an ESL teacher so it's especially embarrassing when I can't pronounce (or spell!) something.
"Pro-NOUN-ciation" and other commonly mispronounced words are mentioned in this British video, with deadly results
..... you to stop attending ?
injustices ?
disagree with the teachings ?
My last meeting was sometime in 1999. It was actually a judicial meeting. During the meeting I honestly felt contrite and determined to be a good JW, which I guess the elders sensed also and decided not to DF me. Strangely, though, as soon as I left the hall, it was like my mind suddenly opened. After 36 years as a born-in, it was at that moment, driving back home, that I finally had clarity and thought, "What the hell have I been doing all this time?" It wasn't really any specific doctrine, just a kind of overall feeling that it was all a waste of time.
I decided then and there that I would never go to another meeting, and for the first time I felt absolutely no guilt about it. I lost my JW mom and sister over this decision, but I regained my life.
i feel cheated that never, not once, as a dub or as a ex-dub, did i experience the presence, manifestation, or just-things-flying-around, of demons.
not so much as a teacup levitating from its saucer.
no inexplicable cold spots.
Ah, but perhaps the demons did come, whisked parakeet to the netherworld, and have now used their mind control abilities to gain access to his password and post on JWN under his account, lulling others into a false sense of security about their non-existence. Those sneaky devils...
cantleave, I put a thumbs up on your comment before they take it down
once i was little boy in fort worth, texas living with my maw maw and paw paw and mommy.. then, i was an 18 year old 6'4'' skinny 165lb religious nut being dipped in a baptismal during a local assembly.. suddenly, i was 20 and listening to a jail cell door clang behind me as a conscientious objector.. wow!
23 years old and put on parole until my 6 years sentence was ended!
i got married to a nice jw girl and had 3 kids!.
Happy Birthday! Thanks for sharing a bit of your loooooong life with us
has anyone seen this documentary?
http://www.forthebibletellsmeso.org/indexe.htm.
i watched it on netflix today and found it pretty interesting.
I saw this a few months back.
for any old-school ex-jws here that remember my many posts about my abusive jw mother and my sister committing suicide because of it...she passed away this morning because she began to bleed out and refused a transfusion.
she had been in the hospital for a month.
it appears she suffered a stroke and wasn't found by the brothers & sisters for three days (they missed her at the meetings).
This is so sad to hear. I pray you can endure the KH funeral. My heart goes out to you.
This is Chen Shu-chu, and you've probably never heard of her. She's now 61 years old, has a sixth grade education, and has sold vegetables from a stall in Taidong, Taiwan since 1963. She has led an extremely frugal life so that she could donate a large share of the money she has earned from her meager business to several charities (so far that amount is US$332,000 and growing).
While weathy philanthropists in Taiwan give of their excess—as long as there are plenty of cameras around—Chen Shu-chu has shunned luxuries for decades and has quietly helped countless others through her self-sacrifice.
In 2010 she was one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People.
" Money serves its purpose only when it is used for those who need it."
--Chen Shu-chu
appreciation for the original soundtrack for the rock opera theater cast and for the movie that soon followed.
but any comments on any of the versions or stories you have, thoughts you have on this masterpiece by andrew lloyd webber would be cool.. first question: ian gillan, the original jesus, of deep purple fame on the soundtrack from 1970?.
or ted neely, a texas rocker who did the role of jesus in the movie?.
My many years as a former JW have turned me away from organized religion, but FHN is right, this is definitely a cool movie. I wish I could have seen a live performance.
One of my favorite scenes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18GTVeXNWfg
i have!
i worked with hank aaron's daughter for 18 months.
she was a sweet lady.
Back in the 80s I worked at a savings & loan in Beverly Hills. We had a number of soap opera actors who sometimes came into the branch, but I didn't really know who they were. We also had some bigger-name customers like Mr. Blackwell, Suzanne Pleshette, and John Stamos, but they never came in, only their reps.
Once we had to send a new signature card to Suzanne Pleshette, asking for her information and signature. She actually filled it out herself, and in the Birthday field she wrote "over 18", LOL.
