.....we just watched a scary film - the ring anyone else seen it?.
its about a video tape that you watch and then seven days later you die!
(this wont spoil it if you've not seen it because thats what it says on the box!).
I'm really picky about horror films. I *love* them, but lately they haven't come up with anything too original or new. Just remakes in the tradition of Jason and Michael (ugh!). The Ring scared me so bad my hair stood on end and hasnt gone down since. <grin> We got the "Ringu" version, and it's pretty scary, too, but the subtitles make it kind of distracting. I heard there are sequels to it, too, but am not sure about that. If you watch it, be ready!! heheheheh <evil laugh>
CG
i read through the thread entitled "what is your favorite kingdom melody?
", but i couldn't find any i liked.
i found quite a few i really hated though.
Dear Shulamite maiden...
So lovely and fair..
Your spiritual virtues are many and rare
Your speaking is pleasant
Your charms a delight..
What about the JW guy that came home too late. His wife eays (#@%^$*&(@%#
if you were to tell a witness that they were "brainwashed" or that they were "under mind control", they certainly would not rationally accept it.the reason is because witnesses cannot distinguish between mind control and "obeying the faithful and discreet slave".
it is only after a person stops exposing himself to the subtle mind controlling tactics of the watchtower that a person can see how thoroughly duped they are in their beliefs.
how might you be able to tell that you are no longer your own person, able to make your own decisions in your life?
JW's are like any of us humans. They live a "social" life. Every member of every group-living society on earth contains a hierarchy. And there are penalties to not conforming to the group. If, for whatever reason, a person or animal does not conform to the mores of the group around him, he is demoted or "shunned." Pretty straightforward. Remember the mentally challenged kids in school? Don't tell me that you never heard some mocking talk about them.
That is how Society is controlled, through shunning. Whether it's "mind-control" or whatever doesn't really matter. What really matters is the effects it has on Society. It serves to perpetuate hatred, which is not at all Christ-like and should be shunned in and of itself.
People are free willed. If they choose to participate in a scam, then that's their own choice, and they should take responsibility for that. The only people that should be blameless are the children. Only they are under duress. They have *no* choice. For they need to clothed and fed by the ones that bore them.
CG
mine was when i was about ten years old or so back in the mid sixties.
we had a guy in our k.hall who actually lived through the 1914 experience (earl senior).
he was well into his seventies i guess even then and was one of the annointed.
It's a vague memory, as there were many turning points. But the first one that I remember was reading "Origin of the Species" by Darwin, secretly, in the back library of the Hall when I was 9. I remember thinking how some parts just made so much more sense than what I learned at the Hall. My comprehension was not mature enough to understand all the book, but I could grasp it in some undeniable way deep inside..
CG
i am currently working with a law firm that is involved prosecuting jw pedophile cases.
just over 2 years ago i posted a poll and its results on jwd.
you can read them below.
bump to the top
CG
i use to hate kissing.
i was a virgin until i was 19 and married.
i hadnt had a chance to experiment with kissing in my teenage years.
I don't know if this counts or not: but when I go out to the pasture in the morning, my horses give me sweet, warm, nuzzly horsie kisses. No tongue, though. I prefer tongues that aren't green. <grin>
My sweetest human kiss was when a man I hungered for at my job finally asked me out and we went and "parked" at the airport to watch the planes after supper. That one was a toe curler!
CG
Can we say "mullet-haid"?
CG
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just heard on fox news, un building in iraq, truck bombed about 1 hour ago.
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Guess they'll have to get a new chief of security. He obviously wasn't doing his job.
CG
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i can remember numerous talks and study articles about how the preaching work would get more and more intense as we near the end.. one so called prophetic illustration that stands out in my mind was when joshua and his men marched around the city each day and then just before the city fell they marched seven times signifying a quickening of the preaching work.. it seems starkingly obvious that the preaching,is in decline amonst jw's,the jw's are seen less and less often in my neighbourhood,it is very rare to see them out street witnesing around the town centres and railway stations,the average jw spends far less time preaching than a decade ago.. it seems like their chief brag is definately on the wain,in favour of other recruitment methods.
In the rural territories, it's even worse. I've lived at my house for five years. I live in a fairly isolated part of Texas, with the closest congregation being 20 miles away. They've been here ONCE in those five years. Luckily for them, I wasn't home. They just left an old Awake near the door. I am home 90% of the time, but this time I was off getting groceries. I used the Awake to line the bird cages. I hope I didn't terrify them, as parrots are terribly intelligent.
CG
i was the prime example, if you looked in the dictionary under double life, my face would be right next to it!
i would party on saturday night, and drag my butt to the sunday meeting hungover.
does anyone here know how hard it is to answer a question during the wt study hungover?
Me Me Me! <raises hand>
CG
