on the abc evening news tonight, it was said that the catholic church has paid out over $ 2 billion in settlements to over 5,000 victims of sexual abuse by priests.
do you suppose that perhaps the wtbts will approach that figure?
either in payouts or in the number of cases that are reported??.
On the ABC Evening News tonight, it was said that the catholic Church has paid out over $ 2 Billion in settlements to over 5,000 victims of sexual abuse by priests.
Do you suppose that perhaps the WTBTS will approach that figure? Either in payouts or in the number of cases that are reported??
NMG
i remember how much emphasis the org used to put on studying your publications, and how looking at other peoples books during the meeting was like seeing a lazar show with bright, hot, multicolored, florescent highlighted pages.
but i never personally enjoyed studying (even when i was more hardcore in it) so since i used to have privileges/responsibilities one of the requirements was to study for all the meetings, so before the meetings i would take a hot yellow and florescent blue marker and quickly just start marking up my books so that it looked like it was studied.
sometimes to look even more spiritual i would take a pen and start writing random crap in the margins, even scribble lines so from far away it looked likes cursive.
Needless to say, but the wacktower was so predictable, I just speed read everything and the yellow highliter was on auto pilot. You have to admit, what was there to actually STUDY?? The same old crap in a differant year. Recycled old news with some new bud lite thrown in. After you have been around that stuff for 40 or more years, what's NEW?? It's a no brainer kids.
NMG
i am sitting here wondering where my life went.. i was raised a jw, married at 19, had 2 kids.. by the time my wife was 40 she had given up on sex.
at any rate she didn't feel the need to look good for me, so she porked out.she felt i was hooked by the family, shunning thing, so why bother.
i burried myself in business, neglected my family.. i finally left at 50. i ,married a beautiful, kind woman.
Perhaps one day we shall talk. My life so paralels yours, with a couple of exceptions. And , from what I have seen of other's,we are not alone. Iwill make a note of your name and pm you soon. It sounds as though you need a listening ear rather than a sounding board. hang in there. Your ex's problems are no longer yours.......However, there are your offspring to comsider aren't there...
NMG
dear squeaky-clean friends:.
i am an artist and a teacher, which pay to keep me in window washing, my real love.
the jobs are sure rolling in.
In my line of business I have and DO put Graphics on windows, score for me??
NMG
i remember going out in circus because it was what we did.
the idea of having to conduct a study or being responsible for a return visit and, therefore, eternal state of existence, caused knots in the stomach and massive dread.
actually having to commit to field circus long term with no hope of escape to save someone's life was a real downer.
For the most part, the few rv's that I had only turned into social visits. The schools, kids, soccer, skiing yadayada. At first, I returned because I really thought what I had to teach them was the troof. When the wts started to change the purchasing of the literature at the counter, did I realise that the wts wanted more money. And asking for donations to a world wide work didn't set with me well.
After this change, I was very brief at the door. Although I was very well versed in the bible and could tactfully argue any point and turn their beliefs into mush, my heart was no longer in it. After awhile, I practiced faked knocking, learned from some younger dubs and then quit going door to door altogether.
NMG
yes, i have what is called c.r.s.
it has been coming on rather slowly but still it is quite rapidly moving on.
it started a few years ago, i am 58 , and up until a few months ago hadn't seemed too serious.
Well, thank you ninja!!! I appreciate your humour as it fits mine also. I understand the brit sense of humour and the term ....piss off. It's all encompassing and gets the pount across quite well. In my past marriage my ex was from S. Africa and she was born in Wales. We were married in Wales and I have numerous former in-laws with a similar sense of humour. So, I shall take it all in stride my friend.
NMG
so i am having a "conversation" with my mom about how .
we are living during the end of the world and how close armageddon.
is and whatnot, and in making her case she goes:.
I have NEVER known a jw to return after having completely left the org. Where does she get her statistics on this matter from?
She evidently doesn't subscribe to JWD now, does she....
NMG
yes, i have what is called c.r.s.
it has been coming on rather slowly but still it is quite rapidly moving on.
it started a few years ago, i am 58 , and up until a few months ago hadn't seemed too serious.
Yes, I have what is called C.R.S. It has been coming on rather slowly but still it is quite rapidly moving on. It started a few years ago, I am 58 , and up until a few months ago hadn't seemed too serious. Now , however, I am concerned.
C.R.S. is in laymans terms actually , CAN'T REMEMBER SHIT!!!!!!
And this is my 1000th post and I couldn't resist but to get all of your attention.
So, how do you like them APPLES????
LMAO
NMG
http://www9.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2008/01/04/news-usa-execution-rape-dc/.
not sure if the above link will work and i can't copy/paste from the story.. the us supreme court will decide on death penalty for child rapists.. .
Cc81.........My silence says it all for you...............
NMG
so i'm grocery shopping and run into a woman (sister) don't use those terms much, its first names.
thing she says: .
woman: well how are you guys doing?.
oompa.....Oh, yes, they miss us indeed, don't they?? They just can't stand to see us moving on with our lives, no longer dependant on them. They are also jealous of the fact that we don't have to waste our time while they don't have the nerve to satnd up and leave themselves.
NMG
