yes friends.....this is the comment said to me by an elder!.
"your bad attitude is evident because you don't bring your meeting bag anymore!".
i calmly replied: "but everything i need is on the tablet now......".
Ok i have read through this. What is wrong with blue hi-lighters? I had to ask.
rebel8, you missed the most important one:
yep, these gems and comments were used in the talk today:.
speaking of ones who "failed to show appreciation for all the rich spiritual food we get from the f&ds", the speaker said this:.
"many have even failed to keep up with everything we are lovingly provided by christ's brothers, and rather than keeping their faith strong, they have become complacent and even critical ofjehovah's provisions!
Oub, I love this response!
Whenever I meet up with a JW that still attends and they ask me how I am I always say, "My life is fantastic! The ONLY part of it that isn't good is the lack of relationship with my children." [The ones that are still Kool-Aid Drinking JWs].
It's always very telling to see the look on their faces as my statement doesn't compute because of their beliefs.
Sometimes I ask if they'd like to help with a reconciliation. They always say, "No." Always.
I'll change it to reference a couple of cousins who are still 'in' and unhappy for a variety of reasons.
any ideas what this is about?
- apparently a three hour public address through each kingdumb hell from the gb.
anyone heard anything about this?.
Oh, and Jehovah can measure the universe in the span of his hand.
Yet his plans can easily be derailed by a naked lady and a talking snake!
we were waiting for my mother in law to come out of surgery.not much was talked about on "spiritual" matters (since i haven't been to a meeting in years).however, i got to hear about :government conspiracies to shut down alternative energy.. gmos are bad.
gmos are bad.
gmo's are bad!!!
How are the elderly JWs coping with all this, I have been wondering.
My parents are trying, but are basically left behind. Dad has been struggling just to use email for years. A couple of sisters helped Mom figure out how to use their website on a tablet. They live out where there isn't broadband, so they have a cellular contract. Mom was very unhappy when the monthly bill was so high above the contract rate because she had been watching the videos and been going way over the data limit. For the older ones like them, the congregation plays the monthly indoctrination message at the KH on a Saturday afternoon. My parents usually fall asleep during the showing.
" a nashville swingers club has undergone a conversion it now says that it is a church in order to win city approval, so that it can open next to a christian school.
" (associated press).
the article explains, "a church is something that cannot be defined under the u.s. constitution"..... wt lawyers explain to the court all of the time; 'you can't interfere with our internal church policies, or you will be infringing on our first amendment rights.
I was thinking of starting Church of Brunch, where Sunday morning "service" would be an elegant and tax-free brunch. Besides that, the most vital services Church of Brunch would provide would be for weddings and funerals. Lets face it, the only thing that a lot of people ever go to churches for is weddings and funerals. And rather than trying to come up with big Christmas/Easter holidays for CoBrunch, instead the church would have celebrations for birthdays and anniversaries (and maybe divorces sometimes).
But after hearing about this Church of Swing, maybe that's the way to go. Because I love to swing, especially rope swings over water!
after she was prepped in the receiving area, a sister from the hall showed up to be their for support.
we said good bye to her, and started to leave, and the sister stops me and says, "did someone pray with her yet?".
so, (keeping in mind that i have not gone to a regular meeting in years!
Here's where your prayer went:
40-50 years after saying "armegeddon is right around the corner" we are now making progress!!!.
gotta have a sense of humor to deal with this stuff..
the "boasting session" last night included forcing the congregation to watch that stupid witnessing cart video.
then the brother handling the part discusses what a "powerful witness" is being given each time those carts roll out into public view.. experiences: had a nice conversation with a young man.
a woman took a tract.
A woman took a tract
... to get the gum off her shoe.
apparently it was announced last night.
i was not informed (for 'legal reasons'), but they phoned my dad and told him.
i understand it is due to my apostate book.
We have a saying where I work, "If it isn't written down, it didn't happen." And in so many ways, that's proven true. While lots of stuff is said at work and instantly forgotten, my history in WTland seemed to be that lots of stuff is said and instantly gets completely twisted in the JW rumormill.
So someone gets announced at a KH meeting attended by a handful of people. Then the word is supposed to get spread to all the others that had better things to do that night. What was announced? Did they say, "Don't talk to him, because he's disfellowshipped for writing a book exposing WT teachings as wrong"? Why don't they get clear and put it in writing in a public place?
Oh, right, they don't do that because they're a cult that's afraid of lawsuits.
Next you can write a book about your experiences upon being expelled from a 19th century apocalyptic lying cult.
Welcome back! Simon has rearranged the furniture around here, so watch where you're going!
I'm doing great. Got my engineering degree last spring and now have an interesting (and today, exhausting) career making lots of money.
