Wow, Burn, is that your hand with the spider or is it a picture you got off the Innernets? I've seen some big ones during my turn in north Florida but nothing quite like the beasts you apparently have in S Fla. Yike.
We have quite a population of Black Widows in eastern TN. Gloves: Don't garden without them!
have you observed a higher than normal number of mentall ill among jw's?
if so, do you think the religon attracts the mentally ill, or do you think that their beliefs and practices actually cause mental illness?.
my cousin spent a few years raised as a jw but the majority as a non-believer. once when he visited my family when I was about 12 and he was 14 he asked me, "why are witnesses so weird?". my aposta-dar went off at first. later we talked about it and I realized he was right. witnesses are accepting of anyone who wholeheartedly accepts their message. this includes nuts (no fruits please, they don't like them) and whack-o's of all stripes. regarding the *creation* or cause of mental illness, I think repressing natural independent thought is unhealthy. its all downhill from there.
could anything have been more embarrassing?
you could be at the door of the least popular munger in school, but overwhelmed with envy because, hey, at least he was doing something normal.
in 8th grade, at the peak of childhood self-consciousness, i knocked on the door of a super popular, rich, "in" kid from my class and he answered the door.
oh god the flashbacks continue... I remember this one territory which almost perfectly followed my school bus route in middle school. imagine my dismay when my parents checked it out. well the first weekend I managed to feign illness and get out of going. not so lucky the subsequent weeks. I dodged as many schoolmates as possible but inevitably ran into some. the one guy I saw was actually a very talented debater as well as a bit of a bully. that sucked just a bit.
no he becomes a member of the lowly rank and file...and if no reason is given it is accepted that he was forced out...
I think forcing him to pioneer would be the bestest punishment evarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
could anything have been more embarrassing?
you could be at the door of the least popular munger in school, but overwhelmed with envy because, hey, at least he was doing something normal.
in 8th grade, at the peak of childhood self-consciousness, i knocked on the door of a super popular, rich, "in" kid from my class and he answered the door.
super horrific flashbacks here. I too was blessed by the Lawd to have my school district be a subset of my KH territory -- most was amish country. The part that was townish or less rural was always a risk of sseeeing a schoolmate. I recall two times at least where I saw a schoolmate in my grade. That sucked in the worst way. I think most of the lies I told in school were related to abject humiliation as the result of my religious beliefs --- yeah, that's so healthy.
i found this online.
i have not seen it on here before so i thought i would post it.
it is a test to determine if you belong in the jw religion.
27 fairly arbitrary percentages. I might be more given the correct questions. Then again I might not be at all ... depends which goofus is running the local Hall.
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:.
Studies show that all studies are right except the studies I disagree with. In that case they need more study.
JWs are the champs of cherry picking. // Studies show.
Not Studying It.
Not from FL, but lived in Jax at the beaches for about 10 years. Knew some people from Clearwater too.
hey guys,
im inactive (as far as meetings go) in my local town.
however, i have friends outside of my local territory that i hang with.
Rules in many congregations are what the local body of elders want to make of them. You might end up in Stalag KH, you might end up in Pleasant Hills Service and Meeting Club. It's pretty hit-or-miss. My own informal studies indicate that the majority lean toward mini authoritarian regimes. That just sounds like one of many cases with some CO made an observation on how he thought things should be and the locals just ran with it.
I'd turn the situation around on her or them if you are harrassed. Tell 'em she kept bugging you and you were just trying to be nice.
mine are, in no particular order:.
"the friends".
"glean".
"so what is he/she doing with the truth ?" ... because its such a blatant attempt to write someone off for not "doing enough with the truth". lame.
