http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/24/what-will-life-be-like-in-the-year-2008/
I couldn't help but think about how the passage of time can make people who make predictions look foolish.
This link from 1968 tried to say how life would be in 2008,
kind of like the wtbts !!
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The Borg indict themselves.....check it out...
by Alpaca incheck out this amazing admission from their website.
see the highligted text toward the bottom..... jehovah's witnesses official web site.
beliefsfuturemedicaltopicscontact uspublicationslanguagessearchwhat will the future bring?where is this world heading?in this series:.
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How women are treated
by newbiedoobiedoo ini share a little tid bit.
my cong was always trying to tell men how to run their wives.
i get a little money from my dad for medical prob, here comes elders telling my hubby to 'make me' donate it to buy new chairs for hall.
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Controling one's wife?
How dare those humanoids in the Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger make such a demand!
wow, talk about nasty flashback, when I was reaching out for more responsibility years ago, this is exactly what the PO told
me was the reason this time why i was not appointed.
My wife is self-sufficient in many ways, not belligerent just knows what she wants, she took the lead in starting to fade,
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The greatest Witness supply shop in the world? Probably.........
by chikikie inhttp://www.servicesupplies.net/page04.html.
words fail me.....
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here is another one, located in Missouri http://www.stoopsmfg.com/
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Elders want to visit after memorial !!
by lancelink inwell, i attended the memorial last night, and since i have been inactive for some time two of the elders came up to me afterwards.
they want to get together and discuss how to get me active again.
since i am going thru some withdrawal pains, i spinelessly agreed to talk with them this friday evening.
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Everone, thank you for your comments.
I have really been considering everyone of them !
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I got a jesus question
by lancelink inwith the memorial season behind now, there is a question i have that in over 30 years as a jw i never got a solid answer.
jesus died for our sins; he was the perfect sacrifice, etc, etc.
i always heard how tough it must have been for god to watch his only begotten son die the way he did.
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With the memorial season behind now, there is a question I have that in over 30 years as a jw I never got a solid answer.
Jesus died for our sins; he was the perfect sacrifice, etc, etc.
I always heard how tough it must have been for God to watch his only begotten son die the way he did.
Several times I remember the speaker bringing up the point “how would we as parents feel about watching our children die in front of us?
( the Armageddon scenario was used afterwards, make sure you parents are studying with your children to save them!)
Anyway, I would always think of the point that God controls everything, even a person’s life.
In fact, he brought Jesus back to life after 3 days, so he had the power to resurrect him.
My main thought here is, since God had the ability to bring him back,
would the emotional aspect be somewhat dulled because of him knowing this?
When my kids had to have surgery when they were younger, I was sad and upset,
but I knew deep down that they would be alright afterwards.
But if there was going to be no hope, the emotional aspect would have been much, much more intense.
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How many were strongarmed by elders over inheritance, etc?
by avishai inon another thread, i saw how elders were after someone for money as soon as someone died in their family, more than once.
this happened to my mom for years after my dad died, insurance settlements, lawsuit settlements, they wanted as much as they could possibly squeeze from a widow with three kids.
anyone else see this?
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velvetann, I'm sorry to hear your story.
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using your car in service
by megaflower ini did not mind occasionally useing my vehicle out in service but the elder who did the morning text use to volunteer my car all the time.my pet peeves were:.
1. people walking through mud, grass clippings(rural territory) and just hoping back into the car.
mudd all over carpet.
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Once a sister mad mention to my wife and I that she had a very bad yeast infection, and as the morning
wore on there was an odor in the car.
Instead of going home, she wanted to stay out in the ministry,(she was a "nothing gets me down" pioneer type) well it was about 95 degrees out and one brother who was mr. gung - ho pioneer started to make really snide, nasty comments about the odor that he was beginning to notice.
He just did not get any of the suggestions from some of us to shut up, he just went on, and on about it, what an ignorant person he was)
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Elders want to visit after memorial !!
by lancelink inwell, i attended the memorial last night, and since i have been inactive for some time two of the elders came up to me afterwards.
they want to get together and discuss how to get me active again.
since i am going thru some withdrawal pains, i spinelessly agreed to talk with them this friday evening.
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Well, I attended the memorial last night, and since I have been inactive for some time two of the elders came up to me afterwards.
They want to get together and discuss how to get me “active” again.
Since I am going thru some withdrawal pains, I spinelessly agreed to talk with them this Friday evening.
Here is my major dilemma; I don’t want to talk to them in a ridiculing way, but I need to make my current situation clear to them,, I really am not interested in getting “reactivated”, I’m just not there anymore.
I believe that at this point of my life, spirituality is something that I need to develop myself, and the issues that I have seen in the WT society / congregation / and individuals has proven to me without a doubt that this religion is not the avenue that god uses today.\
Yet, there are certain people that I am not ready to shock in this manner,
I realize that I seem to have painted myself into a corner, but I am slowly but surely making this decision in a forward moving manner.
I was reading a newspaper column last week regarding spiritual growth at Easter time, and the example of a egg hatching was used. As the chick grows they have to break free of the egg, and move out into the world. If the chick stays in one place too long it will eventually die, so breaking free at the correct time is a natural part of its development.
This was reflected in a person’s spiritual growth, in time they have to break free from preconceived notions and move on, yet I don’t feel that I am totally ready to move on, or break free right at this moment.
How can I speak to the elders, be courteous, and still continue my breaking out in my own schedule?
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I had a really interesting experience around 17-20 years ago. (don't laugh, this story is the honest truth) I had a job where I was working evenings 3pm-12am and while coming home I would drive down a long, dark country road,(around 2 miles.) There was a gravel pit on one side, and a forest on the other Anyway, one night in late September I was driving home and I saw something up ahead in the headlights, at first i thought it might be a deer, so I slowed down. As I got closer,I realized that it was walking along the ditch that ran alongside the road,, pure white skin AND walking upright. When I was about 50 feet away I turned on my brights,and it turned to face me. My first thought was that it was someone who had been in a really bad car wreck, and they were burned and wandering around in shock. he,she,it was about 4 feet tall, long skinny arms and legs, very large head with black eyes, no nose and a small rectangular mouth, almost no neck.Its walk had a certain jerky movement to it. It stepped out of the ditch and started to walk toward my car, I was going about 5 mph and when I was close I stopped. It was walking on the drivers side, crossing the road, looking at me. I just remember wondering what the hell happened,it was a very strange feeling I had, no fear just a sort of puzzlement trying to figure out what it was (remember, I kept thinking it was the result of an accident) The top of its head was even with me sitting in a small Honda civic. When it was several feet away still walking toward me, I freaked out somewhat and started to drive away slowly. All I could think of was that there must be an accident up ahead. But the farther I got I noticed that there was nothing wrong, even the whole area seemed really, really quiet. For the next several nights while going home I always slowed way down and had my camera ready to go, but I never saw it again.And there was nothing in the paper about anyone getting injured on that stretch of road Even now I still get the creeps, and the hair on my neck stands up if I drive down this road at night. Thats my story, and every sentence is true, take it for what it is!
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Hello,
I'm trying my best to fade with some grace, it is hard but it is working.
I'd like to know where to find the book, Crisis of conscience. I'd really like to read it.
I got the crisis book at Amazon, there seems to always be several copies available here is a link,
http://www.amazon.com/Crisis-Conscience-Raymond-Franz/dp/0914675230/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206127439&sr=1-1