i've noticed a few people have gone mia, especially since the website changed or perhaps they have just moved on?.
people whose posts i used to enjoy: lex talionis, not a prolific poster but interesting all the same.
octarine prince, lady zombie, galileo, terry.. who do you miss?.
I miss my real life cousin - Auld Soul (He got the brains in this family.)
Spectre - I have also been thinking about Misanthropic. I was in Tucson today and thought about giving her a call but got side tracked. I hope she has gotten on with life and is having lots of fun.
It's good to see Kudra is still here.
Kahlua (formerly MeneMene)
i know some police officers that are very good cops.
and i know some that are underhanded and dishonest.
as kids, we were taught to be trusting of policemen (and women).
My son is one of the good ones and has been for many years.
You have to watch the new & young ones that have rookie-itis. The power goes to their head.
I have only been stopped twice. State patrol got me in west Texas for speeding (it got dark & I forgot to lower the cruise control). He just said to slow down because there's lots of animals crossing the highway. The second was SP in Louisiana on I-10. It was ofter midnight. He said I touched the white line on the side of the highway when I came over a bridge (any excuse will do). I was driving a van w/ a Texas tag headed east & I-10 is a major line for drugs so I think he was just hoping he had found a nice cache of drugs.
well, when i was giving birth there were some complications.
the dr. came in and told hubby and i that they were probably going to want to give me a transfusion as i had lost so much blood.
i looked at my husband for his reaction.
So glad to hear you and baby are fine. Your husband's response is outstanding. I am so happy for you.
My daughter had her little girl April 2. She had to have an emergency C-section at the last minute but all turned out okay.
i think it is a scam unless someone prove me otherwise!
anyone?.
I just got that email about Bill Gates again from a friend a little while ago. I sent her the Snopes link saying it's false.
It's amazing how those things take on a life of their own and can't be stopped. What's more amazing is that people believe them.
I think women tend to analyze relationships more than men. Oprah had a good example the other day about how different males and females think. There was a young girl and boy (14 I believe) that were saying they loved each other and ready for sex. The therapist asked them how long they thought this relationship would last.
The boy said 6 months to a year. The girl was shocked. She thought it was forever. In her mind she had analyzed their relationship into a lifetime.
(asilentone, did you get my email? Just checking as I am on the Apple and emails didn't work from Apple computers a few years back on JWD)
how many millions are aged 95 and over?.
if they were born in 1914 they would be 95, so chances are they didn't actually hear to comprehend that "millions now living will never die".. it could be a stretch, but possibly a 5 year old could have heard and comprehended the message.
they would be 100 yr. old.. but just to cut wt some slack, we will go with age 95 and above.. so how many jw millions left in that age range, folks?.
"Do you think this is beginning to sink in with older JWs at all?"
My dad was born in 1914 and died this January. He would have been 95 later this year. He never even considered the WTS had deceived him in any way. I never heard him say anything about all the changes in doctrine. When I visited and it was the day of the book study he would sit at the dining room table cutting and gluing all the changes to his Revelation book.
Such a sad sight to see a man that was so stubborn about some things to be totally under the control of an organization.
any of you remember what was exactly the first thing that crossed your eyeballs to lead you into doubting the wts?.
The very first thing for me was an article in 1978 in the Atlanta newspaper about the Jim Jones cult & suicides. It was a long article telling all about the cult. I read that article several times.
So many of the things they wrote about the Jim Jones cult was true of the WTBTS also.
I have been through the inspection stations in Texas and New Mexico many times and the one on I-8 in Arizona only once. The agents are always cordial and respectful. As I drove through, I put my window down so they could see me. They motioned me right on through even though my eyes were bloodshot from driving for a long time.
I agree these guys at this Arizona checkpoint did not handle this situation properly. When they saw Anderson was just trying to cause trouble all they had to do was record his license plate in case they needed to follow up and send him on his way. This is not the first YouTube he has put up documenting his travel through the checkpoints.
Anderson has been making this trip every week for some time now if I remember correctly. You would think they would be familiar with him by now and know the game he is playing and not be sucked into it. Every employee involved at that checkpoint was incredibly stupid and let their testosterone take over.
The only time I felt really irritated was at the checkpoint on Hwy 80 north of Tombstone. They had a checkpoint set up just a few yards north of Hwy 82. Anyone wanting to avoid the checkpoint could just turn left onto Hwy 82 and head west over to Hwy 90 and points west & north. Totally useless as far as catching illegals & drugs (unless they had another station set up I don't know about.) Which brings up the point - is that what they are really there for.
two nice middle aged ladies knocked the door this morning, panda tract in hand.. order of events was panda tract, scripture about each one residing under a fig tree, and then because i didn't object the feb 2009 awake!
'earth designed for life' <side point - note the magazine title is not in the form of a rhetorical question, but rather a statement of fact>.
a few questions about my belief in god and i'm in the book for an rv - cool.. so this is a great awake:.
"You can print out the "child abuse telememo" and ask them why would WTS need this form if child abuse was so rare within WTS ..."
There are 3 copies of the telememo on Barbara's summary. Make sure to use the newest one that is 2 pages. Look over the questions on the telememo carefully and make sure they read the last question. "9. How many elders felt that the victim was somewhat at fault or willingly participated in the acts?"
You would blow your cover by using the Oct 2007 Awake unless they provided you with a copy of it. If so, point out to them 1st para on page 11. It says, "Hence, it is widely agreed that children cannot give any meaningful consent to engage in sexual relations. In other words, if an adult (or significantly older youth) has relations with a child, the older person cannot excuse the act by saying that the child did not object or that the child asked for it. The adult is guilty of rape. This is a crime, often punishable by a prison sentence. The responsibility for the rape belongs with the rapist, not the unwilling victim."
Again, we see them speaking out of both sides of their mouths. In public they play all nice but in the private/secret telememo you see what they really think.
how often do dubs hear someone snitch about a wrong doing from a brother or sister?.
how often do you hear of a snitch going to the elders to stir up a lynch mentality against a brother or sister?.
is there some points being earned for all this or do they think jehovah will reward them for being a snitch?.
My dad snitched to the elders when I had been faded for several years. My boyfriend had moved in with me and dad told on me. He relayed the message that the elders wanted to talk to me. I refused and told him what I did was none of their business. The matter was dropped.
My sister snitched on my cousin for being gay. She didn't go to his elders but to his brother who is an elder. The poor guy was apparently 'straightened' out and is trying to be a loyal dub again.
