Glander, I got all excited thinking we were really going to talk football.
3 more days to wait...So Happy!
last year.....after the packers / bills game, buffalo released quarterback trent edwards.
after the packers / cowboys game, dallas fired wade phillips and most of his staff .
after the packers / vikings game, minnesota fired brad childress and most of his staff.
Glander, I got all excited thinking we were really going to talk football.
3 more days to wait...So Happy!
...and they're clearly in the mood for pushing it on youtube.. .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lerx3gkthxk.
what is it with all these random youtube channels, each showing polished and highly-produced videos.
Great list lisaBObeesa. I especially liked the one about Michael the Archangel being the Pope of Rome. Never heard that one before.
i am 45 years old and have been inactive for about 8 years or so.
i was basically raised in the truth (sounds funny...
truth?
Welcome Walkthewalk!
Glad to hear you and your wife were able to walk away together.
http://gawker.com/5936665/heres-what-happened-when-an-elderly-man-took-it-upon-himself-to-restore-a-painting-in-a-nearby-church.
"we admire people who have can-do, elbow-grease-type attitudes.
if something's broke, why not fix it?
I love this thread....still LOLing...Thank you Arcadio for posting this...
I am sitting here at work in tears. My god this is good stuff!
i'm a long time lurker, first time poster.
i think i have a similar story to others who were brought up in the so called "truth" but after reading so many stories i thought i'd finally get around to writing mine:.
like i said, i was raised into it and almost my entire immediate family where (and for the most part still are) serious members.
Thank you for sharing
Welcome to the forum
i seem to remember somebody saying that since the 90's the number of elders has declined from 90000 to 60000. does anybody have any hard figures regarding this?.
the organization is desperate for "qualified" men.
but their standards are much too high, especially the monthly field service hour requirements tagged on to endless meetings and congregational busywork.
About 10 years back my father stepped down from being an elder because he felt he was getting too old and tired. What do they do a couple of years ago? Reappoint him. I was so angry! They told him how much they needed him and he agreed to the position. My father is well into his 80's, he shakes like a leaf, is skin and bones, has such a soft voice one can hardly hear him. They assigned him a public talk a few months ago, I did not go, but my other siblings did. My sister said he sounded like a retard. He was misquoting, getting lost, mumbling and of course shaking tremendously.
I love my father with all my heart. He belongs on a sofa with good movie and a martini, not this crap.
hello, maybe i am gambling by posting a thread here at your website.
i don't know what an apostate really is and why someone is removed from the watchtower for this sin.. .
i have a sister in visalia california who is telling all my brothers and sisters "he is an apostate, our schizophrenic brother said so!".
Welcome Helpmebeieve...So sorry you are going through this. Family fighting is way too painful. Unfortunately there are a lot of people out there that are feeling guilty about themselves, and so they start pointing the finger at others. She is probably very insecure and unhappy. Best to take pity on her and ignore her.
You have come to a good place. A lot of people here have been called apostates.
terry was admitted to the hospital yesterday.
he has a severe case of cellulites which has affected his neck glands.
his face and neck are very swollen.
So sorry Terry is going through this. I hope he is well soon.
this past sunday, i was browsing in the kingdom hall bulletin board.. i noticed that the list of "approved" hotels for the dc was up there.. noticed that in the assembly to take place in pennsylvania, only 2 hotels were in pennsylvania................ #3 on --> were in nj.
so, i get on my smart phone and gps a route from hotel #3 in princeton, nj to buckingham, pa.. my little gadget tells me that there is 27.9 miles of driving and 46 minutes of traffic.................... do these sheeples have the stupidity of driving this far to an "approved" hotel?.
are they blinded enough to not look for the 300 or more hotels in the county?.
My parent's take on this...
Nancy: Neil, we are in our 80's this is too far for us to drive. I think we should look into other options
Neil: Nancy it is imperative that we do things Jehovah's way
Nancy: You are right.
my mil of 38 years - who has not spoken to me for the 9 years since i left her cult - died on sunday.. today, as a favor to my sil who has spoken to me very rarely, for the same reasons, over the same period of time, i was moving some personal items to her home from the nursing home.
in this instance i guess it is ok to speak with me - if i have a strong back and a conveyance that aids her needs at the moment.. anyway, in the parking lot of the apartment complex where she lives, while we are moving in those items, guess who shows up?
five or six of my old 'best friends'.
You just can't make this stuff up, it's just too far out there.