If can find one, get yourself one of these...
You load your charcoal in this little chimney and it will help to ignite all the briquettes. This is a wonderful invention!
for many years i have held bbq's in derision.
i am not one for social norms and have a general fear of succumbing to pleasant suburban society.
maybe i harbour this dislike because a jw once told me that he imagines the new system as a never ending bbq.
If can find one, get yourself one of these...
You load your charcoal in this little chimney and it will help to ignite all the briquettes. This is a wonderful invention!
visiting my mum she made me go to my first meeting in years.
a brother i studied with invites me to dinner....nice change i thought!
rumor has it that i have become in-active....true!
So, just because you're a member of the GB, you can spew any amount of psychotic ramblings and be given a free pass to do so?
Actually, I'm all for these crazy whacked out diatribes from the GB. It helps illustrate to people just how crazy this cult is.
i recently viewed a video of george carlin on you-tube on how large corporations control people and their thinking patterns.. i couldn't help think how his statements correlates quite well in how the wts control its followers.. there is a definite stop down on any form of critical thinking on the information that is put forth particularly at the wt studies and the now defunct book study.. they put forth the information and they provide the questioning on the information, all in vane of course that they are speaking through the mouth of god himself.. all this effort of course was to push and promote the literature that they produced, the more workers they could get and coerce the more power and money they.
could cultivate.
yes there was a reason after all, unfortunately it wasn't the reason that anyone expected.
John Lennon said it best in 'Imagine'
Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
if you were raised a jehovah's witness ... would it be better to:.
1. stay in the organization and continue to be controlled.
the years will be spent earning your salvation into "paradise earth" without cease.
For me: Stay in and commit suicide. Get out and maybe not commit suicide.
I think I made the right choice, at least I'm alive to type this...
For me as well.
more emails making the rounds.. .
the district conventions are right around the corner.
85-90 percent of "all scouting" done is done here.
Blarf!
were you really not considered a good little witness?
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were you one of the "bad" ones that everyone was cautioned about?.
Oh yes indeed. I've always been considered bad association. Thing is, I never really did anything to earn the title except:
Get depressed and tried to kill myself at 14. What?! Jehovah's witnesses are supposed to be happy! I must have "had a demon in me."
Not pioneer. Chose college instead.
Listened to rock n' roll music. And loved it. And went to concerts to "idolize" my favorite bands.
I never had too many JW friends and the ones I did have, suddenly stopped when any of the above was gossiped about regarding me.
my wife has recently been contacted by a pesky meddling sister about restarting a bs that she stopped almost a year ago and she is going to be attending the assembly in hampton, va in a couple of weeks.. i have no idea what these are like, and was wondering if you all could provide me some read ahead material so i know what areas they will hit on, as well as be able to prepare me for her attitude and mood on her return, not only each evening, but also after the event is over.
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Well, she'll probably be love bombed. Everyone who knows the woman she studies with will hug her, welcome her, and introduce her to more people who will hug her and welcome her.
She might get pumped up if she hears about all the "growth" and actually believes it.
She might be impressed when they read "letters" "written" by worldly people to headquarters praising the JWs. The authenticity of these letters is suspect.
Or, she might be appalled at it.
Personally I find DC horrendously boring, painful, and insulting to my intelligence. I hope your wife will find it similarly.
in another thread vm44 asked if there was any biblical precedent to a demon attaching itself to an inanimate object.. no one answered on that thread yet.
i don't recall any such thing being in the bible.. does anyone have a scripture that shows the demons can attach or demonize an inanimate object?.
if not, then it really does seem plausible that the wts are using the demons just like other religions may use hellfire.
The Dubs love to scare themselves silly with demons and they naughty things they do.
And don't forget, the demons especially love to go after JWs! In fact, that makes up 99.9% of a demon's time; chasing JWs around.
Yeah, that is creepy; annoited vs. earthly class spouses.
So, would the annoited former spouse pop down to earth from time to time to say hello to the ex-wife and kid?
Could the earthly spouse and kid "pray" to talk to mom/dad?
'Hi dad? Mom and I and a whole bunch of us from the old congregation are getting together next week. Do you think Jehovah could let you off for a few hours to come to the reunion? Let's us know!'
oh my god so i wake up this morning to find my scooter has vanished.
this freaking sucks big time.
someone had to break the wheel lock then dragged it through the grass a little ways when they noticed the back wheel had a chain on it.
For a time, I lived in an apartment complex. I had my car broken into 3 times in 2 years. Other residents were hit too. Theives (kids according to the cops) broke our windows and stole our stereos.
When I had mentioned it to my family, they said, "what do you expect from worldly people?"