alright, i'm curious now cause i've been wanting to know how certain people go their screennames.
now some people have their names involved with makes sense and so forth.
but i guess i'll start out.
I chose Hopscotch because it is the title of one of my favourite movies starring Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson. It is about a CIA agent who gets tired of the lies and dirty tricks going on and bucks the system. When they try to demote him he turns the tables on them and exposes them. It is a very clever and very funny movie. So I thought it was kind of an appropriate name then to use for someone who leaves JWs/WTS and then helps expose their lies and dirty tricks.
Hopscotch
i never heard about the smurfs being evil until i joined the forum.
but when i look in the volume library, the word doesn't come up.
i was wondering if anyone ever heard mention of it in the literature--as in, was it an official position?.
Well the smurf legend even reached Australian kingdom halls. Many many years ago we heard the story (JW myth/legend) of the smurf toy being brought to the hall by a bible studies child or a witness kid and the toy getting up and shouting out during the meeting and then running out of the hall. So everybody got rid of their smurf toys and even years and years later it was 'known' that smurfs were demonised!
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some of you may remember the drama we have had first trying to buy land, then an old community hall.
both didn't work out.... well to day we signed our mortgage papers at the bank!
it has been 4 weeks since we signed a contract and it took till today to finalize it...banks sure do drag the chain!.
Sounds great Aussie. Take care with the chooks. A friend who lives in rural NSW just recently had all her chickens killed by quolls!
We're on 3/4 acre in QLD but would love more land. 3 acres is a really good size - not too big and quite manageable.
All the best
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some of you may remember the drama we have had first trying to buy land, then an old community hall.
both didn't work out.... well to day we signed our mortgage papers at the bank!
it has been 4 weeks since we signed a contract and it took till today to finalize it...banks sure do drag the chain!.
Good on you Aussie. Hope it works out well for you and your family. Having 3 acres will be great - are you going to do fruit trees/vegies/chooks on it?
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i'm new here, this is my first post.
have been reading so many comments from you guys over the past few months and now i can finally comment too!.
it is amazing how long it took me to see that jw's are not god's organization and that their teachings do not really find support in the bible.. now i'm not really sure what i believe.
Welcome factfind - it's good to have you with us.
I can relate to what you mentioned about not knowing what to believe now but isn't it great being able to have the freedom to think for ourselves and be free from the control of religion.
All the best
Hopscotch
as an elder of many years, i was continually struck with the abundance of chronically ill witnesses whose disease appeared to be related to their own stress at trying to meet the endless demands of the "truth".
i am not a medical professional but i don't need to be a doctor to know that the depression and virtual self loathing ('i'm not good enough, i must do more, i'm a bad parent....") sets a stage for ill health.. and now science backs up that conclusion:.
http://www.amazon.com/when-body-says-understanding-stress-disease/dp/0471219827.
I believe 'the truth' played a major role in killing my mother. She put off going to the doctors for many months because she wanted nothing to interfere with getting to the December 2003 international convention in Sydney. After getting back from the convention she finally went to the doctors, was diagnosed with cancer and was dead a year later. Who knows what might have been if she had gone to the docs early.
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this was brought up just in passing on another thread.
but i wanted to see if there are any bethelites or ex bethelites that remember some of the crazy rules we had to follow when we were there..
Queequeg said:
Only two flipping pieces of pizza on pizza night
Was that rule for everybody, even the hungry young teenage boys? That's disgusting.
Hopscotch
PS - Welcome to the forum Queequeg - looking forward to hearing more from you
i apologize to those in the vincinity of my spad's ladies bathroom....... yes!
oh my gaud!
give it to me baby!
Thank you yknot, you brazen girl you!!
So this is what they say in the letter about the book :
The information is designed for use by the elders only, and other individuals should not have any opportunity to read the information.
and then they drop this little bit in at the end:
PS to secretary:
There is no need for this letter to be retained in the congregation permanent file of policy letters. Additionally, the September 16, 1991, and June 20, 1994, letters to all bodies of elders should be removed from the congregation file and be destroyed.
So they don't want evidence lying around that the book is indeed an official 'secret book for elders only'
Hopscotch
ok, so my trip to perth didnt result in a catch up, though will on my next trip with hot chocolate ;-) ps, cannot believe carlton lost to fremantle :-(.
i havent booked the ticket yet, though will be visiting adelaide & darwin for work within the next few weeks.
if anyone wants to catch up for the chat/coffee/wine/green tea/lunch/dinner then please let me know!.
Looking forward to meeting up with you then Mattieu - PM me as the time gets closer if you want and we can arrange something
Meeting some of the 'infamous' posters while in the USA was the best. I want to go back real soon (with hubby this time) and see them again - it was such fun and being able to share our stories and experiences was brilliant. Definitely worth saving the pennies for.
Hopsoctch
ok, so my trip to perth didnt result in a catch up, though will on my next trip with hot chocolate ;-) ps, cannot believe carlton lost to fremantle :-(.
i havent booked the ticket yet, though will be visiting adelaide & darwin for work within the next few weeks.
if anyone wants to catch up for the chat/coffee/wine/green tea/lunch/dinner then please let me know!.
Hi Mattieu
If you're ever in Brisbane or surrounds we (husband, son and I) would be happy to meet up.
My son and I just returned from three weeks in California and had a fantastic time meeting up with quite a few from the board while we were over there. I would love to have an apostafest over here if at all possible but I don't think there's too many of us on the board from this area.
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