i know that jehovah's witnesses are told not to be part of the world and not to have worldly friends.
i know that some witnesses do have friends.
but, what i'm curious about is how a witness could sustain polite and seemingly friendly interaction with worldlies and at the same time feel that these are not people s/he should befriend.
Fresh meat....
Cults and Ponzi schemes needs new members to survive.
How do car salesmen do their job? How do Avon ladies try to sell their product?
That is why I never could make it as a dub. I didn't buy into the product they were selling and couldn't convince even one homeowner to purchase my magazines.
i know that jehovah's witnesses are told not to be part of the world and not to have worldly friends.
i know that some witnesses do have friends.
but, what i'm curious about is how a witness could sustain polite and seemingly friendly interaction with worldlies and at the same time feel that these are not people s/he should befriend.
Fresh meat....
Cults and Ponzi schemes needs new members to survive.
How do car salesmen do their job? How do Avon ladies try to sell their product?
That is why I never could make it as a dub. I didn't buy into the product they were selling and couldn't convince even one homeowner to purchase my magazines.
i took pride as a 9 year old "boy" that i was a "minister".
i had a card that i carried in my wallet (with no money in it) that said i was a "minister"..
When I read the question, I laughed out loud, snorted and giggled. My DH asked why? I couldn't explain.
I never, ever thought of myself as an "ordained minister". Knowing, now, what that term literally means, *I* should have been able to legally marry people, etc. *I* couldn't. Nor could I recite one bible passage on cue.
"It's a cult, not a religion."
i've got one!.
you don't have to wait in long xmas lines at the store to buy xmas presents.
as a matter of fact, you don't have to buy a damn thing!.
Being picked as a child on builds character.
Being uneducated means you'll never know what you don't know.
Being a window washer or any other blue collar employee means you'll always find work. You just won't have much of a retirement.
You do save lots of money between no gifts, no college expenses, no private schools, no dance lessons, no after school activities, no parties, etc. on the kids. Given that, retirement really should be golden for the blue collar crowd in the dubs.
my daughter is in the hospital with pneumonia, and possibly a blood clot in her lung.
they'll be testing through the night...apparently, her heart is enlarged as well.
she is scared... and if her jw father catches wind of it, he will be there trying to intefere with her treatment... he lives close by to her, so i'll be flying down in the morning....to head him off at the pass.
Hugs to both of you. I know she'll pull through with you by her side. Best wishes all my positive thoughts her way and yours.
when i ask my jw friend if she has read various classic books, she says, "i don't like to read.
" however, she of course reads all the wt stuff.
i don't know too many jw's, but the ones i have seen in the meetings seem mostly uneducated and, even when speaking from the platform, seem almost illiterate - that is, unable to pronounce certain words even in the wt literature.
Not that I know of. Which, as pointed out, keeps them from learning about other stuff.
I have tried to get my mom to read other books; she won't. Says she doesn't have time.
I loved to read as a kid and would go to the library on my bike and get Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, and every other series of books I could. I would check them out and hide them under my bed. I cleaned my room and mom never looked so I was safe. I would read at night by flashlight.
watchtower 15th march 1953 page 191.. ''there is no reason to think that they [demons] cannot possess persons today.. this is not to say that all those mentally sick are so possessed, for they are not.. mentally sick persons, however, in their weakened state, may present more vulnerable targets for their assaults and invasions.. some show evidence of demon possession, whereas others show evidences of merely mental sickness or nervous breakdown.
'' (emphasis mine).
i for one would not want to work with people with mental illness or depression just in case they were possessed by some of those pesky spirits.. .
Unbelieveable.
The first WT quote Blondie put up is from 2003!!!
How can someone read this and not burst into laughter during the Sunday meeting? (then get mad, especially if you or a family member are affected?)
VIII going to put my Turkey in the oven hoping the demons get baked
so, bristol palin is through to the final on dancing with the stars even though it's obvious to everyone with half a brain that she doesn't deserve to be based on her dancing.
she's there simply because the obsessive palin fundies are voting for her.. i thought it was interesting listening to her describe people who think she shouldn't be there as "the haters".. what black and white thinking and typical of the religious / right-wing mentality.
people can't have an opinion that is based on reality and see that better dancers were voted off while she stayed way past her skill level warranted.
So, who out of all you haters is going to shoot their TV first tonight?
I'm trying to figure out how "typical black & white right-wing / religious mindset" gets applied to Bristol, Teen Activist, who is on a dancing show.
BTW, I was hoping for a Jennifer / Brandy dance off. I think Maks sank it for Brandy. He is an arrogant dickhead. As for weight-gain, he's put on a few pounds since season one. Hitting the caviar a little too hard.
my daughter is in the hospital with pneumonia, and possibly a blood clot in her lung.
they'll be testing through the night...apparently, her heart is enlarged as well.
she is scared... and if her jw father catches wind of it, he will be there trying to intefere with her treatment... he lives close by to her, so i'll be flying down in the morning....to head him off at the pass.
I wish you a safe journey and I hope your beautiful daughter makes a full recovery. Your grandson is wonderful. Hugs!
it's one of the most confusing holidays to jw's.
it doesn't specify who to give thanks to, it's a u.s. holiday that is semi-patriotic and semi-religious but not necessarily either one.. i suppose jw's should go out of their way to avoid giving thanks this thursday so jehovah doesn't get pissed at them for being so slightly normal worldly and maybe accidentally smite them if armageddon starts this thursday..
Every JW I know is having turkey with all the trimmings. They are all getting together with family and friends (JWs of course) and doing *everything* except putting Thanksgiving decorations out. *That* would be a no-no.
