for any of you christian or otherwise who feel that the " end of the world " is coming please refer to this historical list of failed " end of the world " prophecies which never happened : http://www.religioustolerance.org/end_wrl2.htm .
history is complete with stories of failed , alleged " prophecies " of the coming of the end of the world- allegedly.
news for everybody- organized religion does this to control it's members through fear and guilt by telling them that they are all born sinners and that god is coming with a " day of reckoning " in which everybody has to " pay up " for their sins , or be rewarded - allegedly - for being better than other people who sin.. i'll say for the record- i think it's total control, manipulation, and scare tactics used by religion throughout history .
Remember in the movie, "The Book of Eli" the bad guy was desperate to find a bible so he could rule the world. That is exactly what every religion does to control the masses. You have 1 billion catholics that don't use condoms because an old geman man (the pope) who has probably never ahd sex with a woman sez so!!!
I think 200 years from now, there will be some NEW scam!!!! The masses will STILL be waiting for the END!!!
the first summer a$$embly finishes this weekend.. tell tell!.
who are the toes.
the verrucas and fungus?.
I useta LOVE the DCs at Dodger Stadium. Bring your own food, socialize with friends, meet new Black girls on the Orange Level and White Girls on the Blue Level......Good Times.
Now, it terrible at the HOT, crowded Long Beach Arena. Most leave and go to an area resturant for Lunch and I ALWAYS run into a worldly friend at Lunch at a Jazz Festival on the adjacent grounds.
..........................and did I say it was HOT and crowded!!!
No time for new light, I gotta try no to smell the Ball cheese from the guy sitting behind me!!!
there are many reasons why but i wonder if there could be a dominant mental mechanism at work?.
i've done a bit of research and written this article on the subject.. the comparisons between stockholm's syndrome and jw behaviour are striking.. what keeps a jw in the religion?.
matt.
1) It's a guaranteed friend base all over the world.
2) The bad J-Dubs have the best (FORMALS) parties.
3) The GOOD J-Dubs parties are sooo sooo good they aren't even called parties; they are gatherings!!!!!!
i've always liked tatoos and disagreed with the wt's stand on them.
i just turned 42 on may 14 and think its about time i get one.
nothing drastic, just a small lilly flower on my left shoulder.
Always get a tatoo that you can cover up as needed. No tear-drops on the eyes or Mike Tyson style eye symbols. You are only as old as u feel. As I approached my 40's I thought that life was over. I connected with a group of worldly classmates that live to the full!! They were a very bad, I mean good influence on me!!
I personally like the "Tramp Stamp" with G-string panties (not on me though) that looks good on any woman (except for the nursing home I guess)
Enjoy!!!!
or are you pretty much the same, as a person?.
do you still worry about doing everything just so?.
do you still suffer from depression and angst?.
I love the Tim McGraw song, "Live Like You are Dying!!!"
I know that I will die one day and I wanna enjoy my life to the full!!!
Before, the end is coming tomorrow, so I had to go out in FS!!!
lol
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based on certain families who i've known personally in the "truth", there was infidelity which resulted in children out of wedlock, drug abuse, abortion (involving an elder's teenager), verbal, emotional, & physical abuse (by parents and spouses), and dependence on public assistance.
No, I have to disagree whole-heartedly on this one. My parent were married 49 years and I have almost 20 with my wife. I emphasize family over the orgazation though. I miss field service for baseball games and gymnastics. I comment at the meetings, but will never serve again.
I am known but witnesses and evil worldly people as a husband and a father FIRST...,.Then a publisher, as was my father!!
it was kind of a sad realization i had the other day that as a witness you are conditioned to not have friends.
i realize that most of this fact is related to my own stupidity and arrogance.
when i was in my teenage years i had a great group of friends that i ran around with.
Great Post. Yes, I srealized this early on. I was a pioneer in high school, on assemblies parts and kinda set the standard for youths in my area. At 21 I had a job that was demanding of my time. It was funny how MY FRIENDS who had fornicated and did vile things would not talk to me because I was not going to assemblies and meetings. I HAD NOT FORNICATED, but my friends had and they ostracized me. I learned that my friends at work were real friends. We literally put our lives on the line for each other.
at a recent assembly, there was a talk highlighting the dangers of higher education.
the brother used an example of a young girl who went to university, began going to bars, and ended up getting drugged and gang raped - as if this happens to every young jw who chooses to get higher education.. .
what ridiculous examples have you heard used at meetings or assemblies?.
Someone always used the example of a person who committed fornication just one time and caught AIDS!!!
Then the audiance would gasp!!!!!!
ahhhhhh!
my wife mentioned our circuit assembly was this weekend, she looked at me and i let out a chuckle and said "the kids are too sick right?
" (they weren't) but it was what she wanted to hear, an excuse from me to blow it off.
it got us thinking about how they were kind of tolerable when we were younger.. meals with ice cream, lots of volunteering to get you out of your seat.. there was more room at past assemblies.
The theocratic direction now is to keep you suit on for 16 hours during conventions.......NOT!!! I change immediately after on the only day (Sunday) that I go. I refuse to make a vacation out of the District convention.
I also refuse to stay at their crummy hotel. I go where I get free points...Hilton or Marriot ONLY. Not very theocratic....but we smell good and sleep well AWAY from the J-Dubs.......
Funny thing is, the J-Dub hotel sells out quickly, so everyone says that the J-W Hotel had no rooms so they had to stay at the Hilton like me.....lol
my wife mentioned our circuit assembly was this weekend, she looked at me and i let out a chuckle and said "the kids are too sick right?
" (they weren't) but it was what she wanted to hear, an excuse from me to blow it off.
it got us thinking about how they were kind of tolerable when we were younger.. meals with ice cream, lots of volunteering to get you out of your seat.. there was more room at past assemblies.
I drove 50 miles to an assembly in Woodland Hills, California. We were there 15 minutes early. The parking was so bad we that the entire lot was full. We were forced to park on the street. We literally could NOT find a spot on Ventura Blvd for at least 1/2 a mile. We just drove to breakfast, went shopping and stole an idiots parking spot that foolishly left for lunch.
