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.
Joel...
Your story sounds JUST like mine, except I dodged baptism. I refused. But I remember thinking
the same thing about the Bible "stories" and having an endless stream of questions that only
annoyed everyone (probably because they were so logical.) I left home at 18 as well. Haven't
been inside a KH since around 1988.
My 88 year old grandmother is STILL a pioneer after almost 60 years!
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?.
Where's the list of approved hotels in the Bible? Must be somewhere....
for those who are interested, the november 2012 awake!
is now available for download online.. among items of possible interest are some of the latest examples of fear-mongering "armageddon art" on pages 12 and 14.... .
speaking of armageddon, you will be sad to hear that the criteria for surviving the great day of god's wrath just got a little more stringent.. there are a number of extra things in this month's awake!
That is hilarious...I LOVE your posts. Keep them coming.
just think of the logistics to organise a nation of people to accomplish this venture.people who say god provided.... just dont think.. they needed food ,clothing,utensils,tents,tools,fabric,livestock,for food & sacrifice,water,space between families,sanitary facilities,etc.etc.etc.. and don`t forget a generation had to die off before they could enter the promised land.. where is the evidence for any of this.. smiddy.
I always thought it was an odd story...how stupid can 3 million people be to wander for
40 years? Even without GPS...just saying.
some of you know that i am deaf.
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/07/how-deaf-people-think/.
Llama..I didn't know you were deaf. I sometimes do captioning for deaf people...I am
a court reporter. I think it's wonderful...some of us go into schools and provide CART
services...
i kid you not.
the latest watchtower study edition has the following question under consideration in the "questions from readers" article on page 20:.
do jesus words found at matthew 19:10-12 suggest that those who choose to remain single have received the gift of singleness in a mysterious way?.
No one..I think they made it up themselves, just like all of the "examples."
i've been browsing here for some time now and i've read the erroneous arguments supporting 587, the petty feelings over the un, blah blah blah.
this is a community of disgruntled people telling each other what they want to hear.
you've all essentially created your own truth, tickling your own ears.
Somebody drank their Hatorade!
i was watching the beverly hillbillies the other night and i have to say, the writing and the acting was terrific!.
another classic is all in the family.
loved that show!.
Only Fools and Horses is my alltime favourite...
If anyone can post the scene where Del Boy falls through the bar..
I laugh every time I see that!
Also loved Harry Enfield and Chums...
newflash in the ongoing addiction and mania that started at age twelve when the national broadcast news showed pictures of these english boys with very, very long hair.
i stopped by a local grocery store b/c i was not certain that a challis scarf was wool or rayon b/c the fabric content is in arabic.
thank allah for arabic numerals.
Hey Band..
That's brilliant...I met George Harrison and few years back when I lived in the UK. His house was
burglarized and I was the court reporter covering the trial. The guy got convicted. It was a bit
of a media circus....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzcneuuajvg.
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cedars.
It's obvious Mr. Moron (I like that :) hasn't had the privelege of higher education. He doesn't even
know what he's talking about. What he's talking about is Gremlins 1 and 2; where tiny creatures
that inhabit college campuses only infiltrate your child's brain and turn them into naughty free-thinking
individuals who can decide for themselves what direction their life should take.
Who taught this bloke how to talk anyway? I think he's creepy. Makes my skin crawl. I can't put
my finger on it, but there's something off with that man.
Notice, too, how he says "support your wife/children." Nothing about women working either. I bet
he sits in his room at Bethel watching reruns of Leave it to Beaver while making notes for his talks.
Just sayin... :)
