so one of my best friends has been dfed for many years.
his invalid grandmother slipped into a coma is likely to pass away soon.
he went to the hospital to see her before her time.
The elder uncle said "if you were in good standing, you would have all of your friends to help you through this difficult time".
What the elder uncle really meant. "If you were still in this mind destructive cult, you would have all of us assholes to help you through this difficult time."
"that which can be asserted without evidence, can.
be dismissed without evidence.
" - christopher hitchens.
Welcome, Enjoyed your story.
if i became a circuit overseer, think she'd give me a chance?.
it aint fair somedays!.
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Damn.....That girl LOOKS GOOD!!
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unlike god's word, that jws believe to be absolute truth, any one of their directives given at the 2013 district convention could be subject to misinterpretation.. .
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Oh to be a heckler in the audience during THAT particular talk hee hee
LOL Wish someone would put the Speaker-Preferrably a GB member- on blast when they give the Apostate talk. Kind of like Richard Pryor in "Which Way is up". Though it would be about the GB lies.
anyone else get really mad sometimes about the fact that we missed out on proms, dances, sports games, being in sports, being in band, being in clubs, or going to college, or even getting good grades since armageddon was always "right around the corner"?
even if i went to college this year (at age 28), i'd be 10 years behind everyone my age!
i'm still going to go back but i feel so upset sometimes how far behind my peers i am in just about everything, including in the working world, where i am an entry-level employee with only a high school diploma (thankfully i didn't quit school to pioneer!!
Yes, unfortunately I do. It's the thing that you'll never be able to escape, no matter how far you get in life. Julia gave some good advice but we are humans, and the past stays with you. You can learn from it and help others that may be in the same situation. Overlooking it is MORE difficult than you can tell yourself otherwise. You can go sometime with ignoring your past in the cult but being around people who've never been, they'll constantly remind you of their memories of doing NORMAL things in their childhood and adolescence. Just try to be positive and work hard to get where you want to be. That's my advice..
i'm curious, what can you expect to hear from jws this week?
or have you heard anything already.
since awakening, i find it to be hilarious when jws badmouth catholics and the pope but are completely oblivious to how hypocritical they are considering the gb and other wt heavyweights..
So true about the JW's being hypocrites. So much criticism about the Catholic's system of hierarchy, when they have the SAME type of system. They say that the Pope is treated like a God and WORSHIPPED by the members. Funny thing is, if ANY one of the GB members came to their hall for a visit, they would be all big eyed and would cater to WHATEVER the GB member would want! So what's the difference with the Pope having a parade with public appearances and the JW's licking the shoes and arse of a GB visit?
ok so a big part of the wt corporation ideological structure is the invention of the issue before all creation being "universal sovereignty".. the story goes like this very basically:.
for untold years jehovah's soverneignty was never challenged, then after so many millions of years jehovahs started his earthly creation with adam&eve being the culmination of that work.
soon afterwards satan seduces eve to disobey jehovah and thus we have the very first act of disobedience satan slanders god by telling eve god is selfish as to the reason he forbids eating this other wise nice looking fruit adam joins his wife in the rebellion.. god in his infinite wisdom allows this rebellion because this was a challenge to his sovereingty and so he is allowing a reasonable amount of time to let mankind and angels see for themselves that his rulership is better that satan's.. so basically it is like a bet he has with satan or who's rulership is best, and he's allowing time to prove his is far superior.. well if you look at it logically it don't add up.. 1. if god is going to allow satan to prove his point about who's rulership is better why is he alway interfereing and interveining that's unfair.. 2. god goes on killing sprees of people man women and chilldren (not very smart for some trying to prove his rulership is better for people to follow.. 3. god show himself to be jealous (not a good trait for a ruler to endear himself to people).. 4. god's scare people to except his ruler ship.. and i have even more reason to show the whole idea is a made up sham..
This is the topic that had me thinking 3 years before I faded. I was working one night and I started to think about the situation in the Garden of Eden. I wondered how in the hell did Eve not question the snake enough before going back to God to confirm? Let alone Her asking HOW WAS THIS STINKING SNAKE TALKING IN THE FIRST PLACE? I was debating in my head for HOURS that night and at ONE point, I thought "Jehovah" was going to strike me down for questioning his rulership! I REALLY didn't get either, HOW ADAM did not confront Eve about taking and eating the fruit? Why he as the leader, not stop and go to God with the issue before eating?
These were the questions that crashed my mind that lonesome night in a warehouse.
that's right, a knife and a baby in close proximity.... .
http://www.jw.org/assets/m/ijw13fr/502013178/ijw13fr_id-502013178_e/502013178_e_cnt_1.pdf.
anything goes, so long as you're proving how "wise" king solomon was.. .
Nooooo way! That Org is KRAZZZZY!
i saw this today on youtube.
it's audio from a popular morning, new york radio show called the breakfast club.
one of the host, charlamagne tha god was raised a jw.
I saw this today on Youtube. It's audio from a popular morning, New York radio show called the Breakfast club. One of the host, Charlamagne tha God was raised a JW. His co-host, Angela Yee has this segment and he responds to a person's email about being in a relationship with a JW. Skip to 2:48 to hear it
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quicklist6:46pastor melissa scott teaching on women speaking in the church part 1 - husbands wives ...pastor melissa scott teaching on women speaking in the church part 1 - husbands wives ...pastor melissa scott teaches from the los angeles university cathedral.
this is one of five brief excerpts posted here drawn from her full, one ...7 months ago4,440 viewsinthebrokenplacespastor melissa scott teaching on women speaking in the church part 1 - husbands wives .... 6:46 august 05, 2009education.
Had to resurrect this thread. Been catching a little of Melissa Scott in the morning, since I work nights, and she is captivating. Even though I'm not really interested in Christianity right now. She reminds me of Dr. Quinn the Medicine Woman but hotter. Can't believe she used to be a Porn star. She's definitely not another charismatic preacher but more like a teacher
