not too surprising, since it was sunday.. it started early though... at the local restaurant/coffee shop where i go on the weekends.
i usually sit at the counter, and drink coffee and look over my trade journals and scribble notes on my latest projects.. while there, a couple came in and sat at the counter.
i know that they are jws (in the past, they used to bring in their 'text' and read it there), and know that they must have a 10am meeting.
They left around 9:35am.I think that it may take them about 10 minutes to get to the local KH (which is near where I live), so they get there just in time to sit and sing.
Getting there 15 minutes early is just in time to sit and sing? GEEZ how early did YOU used to get there?
well a few actually......so i'm sitting in the we'redumb hall today, and the core of the topic is recognizing gods qualities through jesus actions and also how jesus spent eons of time with god learning what his father does.
i gotta question: what purpose does that serve?
is god preparing jesus to do something that he himself is tired of or is no longer able to do?
Just popped in to point out that I am enough of a nerd to know exactly which ST:TNG episode you're talking about.
what really frustrates me, is that so many witnesses get caught up in huge worldwide events such as disasters, wars e.t.c that they fail to see that man isn't inheritantly bad, and that there are good individuals in this world who aren't part of the watchtower clique.
i find myself feeling pity for the witnesses, who wake up to a world on edge rather than a day that could potentially be their best.
many of them have ceased to try in their lives, unwilling to pursue education and even a family because they are waiting for their future which is forever just around the corner.
I like your analogy, Gregor.
my sister told me once she likes to "police" people, that it was sort of a game she liked to play.
she is true to her word, she does just that.
always seeking the negative, rarely acknowledging positive...anything.. is this common among witnesses?
My ex-husband was a very large man. We had to sit with an empty chair between us. One day at a crowded meeting, a brother wanted to sit in our four-chair row. Rather than be stuck sitting next to this brother, my husband suggested I go sit up front with my mother and my brother who was visiting from out of town. So I did.
We weren't having marital problems yet at this point. I stood talking with him both before and after the meeting. But I got hauled in front of the elders later and chewed out for not sitting with my husband. And it started a whole slew of gossip about me that tormented me for the next year and a half that I was in.
i have not been to a meeting this year.
yet i was invited to a witness "gathering" through my wife and kids.. i really don't want to go.. however, if my reason for not going is because of someones religion, i am really no different than they are.. guess i need to go based on principal.. i won't change my mind, but am interested in your take on this situation.. .
oompa, just don't make the mistake of going to any "parties".
i bet a lot of others have, and its strange how so many are powerless to do anything.. one sister i know was married to another jw.
he was unfaithful, she was crushed, he wasn't disfellowshipped, she forgave him, he was cruel, finally she committed adultery to get out of it.
they divorced.
As a Witness, you know that very few people are going to be acceptable to God. Even within the congregation, you know there will be those who will fall away from the faith and won't make it through Armageddon. It becomes important to measure yourself against those surrounding you. Somebody has to be saved, and if you are better than all the people you know, it might as well be you. So it helps to look for the negative and put people down and get them in trouble. Your chances of getting into the new system go up.
i bet a lot of others have, and its strange how so many are powerless to do anything.. one sister i know was married to another jw.
he was unfaithful, she was crushed, he wasn't disfellowshipped, she forgave him, he was cruel, finally she committed adultery to get out of it.
they divorced.
They use their STRONG PERSONALITY to intimidate those that are trying to be "obedient" to the Organization and be "humble." They imply that they are the spiritual ones, when in reality, they are just the loud, pushy ones who derive joy from controlling others.
Hell yes, I know these people! They are almost always sisters. These sisters have a strong desire for power and this is the only way they can get it. I hated themwhen I was a kid. My mother was an introvert, yet somehow she always ended up friends with these nasty people.
inspired by another thread.. i was baptized at 12 years old.
i had a cousin, two years older than me, who was prettier, more outgoing and more popular in the hall than i was.
i couldn't beat her at any of that stuff, but i figured i could be a better jw than she was.
homeschool, so did the Mustang work out?
a friend of mine is looking to get a baptism annulment.
this person da a few years ago and certain family member suggested a baptism annulment so that they can have a "normal" relationship.
how does this work?
The only time I've heard of a baptism being anulled is in the case of a person who was either still engaging in wrongdoing at time of baptism, or not in control of their faculties at time of baptism. I knew a guy who had to get baptized a second time because he was high the first.
cbs sunday morning news often has inspirational stories.
here was one about a family that came from poverty and was inspired to send everyone to college- everyone in the family:.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/24/assignment_america/main5187096.shtml?tag=contentmain;contentbody.
It's not about winning the battles, it's about winning the war. It's all right to strategically let some things go.
