personal growth.
most people are angry at themselves for not seeing it sooner and they just blame the wtbs.
if it was not them there would be something else that 'filled their need' and would have ensnared them.
Simple, with logic like that, you could empty the mental wards. Just tell them their delusions are all in their heads.
I could see your point as far as whining without action does not accomplish much. I happen to believe there are JW's who are considering the leap of faith out of the organization that browse this site. I mean to give them some food for thought.
" "we're alive!
" i said, "we're alive!
everybody was doing the same thing, hugging and dancing in circles.
Every time I sit in a restauraunt with my honey when he brings up the glories of post-Armageddon earth, I take inventory. How many implements at the table would survive without the infrastructure of civilization? Six million witnesses with experience in door-to-door work, window washing, and convention organizing just couldn't pull it off. As Gopher already pointed out, oil and gasoline would not last long.
Back to the table at the restauraunt. The straw. Would the straw make it? Not without a plastics industry. Plastics is supported by the oil industry. Refineries, millions of miles of piping, truckers, retailers, etc. etc. OK, scratch the plastic straw. How about a paper one? Darn. Need a paper industry first. And a wax factory. And a machine that rolls the paper in to little rolls and makes it waterproof. Not to mention the network of truckers and retailers to get the straw from machine to my hand. OK, scratch a manufactured straw. The women could build each straw by hand. But they still need the paper. Who is going to transport paper to them? Boy, if the women spend all their time building straws, how is everything else gonna get done? Children have idle hands. Let them build the straws. Ooops. Can't do that. I am pretty sure Jehovah is against child labour.
Every time I see a post-armageddon picture, my mind wanders the convoluted path of how in the heck did that get there? Ice cubes, for instance. One needs a freezer, which means electricity and freon or one of the more environmentally acceptable alternatives. Or else they do it like in past and cut out blocks of river ice and store them underground. But those simple cubes of ice would then be worth their weight of gold, more valuable keeping food fresh than chipped for use in a drink. Cutting them up in to cute little cubes would be quite the chore, too. I would expect the adult's hands to be a little more calloused if they had spent the morning chipping ice cubes.
false accusations hurt.
false accusations do damage.
false accusations are more than just silly, they are ugly and malicious.
The accusations I have faced in the past were not that severe. I can outlast lies. One of the nice things about getting older.
I suspect a co-worker spread the rumor that I was dyeing my hair. No biggie, except that I never have, and I kept telling people that it was my natural hair colour when asked. People were giving me weird looks, and I was wondering why I was getting so many questions about my hair colour. It has been over seven years, and the roots are yet to show! I have a lot of trouble respecting that co-worker to this day. Especially since I have had to go in and clean up her messes at a few work locations.
You know what? I get along fantastically with the people who know me well; my staff, my bosses, and my colleagues. I sincerely care about them, and it shows. They know I am genuine.
My advice? Stand tall.
just a brief note here.
looks like kat_newmas won't be around here for an indefinite period of time
i found his presence and input to the forum: welcoming, invigorating, upbeat and positive.
Please elaborate.
just a brief note here.
looks like kat_newmas won't be around here for an indefinite period of time
i found his presence and input to the forum: welcoming, invigorating, upbeat and positive.
What?????
http://www.wwvisions.com/craftbb/yardart/2283.html
This link was posted long before Kat came here, and seems to indicate he has a life beyond the board (good thing, too). Kat says, though he is not a JW, he doesn't celebrate any holidays, but he does get paid very well to paint things like this. He does not want to cause any undue strain with his family.
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how often did they tell us that we should at least once read the whole bible from cover to cover.. i never did that, why, because i was overloaded with meetings and field service, and my job.. did you??
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Never-JW here. I have been through the bible twice. The Psalms and Proverbs four times. You know, us slackers in Christendom with all that time on our hands for personal study....
P.S. I have no interest in visiting Leviticus again in this lifetime.
the quote below was on another thread but i was afraid it would get lost.. "as a side note - if anyone can help me and tell me how to broach the subject of my drifting away to my youngest son, i would be so grateful.. what do i tell him?
he asks why i don't go to meetings any more.
he is so concerned and thinks i am in danger of dying at armageddon.
*Ahem* this child is 20 years old...
just a brief note here.
looks like kat_newmas won't be around here for an indefinite period of time
i found his presence and input to the forum: welcoming, invigorating, upbeat and positive.
Yeah, I miss Kat too. I hope he comes back and the intimidator is found out.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/9/46969/684562/post.ashx#684562
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well this is just plain depressing :( can't believe stuff like this still happens..
I am pretty sure a rejected organ is in no shape to be re-donated. That is the whole thing about rejection; the organs come under attack by the host body. I did notice this quote,
"This was a tragic error, and we accept responsibility for our part," said Dr. William Fulkerson
Wouldn't it be lovely if we heard these same words from the GB for their errors in judgement?
Nothing but a Rat? Bite your tongue! Rats are intelligent, sociable animals.
