some facts that make the difference between you and me:.
1 - as a person raised by non jw family, my parents have never loved me based on conditions set out by a group of old men who they don't even know.
how does it feel to know that you are in the unique situation where your parents brought you into the world and said 'i'll show love to you.
What a great thread!!!! The Witchtower Bable and Trick Society stole my childhood away. Being made fun of by my school mates for going from door to door. The Watchtower took away my Christmas, birthday, and fun vacations which were replaced by going to district conventions sitting in the hot sun for a week. I became a loner and did not go to college because the end was just around the corner. That was in 1965. One hell of a corner!!!
Sour Grapes
last saturday i sat through the one day assembly and i waited for the anticipated accounts report.
for one day the costs were $10,000.
even my wife questioned why the costs are so high and why don't they give a break down on the costs?
At least three times it was mentioned that brothers should not be working at jobs that make them miss meetings and that it is better to trust in Jehovah and the generosity of the congregation.
The circus overseer also talked about the need to merge congregations to preserve dedicated funds and what attitude will we have if you are asked to drive further to worship Jehovah?
Oh. the growth of God's organization!
last saturday i sat through the one day assembly and i waited for the anticipated accounts report.
for one day the costs were $10,000.
even my wife questioned why the costs are so high and why don't they give a break down on the costs?
Last Saturday I sat through the one day assembly and I waited for the anticipated accounts report. For one day the costs were $10,000. Even my wife questioned why the costs are so high and why don't they give a break down on the costs? She said that there is another assembly tomorrow and will they have the same costs? Then it hit me. I could tell the friends are thinking about where are there $10,000 in expenses. I remember when we had two-day assemblies the costs were around $12,000. By having one-day assemblies and charging $10,000 each, they pick up an additional $8,000 a weekend or $32,000 per month. A pretty good scam.
Sour Grapes
this notice is not official yet and it should be confidential until released thru the proper channels.
a friend of mine told me about a huge elders meeting in southern california.
the subject was the relocation and dissolution of some congregations; it seems that this is the result of some project that has been going on for some time and is going to be implemented right now.. please let me know if this is happening all over the country?.
My brother told me about two congregations south of him in Youngstown, Ohio being dissolved. The South and Central Congregations are done and the elders are being sprinkled around to other congregations. Oh, the growth taking place. Jah is speeding up the work! The surviving local congregations will see more at the meetings. Proof that the end is near.
Sour Grapes
"if you are a young person you need to face the fact you will never grow old in this system of things.. why not?
because all the evidence in fulfilment of bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years...as a young person you will never fulfil any career that this system offers".
may 22 awake!
"if you are a young person you need to face the fact you will never grow old in this system of things.. why not?
because all the evidence in fulfilment of bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years...as a young person you will never fulfil any career that this system offers".
may 22 awake!
May we have a moment of silence for those who thought they would not pass away and hop and skip right into paradise after the great tribulation that was ever so close!
ok so this week's wt study article is entitled "why must we keep on the watch?"..
it is filled with statements on the importance of "being watchful" for the beginning of the "great tribulation".
paragraph 2: “keep looking, keep awake, for you do not know when the appointed time is.”after that, jesus admonished them repeatedly: “keep on the watch.”.
LeaveThePlayingField,
Yes, I am sour grapes for having my childhood taken away from me. I hated being mocked and being made fun of for being one of those Jehova's in elementary school. Then to top it off was being talked out of taking a two year medical field education after high school because the end was so close and it will not be needed in Paradise.
I know that I was lied to and now the liers are starting all over again with the new ones. How stupid can people be. We only have one life to life and millions are now more than happy to let the Gibbering Booty tell them how to live, where to live, what to watch, what to wear, wear to go, what to drink, and of course what married couples can and can't do in thier bedroom.
Sour Grapes
ok so this week's wt study article is entitled "why must we keep on the watch?"..
it is filled with statements on the importance of "being watchful" for the beginning of the "great tribulation".
paragraph 2: “keep looking, keep awake, for you do not know when the appointed time is.”after that, jesus admonished them repeatedly: “keep on the watch.”.
The elders told me that the end was so close that I would not graduate from high school which I did in 1965. Now I am pushing 70 years of age and will join my mother and grandmother in the grave who thought that they too would not die.
I know who said the first lie in the Garden of Eden "you will not die," and I knew who continued the lie in the pages of the Watchtower.
i sat in town recently, right in the window of a nice wee pub.
within minutes i realised that i had a perfect view of a jw cart and the two ridiculously dressed jw's (they have absolutely no individuality at all.
what's more, they all look like they're going to a funeral).
It is all about putting hours on a time slip. If the Gibbering Booty said "Friends, there is no longer a requirement to count hours when you go in service," the bottom would fall out of the "life saving" work in about 3 months.
What is completely absurd, crazy and stupid is the Witlesses think they have a life giving message that must be given because the end is so sooooooon. If a Witness saw smoke coming out of his neighbors house would he stand outside his house sipping on a latte with a sign that says, "Neighbor, your house is on fire."
Those minding the carts...do they believe that all those walking by will be destroyed at Armageddon? Then why not go up to the passerbys and give them a warning message? Why not engage people in conversation. Why goes stand there advertising for Starbucks or updating Facebook, or telling the latest gossip in the Kingdam Hulls? Because they don't really believe it and it is just putting in hours which is much easier than going door to door where you may actually have to talk to someone if you knock on the door too loud.
Sour Grapes
when the co is visiting, i think i hear "thank you , jehovah, for this special week of activity" until i want to vomit.. also "jehovah, please remember those sick and afflicted.
we pray that they can make a recovery and be back with us.".
stale, canned, institutionalized garble.
Some prayers were so long I did not say amen, I said the end.
