my wife received an email from her friend, a jw.
i suppose it is just a small thing but it highlights one of the things that really pisses me off about the jw religion.. after talking about some situation she comments:.
"i know it's always hard work in this system, totally rubbish.
"I know it's always hard work in this system, totally rubbish. We're all in it together I guess."
You have to love that viewpoint - no wonder 75% of the congregation is miserable and on anti-depressants.
I was watching the history channel the other day about medivial England. Now those were horrible living conditions. People today should be grateful for the quality of life most of us have. Too bad the WT makes it so that Witnesses cant see the forest through the trees!
"you would make a good pioneer!".
1. how did one sister feel about her pioneer ministry?.
1 "i could not have found any other work that could have brought me as much contentment or could have been so spiritually rewarding.
LOL!!
You are breathing and baptized - you would make a good pioneer!!
"I could not have found any other work that could have brought me as much contentment or could have been so spiritually rewarding."
Is she talking about her window washing business or pioneering?
assimilate by skinny puppy!.
my buddy and i were going through our old industrial music tunes and i started cracking up when i thought of the words:.
rot and assimilate.
Assimilate by Skinny Puppy!
My buddy and i were going through our old industrial music tunes and I started cracking up when i thought of the words:
ROT and ASSIMILATE
TOO HOT TO ANNIHILATE
i loved this guys vocals!
i am so sad to hear of his passing.. ronnie james dio: an appreciation.
R.I.P. DIO!
He was awesome.......
yes witness theology claims that 2 people {regardless of sex} left alone in a room will start bonking.....does this happen all the time in real life???
maybe in a penthouse magazine!
i have never heard of two people say, stuck in an elevator or broken down bus getting so hot and bothered that they start bonking....it's completly nuts.
How could you pass up the opportunity?
Aerosmith:
Love in an Elevator - Livin' it up while I'm going down!
a "spiritual leader" tells his followers the must put on rebok running shoes and "drink the cool-aid" to join a ufo in the tail of a comet and "go to a better world" so, afew dozen young people do just that to get "beamed up" to the mothership.
heavens gate cult 1990's.. my mother says "she is faithful to the organisation till her death" which makes me wonder if they ordered a mass suicide like the reverend jim jones did to escape a "great tribulation"....how many witnesses would really drink the cool-aid?...
without a gun pointed at their head of course!.
I think a suprisingly large number would, but certainly not the majority.
That would be too far out there for most of them.
On the other hand, thousands of JW's were willing to sell all of their possessions and walk away from businesses and jobs in the pre-1975 era.
The Society's word is GOD for so many of those people - so who knows?
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/05/117_65498.html.
Maybe the evil DRAGON will help them out before he turns on false religion.........
She was a legend!
Another amazing black american who endured so much BS with class and dignity......
randy and i have been discussing a daily column briefly focusing on recovery issues for ex-jws.
i am very pleased to announce our plans to work together on this endeavor.. monday to friday i will have a new column posted on the front page - (right side of the page and scroll down).
http://www.freeminds.org/ .
Randy and Lee,
You are both amazing - I love your work and insights.
There is a flood of Witnesses ready to come out.
Randy,
I feel like something big is ready to happen again that will open the door so we can get more of our loved ones out of that miserable organization.
The recent WT articles are getting "over the top" even by JW standards. I think anyone who is not "hard core" must be bothered.
The new "Generation" teaching should be an outrage to any logical human - even a zealous JW.
One of my family members keeps hanging on, thinking Jah is going to "clean the organization out" of all of the bad seeds.
I keep telling her that if he does that, there would be very few in leadership positions left. Most of the sincere and kind elders have resigned in my area.
I am so thrilled that you both continue to "pay it forward".
on freeminds.org, randy w wrote this about himself:.
even as a strict jehovahs witness for eight years, i never once shunned or failed to speak to a disfellowshipped person.
it is simply cruel.
1) Listening to Ozzy, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Metallica
2) Watching Rated R Movies (especially Arnold and Stallone movies)
3) Went out of my way to greet DF'ed people
4) Lip-Synched to the stupid songs at the Kingdom Hall
5) Never turned in an accurate Field Service slip (heavily padded)
6) Skipped lots of meetings for sporting events and concerts
7) Had "worldly" best-buddies almost my entire life - my closest friends were seldom at the hall. The 2 that were both left - and remained like family to me, even though they were branded evil apostates.
8) Owned several SMURFS
9) Believed that E.T. was the messiah with his healing powers and ability to rise from the dead ( I digress!)
