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11-12 fear jehovah, the hearer of prayer ***.
a restricted privilege.
Since they are the only ones that God talks to, it kind of makes sense that they are the only ones who can talk to him. Makes sense in a jw kind of way, that is.
God's only channel of communication? Can't get a prophecy or a date right in over 100 years. The GB couldn't predict a pimple on their own ass after they see the red bump forming.
is anyone else here snowed in?
i'm going crazy here.
i haven't been able to get to work all week.
In Maryland we had 30" a few days ago, just got dug out and another 24" last night & today. Now 30 - 40 mph winds to blow everything shut again. Where is the end of this system? I think I'm ready for it.
LOL Spawn, my thoughts exactly.
the theme for the 2010 district convention of jehovah's witnesses is "remain close to jehovah".
this can be verified by looking at the printed edition of the march 1, 2010 watchtower..
Remain mindless zombies so you can not see that we are lying to you and taking your money and lives.
recently the father of one of my old jw friend's father, who was a holocaust survivor, died.....he was a devout jw but hated the bethel hierarchy and the pharisism in the watchtower, openly disagreed with published positions and defied the eldership.. he once lamented to me that the people who wanted his information and memorabilia from the nazi concentration camp "are apostate makers, teaching people to hate jehober and his organ....ization".....and "i will never get the stuff back".
anyway, you all know how jw funerals work.
they usually take weeks in order to schedule and drum up enough support to make it "an occasion".. although not always the case, the funeral is more or less an infomercial where the jw's use the time to further indoctrinate their unique beliefs.
They are experts at blowing their own horn. Shameless.
being that my husband is still going to most of the meetings, i tied into the meeting sunday to see what the co had to say on his last day at the hall.
one thing i found interesting is that we may die in this system.
he said when he first learned the "truth" he just knew for sure that the system would end before he was baptized and he was so stressed out from it.
Yes the end didn't come for granny, for me, for my children, but follow our stupid example, show how much faith you have. How can you change the story now? You have got to keep the cash flow going.
not to "hijack" dogpatch's recent thread, but the experience he relayed in the above topic struck a nerve and i was curious for more input.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/188715/1/my-aunts-funeral-at-the-kingdom-hall.
if there is ever a time when a shred of human dignity and compassion is deserved, it is at a funeral.. i am appalled by the way disfellowshipped individuals are treated, but especially at witness funerals.. the flesh and blood relatives have the right to be there if they choose.
if you are a witness and you are offended by a disfellowshipped person attending, dont let the door hit you in the @$$ on the way out.
Jw's known for showing love to others??? Only true Christians??? Their supposed model, Jesus, showed love to beggers, tax collectors, harlots. Do you think he would demand a DF'ed person to leave a family members funeral?
on monday night i ended in hospital with kidney stones (5th time) this ones plagued me for the last 2-3 years.. i recieved all the necessary pain killers to settle things down, so i was comfotable most of tuesday.
tuesday night the specialists came to see me, & they asked about me being a jw and would i still refuse a blood transfusion.. immediatley i said no to being a jw & yes to a blood transfusion, i had been wonderng for sometime what would be my awnser be, & how quick i would responde to these questions, so now i know.. by the way there was alot relief on the faces of the specialist when i answered this way.. they have only so far put a stent in to relieve the pressure from the stone blocking the kidney, further treatment to come but could be some months away.. so anyway i'm still in hospital, thank god for netbooks & wireless broadband, i go home 2moro.. just thought i would share what i've been through these last couple of days, & to say i really am feeling like i'm now free of the borg.. kevin.
Best wishes on your recovery, I've known several people who have had them. I wouldn't wish that on even the most zealous jw. Congrats on your quick answer also, nice to know that you value life now, isn't it?
i couldn't resist posting this good story from cynthia hampton.
http://www.freeminds.org/sociology/women/my-aunt-s-funeral-at-the-kingdom-hall.html.
randy.
Jamie Bowers - My jw mom turned her own fellow jw sister in to the elders for allowing her df'd kids to attend a family gathering at her home after the funeral of an uncle who wasn't even a jw.
The funniest thing of all was that her DF'ed son who all the trouble was about owned the house that they has the dinner at. His mother signed it over to him several years before because out of 11 children, he, the terrible DF'ed son, was the only one to help her with maintenance, lawn mowing, ect. Everyone knew that he owned it, but her sister and her own son went to the elders to complain. What a bunch of assholes!
hey everyone, so i finally finished the video that i was asking for clips of.
(it got whacked right away from wmg but luckily the song is actually a re-mix that i made yay so i can dispute it).
so here's the video, hope you all enjoy..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x329f9davbo.
If you didn't spend so much time in the tub and practicing guitar you'd have more time for service.
I liked the Bill Murry parts, good movie.
