yes slacks and pants on women are evil.....the first step to wanting to be elders or even worse lesbians!
so the watchtower in it's wisdom put a strict bad on women wearing pants at meetings, even in siberia or alaska where it is freezing cold....i qoute the governing body who said: "we need to show these sisters who wears the pants in our congregations...literally.".
in the 70's when it was all the rage, my mum tried wearing slacks to the hall....."go and get changed" said the sister who studied with her.
They say it's because it reflects well on Jehovah's name, but it's really about control, control, control. I really think the old guys get off on being able to control women especially.
And to the point on the impression it makes on 'worldly' people, once I stopped at an elderly relative's house after service with my young daughter. We were both wearing skirts. My relative, who was a church-going, conservative type person, remarked "You're dressed up all the time. You look ridiculous".
did anyone have to cancel a vacation trip because it was on co visit week?
i still don't get why the co visit was as if god himself was in town.
is it kinda like if the pope were to visit with catholics?.
This is a little off topic since he wasn't a CO, but once many years ago when we were raising children we had a 'special' speaker from Bethel come and give a talk. We were asked to take him to dinner. He and his wife ordered drinks and both ordered the most expensive meal on the menu. I almost fell over. Never again!
did anyone have to cancel a vacation trip because it was on co visit week?
i still don't get why the co visit was as if god himself was in town.
is it kinda like if the pope were to visit with catholics?.
Snoozy, what a sad story, but so typical. It sounds so unbelievable that your husband wouldn't have been a priority at that time, but only those of us who are, or were, in can understand the mentality at work here. I'm so sorry for your loss.
did anyone have to cancel a vacation trip because it was on co visit week?
i still don't get why the co visit was as if god himself was in town.
is it kinda like if the pope were to visit with catholics?.
One time my husband, who is generally a conscientious driver, was so freaked out that we would be late for the meeting when we had the CO he was racing to the meeting and got a speeding ticket. I couldn't help thinking, was it worth it? The goofball CO never even gave us the time of day.
In general, though, it's really gross to see all the men chasing after titles on their best behavior that week. And all the elders suddenly slapping backs and shaking hands with people they normally would walk right on by. It's politics at its best.
below is my jw friend's "proof" that the wt is god's only organisation and mouthpiece on earth.
he has yet to reinforce his strange story by biblical text or the church fathers or any historical evidence.. please, suggest how i may respond to his assertion.
i believe that this is the fundamental doctrine of the 'borg' and the one on which wt credibility rests.. thank you.. .
Going along with what Heaven said about how the Bible can be used anyway anyone wants to, and especially since Revelation is symbolic, any nutcase can come along and say he (or they) fulfill those scriptures. And many nutcases have! How many crazy fringe cults have started because someone says they fulfill some scripture and then they get a following. It's scary.
did it ever bother any of you that you and your family were talked about to the co during the elders meeting with him?
and for those who have been elders, my question is: how much do they tell him?
for some reason, it has always bothered me that this man, who is a complete stranger really, is informed of family or personal situations through the lense of elder's opinions.
Thanks all. This is just one of the those things about this religion that always made me uncomfortable, even when I was a firm believer. To think that a person's 'sprituality' is being reported on and evaluated by a group of men behind closed doors, is just creepy I always wondered when talking to the CO what he thinks he knows about me and my family.
did it ever bother any of you that you and your family were talked about to the co during the elders meeting with him?
and for those who have been elders, my question is: how much do they tell him?
for some reason, it has always bothered me that this man, who is a complete stranger really, is informed of family or personal situations through the lense of elder's opinions.
Did it ever bother any of you that you and your family were talked about to the CO during the elders meeting with him? And for those who have been elders, my question is: how much do they tell him? For some reason, it has always bothered me that this man, who is a complete stranger really, is informed of family or personal situations through the lense of elder's opinions. It feels like condoned gossip to me. Just another one of those icky things about this religion.
http://strausnews.com/articles/2010/02/11/warwick_advertiser/news/3.txt.
Thanks Blondie...I'll do that next time.
Griffin, the Patterson town supervisor, also asked the order to not canvass in town and, he said, the Witnesses have complied with that request 100 percent.
Does this mean they do no door-to-door work in Patterson? How can they agree to this? What about the 'life-saving' message? Aren't there JW's in banned countries who are risking their lives so as not to be 'bloodguilty' by not preaching the message. But they agree not to do that in a whole town so that they can develop real estate and not pay property taxes! Is that what this means???
reading tmj4477's thread about religion after jw's and reading perry trying to counter ak-jeff on a thread about god and suffering, both of these made me want to post some eastern thought that doesn't fall into the category of "religious" but might help nonetheless.. .
excerpt from the wisdom of no escape (with subtitle: and the path of loving-kindness).
chapter 8: no such thing as a true storyin taoism there's a famous saying that goes, "the tao that can be spoken is not the ultimate tao.
Me too, wildflower. The Tao has so much wisdom, some of which can be found in the Bible as well, but minus the fairy tales and gory history.
Thanks so much for posting this, OTWO. I thoroughly enjoyed it. And, Burn the Ships, I enjoyed your posting too. I continue to learn from this board all the time. I have done more thinking, and soul searching, from reading this board, than I ever did in my over 30 years as a Witness.
http://strausnews.com/articles/2010/02/11/warwick_advertiser/news/3.txt.
Wildflower, it's because it helps their image. They get good PR for disaster relief. Would those same food supplies be offered to local brothers and sisters who are in need because of lack of employment, ill health, or some unfortunate circumstance. I have never know the organization itself to do anything for the poor among its members. But when there are headline making events, they open their wallets (a little).
