me and my pioneer partner used to play a game while going door to door (we were obviously bored).
in our rural territory, we had a lot of time between doors to make things up, so various games evolved.
just about the naughtiest was to give your partner a word which they had to use at all costs in their presentation.. this started out as 'kingdom' and 'jesus' but soon became 'tractor', 'dog' and then even 'honda 250' and so on.
Joeshmoe, I did everything that you did!
I was an AUX pioneer during the summer when I wasn't in school. Once, I managed to conduct ten Bible studies in a weeks time. Only way to get the 60 hours was to go indoors in the hot Texas summers!
YoursChelbie
Edited by - YoursChelbie on 9 August 2002 14:9:29
i just wanted to tell all of you how very much you mean to me.
i want to especially thank my husband wild turkey, for finding this place and showing me the light.
he was so encouraging to me when i first came into this room.
But I guess I miss the feeling of going home again,,,, you know the feeling you get when you are loved no matter what. I know wild turkey feels the same way.
(((Dede)))
Your expressions sum up the way I feel too. Everybody needs to feel accepted. We can't express our views at the KH meetings that's for sure. The Dub idea of "encouragement" is sitting through a "Watchtower" study on Sundays. When we answer we are basically reading the information back to the conductor. WHAT A JOKE!
Ted J. will dance the macarena in drag before the KH meetings become a real discussion where we can express our doubts and questions.
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank some people with whom I've shared some fun with and who has made me feel welcome. I talk to you on chat---so you know who you are: Scootergirl, Dede, rocky, Gopher, ONACRUSE, Jesika, William Penwell, Prisca, hillbilly, Cowboy, Scully, DJ, Maximumflash, Oh I know I'm forgetting some names........(((You know who you are))))
YoursChelbie
Edited by - YoursChelbie on 9 August 2002 12:3:5
i have dated a non-active (from birth) jw off and on for the past 3 years and i have noticed that he is not very affectionate at all.
i'm wondering was it part of the upbringing?
could it be that since the relationships were shallow this never was an issue.. has anyone else experienced this.. very curious
Hi and Welcome!
I don't know how old "he" is but it would be helpful for you to get the JW thinking on the matter if you ask him to bring you the book "Questions Young People Ask--Answers That Work." Look up section 6 "Sex and Morals" and section 7 "Dating, Love and the Oppostite Sex." That pretty well sums up what young people in the JW cult are taught. That isn't to say that ALL people who are baptized JW adhere to it. Not by any stretch of the imagination. But some do, especially if their parents are JW and are strict. Getting married while you are a virgin is stressed a lot--for both men and women. Well I hope this info helps you better understand the mind set of the JW with regards to dating.
There's some nice people on this Forum, hope you continue to share your thoughts with us.
YoursChelbie
"The people I like here are worth the people I have to put up with." --WT
Edited by - YoursChelbie on 9 August 2002 10:30:11
i thought i'd hit it several times before...as i have been thru the divorce over the past couple of years...lost all my so-called friends...lost my belief in what i thought was the "truth"....and now my own loving daughter, being the good little dub she is has told me she doesn't want me to walk her down the aisle at her wedding.
she told me today at lunch.
i almost threw up.
So sorry to hear this is happening to you.
I can't imagine my children telling me anything like that.
(((Bonezz)))
I do hope she changes her mind. YOU are her DAD!
There are no words to express my dismay......
YoursChelbie
as the summer nears it's end and the parents hurry up to get the kiddies ready for back to school, i think of: "what get-away will i plan for next year?
" i didn't get to vacation this year but will most likely be vacationing somewhere far away from texas next summer.
any favorite vacation spots you might recommend?
As the Summer nears it's end and the parents hurry up to get the kiddies ready for back to school, I think of: "What get-away will I plan for next year?" I didn't get to vacation this year but will most likely be vacationing somewhere FAR AWAY from Texas next summer.
Any favorite vacation spots you might recommend?
What was your most memorable vacation?
Edited by - YoursChelbie on 8 August 2002 21:16:37
this is a controversial post because it relates to your personal grooming & dress.
problem: jr brown & watchtower have managed to create an image problem for bill bowen & silentlambs.
in jw land he isn't a victims advocate, he is simply a deceitful apostate.
Well of course:
Fight fire with fire. Beat them at their own game.
Take out those nice shirts--at least -- if you can't bear a tie and suit.
No one takes B. Spears seriously, so for the purposes of this event, let's not
dress like her.
YC
P.S. Great idea BTW
Edited by - YoursChelbie on 8 August 2002 18:44:44
Hi,
Welcome, only about 6 weeks "old" here. So I'll tell you there are many nice people to talk to.
"The People I like here are worth the people I have to put up with" --WT
YoursChelbie :)
have you read the jw zone thread on bill bowen?.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=33978&site=3.
i would like to hear your opinion.
Well, you cleverly managed to dodge my accusation of setting yourself in the place of God and judge people. Very manly of you little brother Bobby! So typical of self righteous "anointed" people LOL. When will you be a man and face up to the fact that YOU ARE NOT a witness to Jehovah but rather a witness of the Governing Body that you blindly support. Jehovah is not backing the way the issues of the pedophiles and UN are handled. I merely stated that it "doesn't matter what organization you belong to" to be sarcastic because that's how the GB THINK.
Let me tell you, my wife is plenty steamed too. She has had a couple of family members abused back in the '80s which we dealt with and ran itnto all kinds of crap from the brothers. So, yeah, I get it from all sides.
I'm not surprised.
"You get it from all sides"...... poor /youknow.
YoursChelbie
Edited by - YoursChelbie on 7 August 2002 19:47:59
have you read the jw zone thread on bill bowen?.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=33978&site=3.
i would like to hear your opinion.
But, the solution is that Christ and his angels are charged with removing all things that cause stumbling and all persons doing lawlessness. That indicates that we need a super human solution to the evils afflicting us.
SunshineToo, I'm familiar with the reasons you left the WTS. You ARE NOT an apostate in the sense that YOU KNOW refers to apostates; You DO NOT "use" the child abuse issue because you have any ulterior motives or for your own PERSONAL AGENDA. IT IS YOU KNOW Who needs the mercy of God. As well as people like him who knowingly continue to support an organization that has brought shame to God's name by its actions.
the Silentlambs are being exploited by apostates to further their ends
"YOU KNOW" uses the term apostate to refer to anyone who has left the WTS and uses the faults and crimes commited by the WTS for some "agenda." That's fine, Bobby is entitled to his OPINION.
I'm going to teach you something you don't know---without my head covered--- mr. YOU "KNOW": I have NO agenda, I am sick and disgusted by all the lies of the WTS which you so blindly support. I have been stumbled or however the Bible clearly explains it. I will never go back to affiliating myself with the WTS because there is NO HOLY SPIRIT THERE.
The other side of the coin is that the Watchtower has a lot to answer for, and the way child abuse has been handled is only a very small part of what ails the Watchtower Society. As one of Jehovah's Witnesses I fully expect and anticipate Jehovah's judgment to lay the Watchtower low.
Yes, you have that much right, the Watchtower and anyone who defends their wicked policies and "image is more important than children" agenda WILL BE LAID LOW.
Then each Witness will have to come to terms with the real issue, and not the phony ones presented before us by the Devil. The real issue will be whether we have faith in Jehovah God even when everything seems to be going wrong, when what we have been taught about the future appears to be all wrong.
AGAIN, this is what I've always believed, WE are each accountable to God, regardless of which organization we are associated with. I could sign up with the UN tomorrow and use the excuse that I only need to do so to get access to their library, God will not destroy me. Further, since Satan is father of the lie and if by YOUR OWN admission "what we have taught about the future appears to be all wrong" then I choose not to support the WTS lies.
That's when we will have to step up and provide an answer to Christ's somewhat disturbing question that he posed, saying: "When the Son of man arrives, will he really find the faith on the earth ?" I don't think the Watchtower is going to be there to offer much encouragment to the faithful to help them through, and I am sure Bill Bowen won't be anywhere to be found when Jehovah drops the hammer. / You Know
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ WRONG! You are now putting yourself in the place of God. Has your claim to be "anointed" mislead you into the sin of haughtiness so that you are now "qualified" to JUDGE? Be careful with yourself! You are walking on the edge of the cliff of BLASPHEMY.
/YoursChelbie
Edited by - YoursChelbie on 7 August 2002 22:21:47
7:30-too early to get up on a saturday morning but the co is visiting and i must show up to make our cong.
9:00 - arrive at kh, smile and say "good morning" to everyone (even though i'm still half asleep).
he visited had 69 people when he was there.
Hi and Welcome!
I had just about forgotten those horrible Field Service meetings! You're absolutely right in that the entire group tries to put on a "front" to impress the visiting overseer. Is everything in this cult done for appearances sake? Counting time is what I hated the most. I mean can you imagine Jesus filling out a time sheet? Or perhaps the apostles? The way the Borganization likes to micro-manage everything people do cannot be healthy.
Thanks for putting it in black and white. It's so good not to feel like a pre-programmed field service robot anymore.
YoursChelbie
Edited by - YoursChelbie on 7 August 2002 11:11:44
