i am posting to ask this group of wonderful people to help my friend who is with me now.
we are discussing her serious doubts and the barriers she is facing as the wife of an elder with small children.
she is desperately looking for help to pull away without causing dissention in her otherwise very good marriage.
I would also suggest she settle in for the long haul
She will be unlikely to wake up her husband in a month. This would have to be a well planned exit, starting with self education and months of planning. Then the dropping little bits and asking the awkward questions gently gently.
that would be my approach at any rate...I wish your friend well, she is in a good place here, the advice i got when i joined was huge in helping me reach my teenagers with TTATT
Oz
an insider at bethel has confirmed that there will be a new book released this summer at the district assemblies.
the society is using some new technology called "current light.
" it allows them to print the book with certain parts in permanant ink (as has been historically used) while other parts of the book have erasable ink.. as i understand it, sentences that begin with words such as "evidently, apparently, obviously, it appears that, likely, clearly, doubtless" and numerous other phrases will be in a slightly different font so that the "current light" sentences can be easily changed when needed.. for example:.
read 1984 big brother
Winston worked in the department that constantly updated the media so that it always reflected current truth
I am sure the story is not lost on the WT
Oz
where can i plug in my i-pod to read my downloaded publications ?
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''look i am happy to be ressurected, but...where is my penis''?
oz
52 degrees celsius is 125.6 degrees fahrenheit.
that's hot no matter how you measure it.. where i used to live in the desert we had about two weeks every year with temps over 120 degrees f. i once experienced walking in 128 degree weather.
not good for humans at all.. i hope the weather cools soon -- that is hot enough to keep wild fires burning for a long time, hot enough to kill people.
Crikey!
I thought 47 degreec Celsius where i am was hot...felt like i might spontaneously combust when i was walking around in it.
Oz
i was sitting at the computer reading posts at jw.net when the spousal unit told me she got me something special.. .
"you're really going to like these cookies.
" then she put the plate in front of me.. .
Hey!
I though my household was the only one that called each other 'spousal unit'!!
I also get called 'husband unit'
oz
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102013047 .
wow talk about a way to push your garbage.
i can see it now the wbts is going to start taking their web pages down when people with open minds start picking apart what they write and openly publish for all to have this is only going to get better.
That article has little to do with the robot and ball catching, thats just a typical JWism illustration...
the real message is that a so called scientist, an acedemic guy, was so impressed by the research that went into the creation book that he sold his life to the WT
THAT is the message for all the less educated JWs...you don't have to look up and check all the quotes, this guy didnt and he's SMARTER than you.
just beleive
oz
might be 9 months old but jesus...aint nobody got time for that.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh7ugaprdpm.
Bump coz everybody needa good laugh!
Everybody got time for that!
That boy in the quior got lips remind me of Bubba in Forest Gump...better tuck that in boy or it'll get shot off...
oz
we recently told a good friend that we haven't seen in awhile that we are no longer jw's.
she is like a sister to me but is on the verge of shunning us because when she asked me why we left the org.....i told her and she didn't like what she was hearing.
she said she felt that her faith was being challenged.
Ok
thats a long email but it deserves a short reply because you will not 'reach' her.
"Dear ----------, please explain why we cannot be friends just because i do not believe in the exact same carbon copy of belief system as you. Only one thing is important here, our friendship. Are you prepared to shun us because we see things differently? Show us where in the bible it says to do that."
oz
might be 9 months old but jesus...aint nobody got time for that.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh7ugaprdpm.
might be 9 months old but jesus...aint nobody got time for that...
so i was having an interesting thought the other night -- albeit probably not original, but interesting.
what would be accomplished if thousands of us banded together and held a huge protest of the issue of shunning family right behind the governing body's headquarters (25 columbia heights) in brooklyn bridge park?
the shunning of non-believing family is a strong issue that i'm sure everyone of us could get behind 100%.
The protest would have no effect on the WT or the JWs in Bethel or Brooklyn
The major target of protest would be to reach the public so they know just how horrid the religion is.
As for changing the policy, that won't happen until it hurts them in the courts, then 'newlight' may well flash on that issue.
Oz
