at my place of business which i own, i have discovered that the local jw's have taken to dropping in magazines, brocheres etc.
the staff accept them just to be polite but arn't interested.
but you know the deluded jw's... my business has quickly turned into someones magazine route!.
If it doesn't stop return literature that has already been left and politely say it is not company policy to accept religious propaganda.
Either that or if they are really persistent gather together all the literature in a bag and when they call say thank you for your call we no longer have a use for the literature as our supply of toilet paper has been reinstated please give these to someone who may get some use out them.
no doubt all have this letter already.
http://www.jwstudies.com/mantey_to_the_wts_1974.pdf.
doug.
Great letter, did they print an apology as requested?
...but since neither of these long-lived ladies were witnesses, jehovah would have destroyed them anyway.
may they rest in peace.
monday, december 21, 2009.
They are all going slowly but surely. In UK the last 2 solidiers who fought in WW1 died last year.
On a brighter note the annointed numbers went up this year and the GB members are getting younger, it's all smoke and mirrors.
out of all the 'friends' i had while in the jws, only a few (4) still have contact with me - 2 of them being very close to me to this day.
one of these girls is about 6yrs older then me, so she has always been my 'big sis' so to speak!
anyhow she and her mom are jws and they live together, but are very 'relaxed' in their stance against me in that when i go out of town (which is on a regular basis) my gf will stay at my place to #1-get my mail, and #2-get a break from being up under her mom everyday!
The conditioning within the org is deep so part of it is a throw back to the old values and way of life but looking at the situation from the outside it would appear that you are beating yourself up needlessly.
firstly your girlfriend is 38 well able to make her own decisions and hold independent views.
Secondly she has entered into a relationship which she knows does not meet the criteria for a witness and furthermore has become intimate with this person fully aware of the consequences. You did not encourage her to start or maintain this relationship and you reminded her of the likely consequences.
Thirdly she already has her own doubts about the organisation and has done her own research so knows that some of what she has been taught is man made.
In my opinion she is already half way out it is really only a matter of time. At 38 she has found what she may feel is love my only concern would be whether the man in her life sees her as a bit of fun or something more permanent. If she is lucky he will want to be part of her life and spend his life with her if she is unlucky he could ditch her when the going gets tough leaving her in need of a friend.
People make their own choices love, infatuation and hormones are more powerful than housesitting for you. You have told her no lies and left it to her to make her own decisions don't beat yourself up about it you really don't have anything to be guilty about except not lending her CoC to read.
had our co visit last month.
normally the guy has all the charisma and charm of ben stein from "ferris buhler's day off", but he managed to give a talk that was actually coherent one night.. here is the rough outline:.
the theme was about the difference between "justice", "mercy", and "undeserved kindness".. situation 1: adam and eve sinned.
The significant thing is in all these examples masses were destroyed and only a tiny minority of individuals were saved. His message seemed to be preach the word for your salvation the rest are past all hope. It is really quite a depressing message when you think of it.
as some may know, my family and i no longer associate with jws - we are neither df'd nor da'd.
we last attended about 4 years ago (seems longer...) anyway, my wife has lunch occasionally with her folks - i never get invited and rarely associate with the in laws - my fil says i have destroyed his family... so tensions are somewhat high and it's quite uncomforable whenever we are in the same room - always nice/pleasant, but very shallow relationship now.. my in-laws attended the international convention in trinidad a couple of weeks ago and while having lunch with my wife last week, my mil made the comment to her that "if we had only attended one of these international conventions, we would never had stopped attending meetings... we would have seen the unity and love among the brothers... etc...".
this really irritates me... we were 38 and 39 years old when we stopped attending - both of us had been pioneers, me an elder... we were deep in the org... and my mil thinks that going to an international convention was the missing element in our spiritual lives?
Conventions are like any gathering people catching up with old friends. It isn't love or unity it's networking. Unity is a red herring after all since everyone chose to be there in the first place. Yes they came from different countries and backgrounds but they all chose to attend. It would be more remarkable if they had bused in some atheists and evolutionists and seen if they were affected by the love and unity.
comments you will not hear at the 01-03-2010 wt study (november 15, 2009, pages 3-7)(your prayers).
review comments will be in red or headed by comments.
wt material from today's wt will be in black.
Thank you blondie for taking the time to review this material. Your comments show that the organisation is drifting further into the land of nit picking. It's almost as if they haven't any big end of the world news to keep the R&F interested so are filling the space with rules and control to keep members in line. They are modern day pharasees where is the love?
by my "pioneer calculations" way back in 1992 we pioneers decided that the "big a" would have to come by at least 2005. now i can't believe it's 2010!!!!!!!!!!
i should be singing kingdom songs in paradise with my pet lion and crocodile playing at my feet.
ripped off!
I remeber looking at the number of memorial partakers and working out how close we were by how many had died. I figured the closer we got to the end the higher the rate of attrition was going to be as they got older. Now the numbers are going up and up the end is endless.
Hopefully if we can see it then others can see it too.
i'm so happy today and thought i'd review how far i've come.. but first let me say how much i appreciate the topics and discussions that you guys raise.
i apologise for going too far sometimes very often.
i'm pressing on with my studies.
It's great to hear that your studies are working out for you thats great news. Often we focus on the hurt behind and it takes a while to pick ourselves up and move on. It's great to hear how you have grown as a person and are embracing life good for you.
http://bitsandpieces.us/2010/01/02/beach-balls/.
it could happen to anyone..
That is fantastically funny.
