barbara anderson posted a thread a few days ago about a newspaper article that detailed a jw pedophile.
the man was sick.
in my book, he gets the sicko award.
he was beaten up while in jail.
The one bit of good news.
Ratushny gave him three years' credit for his time already spent in custody, leaving him two years of his sentence left to serve.
The bad outweighs the good. We can always hope it turns into a life sentence of beatings ending in death.
i don't know the details.
is it true that if you slowly withdraw, you are free to go but if you are active and do an offense, you are shunned.
is their principle whether you are appropriating and blemishing the name vs. severity of the actual offense.
I left on my own about 20 years ago. Today a recently reinstated friend dropped in. He told me to keep his visit private because 'they' consider me df'd even though they are aware I am not.
but her reply made me so very envious.
you know my mother always would tell me, "wordly people aren't really happy.
" as a kid that always bugged me because i figured if people are laughing, smiling, and generally having a good time, they must be happy.
Misery, if you live near me, blow off Saturday failed service, come on over and drink some beers.
I can tell from your post that you already know its BS. The disapproval and dread only lasts a little while. Knocking on doors to avoid it lasts forever.
i'm reading this book 'who moved my cheese?
' and i like it.
i have friends who are the mice (which i think if funny) and i think i've been hem for too long and now want to be haw.. has anyone read this book and what did you think of it?.
The corporation for which I work cares as much about me as the GB cares about the rank and file JW. They share similar traits- utter disdain for anyone with independent thought, an aire of prominence and importance, a certain superiority displayed, and a complete detachment from reality.
Oh, and the largest growth is in 3rd world nations where the 'little man' doesn't know enough to realize he's being poisoned.
i'm reading this book 'who moved my cheese?
' and i like it.
i have friends who are the mice (which i think if funny) and i think i've been hem for too long and now want to be haw.. has anyone read this book and what did you think of it?.
Holy crap. He (ratboss) refers to the book "The One-minute Manager" which was given to me when I took a class in management. I wonder if we worked in the same company?
i've been mulling over "getting ink done".
anybody here have any thoughts.
do you regret it?
I have 2 large tattoos on my lower legs. I like them, they cover up well. But I can't wear shorts sometimes (corporate outings). However, I'd get another one, and it would have to be easily concealed. I have a friend who had his neck and side of his face tattooed. He regrets it. He said it's nearly impossible to find work with the thing, he drives garbage big-rigs.
i'm reading this book 'who moved my cheese?
' and i like it.
i have friends who are the mice (which i think if funny) and i think i've been hem for too long and now want to be haw.. has anyone read this book and what did you think of it?.
Corporations will tell him exactly what they are looking for, and he will write the book. It is then used to indoctrinate employees with ideas and to encourage them to be a certain type of worker. On the surface, it seems wonderful and empowering. Underneath, it is an attempt for an employer to control thinking and attitude.
Sound familiar? I once read a magazine like that. I think it was called Watchtower or Awake or some other lame drivel.
As for book placement in stores, publishers pay extra for position in a bookstore.
Like I said, it's been 12 years since I read the book, but yeah... Good point about it being written for a specific purpose at the direction of a corporation. Social engineering at its finest.
i ask this in consideration of last week's and this week's congregation bible study which focuses on the responsibilities of christian parents, and husbands.
i also ask this in harmony with itscrap&theyknowit's thread which is a heluva opening post by the way.
i linked it below for those that aren't familiar with it.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/206133/1/why-i-eventually-left.
The root of my anger is not the bs that is JW. The root of my anger is the damage that it does to the family. Interpersonal relationships are difficult enough without having to induce pressure to get married to a 'fine upstanding brother/sister' who turns out to be a louse. Add to this the impossible schedule mandated by personal study, meeting prep time, failed service, meeting nights (including getting dressed, socializing, and commuting), and no privacy (Sister Bleedsalot had her period again, so she missed the meeting. sad to be that weak...), it really screws up family life.
If church causes stress, anger, jealousy, and arguments then it isn't worth a s**t. When the elders came to my house and told me that my wife dressed too provactively, I was already ready to quit. I told them I can't control someone else's perversions and they should get a life. It wasn't long after that I quit. We ended up divorced later, as we were totally incompatible in life, but it wasn't the fault of religion, or lack of, that we split. If we were to stay together for some god, it would have just been a miserable life anyway.
the new study watchtower page 9 explains how sisters should be happy to be servants to their elder husbands.. "co-operate in financial matters".
"joyful to see her husband active in the congregation".
if he makes a decision you disagree with "she displays a quiet and mild spirit and cooperates with him to make his decision work".
They do have a nice way with words. So much better than "Shut the f*** up, and bake me a pie, b****" like gramps used to say.
prologue.
get out shouted the audience you must be ashamed of yourself.
the crowd was in a hysterical state, every time that we tried to say something we were silenced by the clapping and screams which got louder and louder of the majority of the two hundred people in attendance.
I'm neither DF or DA, but should I determine to DA myself, I'll gladly show to the meeting to hear the announcement. Might even say a few words, haha.
I have seen 'apostates' get tackled once at an assembly, when the apostates stood up and started shouting "IT'S ALL LIES! YOU ARE BEING DECEIVED!" They were tackled very quickly by a horde of brothers and physically, forcefully dragged and ejected from the stadium. Could it happen in a KH? I don't see why not, if the fervor is properly stoked.
