would this email encourage you back to the meetings?.
dear *****:.
we are so very discouraged that you did not attend the d.c.. there are no two sides of this issue today.
Thanks for your comments everyone.
Isn't it strange how when we were 'in' the Borg we kind of knew these judgemental attitudes were wrong but were conditioned to the 'them or us' attitude. Now that we are 'free' we can see the sheer hypocricy and total lack of love - of any sort.
It's certainly good to breath a fresher type of air now and be free from the bad taste of pious, self important attitudes and people.
Freedom means no more pretending!
HOTB
would this email encourage you back to the meetings?.
dear *****:.
we are so very discouraged that you did not attend the d.c.. there are no two sides of this issue today.
Would this email encourage you back to the meetings?
Dear *****:
We are so very discouraged that you did not attend the D.C.
There are no two sides of this issue today. If you are not a friend of Jehovah there is only one other side, that of his enemy, Satan
Just as we would have been loyal to you as our friend against your enemies if you had remained with our family,more than ever we feel total indignation of one choosing the side of Jehovah's enemy. How could we ever have anything in common as you stand now.
If ever you want our friendship again and that of our Heavenly Father please let us know and no one would be happier. Regretfully we say goodbye, ***** & ***** (this couple served on the circuit for decades)
Considering I faded and was never D/F'd I felt they were completely unloving and over the top. They live 3000 miles away - so why did they even have to be so vocal?
Strangely enough it didn't make me rush to the nearest KH. Quite the opposite in fact. Not the community I'd choose to be part of - under any circumstance now!
HOTB
Brilliant!
HOTB
when a convention was to be held in your city and it was believed there weren't enough hotel rooms available or at least affordable ones, the witnesses living in that city were asked to go out into the territory and ask people if they had a room or rooms someone attending the convention could use.
you could report your time doing this as part of your ministry.
i could never bring myself (14 or 15) to do this....it just seemed too weird for a kid to go to a house and ask the householder for a room but many kids in the hall did this.
1982 - I remember doing rooming work in a very built up area of the city. It was mostly families who were from India or Pakistan who lived in the area and they had huge families themselves. Even though we knew that there was very little possibility of them speaking english or having any accomodation the elders insisted we knock all doors and ask!
Needless to say - not one address was obtained.
Crazy or what?
HOTB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnnse5xyp6emind control cults
WOW!
HOTB
over at freeminds we didn't want this day to pass without some recognition of the life and death of ray franz.
in view of his stated wishes not to have a memorial or service we hoped for something that he would have liked for all of us to take a moment over.. .
we owe a note of thanks to v for his graphics work and atjeff for the obituary writing - i know neither of them need mentioned by me.. .
A lovely tribute Paul.
HOTB
this is an excerpt from the final talk of the day, "remain in the secret place of the most high".
i looked around as this explanation was being offered up, and the looks on the faces of people there was mostly disinterest.
this is a very convoluted explanation that reminds me of someone running a con and trying to cobble together an explanation to deal with legitimate objections to their false claims.. http://www.sendspace.com/file/dodp4w.
Isn't it amazing to think how a few years ago we would have been nodding in agreement and then speaking of the wonderful new light shed on things after the sessions. That would have been followed by KM instructions and demonstrations as to how we could best use the new 'truth' to teach bible students.
Listening to the recording felt so 'familiar' and yet so false.
How many years did I fool myself into believing and going along with what came from'Mother'? Thank goodness I eventually woke up
Thanks for sharing the recording.
It's great to be free
HOTB
i was told when i hit thirty and was catastrophising, "just wait till you are 40, it just gets better.".
ha!.
i am fifty in a few weeks.
Like you I'll be 50 in a few weeks. Like you all my life has been controlled and I have missed so much. However, there were many good times along the way that I don't regret.
Now I look in the mirror and ignore what I see. We have hair dye...what more does a girl need .
Seriously though. I do have occasional moments of anger that I missed out on my life. Now I'm in control I do thinks my way. I make my choices and live exactly the way I want.
Don't play over in your mind what you missed - that is wasted emotion and energy. Focus instead on what you have and the opportunities that you can reach out for now. You can do what ever you please - no one will stop you.
Don't think about illness, age, infirmity. Deal with it when it comes not before....
Have a happy day and look forward to making the very best memories you can.
HOTB
in her radio show, dr laura schlesinger said that, as an observant orthodox jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance.
the following response is an open letter to dr. laura, penned by a us resident, which was posted on the internet.
it's funny, as well as informative:.
Glad you all enjoyed it - I thought it was great.
What a great clip Shopaholic. I have never seen the show but he certainly used that same argumentation.
Don't you wish someone could have given that in talk form in the KH? They would of course soon have been dragged outside to the wee room for some adjustments - but what a way to go!
HOTB
in her radio show, dr laura schlesinger said that, as an observant orthodox jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance.
the following response is an open letter to dr. laura, penned by a us resident, which was posted on the internet.
it's funny, as well as informative:.
Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? Lev.24:10-16. Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair, like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)
It makes you realise how ludicrous the whole 'law' thing is doesn't it?
HOTB
I think we can safely assume that Canadians will be safe for the duration - I haven't seen any 'For Sale' Signs!
