Has anyone ever had that dreaded "meeting day" feeling where you know you are going to waste two hours or more of your life - not to mention on the weekends where you can't go away for a whole day somewhere because you have FS on Saturday, then a meeting on Sunday? Or when you know you have to catch up on work etc but you know that with weekly FS pressures plus the meeting you have lost six hours before the weekend has even started?
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Meeting Day
by captain inhas anyone ever had that dreaded "meeting day" feeling where you know you are going to waste two hours or more of your life - not to mention on the weekends where you can't go away for a whole day somewhere because you have fs on saturday, then a meeting on sunday?
or when you know you have to catch up on work etc but you know that with weekly fs pressures plus the meeting you have lost six hours before the weekend has even started?.
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There is no easy strategy that I've found. Bite your lip and bear it and hold on to the precious few true family and friends you find in there.
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promoting Satanism to the young
by Weeping inone of the top songs of the 70's was "hotel california" by the eagles.
most people have no idea the song refers to the church of satan, which happens to be located in a converted hotel on california street.
on the inside of the album cover, looking down on the festivities, is anton lavey, the founder of the church of satan and author of the satanic bible!
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Sorrry a bit off topic but I love those articles about how evil pac man and space invaders were.
As for the music, get some perspective - it's a form of artistic expression. Saying it is designed to draw us to the Devil is just the kind of paranoid delusional rubbish that we were spoon fed as kids to keep us in a perpetual state of fear.
AussieOz hear hear. Give me Led Zeppelin, the Doors, Cream over any Kingdom Melody. The newer Kingdom Melodies are more about mind control than any rock songs have ever been.
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How did you treat people?
by captain indo you ever feel guilty about the way you pre-judged others when you were a drone?.
i feel guilty about it every day!
people's lives are so complex, we know so little of their personal struggles and "thorns in the flesh" yet we're conditioned to prejudge on a checklist of criteria published by a few men in new york.
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Do you ever feel guilty about the way you pre-judged others when you were a drone?
I feel guilty about it every day!
People's lives are so complex, we know so little of their personal struggles and "thorns in the flesh" yet we're conditioned to prejudge on a checklist of criteria published by a few men in New York.
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Have any of you had experiences with a spouse who puts loyalty to thier parents and the organisation over you?
by captain ini'm going through this at the moment and very disillusioned - especially when i find that people who i thought were my good friends (read: elders) are actually siding with my spouse..
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And here's another thing - it's frowned upon to sit on a jury, right? The reason being that we don't know the full situation or the facts so we may be bloodguilty by condemning someone innocent...judicial committeee anyone?
OK Vent officially over.
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Have any of you had experiences with a spouse who puts loyalty to thier parents and the organisation over you?
by captain ini'm going through this at the moment and very disillusioned - especially when i find that people who i thought were my good friends (read: elders) are actually siding with my spouse..
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Thanks again all for your posts. ONTHEWAYOUT - Amen - this experience has really taught me who my real friends are and who like to live life by a rule book and forget the 'weightier things of the law' - namely to have love for your neighbor. YKNOT - To answer your questions - no idea, no idea and no idea! UNDERCOVER - I know there's no easy answers, but knowing that others have gone through (and are still going through) similar experiences is comforting to know. Unfortunately it's taken my own experience to open my eyes to how I've probably "demonised" others in the past who may have been going through similar struggles but of course have been unsupported in their struggle and have thus experienced the same kind of disillusionment I am now experiencing. I mean how difficult is it to open up about anything - especially when you're self medicating with alcohol - when the next thing that happens is a judicial committee? It'd be like going to an AA meeting, admitting that that you got drunk, then them saying - "we'll have sit with you to go through that night, with three officials, and if we think that you don't have the right attitude you'll still be able to come to AA but you won't be allowed to speak to anyone or associate with anyone in the group outside of AA. Oh and we can't do it now, so we'll do it in three weeks time. Thanks for coming to see us though, we're really here to help you. Ok it's late gotta go. See you in three weeks." I mean, yeah, that's going to help.
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Have any of you had experiences with a spouse who puts loyalty to thier parents and the organisation over you?
by captain ini'm going through this at the moment and very disillusioned - especially when i find that people who i thought were my good friends (read: elders) are actually siding with my spouse..
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Thanks OnTheWayOut - I just can't imagine Jesus condoning any of what's happened to me. The prodigal son had hit rock bottom when he returned... and his father threw a banquet for him...
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Have any of you had experiences with a spouse who puts loyalty to thier parents and the organisation over you?
by captain ini'm going through this at the moment and very disillusioned - especially when i find that people who i thought were my good friends (read: elders) are actually siding with my spouse..
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So here's the thing. Had some health issues after I got married. Still managed to work, provide for my family etc. However she wanted a WTBS "Life Story" experience so was forever saying I was a failure etc etc all because we weren't missionaries on overseas construction etc. I was however an elder and holding down a full time job (she doesn't have a job btw - oh, other than "Full time service").
Eventually the pressure of having zero support for either my professional or spiritual life caused something to snap and I threw in the towel on everything all at once (I got into alcohol). This of course meant I was a spiritual danger so she went to live away from me AFTER I CAME FORWARD TO ADMIT A PROBLEM I HAD SUCCESSFULLY HIDDEN!!!
Anyway, with the support of some so called "worldly" friends, I've sought help for the alcohol (congregational help was "read the Bible and pray") and I am just getting my life back together but it seems like, just as I am, I'm getting all this pressure from the elders to get back together with her, and the worst part is in every elder meeting they have with me they're hinting at how hard it must be to be single (insert long pregnant pause - excuse the pun) which I find pretty insulting.
Honestly it's not spiritual refreshment it's spiritual torture.
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Have any of you had experiences with a spouse who puts loyalty to thier parents and the organisation over you?
by captain ini'm going through this at the moment and very disillusioned - especially when i find that people who i thought were my good friends (read: elders) are actually siding with my spouse..
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Hi all - thanks for all your replies.. My situation is quite complicated - will post some more later on...
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Have any of you had experiences with a spouse who puts loyalty to thier parents and the organisation over you?
by captain ini'm going through this at the moment and very disillusioned - especially when i find that people who i thought were my good friends (read: elders) are actually siding with my spouse..
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I'm going through this at the moment and very disillusioned - especially when I find that people who I thought were my good friends (read: elders) are actually siding with my spouse.