after surviving what has been a rather depressing week, an idea suddenly came to me.
after being born and raised in the loathsome cult that is the watchtower, i was deprived of many things, including without limitation all holidays and the accompanying joy that goes with them.
as an adult, i've been celebrating all the traditional "worldly" holidays, but although i enjoy and appreciate them, i've noticed that there's something missing.
hey, great idea, Scully. Since I was one that watched 1975 come and go. But do I really want to celebrate a disappointment? hmmm, just thinking outloud.
I really don't want anything interferring with halloween, so Russel's d/day is out for me.
What about when the WT was registered in PA? Even though I think Rutherford set the WT in motion to what it is today.
Otherwise, March whatever you found sounds great.
british xenophobes' guide to the usa
recent intelligence from spanish agent "columbus" has indicated that the hoped-for express sailing route between britain and the tea plantations of ceylon and india is blocked by a large land mass going under the name "the united states of america.
" the following advisory for european travellers was originally compiled by the british secret service, but the recent glasnost in eastern europe has made accessible far more comprehensive and accurate archives from the russian committee for state security.
I called the State Department to see if they have a similar guide for the UK
if they ever make one, I want to read it. lol
does anyone know what he does these days?
did he start his own religion?
is he writing another book?
Just walking a dog? Gertting old
bingo!
and he should enjoy the rest of his life while on earth. He has contributed so much with the writings of his two books. He stated that he wrote those books because people wanted to know what happened. He summerizes his experiences well and exposes the hypocricy of the WT, too.
He is a christian and would never state anything for anyone to be a follower of his.
ps, he does NOT go online at all.
when i was at bethel during the 80's japan was the darling of the society, gb lyord barry, used to brag about their zeal all the time and dog us in the west-.
they set and all time record of all 100-200 consective peaks in pub and growth, then all of a sudden the bottom fell out, what do you think happend.
i do recall barry mentioning that their culture is one that makes them good follers.
Crisis of Conscience was published in the Japanese language.
no one else will be up yet, let alone have access to the internet, so let me be the first person to thank englishman and her ladyship for being wonderful hosts, at what was the event of the year.. i met so many brilliant people and had a fantastic time.
englishman has a lovely family, and shame on him for tempting an old lady like me with such handsome young sons.
crumpet is a charming, beautiful, lady, who just needs a mum to love her like she deserves to be loved.
There was somebody really cute there. Everytime I went to the bathroom she was there. She was REAL cute. I went to the bathroom seven times before I realised it was ME in the mirror! ha hah ah hah ahh ah hah ah ha
rotflmao!
It was great meeting you, KatieKitten. I loved your dress but didn't get a chance to tell ya.
btw, that was me in the mirror, sweetie!
Joy
after surviving what has been a rather depressing week, an idea suddenly came to me.
after being born and raised in the loathsome cult that is the watchtower, i was deprived of many things, including without limitation all holidays and the accompanying joy that goes with them.
as an adult, i've been celebrating all the traditional "worldly" holidays, but although i enjoy and appreciate them, i've noticed that there's something missing.
I think this is a wonderful idea, 144!
And though July 4th is one where we hear firworks going off, I think to have our own holiday, seperate from any other country's holiday, would be great.
hmmmm, but what day? How about the day the first WT was printed? (Blondie need your expertise here! lol)
I would love to say the day of the memorial, but that changes from year to year and is soooo JWish. lol I like the idea of a set date every year. Something to call our own.
ok, enough from me, I'll think about it some more.
more blessings from the gilead instructors.... "it was brought out that christendom and the world smacks of .
baalism today.
sad to say, like the israelites sometimes even jehovah's .
Bethelites & Gilead members need almost constant reinforcement that they are the true elite of the JW-world
can you say- PROPAGANDA!
I felt that all the "daily text" and "meetings" were propaganda at it's finest. Mind control with guilt.
that seemed to be the catch phrase before i left about a year ago.
maybe they need to hire a pr firm to help out with a new catch phrase.
any ideas?
those poor souls still listening to the WT sprew.
My mother was happy as can be with the new "imminent domain" thing, hoping that people would turn on Babylon now. lol, I reminded her that the WT has some very prime property that will be heavily taxed.
poor thing, still looking for "signs" that the end is almost here.
hello everyone, just wanted to say hello and let you know a bit about my story and tell you how thankful i am that i found this site!.
i was never a baptized jw although in the early 90's i studied for about 3 years and was an un-baptized publisher for about 1 year before my doubts about some of the beliefs and also my inability to overlook the constant hypocracy of the elders did me in.
sadly it was not before i dragged the love of my life into it, and also my sister (they are both baptized although she left after seeing the elders double standards when it came to doling out counsel/punishment to their own families, he is still in) anyway even though i couldn't bring myself to commit to the org because of the crap i saw going on in the 2 different halls i attended i still believed it was the truth...what an idiot!
welcome to the rest of your life, guilt free.
Yes it is the walk-away believers that I feel sorry for. The carry the guilt but can't figure out what is really wrong with the JWs. Be patient with your loved ones, maybe one day you can reach them.
Joy
my letter to the editor to the davenport times just came out on june 30, 2005. the spokane spokesman review is interested in doing a story about shunning as a result of reading my letter.
the religion reporter wants to start working on it wednesday.
does anybody want to tell their story of odd things they have been shunned for by jw's.
ok, I forgot about when husband's father died Sept of 2003. Husband told the family that his family will not go to the memorial if they treat us the way they treated my husband at the hospital when his father died.
We all traveled up from Florida to Wisconsin for the memorial. We were cooly treated at the KH. Then the family went back to the senior center where his parents lived. The congregation prepared a meal for the whole family. (Several "wordly" family members there.) I was talking with some of the relatives I hadn't seen for years, catching them up on what was new with Steve & I when the elders had Steve's brother-in-law walk back to the apartment to get Steve to get me out of there. I was not inviited to eat a meal with those grieving. *shock*
My daughter left the dining room with me. Steve's family later implied that I brought it on myself to be treated that way because I was *gasp* df'd.
My husband reminded his brother-in-law, who was df'd several years ago, that we weren't df'd for wrongdoing.
Since then we have nothing to do with his family. We will not put ourselves in the position to be treated like that. SHUNNED.
