i was just reading a "where are they now?
" and the cast of leave it to beaver was highlighted.
that was a funny show.
Thank gawd for Hulu and TVLand online. I turned off my DirectTV after discovering these sites AND live NFL games. TV is cr@p nowadays so I'm throwing out the dish.
Andy Griffith (B&W)
MASH (1st 3 seasons)
WKRP (thx for the turkey clip! Had to be one of the funniest TV episodes of all time.)
Rifleman (Hulu rocks for coverage on this one)
Gunsmoke
Avengers
another no-no from the wt.
this was obviously some sort of manuscript talk, i was there and heard it at the st. louis assembly and asked around, and i know it was at other district conventions.
what business is this for the fds to be in, not a scriptual affair at all.
When I was a teenager back in the early '70's I tried to grow my hair out from a crew cut. A combination of my hair being stick straight and my parents not letting it get "too long" I couldn't get it to lay down normally. I finally got a body perm to relax it enough to lay down (not curly). I was called in by the elders almost immediately, read all the scripts listed above. They also said that it was offending some of the "older" sisters. I couldn't help laughing at him. I had several "older" sisters compliment me on the style.....INCLUDING HIS WIFE!
It's amazing how creative they get in twisting scriptures to use against you any way they like. So to bring myself into compliance I grew my hair down to my shoulders. Don't need a perm now. Lays down fine.
okay, here's the story.
i have very recently been declared da'd publicly.
we all know what that means.
It's their game, not yours anymore. Only play it if you want to feel like a "douche". You are free now so go with it. They are powerless unless you let them make you act differently than you feel. Treat them like you would any other friend or acquaintance. Having been on this board, on and off, for 9 years I can tell you that you just may be communicating with some of them soon.
Thanks for sharing! It's good to have Economics 101 in an easy to understand format.
wow!!
i never thought that it would be this easy.
i was expecting a man hunt at the hands of the elder from my cong.
That sounds great, TF! In retrospect, I sometimes wish I would have done the same. I finally snapped and went out in a blaze of glory. Now if I go into a KH (for memorials of family), the elders immediately huddle up. Equivalent of calling security. I can't help but smile. It's hysterical.
i was with a group of my co-workers.
we work with people who have addictions.
one woman in our huddle was going off about how everyone in the room as tried weed.
Crazy2try,
You didn't miss anything. Weed makes you stupid, hungry & tired. I was in a class all of my own in the "goody 2 shoes" roll. I got rid of it by being the biggest partier I could be. I've done truckloads of about every drug there is and smoked 2 & 1/2 packs of cigs a day. What a waste of life. I do know for a fact that when a person wants to quit they can. OD'd twice/rehab 3 times (court ordered twice/wife ordered once) didn't work. I had to really want it. Quit cold turkey on everything and never looked back.
Quandry,
You have it spot on. I should have taken that kind of advice 30 years ago. My liver and lungs would have thanked you!
apart from a member of the gb of course.... i've personly seen a brother gesturing so much he sent the mic stand flying!.
another who opened his mouth to speak and burped loudly into the mic instead!.
any others?.
I forgot all about this one and wonder if anyone else has seen something similar. We had a brother that was "challenged" and had never learned how to read. This was back when the 2nd talk was actually a talk and not a bible reading. This guy would stand up at the platform with the MS servant behind him. The servant would say a sentence and the poor guy would stand there with sweat beading on his forehead and parrot back the words. I was only in grade school then but I remember thinking he looked like a marionette.
jonathan saunders thanks his upbringingfashion designer jonathan saunders thanks his jehovah's witness upbringing for his successful career.
fashion designer jonathan saunders says his jehovah's witness upbringing pushed him to succeed in the clothing industry.. the scottish-born designer - who wowed critics with his floral designs for spring/summer 2011 at london fashion week - admitted he hasn't spoken to his religious parents since he left home at the age of 16 to pursue a career in fashion.. jonathan - who is renowned for his edgy geometric designs - said: "you have to go without something to really want it.
i'm quite thankful for my upbringing because of that.
Bravo! I can relate. If you spend your formative years selling everlasting life to an unsuspecting public you can translate it into amazing success later on. That is, if you get out in time.
i had started studying with jw because i was curious about the religion because my bf then(now husband) was a witness.
i am a very open minded person and really had i known what i know now i prob would not have been baptized.
i always had my doubts but i really enjoyed the positive aspects that i was learning at the meetings...i studied with my mom in law.i prob shouldn't have done that because she has taken it very personal that we have stopped and even had the nerve to say i started studying to get in good with the fam!!
Dawntodaylight,
Welcome!
Sabastious,
Do you know the time frame of the video? I've been out since circa 1980 so I've missed a bunch. I remember some vivid talks pre-75 but not this twisted. Maybe I heard it but it didn't phase me because they had me so brainwashed that it seemed normal. Probably the case. Sickening.
wt december 15, 2010. snippets from this watchtower are below.
keeping in mind that all articles are written with an agenda, to address problems in the organization or to pave the way for new guidelines, look at what i highlighted.
my conclusions are:.
I had not been in a KH for many years but went this summer to attend my Grandmother's memorial. I couldn't believe how lame the song was. People stammered through it. They couldn't sing it let alone memorize it. If memory serves, the last songbook I remember was pink and only had 119 songs.
