just curious to see how many on here like to carve up roads.
if so what type of bike and where do you ride.. 1987 yamaha fj1200.
1986 yamaha fj1200.
BMW K1200GT 2007 / BMW R1100RT 1998 / Honda ST1100 1991 / BMW K75 1987 / Honda Sabre V45 1981 / Honda CB750 Custom 1979 / Honda CB350 1972.
Cross Canada/US tour including the Canadian Rockies, Road to the Sun, National Glacier Park, Yellowstone Park, Mount Rushmore, 11,000 km. Toronto to New Orleans 5200 km. Nova Scotia Cabot Trail. Tail of the Dragon-Blue Ridge Parkway...
the past number of months have been traumatic for myself and my family.. the fascist practices of the wts have wreaked monumental harm to us all - with 3 members hospitalized for suicide.. researching past events brings one to the overwhelmingly sad story of bethany hughes, and her parents lawrence and arliss.. (arliss was featured years later on a dc for her courage through their ordeal.).
larry did what any normal, loving father would do.. try to protect his daughter.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocex1eu5v6u.
it is doubly sad knowing personally one of the wts lawyers involved, and his relatives who have left the wts despite the harsh consequences.. sometimes, i wish there were a "dante" hell.. .
WT lawyer David Gnam gave a public talk at our hall about the faith of Bethany...he even had a short audio recording of Bethany voice that caused several to sob...anything goes to endoctrinate the sheep...how can you be proud for destroying this family by letting a child choose to die based on a shady doctrine.
i guess there are many, but what would be the strangest teaching, or "wackiest" ?.
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more than one thing for me, but i have learned to enjoy festivals, and just enjoying free time.
it's not that the org wouldn't allow it, i just felt i shouldn't.
there are others, of course, and i really have been happier and good things have come my way since i left.
It's wonderful to have my own opinion and to call "bull shit" instead of going along to please everybody else. I discovered life is beautiful when you're free from the control of the cult. My neighbors are not unhappy, immoral or hopeless as I was led to believe...all it took me to see this was to remove my WT glasses and see with my own eyes. I no longer exist to please others including a god who does not care about anything or anyone. I'm not sure what is next. All I know is that I'm happy now and at peace.
so, i have been thinking...what is the formula or recipe for the "perfect jw"?.
here are a few points i thought of...please feel free to add!.
always dress in the jw manner...no variation in clothing / hair styles / facial hair.
national 9/11 memorial flag.. .. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/911-memorial-museum-opens-to-public-in-ny/2014/05/21/64154ef6-e12f-11e3-8dcc-d6b7fede081a_story.html.
jehovah's witnesses involved.
some of the brothers and sisters involved with the 9/11 memorial.... .. .
a question for those that still attend meetings.... how many use tablets or ipads in your hall?.
i did roving microphones this week, and i counted 43 people (variety of ages) out of an audience of 98!.
just curious....
i came across this video on youtube.. a "special report" obviously made by a jw but seemingly with full support of the convention overseers.. it is long, i haven't watched the full production, what i found interesting is how theatrical they got for these things.
dressing up in blue jeans and cowboy hats, putting on stereotypical (in any other setting jw's would call this being part of the world) cowboy-like personas ... it is quite theatrical and staged .... a bus is brought in led by a "cowboy" leaning out of a golf cart waving his hat like its a roundup, a cowboy greeter gives an obvious big hearty texas handshake ... they take on the appearance of the world when it is fun for them but condemn the average jdub at other times for doing it.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ioych9mady.
International conventions always had people wearing their national garments to show JWs come from every country and every "land" as they would say. My mom's fondest memories of New York's 1958 convention are related to the colourful costumes delegates wore. My parents were there for 8 days and they didn't speak one word of English...still they were baptized...joining an international brotherhood.
have you ever heard that statement?
i have heard it many times and i just don't know what to do with it.
they are chosing a to live a lie because they like the lifestyle.
I used that very line of thought in the ministry when a householder challenged my beliefs using my own bible. I said no other religion shows unity and love for each other...for that reason alone I would never leave...man was I brainwashed and totally blind to the truth when it stood right in front of me.
this is my first time posting here, although i have been a visitor to it for around a year.
after doing a simple google search under "jehovah'switnesses" over a year ago, i found ttat.
i was deeply unhappy with the congregation and decided to educate myself, and boy what an education i have gotten so far.