Getting back to Noah
Some time after we got off the Arch, I told my brother not to make fun of dad because he was drunk and naked. Only the family would know since the neighbors were gone. The animals had pretty much dispersed so they didn't care. The kanagroos were already hopping their way to Australia.
You asked me how long I've been in the "org"? I got off the boat with Noah.
hey y'all,.
found this on h20 by duncan, thought it was quite believable, sad to say.. .
...well, perhaps those last two were, but really, he didnt know.
Waiting,
Who are you and what are you. On the humor page you tell me you have been in for thirty years, and you send this? By the way you asked how long I've been in the "org". I got off the boat with Noah. Sooo, why did my knowledge of Rutherford offend you? I could tell you a lot more about him.
[quote]8 there were also in that same country shepherds living out of doors and keeping watches in the night over their flocks.
9 and suddenly jehovah's angel stood by them, and jehovah's glory gleamed around them, and they became very fearful.
10 but the angel said to them: "have no fear, for, look!
Waiting,
I mentioned my cousin on the humor page. He served in WWII, and definitely was not a believer like his mother or his sister. Even so, he gave up Christmas for his children so as not to offend his mother. He advised me against doing the same. The first year I put up a tree and had Christmas Carols on the hi-fi, the brothers came to the door to invite me back to the Kingdom Hall. They could see and hear everything.
Well, they waited til spring to send the registered letter for me to sign for my upcoming disfellowshipment. My wife, who is more quick witted than I, told me not to sign for it. By the time they figured out what to next we had moved out of town, not because of them but because of my job.
I don't care if Christmas is Christian or of Pagan origin, it is a time of love and renewal for my family and I love it.
God is love and so is Christmas if done properly.
this is a quote from pathofthorns on that really long thread with several different topics.
i liked it so much that i thought to start a new thread about it.. instead of "hanging in" for the "end" to come, enjoy doing what you can to change things now in your life for the better.
do what you can and what you need to to be happy, and when the "end" comes, you'll have made the wait so much better in the meantime.. the society has oft told us that pursuing activities of charity other than the preaching of the good news(their version only)is a waste of time since it is not leading people to god's organization, and thus to god's kingdom.
I think you have good heart and I think the biggest need is an emotional need.
Those who leave or want to leave are in dire emotional straights. They need the support of people like your self. If you want to read what I have written go to the humor section of this site, and look up " you might be a witness if" or something like that.
It is not on the main menue, but can be found by hitting the button at the bottom of the main menue.
Best Wishes,
LARC
waiting, You asked how long I've been in the org. I got off the boat with Noah.
I am new to the internet in general and this site in particular.
What is a dumbub?
Waiting
Regarding your statement about deeding over to the ancients straining common sense.
Nothing strains common sense when you are a true beleiver. For over ten years, in the late 40's and early 50's the WT did not write about this. Even so, there were JW's who believed that the ancients would appear at the 1958 world assembly in New York City.
One of these was Betty Harrison, I remember her and paid close attention to her words because I had a crush on her daughter Karen.
Been there, done that, remember most of it.
Another hysterical, I mean historical tidbit from your old Uncle LARC
Waiting
I didn't want to get so heavy, but everything I wrote is true. Everyone in my family knows this, including my sister who is still in and my two cousins who are out.
To quote Mark Twain "writing this is about as much fun as sawing wood, but someone has to do it." (from his book about the Christian Science religion)
soooo let's get back to the humor
You might be going too far with prayer if:
you pray for armegddon every morning
you and your spouse pray before making love
your twenty minute prayer at the Kingdom Hall summarizes the one hour talk that you just heard
Til the end of time-LARC
Waiting,
I am not putting you on. I have a copy of the divorce papers filed by Berta's husband that were sent to Bethel. I have met my aunt Berta when she visited the family in Akron, Ohio. Her two sisters were the one's that studied with my mother. My older cousin visited Berta at Beth Sarim after Rutherford died. This was after my cousin got out of the Army in World War Two. I was only 4 at the time. He told me about the visit years later.
Mention of Mrs. Peel is found in the Olin Moyle trial transcripts which is published in its entirity. Olin Moyle was a JW attorney who left Bethel and sued the Society when they gave him a hard time.
Berta was born in North Carolina, and can best be described as a beautiful Southern Belle. After leaving Beth Sarim, she pioneered in the San Diego area until she died. She said she was of the annointed, although her two sisters were not even though they came into the religion in the 1930's.
Docuementation provided upon request.
This may not belong in the humor section, but's true.
LARC
