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  People Are Stupid

  by Kismet in

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  people are stupid.

  sometimes that is the only way to describe how certain things can happen.

  especially is this so when panic, stress or hormones kick in which often serves only dilutes whatever common sense is left remaining.. a couple of examples:.

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  Fancy a laugh?

  A man was working on his motorcycle on his patio and his wife was in the kitchen. The man was racing the engine on the motorcycle when it
  accidentally slipped into gear. The man, still holding onto the handle
  bars, was dragged through the glass patio doors and along with the
  motorcycle dumped onto the floor inside the house. The wife, hearing the crash, ran into the dining room and found her husband lying on the
  floor, cut and bleeding, the motorcycle lying next to him, and the
  shattered patio door.

  The wife ran to the phone and summoned the ambulance. Because they lived on a fairly large hill, the wife went down the several flights of stairs to the street to escort the paramedics to her husband. After the ambulance arrived and transported the man to the hospital, the wife uprighted the motorcycle and pushed it outside. Seeing that gas was spilled on the floor, the wife got some paper towels, blotted up the gasoline, and threw the towels in the toilet.

  The man was treated and released to come home. Upon arriving home, he
  looked at the shattered patio door and the damage done to his
  motorcycle. He became despondent, went to the bathroom, sat down on the toilet and smoked a cigarette. After finishing the cigarette, he flipped it between his legs into the toilet bowl while seated. The wife, who was in the kitchen, heard the loud explosion and her husband screaming. She ran into the bathroom and found her husband lying on the floor. His trousers had been blown away and he was suffering burns on the buttocks, the back of his legs,and his groin.

  The wife again ran to the phone to call the ambulance. The very same
  paramedic crew was dispatched and the wife met them at the street. The
  paramedics loaded the husband on to the stretcher and began carrying him to the street. While they were going down the stairs to the street
  accompanied by the wife, one of the paramedics asked the wife how the
  husband had burned himself. She told them and the paramedics started laughing so hard, one of them slipped and tipped the stretcher, dumping the husband out. He fell down the remaining stairs and broke his arm.

  Taken from a Florida Newspaper.

  Made me smile, especially the end bit

  Latte

  Edited by - Latte on 26 February 2001 6:18:16
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  Special Assembly Day "Wisdom"

  by deludednomore in

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  this is my first post here.

  this forum has really.

  helped in my break from the organization.. .

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  deludednomore,

  Hello there! I'm fairly new here, also.

  Do you have a hotmail a/c yet? any clues as to where you are from?

  My last assembley was very memorable also, take a look at the thread 'Who's fault is it?'

  Hope that you stick around.

  Latte
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  Who's to blame?

  by ozziepost in

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  when viv mouritz , former branch coordinator in australia, addressed the special meeting of sydney and surrounding area congregations at the superdome last weekend, he blamed the young witnesses who were leaving "the truth" for the drop in numbers in australia.. at the service meeting this week in one sydney congregation it was announced by a bethel elder that the elders have been told (as if they didn't know already!

  ) that 2,000 have left "the truth" in the past two years in australia.

  this typical congregation of 120 publishers has lost 19 inactive since 1999.. the march 2001 issue of kingdom ministry (australian edition) gives the number of publishers for december as 58,426, pioneers 3,315 and 19 baptized.. in dec '98 there were 58,706 pubs,and in dec '99 there were 58,000.. with 1,600-1,800 being baptized each year, there is indeeed a 2,000 shortfall.. so, who's to blame?

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  Sorry to get all serious on you guy's.

  What do you think of this?

  At a recent one day assembly I attended, the speaker reasoned as to what a spiritual person is. Is such a person someone who was brought up in the truth, been in the truth 20/30 years? ANSWER - NO a spiritual person is a person that THINKS GODS THOUGHTS. Then he proceeded to read the following scripture and apply it to those that no longer attend.

  Philippians 3:18,19)****** For there are many, I used to mention them often but now I mention them also with weeping, who are walking as the enemies of the torture stake of the Christ, and their finish is destruction, and their god is their belly, and their glory consists in their shame, and they have their minds upon things on the earth******

  His words were that they have become ENEMIES of truth. Sorry guys, BUT it's quite the CONTRARY!! I'm sorry for all the shouting in this post but, how can they be so damning of ones that are absent. I went to the assembly, half hoping that something would be said to pursued me to carry on, no, it was no way like that. It helped me make up my mind, that I will NOT expose myself or family to this kind of judgementalism…..it's just plain wrong.

  I feel ANGRY and very SADDENED that these, long term loyal ones, were JUDGED in their absence. How dare he judge people. There are many scriptures to quote, to EMPHASIS that WE / WTBTS should NOT judge people in this way so sweepingly, tarring EVERYONE with the SAME brush.

  I don't know of, and can't imagine anyone, that has been in the org. (or not for that matter) being suddenly concerned with LIES…..No way.

  Such discourses, only serve to make the 'weak' ones feel worse. Also, it subtly divides, the strong and the weak. It does not have room for the strong helping the weak. Where is the ENCOURAGEMENT? Where is the LOVE??

  *** Rbi8 Acts 20:35 ***
  YOU must assist those who are weak, and must bear in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, when he himself said, 'There is more happiness in giving than there is in receiving.'"

  *** w97 5/15 26 Beware of Imputing Wrong Motives ***
  A Lesson From the Past
  Imputing wrong motives to others without just cause is tantamount to judging them. It is as though we are jumping to the conclusion that their words or deeds are merely a subterfuge hiding something devious and malicious. Often the real problem lies in a mistaken view of matters, as can be seen from the Bible account found in Joshua chapter 22.

  *** w97 12/1 30 Is All Complaining Bad? ***
  Further, Jesus counseled his followers, not to complain about "the straw" of faults observed in our fellow humans, but to be well aware of the larger "rafter" of shortcomings that we ourselves have. (Matthew 7:1-5) In a similar vein, Paul condemned judging (a form of complaining) another as "inexcusable . . . inasmuch as you that judge practice the same things." These cautions against complaining should move us to avoid being needlessly critical and developing a complaining spirit.-Romans 2:1.

  My conclusion is that many, are disheartened/saddened that we do not seem to be any nearer to paradise than we'd all hoped for. I think the discouragement is an epidemic....even, amongst those whom we are told to imitate, in their faith and works.

  Well that's my two penny worth!! Feel better after that rant! Thanks folks.

  Latte

  Edited by - Latte on 24 February 2001 2:22:3
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  Question to adult convertees

  by expatbrit in

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  i'm going through the forehead smacking phase of wt recovery.. how could i ever have believed this stuff?

  (smack!).

  and for so long?

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  Anglise,

  Please check you e-mail.

  Would love to chat, if not tonigh, def some other time.

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  Question to adult convertees

  by expatbrit in

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  i'm going through the forehead smacking phase of wt recovery.. how could i ever have believed this stuff?

  (smack!).

  and for so long?

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  Anglise

  Just thought I'd say hi to you, as your from the uk.

  I enjoyed your post, I can relate to some of it. I have a friend who's husband is one of the nicest elders I know, I hope that they will one day have time to sit and talk, as you have done...and begin to question.

  It takes a lot of courage, and honest heartedness to withdraw. I wish you well, as you 'slip away' from the org. Stick around here, you get lot's of support, and advice.

  I'm in the UK also!

  Take care

  Latte
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  Interpersonal Communication and Jehovah's Witnesse

  by RenMan in

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  i am researching a report for an interpersonel communication class.

  i would appreciate any input on the following questions:.

  how have jw communication styles effected your interpersonal communication styles with non-jw's.. were you raised as a jw?.

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  RenMan,

  I was out driving yesterday - and got lost, I stopped and asked a stranger for directions, I started the conversation by saying " I'm sorry to bother you but...." Def. a line from my F.service days. (Never was a reg.pioneer)

  I am now working on NOT using such stupid intros. I thought about it and realized I'd done it a few times this week....gotta stop....don't.....know if I can......Help!!

  I def. feel apologetic, too much.

  Sorry
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  Big Ray on Disfellowshipped Members

  by truth_hurts in

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  from: big ray.

  date: mon apr 17, 2000 8:44am.

  subject: re: inactive publishers who post.

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  That is SHOCKING.... What can you say??

  I hope Irene takes action!!
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  Hate mail from JW

  by TR in

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  this is an email i just received.

  i feel like posting the senders name and email, but i'll refrain for now.. you are a coward like all of you on that 'jw' board you cant say these things .

  when we talk to you cause you dont want to hear the truth................you .

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  TW

  Cheer up! I only got a one liner too!

  all it said was- READ REV 1-9

  Should make nice bedtime reading eh? Will help me sleep

  Really, I think that if they have the 'truth' and love their enemies, this thread could of been called 'Love mail' but, no, they feel threatened themselves. Speaks volumes to me.

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  Hate mail from JW

  by TR in

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  this is an email i just received.

  i feel like posting the senders name and email, but i'll refrain for now.. you are a coward like all of you on that 'jw' board you cant say these things .

  when we talk to you cause you dont want to hear the truth................you .

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  Hi everyone,

  I recieved an e-mail, READ rev 1- 9 will keep me busy today! hehehe

  I don't know why he picked on me

  I'm only a 'baby' apostate

  I've still got loads to learn

  Latte

  Edited by - Latte on 23 February 2001 3:3:3
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  Guess what *I* just got called?

  by LDH in

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  talking to my cousin just now, she has been inactive for years.... she told me she just started going back to the meetings, hard!!!

  i asked her a one-word question--"why?".

  she immediately flipped out on me, and said because she doesn't want to be responsible for her children's death at armageddon (of course).

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  LDH

  Cheer up girl! You are LDH and all the good things that go with the name!

  YOU are concerning yourself with TRUTH and nothing else, so please don't feel bad. What more could Jehovah ask than that???

  {{{{HUGS TO U }}}}

  Latte

  Edited by - Latte on 21 February 2001 16:3:20