i am currently preparing for the public talk on sunday and as i was looking through the outline some these thoughts just keep popping up my mind that in the face of several allegations and numerous scandal, wbts has not stopped claiming to be god's organisation, i am wondering if they will ever realise that their strategies are no longer appealing to the general public.
regrettably, they keep on publishing and printing using victims of mind control hazards to the detriment of over 7 million rank and file members and spiritual illiterates in the society.
i keep on pondering on how long this malicious activity would continue.
If so, you can omit a good portion of content that messes with your conscience, and deliver it in a neutral fashion, emphasizing things that would be encouraging to the audience as opposed to beating them down.
Miz, I found myself doing exactly this. I wrote this thing a few years back when I was guzzlin' the Kool-Aid. I was appalled at what I had written. I spent half an hour crossing out and changing words so they weren't so propagandist. Still felt like a king-size chode, though.
"once upon a time, in some out of the way corner of that universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling solar systems, there was a star upon which clever beasts invented knowing.
that was the most arrogant and mendacious minute of "world history," but nevertheless, it was only a minute.
after nature had drawn a few breaths, the star cooled and congealed, and the clever beasts had to die.. one might invent such a fable, and yet he still would not have adequately illustrated how miserable, how shadowy and transient, how aimless and arbitrary the human intellect looks within nature.
"Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin'
You gotta have somethin'
If you wanna be with me."
~ Billy Preston
i am currently preparing for the public talk on sunday and as i was looking through the outline some these thoughts just keep popping up my mind that in the face of several allegations and numerous scandal, wbts has not stopped claiming to be god's organisation, i am wondering if they will ever realise that their strategies are no longer appealing to the general public.
regrettably, they keep on publishing and printing using victims of mind control hazards to the detriment of over 7 million rank and file members and spiritual illiterates in the society.
i keep on pondering on how long this malicious activity would continue.
I know this pain all too well. Had to give one about a month ago. Short-notice, filling in for someone I owed a favor to. That's the only reason. But man, oh man did I feel like the world's biggest TOOL up there. The whole time I'm speaking from this outline I kept thinking to myself, "Am I really spewing this crap???" It was surreal.
What helped me up there was that I realized that out of the 100+ people in the room, only like 8 people were actually listening to what I was saying. The rest were zoning out and I could see it in their eyes. And those 8 people who were listening were a tad crazy anyways. Additionally, I used the time to brush up on my public speaking ability. Skills like that are good to work on if you ever find yourself on a job interview.
When you're done, go home and pour yourself a tall whiskey.
hi guys, been a while since i've posted.
summer is very busy at my job, lots of ot, which is good because winter is slow and i barely get my f/t hours.
anyway, i had to post this to see if anyone has seen a similiar situation in their congregation.. i drive a lot for work, do home visits for a local visiting nurse association.
what up Lil?
I remember reading a comment on a similar thread a whiles back where somebody said that "Booze is the only vice allowed JWs, so they tend to indulge." This is absolutely true. Many appointed men (myself included, ashamedly) are big time drinkers. It may not be the healthiest way to deal with the paradoxes of being a J-dubb, but for most, it's sadly the only viable option. Good thread.
fyi.
from worldwide report a brother from wallkill shared during congregation may 10, 2010. .
there are now 16 printing branches in the world, all of them are electronically connected so if one branch had to shut down because of disaster such as an earthquake, all they need to do is transfer the files to another branch and shift the workload there.
It's good to see that the Brooklyn Ministry of Truth is still up and running.
gah!
drought of intelligence discovered @ 1:17..... http://www.weather.com/weather/videos/news-41/top-stories-169/drought-turns-lake-blood-red-21501.
good lord, I leave for a week and come back to Cheez prophecying about blood-filled lakes.
there was no end to the amount of stupid rules put in place.
one that always bugged me was "no shirts with slogans when doing kh yard work or at jw gatherings.
id always get talked to about it when i'd wear shirts with a band on it or whatnot.
No participation of school-related competitive sports..But everyones invited to Bro Lame-ass's house ,for SuperBowl..Everyone wear team colors!!!
HAHAHAHA, Searchn4answrs! I NEVER thought of that! Wow, good observation!
there was no end to the amount of stupid rules put in place.
one that always bugged me was "no shirts with slogans when doing kh yard work or at jw gatherings.
id always get talked to about it when i'd wear shirts with a band on it or whatnot.
All these rules bring back so many memories from all the halls I attended growing up. Ironically, the one that I'm stuck in now is manned by an elder body who could care less if you walked into the hall looking like Charles Manson. They are still tools, though.
there was no end to the amount of stupid rules put in place.
one that always bugged me was "no shirts with slogans when doing kh yard work or at jw gatherings.
id always get talked to about it when i'd wear shirts with a band on it or whatnot.
These two biological brothers I hung out with growing up (their father was an elder in our hall) couldn't wear any NO FEAR apparel, because that was showing defiance to Godly fear. Yes'sir.
think louisiana.
pm me if it rings a bell.. warm heathen love & greetings,.
-sbc.
I know HR Geiger.
i sent you a PM. If you respond to it, then I will know that these two droids I sent escaped Imperial detection.
