bro do brown payne told the audience of today's sa day at natick mass.
that "many brothers compromised their neutrality by voting in 2008".
he followed that by asking "and what has this president done for you?
COs and DOs are friggin' asshats. They love to waltz into a hall or assembly, have everyone sniff their crotches and have people hang on every word of their Fred Phelps-like ranting "talks".
They love to use "heart-touching stories" that they probably made up or say the same old stupid spiritually clean jokes they use every facking night.
Circuit Overseer Yakov: "Brothers are we using the World? Or is the World using us?"
<THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE>
just got word that my youngest brother died of pancreatic cancer.
he was diagnosed in early august.
this has been really tough for me and my family..
Sorry, Pops. Sounds like he was a pretty awesome guy. Hang in there.
to: all elders in the grover beach congregation of jehovah witnesses, the watchtower corporation and governing body of "jehovah witnesses" .
from: gregg blasingame.
cc: watchtower inc.. dear brothers,.
the best thing for you to do is post this letter on the internet for other curious people to read. As far as the elders, they will simply scan through it looking for some official line where you say that you're no longer a JW or whatever. Other than that, they're just toss it into the trash, either because (1) they are too stupid to understand all the words you used or (2) they are too lazy to read something as real and geniune as this letter that you have obviously poured your heart into.
The funny thing about what's written in the Watchtower and Awakes, even recent ones, is that no devout JW really gives two sh*ts about what's written. There is an underlying arrangement set in stone, and you either follow it, or you're out. It's kind of like a Hallmark card, they are nice to get and the funny little quip/inspirational poem/motivational statement may be quite comforting and make you feel all warm and fuzzy, but 20 seconds after putting down the card, you forget all about it. Same way with the WT literature. It's almost written from a dog's perspective. A dog doesn't remember the past nor cares for the future; it live in the NOW.
That's probably why they print those despicable magazines every other day. I read The Count of Monte Cristo like 5 years ago. It was such an awesome work of literature that I still remember the plot and details to this day. And that is the fundemental difference between good literature and Watchtower sh*t.
I have no idea what i'm talking about. Good letter.
here is a list i've started...but hope will be added to.. .
you know you are in the wrong religion when:.
1. the all important question is not: "do you believe in the lord jesus christ?"....but....
when you walk around during your lunch break mumbling to yourself about the pros and cons to the religion. Or mumbling to yourself about the consequences of leaving the religion.
HAHAHA holy hippos of Hiroshima! I did exactly this for 8 months straight. still kind of do it up occasion. this cult will drive you nuttier than a march hare.
if someone says they saw me smoking a cigarette do i have the right to challenge them face to face in the hearing room?.
HAHAHAHAHA you said "rights"
seriously, you'd have more rights facing a North Korean interrogation squad
in the january 2013 study watchtower:.
alex got caught up in trading in the stock market, thinking he could soon quit his job and enter the pioneer service.
engrossed.
this raises an interesting question. how many rank-n-file JWs are even aware that the Watchtower Society dabbles in the Stock Market?
theme: safeguard your mind .
sunday - day 2 .
link to saturday notes : http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/239929/1/notes-from-safeguard-your-mind-assembly-day-1.
why is there no distinction between men and women in heaven, but down here, the f#cking earth would split open if a sister carried a microphone or gave a prayer???????
sooooo.... let me get this straight, a woman is allowed to become an immortal god like entity to rule over me as a man, but while she's alive, she can't even pray in my prescence????
here is a list i've started...but hope will be added to.. .
you know you are in the wrong religion when:.
1. the all important question is not: "do you believe in the lord jesus christ?"....but....
You Know You Are In The Wrong Religion When...
...you actually have window-washing, JC Penny suit-wearing elders insist that THEY carry out and handle cases of child abuse and NOT the trained authorities.
what do you like as a gift?
i have absolutely no idea what to make or give my son-in-law for his birthday or for christmas.
he has all the newest gadgets which i could not afford anyways so i am stumped.. gotta be inexpensive (on a strict budget) and if i can make it all the better.
lozhasleft - damn right that's me.
okay, now it's my turn to start a thread about the gb/fds "new light" now that it's been well covered by many threads.
i've noticed that a few have brought this subject up with dub family who accepted wt "new light" without objection, saying that it "made sense" for the fds to only be the gb.
so i have an idea of how to bring this up with my family in such a way that will highlight that this doesn't make sense... at all.. and the timing of this whole thing is incredibly convenient for me since it wasn't that long ago that this came up with my parents and i said that the wt interpretation of the fds in matthew was out-of-context and flawed.
Billy,
I tried to tell my parents about the Conti case when it broke and you could get the official court documents off of the internet. I might as well have handed them a live grenade. It's all "apostate-trash" to them. And that case had NOTHING to do with doctrine. So I'm guessing that to try to speak to them about this nonsense would be a Sisyphean exercise in futility.
"Never discuss doctrine." - leavingwt
"If I knew she was a cop, I would've offered her less." - Mr. Falcon
