brother thomas cannot register here because he uses the anonymizer.
i have offered to post this here for him.
http://www.aimoo.com/forum/postview.cfm?id=311102&categoryid=2972&threadid=20521.
Well Jan, maybe I am a bit jaded or just had been in the Organization to long, but you can tell Brother Thomas that not one thing he said in his post surprised me. I know of cases right here that go along with some of the things that he said. I know lots of stories and even have been a participant in a few!
Now that I am away long enough, the "light gets brighter and brighter".
Lindy
when i was a kid, i liked blue.
royal blue.
my brother liked.
Hi Unc!
I know, I know. Because that was the only color made at the time!!
I thought white was the reflection of all colors of the spectrum and black was the absorbtion of all colors of the spectrm, BTW? Same thing? Anyways....
My favorite color has always been green but I love the blue-greens mixed together, like teals. But I am with patio on the fact that the color depends on what it is on. I hate orange on anything in general, though.
Auntie Lindy
http://www.witnessesonline.com/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/witnessesonline/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=13&t=000118&p=.
finding a man was always one of the biggest problems in wt due to many factors.
my last hall had 42 single women from 25 45 yrs of age many never married before.
You said:
"the sisters would dream about certain bro or how they would discuss what would happen if sister so and so died- yep they were sitting around waiting for a sister to die- esp once you hit the 30-45 group."
They do it in the younger age group too, evidently. We had a sensational murder in this area a while back. A young brother's wife was kidnapped and murdered for the baby she carried. The baby lived and now was "motherless". It was awful. It made national headline news for weeks. The thing was, I know how those young sisters work. I told my daughters that the man didn't have a chance. He wasn't even good looking as far as I was concerned. I know his brother, who was in our congregation. I was surprised this guy was a bit homely because his brother is nice looking. Anyway, I told my kids that he would be engaged before the year was up. But even I was surprised that it only took only four months after his wife's death and the ring was on someone elses finger!
Lindy
Here in mid northern Ohio it was a beautiful day, and Father's Day was wonderful. I got to get out and weed most of my flower gardens today. The evening is doing nicely too. My husband is washing his truck right now, so I guess it will rain tomorrow, LOL. I hope it does, cuz I have to work!
Lindy, exchanging pleasantries back at ya!
a few days ago there was a post which had a link to a we site with an article entitled "the 13 illuminati bloodlines" written by a certain by fritz springmeier.. in there was this comment .
"the wt society performs a secret ritual every year which is their primary ritual.
this ritual is actually the ancient gnostic (satanic) ritual of saying no to the.
A while back doing research I ran into this stuff. I come across it time and again and I don't know for sure what to think. I am with Kent, give me real proof.
Francoise, I agree with you. Wiccans aren't Satanists. Gnosticism isn't Satanism. If people would do their own research they would know this.
There are lots of tales out there about all sorts of things. Some have truth in them but that doesn't make everything said true. That's how it works. You say just enough truth to make it sound true and then then you add all the rest of the recipe so that you have control over whomever. It works! Look at the con artists, and speaking of such, the WTBTS!
As Always,
Auntie Lindy
several have made outright statements and others have suggested that the society's negative position on higher education has changed.
'the society does not discourage higher education where i live.
' worse, 'apostates have made it all up--the society has never discouraged education.
JWD and Maximus,
Thanks for the clarification on the attorney thing. What hypocricy it is to send "their own" to college and tell the rank and file to work the "interests of the Kingdom of God". I bet there was so problems for the r&f JWs in bethel over the matter. I would have been seething!
On the matter of educated before the "truth". There is an elder and his wife who applied to Bethel a while ago from the congregation I was in. The wife had a medical education but the hubby didn't, but he had extensive computer knowledge, but no degree in it. They really thought that they were going to get in. They had some "connections" there and figured it was a sure thing. They were so excited. They figured they'd spend out "this system of things" there. But they were refused because they had no need for the hubby. They resubmitted at least once more if not twice. Rejected again. Such disappointment. They tried not to show it and went on, but they were never the same after that. They are still in though but now have moved to a neighboring town to "help" their son who seems to have "strayed". My daughter saw him at a concert last year, drunk, but not enough to be shocked at seeing my daughter there and having her recognize him. (My daughter never took to this religion, thank goodness, but just the same, they were shocked to see each other.)
As Always,
Lindy
several have made outright statements and others have suggested that the society's negative position on higher education has changed.
'the society does not discourage higher education where i live.
' worse, 'apostates have made it all up--the society has never discouraged education.
Hi waiting,
Didn't someone post recently how the Society is sending several brothers to law school so they can "volunteer" their services to the Society? I don't remember who wrote it or where it was discussed but I think it was on here. Unless I misunderstood what was said. They need lots of legal beagles now that they have set off so may brances of the Society and the like, with the new divisons of the WTBTS. Plus all the up and coming law suits, they will need the best to divert the "wicked" from hurting their deep pockets.
How you be anyway? Hope well, enjoying your posts along the way.
Auntie Lindy
several have made outright statements and others have suggested that the society's negative position on higher education has changed.
'the society does not discourage higher education where i live.
' worse, 'apostates have made it all up--the society has never discouraged education.
Hi Maximus,
Thanks for the update. I can't believe they are saying this same old grap. In our congregations around here, kids going to college is still a very negative thing.
To the rest of you just starting college in later years, or are thinking you can't do it:
When I graduated from HS it was a huge no-no and I never gave it a second thought that I must follow the Societies ways. But I really had always wanted to go. Now out from under the rule of religon, I went back (After three years of applications and chickening out because I was terrified!) and I absolutely loved it. I can't believe how exciting and wonderful it is to learn. I am very lucky to have a small campus to start on and the young people were extremly supportive. The faculty is fantastic so far. I look forward to this fall. My girls are doing better also with me there with them. They are very proud of me and let everyone there know that I am their mother. I even got on the dean's list which I never thought I could accomplish. If I never get on it again, I will at least know what I am capable of. It has been one of the best decisions I ever made. I just regret that I couldn't have done it earlier in life. It is hard, don't get me wrong, but it is fun, exciting, you are challenged and you get to use all the things you have gained from years of living.
I too, think I may never get to use my education this late in life, but I am going to give it a heck of a try!! You never know what will be and what opportunities will come along. I hope to be prepared when they do happen by and I can say "yes" to them.
Go for it! You have years left. Do the things you want to do with those years before and couldn't. No one and nothing, let alone the WTBTS, is there to stop you now baby---go for it. The years will pass no matter what you do and you never know what will be. Don't sit on "maybe" or "what ifs".
Nice pep talk, huh? I will come back this fall and read it when I start getting scared before my classes start! LOL!
As Always,
Lindy
hello everyone i am new to this board and look forward to getting to know everyoneee....just wanted to say that, thanks bye bye.
Welcome to the board. Hope you enjoy your stay.
Auntie Lindy
basically, all religions have the same core tenets.
1. have love for others.. 2. don't value material things more than you value each other.. i have a theory for this.
i call it the natural guilt theory.
But why do religions add these things to basic nature? I have found in my research it is for control and greed. If left alone humans would do better without their "Gods".
Auntie Lindy
