my writing a book about my strange life as a jw.
i need some help.. does anyone remember when they used to get these charts out at the service meetings which had all the hours, "back calls" and bible studies on it?
what did they call that?.
The 50s are a little before my time but in the early 60s, I remember the written review was done with a pencil and you signed it and turned it in to the school conductor.
The breaks in between meetings was interesting....I remember people would go outside and have a cigarette!
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/20/world/americas/in-remote-ecuador-towns-hit-by-quake-contact-was-cut-off-for-days.html?_r=1.
in remote ecuador towns hit by quake, contact was cut off for days.
by nicholas casey and maggy ayala april 19, 2016 .
before i left a number of years ago i remember getting bombarded with the message that we shouldn't have children as it wasn't fair to them.
they would have to grow as conditions got worse during the end.
is there anything in the literature or was this just through talks.
They frowned on childbearing until people ignored them.
Then they ignored the children - just a token book here or there.
The children started leaving the Org
This caused the $$ giving members much angst
The Org bestirred itself to make Caleb and Sophia videos in an attempt to get ahead of the damage.
I swear, every thread I read here I am seeing more and more how everything they do is a reaction rather than an action.
who cares?.
the first time i was in distress with the watchtower, i was fortunate to find this place.
my ego thought ,i was somehow special, that my posts were reaching a worldwide audience, and most of all i felt at ease, maybe home is a better word.
Um in that case.....
I will join you in nominating LisaRose!
(Im far too lazy to be a leader)
i think that's the correct phrase?
anyway when i first came here, that little picture that "the rebel" hides behind, was a self portrait of a very sad man, who simply had too much knowledge.
now i feel after 7 months here, i should repaint that " avetor" give some happiness to the eyes, and a contented smile to the lips.. in short my " avetor" was a self portrait of a man with too much knowledge.
The idea of elders being like mill stones around peoples necks was in my head at the time I joined.
I also like the idea of how a mill grinds things down to the essential and valuable part.
I am in the process of doing that with my spiritual beliefs.
who cares?.
the first time i was in distress with the watchtower, i was fortunate to find this place.
my ego thought ,i was somehow special, that my posts were reaching a worldwide audience, and most of all i felt at ease, maybe home is a better word.
rebelfighter
Never a JW. I came here about 1 year 4 months ago to figure out what JW was all about other then those people who could not read the Absolutely No Soliciting sign at my front door and to figure out the sudden bizarre turn in behavior after 5 years in the "Elder". He never talked about his religion.
I have learned a lot on this site and jw facts. The ARC was the real eye opener for me. My heart goes out to each of you who have been hurt by this cult. For me I will be here to learn what is going on in the borg, how children and women continue to be abused. I appreciate the Sophie and Caleb videos being shown over here since I refuse to go to the official JW site. I find these videos to be emotional abuse and just reminds me that if I do encounter a JW that talking about ARC is extremely important.
I have suffered from a lot of abuse in my life so I advocate against both against children and women's abuse and neglect. This has made me a very strong and determined woman.
I really admire the effort you have put forth to understand a group that are not automatically likeable. I am a big believer in understanding things too.
I liked reading how you have used this to become a better/stronger person.
who cares?.
the first time i was in distress with the watchtower, i was fortunate to find this place.
my ego thought ,i was somehow special, that my posts were reaching a worldwide audience, and most of all i felt at ease, maybe home is a better word.
FayeDunawayo
GROUP HUG!!!!
lol. Millie you know I think you're fabulous ♥.
Ditto and lol on the group hug!
who cares?.
the first time i was in distress with the watchtower, i was fortunate to find this place.
my ego thought ,i was somehow special, that my posts were reaching a worldwide audience, and most of all i felt at ease, maybe home is a better word.
Yeah, we do.
I like Rebel too. I like people who think outside the box. People who arent afraid to put their thoughts out there.
As a matter of fact, this thread is full of comments from posters like that.
A great thread.
last night i had to suffer through the bs spouted by the new co. some garbage about the bible transforming us as people.
he went on and on about how we can look good to people at the hall who see the outside, but the bible will tell us what we are inside.. then he proceeded to use a few select verses to say sex is bad and so is the desire for it.
a healthy bank account or savings is wrong, shouldn't have that either.
So desire for sex is bad. Healthy finances is bad and a hunting gun is bad.
Sounds like in his Tuesday afternoon meeting with the COBE and/or Secretary, they had a list of local needs for him to address.
Or maybe those are circuit wide "problems".
I will restrain myself from commenting on who created the sexual desire that is wrong in his little scenerio.......
is this C.O. young or old?
i wonder what it would be like, without any religion in the world?
i don't think it would be like 'imagine' by lennon.. i don't believe it will ever happen.
even if it did, people are the same.
Hi my dear buddy punk!
When I saw your thread title my first thought was John Lennons "Imagine".
Great minds and all that!
So now I have to think of something else to say since you already mentioned that! LOL
But seriously, I dont think people keep things around for thousands of years that dont serve some kind of purpose.
So religion meets some kind of societal purpose.
It does seem that as society evolves and becomes more capable that religions purpose is fading somewhat though. Perhaps people are meeting that need in other ways?
