i feel an unfamiliar restlessness in my lower body.
too long have i been confined to my sickbed; my mind and heart coax me arise and gaze upon the world outside.
it is no longer a matter of fighting long-entrenched despair.
This was a writing one feels rather than reads....
If ever anyone could use mere letters arranged in such a way that it feels like warm honey being poured over a soul, it is you CC .
Such a touching reminder of the transcendent power that is so much more than our physical body.
Thank you
interesting take on how to motivate inactive ones.... https://www.lds.org/youth/video/reaching-out-through-love?lang=eng.
it is interesting to compare and contrast witnesses and mormans....!.
The self comment accompanying the video describes it as a "lighthearted take" on the subject.
so that is the first part that doesnt fit the cut of the JW jib.
The second thing is it invites interaction and comments at the website.
what are some false reasoning's behind some of the wt rules?.
birthdays:.
why is it forbidden as a jw to celebrate birthdays?
Good ones mentioned above.
One I was thinking of I will call "The Meeting Code"
JWs are under enormous pressure to attend each and every meeting. Including the ones for field service.
You can make zero advancement unless you follow this rule.
But when the Org decided to do away with midweek book studies it was gone in a "poof".
Just like that, everyone got their Tuesdays back and were still a good Christian. How could that be? How scriptural was it in the first place?
What does that say about all the other mandatory meetings?
so after the 2 special pioneers visited i thought i had given them an earful about the arc and the pedophile problem in their organization surely they would have put me on the do not call list.. oh, no not my luck i get an elder and his lovely little mute wife with infant child in the stroller this morning at 9 am.
don't these people have a job to go to?
it was a car with 3 men & a woman.. we go through the standard do you read the bible yada yada, i tell them i know the routine very familiar with your game.
You poor sad misguided thing who believes lies on the internetz
(heavy sarcazm on purrpose)
GREAT job rebelfighter!
...actually believe they are chosen by god to go to heaven, as opposed to how many do it for attention seeking/presige reasons?.
i know we have nom way of really knowing.
however, your thoughts interest me..
DATA-DOG
I guess that makes me "off?
This part right here makes you sound like a sound nice person and not "off" at all DD.
I just figured that if the Bible was true, then Xians should partake. I never thought that I was better than anyone, in fact, I was pretty humbled.
I really cant imagine any of the "anointed" I knew saying that.
i don't see this posted elsewhere, and i don't have the links besides this facebook one.. but here is a 45-minute long bethel talk about the changes at bethel including addressing the hard feelings of people who were given the axe.
basically, everything must change.
we gave remaining bethelites saturday off to do our bidding in "the field" and we give bethelites over 70 an extra day a week off (if you can find any such bethelites).
Thanks for the cliff notes OTWO. Now I wont have to induce nausea and actually watch it.
I will just follow this thread and it will be better than watching!
i found out this morning that my brother died last night, he was also an ex jw, 73 years old and died of heart disease and kidney failure.
it was not totally unexpected, as he had been in poor health, but it's a blow, especially as i just lost another brother two years ago.
there were six of us, now only four.
Im so sorry Lisa.
You take such good care with all of us here.
We all care.
...actually believe they are chosen by god to go to heaven, as opposed to how many do it for attention seeking/presige reasons?.
i know we have nom way of really knowing.
however, your thoughts interest me..
We had a C.O. whose wife was "annointed".
With her double pierced ears and tight leather skirts
yeah
uh huh
I kid you not.
She was an emotional basket case too.
I guess that is why no one said anything about her?
The Org seems to fear "emotional crazy" amongst the C.O.s wives and leave it alone.
there was a time when as a family, we'd host a bbq in our large back garden.
we'd have a small gazebo, tables and chairs.
the reggae music would be pumping out but not too loud.
punkofnice
It's true that people really have no idea of the damage the watchtower corporation inflicts. It's cruel and heartless. It's an abattoir in there. I am lacking a goal. Lost I guess
punk,
"Not all who wander are lost" - J. R. R. Tolkien
I think you have another book brewing in you from all of this.
there is a common saying that “the crime should fit the punishment”.
a minor violation should receive a minor correction; a major violation receives a major punishment.
take the example of a kid who accidently spills soda on the carpet.
Tazemanian-devil
Londo, I love your articles, they're always spot on and so insightful. I also really, really enjoyed your videos on 1914 / 607 / last days.
Just thought you should know that
I completely agree!
Great articulate reasoning Lonzo. This is the kind of thread that helps so much when trying to pull ones thoughts together to reason with family and friends that still have ties to the Org.
Thanks for the help.
