i would like to share the information below with newer members and lurkers.
we're not insensitive to what you're now going through.
many of us have been in your position.
I'm working on 'the list' too. I feel alienated and lonely...but I can't seem to force myself to do what they want me to do, which is tow the line and preach the word. The thought of breaking the hearts of my throughly deluded parents is almost impossible for me to comprehend, so I try to non-combatant-like when around them. It is really, really difficult, as I love them very much and they are already 'grieving' over having lost one of my siblings from the 'truth'.
CJ
when i saw this article on the news it really disturbed me.
the callousness of the 'people' walking by this poor, sweet baby as she lay writhing in pain and all alone, was horrific to say the least.
my blood truly felt like it ran cold and i've been thinking about this little girl all night.
misgivings, to be sure, .
another pursued her .
with real intent, a burning zeal.
CoCo-very sad and touching, my heart aches for you.
NoRoomForGeorge-I've asked that same question, Paul himself said it was his opinion. The answer I got was that because it was in the bible, it was inspired by God, so Jehovah must agree with it. (???)
CJ
when i saw this article on the news it really disturbed me.
the callousness of the 'people' walking by this poor, sweet baby as she lay writhing in pain and all alone, was horrific to say the least.
my blood truly felt like it ran cold and i've been thinking about this little girl all night.
I just read that this little baby is brain dead. Her mother is fervently hoping for her to somehow wake up. I also read that this poor little girl lay in the street,in a pool of her own blood, crying, for 10 minutes. She would have probably been OK if the original driver hadn't decided to run over her a second time. The woman who finally did help her was a homeless person, according to news reports. What a good woman.
CJ
when i saw this article on the news it really disturbed me.
the callousness of the 'people' walking by this poor, sweet baby as she lay writhing in pain and all alone, was horrific to say the least.
my blood truly felt like it ran cold and i've been thinking about this little girl all night.
@Nomad-the little girls mother, it was reported, was retrieving the family laundry. Children escape their homes/shops or wherever they maybe. I'm sure the mother has retrieved her laundry a million times and nothing bad happened. Perhaps even someone else was watching her at that moment and turned away for a second. There appear to be shops lining the street, the family probably lived above one of the shops at night and worked there during the day.
To everyone else-it was also reported that this ignoring behaviour is typical in China. They have a saying something to the effect of 'If you didn't cause the accident, why would you ever help the person?'. This tidbit of info was off the same news article. To me, it seems as if life is cheap in Asia, when you consider the number of children killed in munitions factories, shoddily built schools, child labor injuries, to say nothing of the adults. It was reported that China has no animal protection laws, communities with no compassion for animals always have compassion problems with people. They go hand in hand.
CJ
when i saw this article on the news it really disturbed me.
the callousness of the 'people' walking by this poor, sweet baby as she lay writhing in pain and all alone, was horrific to say the least.
my blood truly felt like it ran cold and i've been thinking about this little girl all night.
When I saw this article on the news it really disturbed me. The callousness of the 'people' walking by this poor, sweet baby as she lay writhing in pain and all alone, was horrific to say the least. My blood truly felt like it ran cold and I've been thinking about this little girl all night. I'm hoping her grieving family will recover somewhat by this personal disaster and be able to relocate. To have to stay in a neighborhood where everyone couldn't have cared less about their daughter would be torment.
CJ
despite denial by the wts of any 1975 armageddon predictions zealous jw's did believe it, openly talked about it, and some even sold houses & belongings in anticipation of it.
do you have or know of any good 1975 stories?.
here's mine.........i was a freshman in college and had quit attending the kh back in hs.
Sorry-somehow hit the 'submit' button when all I was going to do was go back. Excuse me for the blank post.
CJ
despite denial by the wts of any 1975 armageddon predictions zealous jw's did believe it, openly talked about it, and some even sold houses & belongings in anticipation of it.
do you have or know of any good 1975 stories?.
here's mine.........i was a freshman in college and had quit attending the kh back in hs.
okay,,, my cat was in a fight last weekend ... new cat on the block,, 2 drs away, territorial stuff .... .
twice, she saw the vet last week, and has two puncture wounds,,, one near her eye ... .
she was fine when i took her to see the doc on saturday, but now, her eye is infected again.. .
talesin-I have a multi-cat household and live way out in the country where inhumane people dump off their unwanted pets, when my cats insist on going out, they sometimes end up beaten up by the dumped cats...too many puncture wounds. My vet told me to open up their wounds (pick off the scab-nasty, yes) to let it drain, then use hydrogen peroxide on the wound to clean it and ALSO to prevent it from healing too fast. It heals on the outside, but continues to fester and rot on the inside and you want healing from the inside first. Hence, the peroxide to slow the outside from healing first.
I hope your dear kitty gets better soon.
CJ
has anyone heard about this?
we received an email from an old friend who is still an elder and doesn't know what we are up to.
"a change, they are no longer training missionaries and sending them into foreign fields.
Walk On-I remember this KM article and at the time I laughed because it encourage retired people to move to foreign countries. The article then stated something to the affect that they couldn't count on the Society to help with fleshly things, but what would the Society help them with? Information about the country of their choice...as if they couldn't get that info from the internet. They want retired people to go, because their retirement money might stretch farther in some 3rd world country.
CJ
