And yet the WTBTS always is talking about honoring the elderly and give the example of faithful Anna, who was never missing from the temple...can't you just see her getting the boot from Bethel?
PaintedToeNail
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delusional until the end- must read
by nowwhat? inin our area, we have a 78 year old well known brother known for his stout faithfulness whose wife just died.
his life story is jw textbook.. pioneered for decades, went to bethel, where he was a mid range heavy.
then his wife got accidently pregnant so they had to leave around 1980.. known in the area for being the top man on the rbc, also in charge of the money at conventions and assemblies and just about every responsibility you can think of.
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Ran into JW's manning a table/booth at the beach.
by PaintedToeNail incame across 2 of these 'booths' in 2 days.
one at the int'l airport we landed at (hubby asked directions from them, they were knowledgable about the airport and very nice) and the other at a pier on the beach...hubby had to race over and say hi to them and i was standing there.
the 'brother' was an arrogant boob.
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It was interesting to see eventhe first couple, they were wedged between a couple other booths of some sort and were chatting away together. When my husband poke to them they looked rather startled, almost as if someone approaching them was unheard of. They were really nice and down to earth.
4thgen-They do look that ridiculous!
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Ran into JW's manning a table/booth at the beach.
by PaintedToeNail incame across 2 of these 'booths' in 2 days.
one at the int'l airport we landed at (hubby asked directions from them, they were knowledgable about the airport and very nice) and the other at a pier on the beach...hubby had to race over and say hi to them and i was standing there.
the 'brother' was an arrogant boob.
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Came across 2 of these 'booths' in 2 days. One at the int'l airport we landed at (hubby asked directions from them, they were knowledgable about the airport and very nice) and the other at a pier on the beach...hubby had to race over and say Hi to them and I was standing there. The 'brother' was an arrogant boob. He made sure we knew he had been in Bethel, and was only in that lovely beach town because Bethel downsized 7 years ago. He said some more stuff, and asked about us being in that locale. I couldn't take it anymore and told him, "I used to live here as a kid, but my parents moved because the end was coming in 1975 and they needed to save their relatives in....(a really cold place)..obviously the end didn't come, my relatives couldn't have cared less about armageddon and we were stuck freezing to death."
The look on that bro's face was priceless. I walked off then and got some fresh caught sea food. Hubby followed and said absolutely nothing...the bro was dressed in a wool jacket, wool hat, tie the whole 9 yards. Everyone else was in shorts or bathing suits.
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Witnesses: Why The 1/19/14 WT Lesson Is Dangerous
by Apognophos intoday's watchtower lesson touched on the history of hezekiah's reign, and then made a surprising modern-day application.
having used my time before the meeting to research the underlying material instead of highlighting my magazine, i personally found this to be an upsetting study, and decided to put this warning here in the hopes that some active witnesses read it.. the most important thing i want to say to you is that the actual flow of events in this bible account were severely misrepresented, and that there are some disturbing implications in the distortions that were made.
1. hezekiah's father ahaz makes himself a vassal to assyria out of fear of their overwhelming might (2 kings 16:7, 8).. 2. upon becoming king, hezekiah rebels against assyria (2 kings 18:7).
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"Is my life now more meaningful, and am I happier?"
by Julia Orwell inso the question is posed in this week's watchtower study at our former cult's houses of indoctrination.
i should like to answer it, and i should like to hear your answers too.. the question is in two parts, and i shall address each one in turn.. q. is my life more meaningful?.
my life is more meaningful.
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PaintedToeNail
Julia-I agree, my life is happier now. I too, no longer need as much anxiety medication and do not live in a state of constant fear. My depression has almost cleared, panic attacks have stopped, I'm not in stress-induced pain anymore...stress brought on by being told you haven't done enough, don't give enough and aren't good enough. I'm pursuing a new direction in life with a new business, which I love.
Congratulations to you and everyone else who has found meaning in their lives beyond the cult.
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Can i be df'd for this?
by awakening inhi, i really need some advice here.
i was selected to play in a sports team representing the country i live in.
it's no big deal as it wont create any kind of major publicity.
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awakening-one thing to remember, you won't always be young enough to be on a sports team and you may really regret not playing if you have the opportunity...BUT you can always get reinstated as you start aging, should you desire to remain in the company of JW's.
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why do i get nasty looks when i dismiss or don't care who is the GB?
by ?me? ini saw a bunch of pics on ig that featured just about every gb member "humbling " themselves to be the star in a pic with local brothers and sisters.
just fellow servants or domestics.
shouldn't they decline taking celebrity pics with the local r&f?
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Octopope-agreed, is priceless
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Trying to Salvage a Friendship
by Quendi inmy friends,.
i need your counsel on a personal matter, and i hope you will give it in love.
as some of you know, i was disfellowshipped six years ago, but it wasn't until june 2010 that i made up my mind never to return to the wts.
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Quendi-You are a true friend. Very, very kind of you to offer to check on Mark's mother while he can't. I wish you were one of my friends, as we all can use an extra friend! Wishing you the very best there in Colorado.
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Does anyone here believe that things are worse than they were in the past?
by Trismegistus ini still hear this crop up every once in a while, so i figured that i'd open it up to a wide audience.. things are looking pretty good to me..
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PaintedToeNail
Most things are probably better now, if you live in a developed country. One thing that does concern me right now is rampant population and all the strain that brings to earth natural resources...of course I'm not volunteering to jump off the planet to reduce this problem...
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After 44 years I finally found and spoke to my old prison buddy!
by Terry ini have had very few mentors in my life.
i love each of them dearly.. one such was a man a bit older than me named tollie padget.. .
tollie was the rarest of rare birds.
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PaintedToeNail
Terry, I'm sorry you were misled about your friend and mentor. You are right, yet another piece of your life stolen.