i was sent a link to a homemade video from our summer district convention, not the one i attended, but the next weekend.
it was a video of a local brother, relating his "experience" of "trusting in jehovah", and how he was blessed.. it was just about 1 short minute long.
ms harper showed it to me first, she wanted to get my comment on it before she said a word.. background: we both know this brother, he is about our age, so we know the "real" story.. anyways, his story goes like this: this experience goes back about 10 years (jeez, we must be really searching for the experiences now!).
One sister in my congregation happened to go to two different assemblies one year. She told me that she had believed that the person on stage relating the experience was the real person who actually had the experience. However, at another assembly, there was an entirely different person relating the same experience.
Apparently, all assemblies have to have the same experiences on the program, the person who actually had the experience (if it happened at all) can't go to all of the assemblies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0ozdyn287a.
http://boingboing.net/2006/07/23/albert-einstein-sexf.html.
the letters reveal how einstein lost most of his nobel prize money in bad bond investments on wall street, and provide details of how he was showered with affection and gifts by his many mistresses.... he became involved with elsa, a cousin, in 1912 when he was still married to his first wife mileva, a fellow scientist with whom he had two boys, hans albert and eduard.
I read an article in a magazine years and years ago in which Shelley Winters talks about her friendship with Marilyn Monroe. The two women decided to make a list of sexy men. Shelley chose men like Gregory Peck, the handsome movie star type. Marilyn chose intellectuals, including Einstein.
After Marilyn died, among her souvenirs was a photo of Einstein, signed, "To Marilyn, with love and gratitude, Albert Einstein.
if you could pick anyone from jwn to meet in real life to meet and have dinner with, who would that be?
let's exclude all those who you are already friends with, who you know and love from jwn in real life.
so or me, that excludes my friend ann and also curious butterfly.
We should have a convention. I'd love an excuse to go somewhere exotic and beautiful and meet some exotic and beautiful people.
i had a great time meeting you all.
here's some jw's i photographed just back from the dc.... .
The JW on the far left looks like a Muslim.
Glad you all got together and had a great time.
hello ,i am a jw,been in the "truth " for about 6 years.i have to be very careful because i know the witnesses monitors sites and report to the elders ,i know cause that is what my blood sister does,she spends hours trying to find apostates in the closet.i know stuped.. so this is my situation.i have known about jw almost all my life and heard that only them have the truth,lots of my family are in it.i was the one taking too long to baptize ,i knew it was expected from me.and i always had a need to make ppl like me .so i took the dip.i started to notice that there are lots of jws that belong to little groups.i wanted friendship so bad and at the time had a need o tell ppl about my horrible childhood traumas i guess i was not over it yet,and needed some to lisent since i had drove my spouse nuts already .what happend this ppl pretend to want to be close to me so they can know all my business and then tell everyone at the hall.then you realize uhhh,they never confided their personal stuff to me.is like a game " you can tell me your stuff,but do not expect me to keep it to myself and do not think i will tell you my dirty laundry.a lot of mind games.. so i was alone ,invisible ,i still can't believe i put up with so much !
i can't wright not even half of what i when through.i feel paranoic now.so i came across a youtube video by jwstruggle and blow my mind ,now i can't stop researching,my spouse is not a jw,and is very shock too.so i decided that i want to fade,i guess it won't be so hard since the sis and brothers did not had a close relationship with me.i have kids and i suffer from pts ,anxiety attacks,panick attacks and severe depression.i moved to the next town of my hall,so i have change hall too.i have not been to my new hall,and wanted to know,will the elders in my old hall contact the elders in my new hall just to see if i am attending?..
my spouse told me " i will tell them i am not letting you go" "and "i found out that your liars!
Welcome! We have a great influx of new people on the forum lately. It is good to have all of you here.
You are going through a lot right now. If at all possible, I would recommend that you move to another state without telling any of the dubs. You can start a new life much more easily that way. I left in 1979, pre-internet, and I thanked God every day that the U.S. is such a big country, and I could go so far away.
You might benefit from professional counseling as well. It sounds like you have unresolved issues from childhood, which is not unusual.
Best wishes for a successful transition to a better life. Keep us posted.
hi all, came across this website, ran by steve searles.
i believe he comes from carlisle, england.. it contains all sorts of "goodies" - talks, dramas, district conventions, old watchtower publications, videos etc.
he charges a "membership fee" for folks to download ripped off youtube videos etc.
Welcome to the forum, wordyword. Tell us more about yourself.
hello everyone, i want us to discuss the gbs right to control jws.
the gb claim, and rf jws believe that they can't understand the bible without help from the gb.
when you ask them why they listen to the gb you hear stuff like .
When I went back to college in my 30's, I was having a discussion with another "older" student about people's priorities. My friend summed it up this way: Most people are just looking for somebody to follow.
As much as I detest my decision to become a JW, I'm so glad I didn't meet some other charismatic cult leader first. Charles Manson comes to mind, a man who appeared to "have it all together" as we said in the '70's.
if you could pick anyone from jwn to meet in real life to meet and have dinner with, who would that be?
let's exclude all those who you are already friends with, who you know and love from jwn in real life.
so or me, that excludes my friend ann and also curious butterfly.
I did have dinner with Barbara Anderson and her husband when we went to the Silentlambs march in NYC in 2002. I actually sat at the same table with them. They are sweethearts. The other people I sat with no longer post here.
if you could pick anyone from jwn to meet in real life to meet and have dinner with, who would that be?
let's exclude all those who you are already friends with, who you know and love from jwn in real life.
so or me, that excludes my friend ann and also curious butterfly.
LoisLane, Hortensia and Mouthy are my choices, although there are many others. These ladies are all so down-to-earth and kind.
If I would not feel so intimidated by their intellect, I would choose Leolaia and Billy the ex-Bethelite.
i could give you hundreds of experiences but let me kick off with the following.
i boarded a train at 4am heading to an airport a few weeks ago.
in my carriage there were at least 100 people.. .
First, I am Caucasian.
I went to a Korean grocery store, and the owner or an employee followed me every step. She did not say anything to me at all, and I said nothing to her either. I got spooked and left without buying anything. When I told a Korean friend about the incident, he told me that the person was just ensuring that I found what I wanted. It's hard to understand other cultures. I'm not sure I believe what my friend told me either.
