i love it!
out of nowhere, the mrs. tells me that since she has a part tonight and there's nobody to watch the kids, she wants me to come with her to the meeting to watch them while she's on the platform.
i'm actually still supposed to be there, but i went home (5 minutes down the road) for a 'bathroom break'.
That was actually quite humorous!
You gotta' love the irony, people that leave are the ones that " overstep God's commands with the 'traditions of men.'"
How can they not see that they have it completely backwards?!?
I'm sure if Jesus showed up they'd disfellowship him for his "disruptive spirit."
we have a very dedicated, sincere, humble, older elder body in our hall.
along with a pretty zealous group of publishers.
[even though no one has come out of our territory in 35 years] it seems i am the only one aware of the pattern of false prophecies and mistakes by the society.
nowwhat?: it seems i am the only one aware of the pattern of false prophecies and mistakes by the society.
You're not alone, but no one dare speak up for fear of exposing themselves and being labelled an apostate, disfellowshipped and shunned.
What a nice religion: it makes you pretend to believe things you don't, it crushes your very individuality, your identity. It destroys your soul.
Once, we here were all as you are now.
Plan your escape carefully.
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the loneliest place on the planet for me was the kingdom hall.
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Ah yes, being alone in a crowd and feeling the "interchange of discouragement!"
And I thought most of you were going to talk about how if feels to be disfellowshipped and shunned. But your talking about feeling isolated among JWs even when you were in "good-standing."
Wow, just wow.
By the way, this quote is from the movie "World's Greatest Dad," written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait. It is Robin Williams' character, Lance Clayton, that says it, but it was most likely written by Goldthwait.
i was in the truth for two years and an elder approached me and said i couldn't get anymore literature until he spoke to me about something so six weeks went by and then i confronted him aa to when that meeting would be for i had a study that was waiting for her bt book.
he said he wasn't finished gathering his information but that it would be soon so i waited.
and i waited.
Control freakery is what the WTBTS is all about. I thought you knew.
An elder once asked me about me contributions.
I said it was none of his business. I wanted to say, "It's none of your fucking business!"
I'm sorry I didn't.
Let's review: It's a cult!
that is my question...anyone ever investigated this?....because i sure have not read anything in the bible that even hints on a congregation having judicial committee procedures...has anyone had any experience with this topic?.
not sure where i should post this?.
last year i got into home canning.
this year i sooooo want to make homemade tomato sauce, but i'll need a food mill to do it because it's too time consuming to de-seed 52 jars worth of tomatoes.. i've been online looking at customer reviews for various brands and models, but now i'm just a muddled mess.reviews speak about multiple uses and the pros and cons, but i only want it for tomato sauce/spaghetti sauce.. do any of you use a food mill for homemade tomato sauce?
I guess if you can't stand the thought of having seeds in it you gotta' strain it somehow, seems like a lot of work for not much return.
I do what finally awake suggested but leave the seeds in.
Other than that it's Mary's recipe.
did any of you 'come out' about the ttatt from a platform, whether at the meeting, assembly, or convention?
what did you say / do, and what happened?.
Amelia Ashton: he inserted all the Pink Floyd song titles he could into them
Ok, I could easily see an elder talking about "money" in a public talk, even "pigs" or other "animals." No one would even notice they were PF song titles.
Some would be kind of easy, like "Time" or "Wish You Were Here."
It's be a stretch to work in "Speak to Me," but it could be done. I can't imagine him talking about Jesus having "The Great Gig in the Sky."
But how on earth could he ever squeeze in "Ummagumma" without admitting a "A Momentary Lapse of Reason"?
Come to think of it, the WTBTS regularly quotes the lyric, "We don't need no education!" This explains why all JWs are "Comfortably Numb"!!!
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Blondie: but where is there any mention of Bathsheba's repentance?
Well, let's play WT Writing Committee: "Evidently Bathsheba also was repentant since she was not stoned to death as the prescribed punishment for adultery under the Mosaic Law."
Gee that was easy, and fun too!
Data-dog: Lurking Elders: Would you have disobeyed King David's order?!
Of course not. It's a simple formula: "Listen, Obey and Be Blessed!"
Lurking Elders, have you seen this thread just for you?
thank you for all of your support durning the two difficult weeks my mother was on her death bed.
last night at 10:30pm she breath her last with my sister and i by her side.
this is a real end of an era for me as i have known little these past 8 years other than taking care of my parents.
I'm sorry for your loss Roberta!
Your loving care for your mother in her final days was a precious gift to her.
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did any of you 'come out' about the ttatt from a platform, whether at the meeting, assembly, or convention?
what did you say / do, and what happened?.
Well I QUIT talkikng about JW chronology and 1914 in any of my talks, meeting parts or comments for the last five or six years I was an elder.
The funny thing is that nobody seemed to notice. At least no one ever said anything, and I mean NO ONE!
