be patient, she will get it done.
maralee.
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Jesus to Apostle John:
"John, my brother, you mind changing your very colorful sandels before healing this man of leprosy? And, also, can you change your inner garments to something more loose fitting? After all, Jacob the village homosexual would be stumbled if he knew you were wearing such clothing. Our god is a god of love...and very strict clothing requirements."
someone mentioned this in a post and i feel the need to make this theory its own thread.. i think that this past zone visit was intended to be that weird!
i think it was a test of faith in this regard, are you loyal enough to ignore the crazyness of all that was stated?
what if they are setting up for radical changes and are testing the waters to see if this current group of jdubs are going to readily drink the kool aid?.
The question that keeps popping up for me is Who is in charge?
I doubt its the GB. They are just the new spokesmen.
We forget that the Gb worship going on is a very very new thing. I didnt even know who they were up until last year.
The chief goal is money. Who is benefitting the most? If the Gb is meant to look stupid then who benefits?
someone mentioned this in a post and i feel the need to make this theory its own thread.. i think that this past zone visit was intended to be that weird!
i think it was a test of faith in this regard, are you loyal enough to ignore the crazyness of all that was stated?
what if they are setting up for radical changes and are testing the waters to see if this current group of jdubs are going to readily drink the kool aid?.
My wife heard snippets and all she kept saying was " Im so glad we are out!".
They have no desire for any faders or former JWs to return. Talks like this are evident. In fact, I think they want us as far away as possible so as to not infect the rest with our logic.
I think they are aware that the days of substantial growth are over. They surely will not win any curious ones over with talks like that!
The plan is to hold on to the loyal sheep and bleed them dry!
Talks like these do four things:
1. Push the ones with one foot out completely out
2. Remind the exs why they left (if we even needed reminders!)
3. Turn off any curious people
4. Force the loyal sheep to smile and wave while they ignore the crazy thus conditioning them to accept any weird doctrine or propaganda thrown their way.
i am encouraging everyone here to go out a buy some outrageous socks for next week's meetings.
make a statement!
thank you to poster oppostate for the idea!!!.
Tight pants and socks!! And to really freak them out wear some shiny Stacy Adams!
someone mentioned this in a post and i feel the need to make this theory its own thread.. i think that this past zone visit was intended to be that weird!
i think it was a test of faith in this regard, are you loyal enough to ignore the crazyness of all that was stated?
what if they are setting up for radical changes and are testing the waters to see if this current group of jdubs are going to readily drink the kool aid?.
Someone mentioned this in a post and I feel the need to make this theory its own thread.
I think that this past Zone Visit was intended to be that WEIRD! I think it was a test of faith in this regard, are you loyal enough to ignore the crazyness of all that was stated? What if they are setting up for radical changes and are testing the waters to see if this current group of Jdubs are going to readily drink the kool aid?
From the responses on Ista and FB it seems the time is right for the GB to make whatever changes they are planning. Most Jdubs loved the program..or they are programmed to love. One thing is for sure, the Org is keeping a close watch on various JW sites, including this one, to see reactions from the R and F.
Radical changes are coming soon. This is just a primer before they coat the real shit on.
after reading about tight pant tony's rant about sisters only marrying ministerial servants lest their marriage will be a failure what anecdotal evidence do you have to support this.
the divorces that i am familiar with in the congregation show me that having priveledges in the congregation do not improve the odds of a better marriage.
i would say about 60% of the divorces had at least one spouse who was a pioneer, elder or ministerial servant.
I was an MS about to be named Elder. We were both in the ASL cong serving where the need was great. End result: DIVORCE!
i have never seen ghosts, or had any experiences relating to ghosts.
but i know that many have had personal experiences.
if you have had an experience, can you tell me what you think of this experiment as an explaination.
This is why I dont believe in ghosts.
I have never read, seen or heard of a story involving a really hot, sexy ghost that haunts anyone. They are always scary, creepy, either old or children, demon like or spooky. Why is that?
Because no one would ever believe a story about a hot ghost with a low cut top haunting you while saying "boo" in a Marilyn Monroe style voice while shaking her hoots.
But the issue is: if there are ugly ghosts then why wouldnt there be really hot ones?!?
i've, over the years, looked into many religions.
obviously, from those that have seen me post here, i've become an atheist simply because i couldn't find any reason to believe in god.
recently, though, over the past few months, a new change has started.
It is very possible to respect a person without having to respect every decision or detail of their life. I respect my brother as a man but not his choice of religion.
Not respecting one's religion , political affiliation and so on also does not mean we can harrass them about it. All it means is that if they bring it up or shove that shit in our face expect reprecussions.
This is the deal i gave to my family. Dont ask, dont tell. I guess you can call it a "spiritual detente".
stupid me does not know how to copy paste pics from instagram site.
nmh.
http://instagram.com/p/vbu5_xhiam/.
My explanation on why this is a big deal Fleaman:
Imagine you are the oldest of four brothers. The youngest brother is 15 years younger than you and 10 years younger than the third eldest. You grew up in the strictest of households. You couldnt go out, you couldnt play video games, you had to keep an all A average or suffer very harsh consequences, you couldnt listen to any kind of hard rock or rap...you know, the typical cliche strict home.
At age 18 you got the hell out of dodge! You rarely kept in touch with your parents because of the abuse and continued insults. Your other brothers share the same kind of relationship with the parents. You are now 30, and third eldest is 25, youngest is now 15.
He is now in a completely different house hold than you and the other brothers grew up in. He goes out, parties, has girlfriends, talks back...yada yada yada, he is a brat! Parents have very little control over him except that they provide for him so, he has to just do enough to keep his comfort level secure.
Although you should be happy for the youngest since he is enjoying his life so much more than you did and he is taking complete advantage of his youth with little to no fear, you secretely hate him for it. You are pissed because why didnt you get to have the same things?! Why were they so hard on you but not on him?! Its not fair!!!
We are only human. Here on this site many of us want nothing more than to see the implosion of this religion, maybe all religions. Even though it would cost the sanity and comfort of millions of people, we want to see this org and its leaders fall flat on their faces.
We went through hell or are still going through hell because them. Secretly, however, we wonder why wasnt this the religion I grew up in? Why do they get to have a social club and we didnt? Instead, we had the strictest, prudest and fear inducing religion we could imagine. We were in a totally different kind of cult, not the shiny happy people we see now.
We should be happy that perhaps these present and future Jdubs may not need to deal with the shit we had to. Maybe they will enjoy more freedom in the future.
BUT F THAT SH#$!! I HOPE THEY ALL SUFFER LIKE I DID!!! haha...j/k....no im not :)
hello everyone just wanted to give a litte update on my leaving jws.
i was an active ms up till the beginning of this year and things were going pretty good up till now.
my wife is active and that has been tough but we were managing.. two months ago my older brother passed of a sudden heart attack.
Go see a counselor. In the end you want to look back and know you did everything you could to save the marriage.
