i have served 20 years as an elder, 5 years as an ms. was on the district committee in 2010, held various positions on the district , circuit, and rbc level.
probably been on more than 100 judicial committees and even an appeals committee.
was the coordinator in our congregation and deleted because adult child was df ( i kicked him out at the time of his wrongdoing, but that wasn't enough for thr brothers).
Welcome James Jackson, former long time elder!
I would like to offer a word of warning, however. If you think that your meaningless* Watchtower "credentials" mean diddly-squat in here, or that you will "guide," "diect," or "shepherd" anyone here on the basis of your Watchtower creds, you are going to be very, very disappointed.
*They only mean that you swam in the deep end of the mind-control-cult swimming pool.
ive just published a new article on my website, this time about about the subject of baptism.
its titled the significance and purpose of baptism.
its divided in 5 parts:.
The first step in becominng an apostate is baptism.
it,s been a busy week for me, another death and funeral.. the old saying death comes in three,s.
my ex uncle who.
lived in my city.this what get me so upset.
Thus it can be said that "by their fruitcakes ye shall know them."
She is the ONLY JW at a family gathering and she wants you to tell him he's not welcome? F that S!
I would undermine her. I'd tell him there is going to be a family gathering and you are welcome, but your idiot ex-wife will be there, so be prepared. I would encourage him to go, even offering to go with him, and I'd help him be THE social butterfly of the day.
scare mongering videos abound, but this one is a bit better than average.
what they forecast may well happen given another 3-4 generations.
a muslim leader was sayign the same thing here in sydney yesterday.. .
Europe will be toast by 2025.
wow, where does the time go?
i'm scared of reaching this number, and yet i'm so close.. what is your health secrets?
what do you do for stress releif?
Been there, done that.
Am now "boldly going where I have not been before."
Destination: Oblivion.
Health secrets? You're kidding, right?
Stress relief? Deep breathing exercise. Beneficial in other ways too.
for the last several years, the national security agency has been reportedly spying on the searches, emails, and file transfers of americans using a program called prismwhich tapped directly into the servers used by apple, google, microsoft, and others.. the program was revealed thursday in separate stories from the washington post and the guardian, which earlier revealed that the nsa had worked with verizon to monitor the metadata of millions of phone calls made by americans.. read more: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2040991/report-nsa-prism-program-spied-on-americans-emails-searches.html.
For the last several years, the National Security Agency has been reportedly spying on the searches, emails, and file transfers of Americans using a program called PRISM—which tapped directly into the servers used by Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others.
The program was revealed Thursday in separate stories from the Washington Post and The Guardian, which earlier revealed that the NSA had worked with Verizon to monitor the metadata of millions of phone calls made by Americans.
if a jw tries to gather you back to the flock or debate with you, try these questions:.
on what date did the watchtower arrive at the truth?.
(a sharp jw will try to be fuzzy.
LOL! Excellent, Oubliette!
lucky, luck, magic, fortune, etc...do you also know some of them that just shrugged it off and still went there to eat?.
Two local restaurants come to mind: "Moon Temple," a Chinese Restaurant with a very generous bar, and "13 Coins", a 24-hour American restaurant with a few locations in the Seattle metropolitan area (also with a good bar).
I have never associated with any JWs since I moved here, but I imagine JWs would shun these pagan eateries.
JW alcoholics are missing out!
a friend just wrote me:.
i missed this controversial article in christianity today, but i believe i sent an email to one of your old boxes regarding unitarian universalist ministers publishing a book outlining early christians professing belief in earth-only destination and no heavenly hope.. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/april/13.36.html.
this n. t. wright professes much the same and uses much of the same arguments as john thomas of christadelphians and adventists to debunk heavenly hope.
Good work!
if a jw tries to gather you back to the flock or debate with you, try these questions:.
on what date did the watchtower arrive at the truth?.
(a sharp jw will try to be fuzzy.
THAT certainly is a good question, OTWO.
A crafty JW will answer as BluesBro was answered, that probably at the end of The Millennium and after the Final Test humans will have an "accurate knowledge" of The TRUTH. MOST JWs are nowhere near crafty.
I like to ask how many imperfect men it takes tomake a Spiritual Paradise. It's like asking how many rotten apples it takes to make Eggplant Parmesan.
The fewer the better!
