jacqueline claims there are many jehovah's witnesses obsessed with sex.
she states that the watchtower org.
is a "sexual paradise".
Hey Rick - I enjoy your teleconferences and feel that what you are doing is important and necessary. Don't let the complaints of folks who DO NOTHING harsh your mellow, my man!
I thought of this while listening to the archive of one of the recent SIX SCREEENS teleconferences:
possible new WATCHTOWER jargon - "theocratic whore stategy." Listen for it at next year's assemblies!
I should have added that Bethelites receeive NO social security benefits from the WATCHTOWER. This is a powerful incentive to a lifetime of faithful service; leave and you have zip[, zero, nada, zilch.
The Watchtower has medical facilities for Bethelites, but if a person's injury is severe enough that they can no longer work at Bethel, they have nothing. I believe the WTB&TS is presently involved in a lawsuit to determine if they ought to provide disability benefits for their workers; the WTB&TS doesn't want to be required to pay for these benefits. I guess it is un-theocratic to care for workers who are injured while in your service.
It is far more loving to throw them onto the streets with nothing.
Workers at Bethel are volunteers, and if I recall correctly, they are required to sign a vow of poverty.
In exchange for their work, they receive room and board (communal meals, housekeeping and laundry services) and (once again) if I recall correctly, $100 each month to defray the costs of incidentals. If they die while at Bethel and their family doesn't want the corpse, it will be cremated and buried in an unmarked grave on Watchtower property; presently Patterson NY.
Many Bethelites supplement their income with outside work, although this is officially discouraged, and many supplement their income by depending on the generosity of the non-Bethelite members of the congregations they are assigned to attend.
Some Bethelites are subsidized by their families.
How'd I do?
i got baptised about 25 years ago and was told the new system would be here by now.. along with a lot of other false promises.. so the answer for me would be no!!
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My baptism was void and unenforcable on the day it was done because one of the parties in the contract was no more real than Mickey Mouse.
jacqueline claims there are many jehovah's witnesses obsessed with sex.
she states that the watchtower org.
is a "sexual paradise".
The WATCHTOWER a "sexual paradise?"
Maybe I ought to start going back to the meetings! LOL!
With their long list of what is appropriate and inappropriate for consenting adults and the eagerness of the pervs in the Body of Elders to "closely observe" the behavior of the flock, I don't think they'll be giving Plato's Retreat a run for their money anytime soon.
...but mayube this explains why Kingdom Halls have no windows.
"Hello, I'm one of Jehovah's Witnesses. My companion and I have been visiting the homes in your neighborhood today to share some good news about an exciting new prodcut called "Zion's Lube"...
No.
i apologize to those in the vincinity of my spad's ladies bathroom....... yes!
oh my gaud!
give it to me baby!
This concerns me. Does it signal an even more mind-control effort to come?
While it may be a benefit that some will be pushed to the breaking point and leave the Borg, others may simply get broken.
hey folks.
this is my first post, and i figured i might as well tell my story and state why i'm here.. i'm the offspring of a elder and ex-pioneer.
being so raised, i was very serious about the truth as a youngster.
Hi, welcome to the board. I can identify with a lot of what you have to say.
(sorry if this is a double post - i haven't been on in awhile).
so spouse and i are completely inactive.
it's great!
Good luck to you, mac n cheese!
I was raised a Dub, and what I found was that when I tried to celebrate birthdays or holidays it felt as foreign to me as celebrating Ramadan or Bon-Odori would feel to a life-long catholic; it simply "doesn't compute." The reason for this, I've concluded, is because there is no established emotional base in me for these events/activities. There is no emotional context.
Today I give gifts when I want to and when they are needed. Some people find that odd because the gifting isn't on some preordained, predictable schedule. I figure they'll get over it. So far, no one has refused a gift at "odd times."
To some degreee, you and your wife may feel like strangers in a strange land for quite a while. Grow comfortable with it, make it YOUR "tradition."
the bible metaphorically tells us that the earth (universe, and other worlds) were spoken into existence.
"god said" and then, so it was.. whatever our creator is, it generates a frequency.
making sound waves visible is called cymatics.
...for some reason I am reminded of the fable of the blind men describing an elephant.
Peace in, peace out, peace all about.
