imagine boarding a bus with your family for a long anticipated vacation.
the destination is a place that is promised to be beautiful warm and sunny.
as you are boarding the bus you are given a ticket stub with several paragraph's of fine print.
SIAM, I don't know how I missed this when it was originally posted, but it is one of those posts that make me go, "DAMN! I wish I wrote that!"
It is something I might have expected from my friends Farkel or Terry Walstrom, both who are permanent examples of excellence in creative writing.
I am going to have to check your other work.
Rock on, Dude (or Dudette)!
some people are very suspicious of the police.
some folks value policemen and women.
i’ve had experience with some.
They're GREAT! One of my favorite bands of all time!
i know i would be miserable if i could remember all my dead relatives.
all my dead children, parents all my worldly family members and friends, yes and the billions of other people too.
all the people jehovah will be killing off in the years to come.
My experience has been that now, as we enter the second century of King Jesus' invisible imaginary rule, Jehovah is lovingly erasing all memories of the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society (WTB&TS) from my mind.
HALLELUJAH, Brothas an' Sistas!
(selah)
back in the day, russell and rutherford would hold debates with other religious leaders.
why has jehovah's witnesses stopped doing that?
i think it would be very interesting to see how they would hold up on a debate now.
It seems a little historical review might be helpful.
Back in the days of Pastor Russell, Russell and his traveling representatives ("Pilgrims") would happily debate other religious leaders. Russell's message was something new and the popular religionists were not very skilled in debates.
Year passed thus; eventually a new member of Russell's flock named J.F. Rutherford had the bright idea to debate a popular religionist of the time.
Pastor Russell asked J. F. Rutherford to cancel the debate. "Judge" Rutherford was sure of his skill and ignored Russell's request.
Rutherford got his ass served to him on a silver platter by the religionist.
Since then, representatives of the WTB&TS are discouraged from participating in any debates, but there is no way of preventing the occasional prideful fool from taking the bait and re-living Rutherford's experience.
@0:53 - "she got dishes, she got fish sticks and snacks/got it ready for the willy, got a chicken in the back.".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krp_fqcmsva .
" 'scuse me while I kiss Lucy in the sky"
as some of you know by now, i spent sunday, 7 august, renewing ties with a dear friend.
we're both disfellowshipped, the difference between us being he is seeking reinstatement and i am not.
we got into some very spirited discussions on different bible topics and one of them was the value of the new world translation itself.
Yes!
Fred Franz was a Bible Scholar and a Snappy Dresser!
This is an INCONTROVERTIBLE fact!
(selah)
the longer i’m out the more i feel that disfellowshipping is cruel.
i understand the organization tells parents to not even accept emails or texts from their disfellowshipped children.
while i was a witness they tried to discourage families from association but there was some leeway if it was considered necessary business to interact.
Yes!
That is not dead which can forever lie
and in strange eons even death may die.
the media is very powerful.
many news people just want to get a scoop even if their breaking story isn’t checked out for accuracy.
some journalists are precise and double check whatever they are reporting.
Yes!
I trust them to print lies and fake news along with photos of "talented" women.
i think there is enough information available for a case to be made of the type of emotional and mental harm one is exposed to.
get some good expert witnesses could work??
?.
Yes!
YOU can, but I've got better ways to waste my time.
BCNU
being born in to me was devastating.
when you are a child born in and raised with the they vs us and they are evil and worldly and going to die.
not allowed to form relationships with anyone not one of you.
Yes!
What was the question?
