i know that some of you don't personally think that the gb wants to cause harm or is only after the money, but after reading some posts on here, it seems like some of you do think that the gb is evil.. .
if you think about it, that doesn't make sense, but here is just one question.
why would the gb create a time limit on their organization if they believed it to be false?
They have to have a time limit to keep those interested in staying loyal to the GB.
Imagine yourself in the late 1800s and being told that the Big A would be coming in the year 2016!! Would you be intersted in continuing
your life with the WTBTS ( or whatever they were called back then)
" The carrot must dangle CLOSE infront of the horse, or he will not be interested as it must SEEM attainable to the horse."
pull out a can of cheese whiz, top the bread with it, and take a nibble.. .
say really loud...."oh, wow!
jesus' body is really tasty this year!".
Put some ads on Craigslist, like:
Harley Davidson drawing, 5 dollar tickets, free wine and snacks at 7Pm (address) winner must be present to win. Weirdest biker apparel recieves 10 free tickets, 20 longest beards wins 20 free tickets each!! Most leather wins 30 free tickets!!
there's so much going on in my life right now but i'll be posting more about that later.. .
to get straight to the point (i'm actually in the meeting right now) my mother has been very depressed about a lot of things lately.
she is a regular pioneer and is a jw who many think is happy but she's a good faker and knows all to well how to put on a fake smile to cover up her true feelings.
Maybe letting her know that you appreciate her being able to share her thoughts and you understand how hard it must have been to "break the ice" in this matter and you appreciate her thinking of you and your future. Might share that you have been having thoughts like this also and see where it goes while not getting in too deep.
Commend her for taking that step and sharing her true thoughts on the matter.
Maybe letting her know that you enjoyed being able to discuss this with her and would like to talk about anything else on her mind if she feels like sharing.
Help get that "Door" open while it is cracked, but don't use force to open it.
Hope it all works out.
a few years ago my aunt(my mom only living sibling).
invited me my brothers and sister for dinner.
my mom had.
And at the end of the meal the Aunt comments that she has decided who will inherit her fortune by viewing the conduct of the guest.
All joking aside, I wonder if this was the actual agenda and it was known in advance would they have acted differently?
Would reminds me of the family in "Second Hand Lions" (Movie)
alright so i know this is a tricky subject.
but i'm curious to know right now more than anything.... i keep hearing that the number of jws around the world is growing.
is this true?
Anyone notice how at DC we would have different geographic areas represented?
Am I mistaken on this thought? It seemed to me that there was a constant changing of what circuits were assigned to what Districts and I wonder now if this has something to do with possibly hiding or making it hard to notice that the numbers are dropping since you cannot really compare apples to apples when every year it's a remix.
I could be completly wrong on this but it seemed that sometimes Jws from a certain state would be assigned, sometimes not assigned the next year.
lets's go!!.
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suffocating.
Enslaved
last year this was brought up and it was a great idea but maybe a bit too late.
do you remember the "secret signal" that was going to be used?
it should not be mentioned in the main thread, only through email and pms.
Why not just dog ear (fold over) one of the corners of the ID Badge? Then you will need some other way to verify that it is not on accident?
I know,.. when you check into the Hotel, actually use luggage as the JWs use paper and plastic bags for their clothes.
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If still questioning whether or not it is wise to have a gun for protection, go to youtube and search for "911 intruder gun" and take a listen to hear what actually happens. It's like health insurance, you don't want to have to use it but if you do, you're glad you have it.
Then listen to some of those that were being broken into and did not have a weapon to defend themselves.
If a bad guy had you and your family cornered in a restuarant and was going down the line killing people and you are your family were close to getting shot, would you want a background checked, certified, law abiding citizen to take out the bad guy with his weapon or would you rather wait for the police to arrive and take the shot?
If I were the family that was going to be shot I would want any relief that I could get, by any means.
Remember when seconds count, police are only minutes away!!
I think you have to plug in the idea that bad guys do not follow the law, that's what makes them bad guys, right?
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exwhyzee said:
" Some here in America feel that if guns are outlawed, only the outlaws will have guns. But it seems to me a society that has a zero tolerance toward anyone owning or carrying a firearm is far more civilized and the odds of one encountering a lunitic with a gun at a door,shooting ones self, having ones child take their gun to school or having one's head blown off in a traffic altercation, are far lower if not non existent."
I think that sounds reasonable at first, but when you think about the bad guys who do not care to follow the laws of "turning in the guns" when a country makes that decision, then only the bad guys will have guns as the lawful citizens will have obeyed the law and disarned themselves. Then the bad guys, the ones that have kept there guns, now know that the good guys are disarmed. They do not have to worry about someone fighting back with a gun or at least not as likely as before the "turn in your gun order"
So since guns exist, and are out there already, would it not be better to allow law abiding citizens the ability to protect themselves from those that are armed and have ill intentions toward others?
i was 25 years a congregation member; ten years an elder; all told, up to 18 years an appointed man; a decade or so as a full-time minister; assembly speaker, with the pinnacle giving the public discourse at a district convention.. .
i stopped being an active member of the congregation in november 2010, but it had been brewing for several years, with the customary gradual drifting away - all the necessary mental gymnastics as my spiritual views changed and doubts set in; quitting the theocratic ministry school; ceasing to answer; sitting quietly off to the side.
i think the straw that broke the camels back was when family worship inevitably became family worship.
Rory,.
As I mentioned on JWR get a digital recorder and record it all, also leave it in the room, covertly and excuse yourself to the bathroom just after it gets interesting for some later review of what is being said out of your presence.
