the watchtower, june 1st 1968 issue, pages 347-350:.
awake!, july 8th 1980 issue, pages 5-6:.
resisting rapists.
Yep....yet another example of the FDS picking and choosing. They claim that the bible is infallible and that they are god's channel, yet turn around and say..."well, we are imperfect humans doing the best that they can". They discard the Mosaic law when it suits them, yet turn around and enforce it at other times. It really makes me sick.
Coon
maybe i was just curious to hear what they were going to discuss.
i went to the two day circuit assembly.
for those who wonder, its theme was taken from psalms 37:3 it's theme trust in jehovah and do good.
Well, if you feel the need to return and you won't be happy unless you do, then that's where you need to be. If you go, go with your eyes open. Hopefully, you will have the lesson to take back of questioning everything. Personally, last time I tried to go to the meeting, I just couldn't stand the inane BS that was droning on and on. I finally had to get up and leave...telling my wife that I'd see her in the car.
JW's don't answer all the questions that you are ever going to have. I hope that you realize that.
I wish you well on your journey.
Coon
dont want any shit just realistic ideas and quotes
Excellent question, basher! I've been asking myself the same thing....in fact, it's one of the prime reasons why I doubt the existence of God. I think that we are here because our parents had sex ant that particular swimmer scored. Hopefully, each of us can leave a bit of a legacy through our children and the interactions that we have with those that come into contact with.
Coon
many years ago, as a young child, i purchased my mother a gift when she was in the hospital.
it is a pot painted with purple orchids and it came with flowering bulbs to plant, which has a little saying on it "a mother's love fills the world with happiness.
" every trinket that i bought or made over the years, my mother cherished.
Thanks, copsec...
I know I miss your mom too....and I know my little sis does. I know I'll never forget your mom.
Coon
PS...that's me and my grandson @ his first haircut.
Coon
her ladyship has just presented me with a wonderful sunday lunch.
half a lobster as a starter, with salad garnish and vinaigrette.
the main course comprised a sirloin steak, bubble and squeak, topped off with a fried ducks egg.
Had donuts for breakfas this morning...from my son in law's donut shop.
The other night wifey took me and her parents out to celebrate a raise and a bonus she got at work. We went to a swanky french restaurant and had wild boar with black truffles shaved on it...I also had a great lobster bisque soup and a warm torte salad with sauteed mushrooms. We has a great white wine with our dinner and topped it all off with a toast of Glenlivet 12 yr. old single malt scotch and a soufflee made with Baily's Irish Cream and drizzled with the absolout BEST chocolate sauce I've ever tasted.
Of course, then they brough the bill and I nearly fainted. LOL
For the four of us...without gratuity...it was $498! Whew...glad she was buyin'!
Coon
hey guys,.
i'm sure this one has been done before, but what was your first "sin" after leaving jw.. i'm not necessarily talking about sleeping with a transvestite - or maybe that was it, :-).
the other day i was a movie theater and if i wanted to - i could have seen a rated r movie - (like the old george bush on saturday night live - scary!
ahhh, let's see...
Talking in a disparaging way about our fearless leaders....getting drunk...porn, porn, and more porn...and eventually premarital sex...smoking some tasty cigars and finally getting laid by someone I wasn't married to.
Coon
nytimes german demonstrators oppose war, not u.s.
by richard bernstein
unich, feb. 8 christine bauer stood in a snowfall near the stately odeonsplatz around noon today, and while a local band pounded out american-style rock 'n' roll, she worried that german opposition to a war in iraq had been misinterpreted in the united states.. "for us, it's very important that being here doesn't mean that we don't like america," she said, near the end of one of several antiwar demonstrations in munich timed to coincide with secretary of defense donald h. rumsfeld's appearance at the munich security conference, which was being held in a nearby hotel.
Guest, I can see where you are coming from. I think a well place add in SOF with bounties on Saddam and his lookalikes would be acted upon swiftly. Simply a Dead or Alive wanted poster would do. I'm sure they'd have plenty of takers.
I do appreciate the article from Germany. It goes, for me anyhow, a long way in aleviating anxiety about "anti-american" sentiment. I think that many times, without the clarification, these sorts of things are misinterpreted....especially with the grossly biased coverage by the media that we get here in the states.
Thanks again.
Coon
many years ago, as a young child, i purchased my mother a gift when she was in the hospital.
it is a pot painted with purple orchids and it came with flowering bulbs to plant, which has a little saying on it "a mother's love fills the world with happiness.
" every trinket that i bought or made over the years, my mother cherished.
Yep, nothing should EVER break that parent/child bond. Certainly not the dictates of a bunch of old men on the upper floors in Brooklyn.
Coon
I'll be lavishing hugs on this sweety when her flight gets in next weekend.
Coon
did you find that people , either in the congregation, or in general always tended to try to tell you what you should be doing?
were you always given counsel by the brothers or sisters to "help' you?
how did you react when certain ones were always ready to tell you what you should do?
well, i was considered a person in need of all kinds of advice. First off, I married a woman with a child from a first marriage. Was ALWAYS getting advice about how to raise my family. Then, we had a baby...same thing. Made the mistake of buying a house up the street from the KH. The P.O. was my next door neighbor with a Pioneer/elder family across the street. I was always getting advice from everyone, especially the PO. Most of the time it was inappropriate because it was "neighbor" business being construed in a congregational light. Sold the house at a profit, never looked back. More that once told elder neighbors to "butt out and mind their own business." Guess that kinda speaks volumes for why i'm here. LOL
Coon
i was in the high ridge, mo congo as a little girl from 1980-1982 and later was in the cedar hill congo from 1987-1988. i would be interested in hearing from exjws who were in those congos during those times.
if you were there, maybe i would remember you!
look forward to maybe reuniting with some folks!.
Banshee...
You were there TOO? Imagine that! Maybe we can get together sometime....
email me!
Coon
