SD7 i'd love to sing this for kareoke!
Posts by 3rdgen
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7Parody of Memorial Song - 7 verses just means perfection
by sd-7 in--my wife has this as a ringtone on her cell phone, so i can't get the darn song out of my head.
thus, i had no choice but to lampoon it.
in order to do so perfectly, i knew that making seven verses--rather than six, which would be handling the matter imperfectly--was not only necessary, but wise.
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What Was The Effect of You Knowing Hypocritical JW's?
by LoisLane looking for Superman in(1) did it cause you to leave sooner than you might have, otherwise.. (2) it didn't bother you enough to do anything about it.
hey, we are all imperfect.. (3) did you want to prove you were better than they, and nothing they could do or say, was going to stumble you.. (4) they stumbled me, probably as much i stumbled them.
we all know it's an old boy's club and we are not going to tell on each other.. loislane.
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Put me down for hypocracy helping me see the real WTBT$. The worst was when they refused to pay back a $20,000.00 "conditional gift" to my elderly, destitute widowed mother. We wrote 3 respectful letters stating her plight, her very long record of faithful service, and the history she and my father had of huge $$$ donations (way over 7 figures!) And her relationship with the then president ,Max Larson. Hubby, an ex Bethelite had these letters hand delivered to at least 2 GB members by a friend. ALL went unanswered. Hubby called the desk and the verbal answer was put her on welfare! So much for the Bible's mandate to care for orphans and widows, "cast your bread upon the waters", "the wicked borrows but does not pay back" yada yada.
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Kingdom Hall vs. Crack house...?
by 3rdgen inok, this is our situation as of late: jw elderly mil needs to move in with us or go to an expensive assisted living arrangement.
although i would rather stick a fork in my eye than live with her, assisted living would bankrupt us.
i know because we've already been through it with my mom.
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What is happening in Mexico?
by ILoveTTATT ini have heard that a lot of the english congregations in mexico are shutting down... they are condensing 5 congregations into one, or in some areas even disbanding the only english congregation.
jw's who have been living in mexico for many years and probably were sheltered by being in the english congregations will now have to move to spanish congregations.... .
ilttatt.
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Kingdom Hall vs. Crack house...?
by 3rdgen inok, this is our situation as of late: jw elderly mil needs to move in with us or go to an expensive assisted living arrangement.
although i would rather stick a fork in my eye than live with her, assisted living would bankrupt us.
i know because we've already been through it with my mom.
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3rdgen
Thanks Jake and Imallcool, actually we have investigated the laws and found that the state won't kick in untill she goes through most all of her assets. She is allowed to keep her home and rent it out but is only allowed to have $2000.00. Anything over that PLUS the rent goes back to the state to offset the cost of caring for her. In other words, she has to spend hubby's inheritance and be broke before they will help. A family trust is the only protection but it's tricky. So since hubby was willing to put up with my equally difficult JW mom, its only right that I return the favor. Just venting!
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A new life with my long lost brother...UPDATE
by TimeBandit inlast december i posted this joyous story about the new life i made with my long lost brother (here's a link to that story).. .
so much has changed since then.
for the absolute worst.
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Kingdom Hall vs. Crack house...?
by 3rdgen inok, this is our situation as of late: jw elderly mil needs to move in with us or go to an expensive assisted living arrangement.
although i would rather stick a fork in my eye than live with her, assisted living would bankrupt us.
i know because we've already been through it with my mom.
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3rdgen
Ok, this is our situation as of late: JW elderly MIL needs to move in with us or go to an expensive assisted living arrangement. Although I would rather stick a fork in my eye than live with her, assisted living would bankrupt us. I know because we've already been through it with MY mom. Sooooo we are looking on line to find a bigger house. Turns out that what we can comfortably afford is either in a crappy neighborhood OR near one of the many KHs in our area. Pretty sure I'd rather live near drug dealers than put up with Witlesses stopping by every day to pee.
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1975 - The Killer WT quote
by tim hooper inone thing is absolutely certain, bible chronology reinforced with fulfilled bible prophecy shows that six thousand years of mans existence will soon be up, yes, within this generation!
(matt.
24:34) this is, therefore, no time to be indifferent and complacent.
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3rdgen
Back atcha Wasblind, Yup, I completely "ran ahead of the organization". lol Of course , I wasn't the only one! I personally knew people who put off dental work, making house repairs, even needed surgury. I knew others who racked up HUGE credit card debt figuring they would never have time to pay it off. There was a family in our cong. who had just finished building a $million custom home when they learned the "Truth". Within months (1974) they sold (I should say gave away) their home that had taken years to build, and went pioneering.
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1975 - The Killer WT quote
by tim hooper inone thing is absolutely certain, bible chronology reinforced with fulfilled bible prophecy shows that six thousand years of mans existence will soon be up, yes, within this generation!
(matt.
24:34) this is, therefore, no time to be indifferent and complacent.
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I can honestly say my husband did not believe the end was near. Not only did he outright say so, he proved it by building houses for us. One in 73 another in 75. That was a real no no in those years, even tho the society was buying and building to beat the band. The Rand F were encouraged to SELL their houses and go pioneering where the need was great. When 1975 came and went all the Elders who looked down on 1st hubby ended up building houses. LOL They even ended up appointing him an Elder!
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1975 - The Killer WT quote
by tim hooper inone thing is absolutely certain, bible chronology reinforced with fulfilled bible prophecy shows that six thousand years of mans existence will soon be up, yes, within this generation!
(matt.
24:34) this is, therefore, no time to be indifferent and complacent.
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3rdgen
I like to think I have a very good memory of the time between 1968 and 1975. The summer of 68 had an Awake Title: Is it Later Than You Think? which basically said if you are in school now, forget college, you will NEVER have time to use your education before this system ends on or BEFORE 1975. I was going into my Senior year in HS and that article changed my life. I took only the easiest required courses, skipped all the electives, and got out at noon, all with my JW parents permission. I got engaged and married a few months later. I didn't get a job because (hate to admit it) I was plain lazy. Why think when the WTBT$ did it for me? Why learn a skill or trade when I had a husband to support me? Besides the world was going to end in a couple of years. By 1973 I was 21 and took the religion MUCH more seriously. At that time we were studying the "Ezekiel book" (The nations Shall Know I am Jehovah How?") The message we were bludgened with was : the vast majority of men, women, and children are about to be destroyed by "Jehovah of Armies". If someone dies because I personally didn't warn them then I am bloodguilty and will ALSO be destroyed. (makes you feel warm and fuzzy doesn't it?) Anyone who was paying the slightest attention to the meetings, literature, and assemblies became caught up with the excitement. I decided pioneering was like life insurance. I wasn't sure the end was coming in a few months but didn't want to risk being unprotected either!