The magazines can be found in a lot of hospital lobbys, laundramats, etc. Make a sticker that says......'Example Of Cult Literature' and put it on the cover.
Outaservice
it always annoys me to see the latest copies of the watchtower & awake!
magazines when i go visit my mom at the nursing home.
i don't feel comfortable throwing them away, since it's not my "house" but i feel the need to make a statement.
The magazines can be found in a lot of hospital lobbys, laundramats, etc. Make a sticker that says......'Example Of Cult Literature' and put it on the cover.
Outaservice
want one as a symbol of my freedom.
was thinking of some chinese characters.
ok. your opinion.
Everyone is born with one tatoo already! It's right in the middle of your 'butt' and it's a picture of 'old Willy Nelson!'
Outaservice
for those of you who know me, i want to let you know what has been happening lately.. on july 8th, i went in for emergency colon cancer surgery.
the tumor was removed but some malignancy was found in a few lymph nodes so chemo was recommended.
i had my first of 12 treatments last week and appear to be doing okay without any side effects.. your prayers and best wishes are appreciated very much.
For those of you who know me, I want to let you know what has been happening lately.
On July 8th, I went in for emergency colon cancer surgery. The tumor was removed but some malignancy was found in a few lymph nodes so chemo was recommended. I had my first of 12 treatments last week and appear to be doing okay without any side effects.
Your prayers and best wishes are appreciated very much. Also helpful to me has been the book CANCER (Fight it with the blood type diet) by Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo wherin the different alternative plans such as nutrition etc. that are know to be powerful cancer fighters are listed. For example, for type A blood people a extremely strong cancer fighter is the common edible snail (escargot) (Helix pomatia) which by the way is available in pill form. Many other things are listed too which have been proven to be very beneficial.
Thanks all,
Outaservice (but not outa-commission)
today i rented a rug doctor carpet shampooer.
when my son was living at home and was a recent high school graduate he pioneered and worked part time for rug doctor.
most everybody that worked for them here were witnesses.
Rug Doctor was connected with the City Overseer of Grand Rapids, Michigan many years back, and it makes you wonder if it was JW owned or owned by a JW. Melaluca is another company I wonder about.
Of course Dan Hall no longer owns Trimline and is also no longer a JW. As a matter of fact he has a very active anti-JW ministry in California. God bless him!
Outaservice (who never was in a cleaning business)
PS Hi-ya Gary
any former x-dubs out thier who have been saved by our lord jesus christ?.
any bible believing christians out thier either reformed, fundemental or evangelical?.
cheers in the lord.
Although I do not have answers to all my questions, and a lot of my prayers are not answered yet, my faith in Jesus remains strong and I believe the Bible speaks to everyone of us as God reveals things through his Holy Spirit.
Matthew 11 indicates that Holy Spirit is involved in the diciples asking the Lord to....'teach us to pray'! So, prayer for the Spirit will help in God hearing and answering prayer. A lot of my prayers have been answered, and that is why I have faith and believe.
Outaservice (who still has a lot of fun in life)
spring, 1991 to december, 1991. we had already moved into the two-bedroom bungalow, i was working at a convalescent hospital (very carefully because of my back condition).... and we had changed to lake hodges congregation, a very nice congregation overall.
in march, i re-injured my back on the job by helping another nurse aide to transfer a very heavy male patient to his wheelchair.
then began a steady round of doctor?s office visits to both an orthopedic doc and a neurosurgeon.....and i was sent to physical therapy.
One thing I've always believed in is this......You can argue doctrines and intrepretations all day long for centuries.
But how can anyone (JW or otherwise) deny a 'personal experience' or 'testimony' that you give?
Outaservice
The Hour Of Darkness by Derek Barefoot is an eye opener. Visions Of Glory, if you can find one., The Gentile Times Reconsidered is good if you like a little deeper reading.
Outaservice
if the society decided to not shun persons who were weak, who disagreed or who simply didn't go to meetings and field service, would you still be a jw?
the catholics have all sorts of rules and regulations that should be obeyed yet if one doesn't abide by the law, they are generally never excommunicated.
if the witnesses decided to "just be there" for the "brotherhood", i'll bet that many would not be on this site.
I wouldn't go back for $50 Million Dollars!
Wait a minute, let me think that over!
Nope, it still wouldn't be worth it!
Outaservice
hey!
ever read the wt and awake articles and get tired of seeing words and prases like "the society's counsel on..."
A brother once told me that to help pass time at the assemblies he counted all the Society's cliche's in the various talks.
'Thinking Christians' was one of those as if some JW's lacked this quality! And of course the old standard....'Can you do more?'
Actually, there are hundreds of them if you thought about them much. I never thought too much of the Organization that took years to figure out what to call a 'back call', or is it 'return visit', contact point, rendezvous and who knows what else.
Outaservice
this year at the dc, we were expressly told to wear our badges at all times, even when going to a restaurant or some place else, so we could "give a witness.".
did any of you hear follow through with this arrangement?
did you have one of those "fantastic" experiences, when someone commented on your badge?.
Nope, took it off right away, didn't want to bring reproach on the organization having a good time at the restaurant!
Outaservice