......it puts them into a state of disequilibrium.. take, for example, the case of someone who has been disfellowshipped from the organisation.
heads will nod knowingly and wisely if that person should:.
do drugs.. become alcoholic.. become promiscuous.. such is the price paid for someone who "turns his back on jehovah".
I know way back when after I da'd myself from what I later heard it raised all sorts of eyebrows when they found out I joined the US Navy.. LOL Suppose I was suppose to just up and die or something for that one. Wonder what they thought when they found out I went to the Gulf War for 10 months.. hehehehehe
Oh well it don't matter what they thought because like stated above they will always bring it back to Satan some how. Good post!
-Rick
while i was in the borg, i never knew anything about the personality dynamics within the gb.
the idea that it was "jehovah's organization" canceled any curiosity i had about the matter.. since i've become a full-blown evil apostate, my research has led me to believe that, just like any other governmental regime, there is a serious divide in the gb between the liberals and the conservatives.. it is also my understanding that one of the strongest and most influential personalities on the gb is ted jaracz.
and that his influence is a serious impediment to the much-needed reforms in the org.
Reading Ray Franz's Crisis Of Concience is making me see exactly what they were and are all about. That book is simply amazing in the deep look that you get into the GB.
-Rick
what an absolute barefaced lie!!.
i just looked up a watchtower about "this generation".. i remember studying this, and falling for it!did you?.
w95 11/1 20 a time to keep awake.
Makes you wonder what they'll be saying in 50 more years when the "Last Days" have been going on for way over a hundred years etc.. etc..
-Rick
im sure nothing surprises the people who regularly post here.
but what really shocks me now is that as a child i genuinely believed some of the most preposterous, stupid and moronic things ever committed to papyrus.. take the nephilim.
well they were mutants.
hehehe.. I guess you just had to be there.. I totally believed that one literally and without question as well. What a dumbass I was
-Rick
i just finished the first 6 chapters of crisis of conscience and even though i've been out of the borg for 13 years and haven't really believed in the teachings etc.. in a couple of years or so all i can really say is damn!.
it is truly amazing what goes on up there in good ole brooklyn and so shameful that so many people are bamboozled (sp) by this group.
anyway, just wanted to post my initial thoughts as i still have half a book to read .
I just finished the first 6 chapters of Crisis of Conscience and even though I've been out of the borg for 13 years and haven't really believed in the teachings etc.. in a couple of years or so all I can really say is DAMN!
It is truly amazing what goes on up there in good ole Brooklyn and so shameful that so many people are bamboozled (sp) by this group. Anyway, just wanted to post my initial thoughts as I still have half a book to read
-Rick
i'll start with the first one.
let's make this fun.
dear body of elders of xxxx congregation:.
LOL.. Now that is some good stuff!
-Rick
the purpose of a preemptive strike against those involved in dateline is to throw them into the "enemy camp.
" any bad pr can be countered as: it's them against us ; persecution; enemy attack.
this tactic has worked in the past to their advantage.. their aim is to keep the r & f in the pen.. mulan has a good suggestion.
That is a good point Dungbeetle. It certainly wouldn't be unlike them to promote their cause by creating their own form of "persecution". they are afterall very shameless and if desperate could become ridiculous by even their standards.
-Rick
i just noticed this in the latest mags (15 june, 2002, see picture below) on the top box: if we want .
a concordance to the bible, we can find no better than the internet.. im just wondering if this will lead more witnesses to indulge in some web surfing, with the inevitable consequences of them coming across some critical matter?
lets hope so!
Let's hope many will come across sites like this one and learn what they never ever bargained for.
-Rick
skeletons in the closet: catholics aren't the only ones with something to hide, is the name of the article in the april 25 issue of seattle weekly (a weekly news magazine).
it mainly discusses erica rodriguez' case and several mormon lawsuits.
bill bowen is quoted in the article as saying "our denomination is now where the catholic church was 20 years ago, right on the edge of a crisis.".
Excellent.. They need to expose them.
-Rick
guess who just got engaged???
no date has been set yet, but the engagement will be short.
probably sometime this summer.
Congrats and may you have all the happiness in the world!
-Rick
